Jamie S. Grant
Portsmouth, Virginia 23701
United States
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Logan Raye's Key West Grille
Portsmouth,Virginia
United States
Position: Owner (April 2009 - July 2012)
* Oversee activities directly related to making products or providing services.
* Direct and coordinate activities of businesses or departments concerned with the production, pricing, sales, or distribution of products.
* Review financial statements, sales and activity reports, and other performance data to measure productivity and goal achievement and to determine areas needing cost
reduction and program improvement.
* Manage staff, preparing work schedules and assigning specific duties.
* Direct and coordinate organization's financial and budget activities to fund operations, maximize investments, and increase efficiency.
* Establish and implement departmental policies, goals, objectives, and procedures, conferring with board members, organization officials, and staff members as necessary.
* Determine staffing requirements, and interview, hire and train new employees, or oversee those personnel processes.
* Plan and direct activities such as sales promotions, coordinating with other department heads as required.
* Determine goods and services to be sold, and set prices and credit terms, based on forecasts of customer demand.
* Locate, select, and procure merchandise for resale, representing management in purchase negotiations.
* Monitor businesses and agencies to ensure that they efficiently and effectively provide needed services while staying within budgetary limits.
* Perform sales floor work such as greeting and assisting customers, stocking shelves, and taking inventory.
* Manage the movement of goods into and out of production facilities.
* Develop and implement product marketing strategies including advertising campaigns and sales promotions.
* wrote menu for restaurant and designed plate layouts
* Main cook as well as prep cook if needed during concert season
* Bartended and waited on tables, placed myself on the schedule to preform these duties as well.
EDUCATION
Tidewater Community College
Portsmouth, Virginia
United States
Computer Graphics, May 2010
ADDITIONAL SKILLS
* As the sole owner of a small restaurant that held 60 people or so, I was in charge of everything including: Payroll, Hire/Fire Staff, Inventory of front and back of the house, Vendor
Purchase for front and back of the house, created menu and trained all staff front and back of the house, Promoted business, built website, built facebook page, twitter account,
Quickbooks, Designed Logo, Designed menu layout, built layout on POS system, priced all items in restaurant, spoke to vendors and sampled products to sell.