Dale Wilson
San Diego, California, United States
Food-and-beverage industry professional, with experience at both field-level and corporate-level leadership and management of multi-unit restaurant concepts ranging from casual to fine dining:
CREATIVE - Developed multiple restaurant concepts from scratch, including menu engineering, premises layout-and-design, culinary methods, budgeting, marketing and operational policy/procedure.
MANAGEMENT - extensive background in planning and executing food-and-beverage strategies, utilizing cross-functional team leadership skills, P & L analytics and performance metrics. Proponent of teamwork and "sense of urgency" approach to customer service. People oriented--ability to motivate employees. Adept at hiring, training and new unit roll-outs.
ORGANIZATION - Proficient with details and multi-task oriented. Strong verbal and written skills. Excellent troubleshooting and analytical skills--sees what the customer sees. A self-starter who promotes a positive working culture and cross-functional team cooperation.