Jeffrey R. Pickron
Summary
Fourteen years of success in responsible restaurant management. Proven ability to learn quickly, assess problems and initiate corrective action to resolve. Comfortable in fast-paced high-volume, high stress situations requiring attention to detail and follow through. Able to motivate personnel; hold to high uncompromising standards of excellence. Demonstrated success in organizing tasks, increasing efficiency, and obtaining maximum results from limited material and manpower resources. Adapt at building lasting client relationships for repeated success. Effective in maintaining employee moral and employee retention.
Experience
Applebee’s Neighborhood Hospitality, WV. 2005-June 2011
Kitchen Manager
I was promoted from Associate Manager after two years. In charge of administration, budgets, payroll,
P&L statements,projections, training, billing, and ordering of food and supplies. Installing and implementing new safety programs.
• Training Manager for all new associates
• Training manager for all new manager for 23 stores
• Received awards for lowest Food Comps and increased bars sales 26%.
• Increased cost efficiency by 9%.
• Annual sales of 3.5 million and a staffing of 75
• Presenting and training of new menus to staff
• Effective staff motivations through creative contest and rewards
System Coordinator for Food and Beverage Department
• I was promoted from General Manager to Systems Coordinator after one year.
• Monitored food and labor costs for all 15 restaurants at the resort
• Implemented discount bulk ordering for all establishments saving 7% annually.
• Created new inventory control systems for onsite warehouse and restaurants reducing
spoilage,waste and out of dates by 23%.
• Responsible for total food and beverage of 13.8 million dollars
• Training for managers on resort systems
General Manager
• GM of two locations Rosa ’s Cantina Mexican Cuisine Restaurant and Bar, then
• 15% increase in profit at Rosa’s and 9% increase in sales at Cheat Mtn.
• Planning Menus and developed marketing campaigns to take resort food off the resort to local year round customers.
• Administration, Payroll, P&L’s, Manager and Employee Training, Billing and Ordering were just a few responsibilities.
• Trained, Hired, and Supervised, Scheduled and motivated a staff of 65 employees.
Jeffrey R. Pickron
Schwan’s Enterprises, Lakeland FL.
Facility Manager
Promoted from Assistant Product Manager, to Product Manager, and then to Facility Manager was
Relocated from Lakeland FL. to Savannah GA. and again to Lexington VA.
• Attained ‘Gold Club Level’ in all three depots
• Truck maintenance, warehouse maintenance schedules, budget estimates and
safety procedures
• Forecasting sales and inventory for yearly promotions
• Shrinkage and damage product reduction by 120,000 dollars
• Training, Hiring, and Supervising, Scheduling and Motivated a staff of 35 employees.
Crabby Bill’s Restaurant St. Petersburg , FL.
Kitchen Manager
• Overseeing preparation of food, purchasing, food costs and ordering of all inventory
• Trained, Hired, and Supervised, Scheduled and motivated a kitchen staff of 55
employees.
• Improved productivity and morale by initiating systems for accountability and by
Instituting effective training and award programs
Parkway Food Service Clearwater FL
Dry Goods Assistant Manager
• Forklift Operator and received my OHSA certification.
• Shipping and receiving delivery semi’s, checking and pulling pallets, inventory
• Improved safety regulations and cut accidents in half
Strengths
Proven leadership and managerial abilities (able to motivate, develop, cross train hire employees to reach
desired objectives through creative contests and rewards); excellent communication/interpersonal skills
(excellent with creating positive employee and guest relations); highly skilled with identification/problem
solving resolutions.
Additional Skills and Education
• MS Word, Office, Excel and Outlook, Quick Books, Micros, Kronos. JDE,
Apple Manager, Rosnet, Power Point and Photo Shop
• Food Serve Safe Certified
• OSHA Forklift Certified from 1994
• Intrawest Management Training Implementation (MTI) Certified
• Graduated High School in 1992 from Osceola High in Seminole FL.
• Pinellas Technical Education College in Clearwater FL
• Majored in Architecture and Civil Engineering Design
• Bluefield State College in Lewisburg WV
Assoc. Degree in Restaurant Management and General Business Management
and Marketing. I did not graduate due to growing family.
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