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Gerard Carley

Killinick

Summary

Highly motivated professional with many years of entrepreneurial and management experience. Skillfully creates and maintains professional and loyal relationships with co-workers, staff and clients while managing administrative and sales employees. Comfortable working independently as manager and leader and as collaborative team member. Applies business acumen and experience and exercises decisive judgment to meet and exceed organizational goals.

Overview

28
28
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Owner Manager

CREAM CAFE
Wexford, Ireland
05.2011 - Current
  • I set up CREAM in 2011
  • Awarded "Best Breakfast" in Wexford in 2018 & runner up in 2019. in the Southeast radio Hospitality awards. Also runner up in customer service award in 2018.
  • duties include
  • cooking
  • Negotiating contracts with vendors and suppliers.
  • Manage daily operations of business, including hiring and training staff.
  • and everything else that goes with running your own business

Manager

Gaelic bar
Wexford, Ireland
05.2005 - 09.2010

I was responsible for all aspects of the day-to-day running of a busy public house, including

  • recruitment and training of all staff, compiling staff rota's,
  • booking entertainment and taking bookings for function room,
  • daily/weekly cash reconciliation and banking,
  • Negotiating contracts with vendors and suppliers

In my time in The Gaelic Bar i also set up a very successful carvery lunch trade which was doing about 800 to 900 covers a week.

I was also involved with the customers in setting up social club and golf society. organizing day and weekend trips for both

Manager

Caffrey's Irish Bar
Prague, Czech Rep
09.1995 - 05.2003
  • I was involved from the start of Caffrey's from the initial concept to opening day, and running of this extremely successful and popular Irish bar in the center of Prague.
  • my duties included ;
  • managing the day-to-day running of of the bar and extremely busy food operation.
  • organizing and coordinating operations
  • Full responsibility for recruitment of staff, staff training and rota's.
  • End of day and weekly cash reconciliation.

Education

Vocational College
Wexford

Skills

  • Very customer orientated
  • Excellent organizational skills
  • Hard working and honest
  • Good people skills

Certification

  • awarded Distinction in level 3 management of food safety Haccp.
  • awarded a distinction in level 5 train the trainer course.

Timeline

Owner Manager

CREAM CAFE
05.2011 - Current

Manager

Gaelic bar
05.2005 - 09.2010

Manager

Caffrey's Irish Bar
09.1995 - 05.2003

Vocational College
Gerard Carley