CHARLES EBERHARDT
**** * **** ****** – Phoenix, AZ. 85018
505-***-**** (Cell) - E-mail – **********@****.***
CAREER OBJECTIVE
To utilize my experience, education and skills in General Management for the Hospitality Industry
SPECIALIZED SKILLS
Over 25 years of Hotel/Resort experience
General Manager with over Seventeen years of experience
A true hands-on General Manager that can run all desk shifts
Ability to provide short and long range Forecasting and P & L reports
Opening and converting of all types of full service and limited service hotels.
Operation, training, support and maintenance of hotel computer systems
Adept at accounts payable and receivable, budgeting and inventory control
EDUCATION
Northwood Institute, Midland, MI. 1978 -1980 Associate’s Degree – Hotel & Restaurant Management
EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
04/08 – 10/11 GENERAL MANAGER – Pueblo Lodging LLC.
Holiday Inn & Suites – 4530 Dillon Drive – Pueblo, Colorado
Holiday Inn & Suites – 3130 Santa Fe Trail Dr. Trinidad, Colorado
Opened both of these Full Service Holiday Inn Hotels - 89 & 86 rooms
Responsible for the daily operation of the Hotel, Restaurant and Lounge
Prepared Annual Budgets - Revenue Management and Forecasting Revenue
ADR & Rev Par award winner, Incredible Customer Service. Hands on GM
Leader in Competitive Set in Occupancy, ADR and Rev Par on STAR Report
Strong motivated work philosophy, attention to detail, organized, dedicated and loyal. I lead by example and can Motivate and train Managers and all personnel.
Responsible for all Sales and Marketing of Hotel - Company Retention and
Follow up. Internet prospecting - Group and Outside Sales – Sales Reports
02/07 - 04/08 GENERAL MANAGER – Fine Hospitality Group
Holiday Inn Express – 3450 Cerrillos Rd. Santa Fe, New Mexico
Responsible for the daily operation of hotel – 76 Rooms Limited Service Hotel
Hands on GM ability to run all shifts at the Front Desk Did all Sales & Marketing
04/03 – 12/06 GENERAL MANAGER – Legacy Hospitality
Legacy Hospitality Inc. – Albuquerque, New Mexico
Controller for 4 hotels – Did all the accounts payable, receivable and payroll.
Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites – 5050 Jefferson St. Albuquerque, New Mexico
Opened this Prototype 122 room Full Service Hotel.
Responsible for the overall operation of Hotel, Restaurant and Lounge and over 5,000 sq ft. of Banquet space and a two story Water Slide.
Did all the A/R, A/P, Payroll, Petty Cash, Expenses and Deposits for both the Hotel and Restaurant - Achieved overall Revenue and growth objectives.
Strong Food & Beverage Operation - Food Cost, Labor Cost, POS Experience
Holiday Inn Express & Suites – 2455 Trinity Drive, Los Alamos, NM
Responsible for the daily operation of the hotel 55 rooms
06/02 – 04/03 GENERAL MANAGER
Holiday Inn Express – 6100 Iliff Road NW, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Duties Included: Responsible for the daily operation of the hotel including, hiring and training of all hotel staff, accounts payable & receivable, payroll and scheduling, daily and monthly management reports. I did all my own Sales and Marketing. 110 room limited service hotel.
09/94 – 11/98 GENERAL MANAGER
Best Western Phoenix-Goodyear Inn – 55 N. Litchfield Rd. Goodyear, AZ.
Duties Included: Responsible for the daily operation of hotel including all the accounts payable and receivable, direct bills, payroll and scheduling. I was a very hands-on General Manager. Started Sales department 90 room Full Service Hotel
I did all my own Sales and Marketing, Forecasting, Outside and group sales
OVERVIEW OF EMPLOYMENT HISTORY – OVER 10 + YEARS
08/01 – 06/02 ASSISTANT CONTROLLER
Sheraton Phoenix Airport Hotel – 1600 S. 52nd St., Tempe, Arizona
Responsible for all the A/P & A/R and all the accounting functions for the entire Hotel, 220 room full service hotel.
11/99 – 07/01 GENERAL MANAGER
Sleep Inn – 3025 8th Avenue, Evans, Colorado
Responsible for the daily operation of the hotel
01/99 – 11/99 GENERAL MANAGER
Suburban Lodge – 2221 S. Havana Street, Aurora, Colorado
Opened this 137 room hotel and another 133 room hotel - Daily Operation
08/92 – 08/94 NIGHT AUDIT MANAGER
Radisson Resort Vail – 715 West Lions head circle, Vail, Colorado
Helped change over this hotel and stayed on as night manager. 300 room full service resort hotel with over 17,000 square ft. of banquet space & 3 Restaurants.
08/91 – 08/92 ROOMS DIVISION MANAGER
Best Western McCarran House Inn – 55 E. Nugget Avenue, Sparks, Nevada
Helped change over this 220 room full service hotel – Manager on Duty
07/86 – 07/91 NIGHT AUDIT MANAGER
Carmel Highland Golf & Tennis Resort -1445 Penasquitos Dr San Diego CA
Helped open this 130 room full service resort
Best Western Rancho Bernardo – 1750 W. Bernardo Dr., San Diego, California
Radisson Centennial Hotel, 25000 Centennial Way, Tempe, Arizona
05/84 – 07/86 GENERAL MANAGER
Continental Inn, 750 W. 22nd Street, Tucson, Arizona
Helped open this 90 room limited service hotel.
PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL REFERENCES – AVAILABLE ON REQUEST