Chris Dixon

Experience

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  McDonald's Corporation

  May 1999 - May 2001

  Shift Manager - Responsible for the H&S of all customers and crew that were in the building. - Ensure a high level of customer satisfaction was met throughout the shift. - Responsible of managing a team of up to 30 crew members on a shift. - Cash handling of large amounts of money taken from tills and then banking daily. - Training and development of crew members - Stock control with daily, weekly and monthly stock counts. - Obtained a Level of Intermediate Operations Course from courses and exams - Completed wages / time cards for the crew - Completed weekly & monthly accounts / reports for Head office - Hiring and discipline of crew members - Running of the store in the absence of the General Manager. Show less Shift Manager - Responsible for the H&S of all customers and crew that were in the building. - Ensure a high level of customer satisfaction was met throughout the shift. - Responsible of managing a team of up to 30 crew members on a shift. - Cash handling of large amounts of money taken from tills and then banking daily. - Training and development of crew members - Stock control with daily, weekly and monthly stock counts. - Obtained a Level of Basic Operations Course from internal courses and exams Show less

  • 1st Assistant Manager

    Feb 2000 - May 2001

  • 2nd Assistant Manager

    May 1999 - Feb 2000
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  Unimax Engineering

  May 2001 - Dec 2001

  Junior Office Manager

  Responsible for the wages of up to 40 staff, ordering of steel, interpretation of building plans to then order the steel in, create cutting lists and liaise with the factory foreman in ensuring orders were completed with minimal waste and maximum efficiency. Liaised with customers and attended to any issues during or after jobs were completed.

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  Securicor

  Dec 2001 - Jul 2003

  SSO - Supervising Security Officer

  Responsible for the safety and security of the Safeway logistics depot during my 12 hour shifts. I lead a team of 7 guards covering 5 gatehouses across 4 separate sites that made up the logistics complex.

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  Whitbread

  Jul 2003 - Jul 2017

  I supported the North-East Regional Operations Manager by doing site visits and reporting on food specifications standards, NSF & EHO standards, supporting the 9 Kitchen Managers on the area with weekly remote Stock/Margin conference calls, conducting site development visits or the use of emails.During my time in this roll I also took on a secondment roll of being solely responsible for 2 kitchens (Hartlepool & Scarborough) for 3 months in 2015 (February to May) on top of my area responsibility. The secondment was only until a new Kitchen Manager was found for the site and then regular support visits were given. Show less To meet the company standard in Food Safety, H&S and Customer Service within the restaurant.Hiring, training & developing of team membersStock control, ensuring we are operating within the companies budgetTeams wagesManaging a team of up to 50 people.Cash handling from tills, safe and games machine income.During my time at this site I was a Holding Manager for a total of 12 months on/off.P&L monthly reviews with GM on sites performance Providing support for the managers who report into meTo run/hold the business in the absence of the General Manager. Show less

  • Kitchen Manager / Deputy General Manager

    Feb 2005 - Jul 2017

  • Regional Kitchen Support Manager Brewers Fayre North-East

    May 2014 - Jul 2016

  • Senior Assistant Manager

    Jul 2003 - Feb 2005
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  Greene King

  Jun 2024 - now

  Running a Kitchen whilst completing Management Development Program (MDP) in training to become a General Manager. Completed my General Managers Induction (GMi) course of 12 weeks for Greene King.

  • Kitchen Manager

    Jul 2017 - now

  • Kitchen Manager (Management Development Program completed)

    Jul 2017 - now

  • General Manager

    Jun 2024 - Sept 2024