Christopher Choi

Christopher Choi

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General Manager
Houston, Texas, United States

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Starting at USD90k/year
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  • Local Kitchens
    General Manager
    Local Kitchens
    Feb 2023 - Current (3 years 9 months)
  • e
    General Manager
    elephant vine
    May 2022 - Dec 2022 (8 months)
    - Took over the newly opened Lincoln Commons location and created SOPs and made considerable changes to streamline and address operational inefficiencies.

    - Hired and developed an entirely new core team and focused on giving them the proper training and tools to be self-reliant and highly productive team members.

    - Played a pivotal role in the launch of a new and improved menu: R&D’d a new menu item, worked closely with the COO and executive chef on updating and simplifying recipes and prep procedures.

    - Launched and successfully maintained FOODA operations to help bring in additional revenue and increase average weekly sales by $2-3K.

    - Decreased labor by over 40% by making smart scheduling decis
  • Sweetgreen
    Head Coach
    Sweetgreen
    Mar 2021 - May 2022 (1 year 3 months)
    - Managed a low performing store during the height of covid and saw sales grow by over 300% within 6 months to become the busiest downtown location by making smart hiring decisions, focusing on properly training current and new staff, and providing stable, quality service to guests.

    - Beat plan ebidta for Q3 and Q4 of 2021 by 13.5% and 8.9% respectively even though I was unable to hit aggressive sales plan for both quarters by effectively managing prime cost and controllable costs.

    - Became the only certified training store within 3 months of management and oversaw the training of 5 coaches in a span of 3 months.

    - Chosen as area champion who works in tandem with the area leader to help support with new mo
  • Sweetgreen
    Assistant Head Coach
    Sweetgreen
    Jun 2020 - Mar 2021 (10 months)
    - Took over a struggling, low volume store and worked in tandem with the Head Coach to bring numbers in line and rebuild the whole team from the ground up.

    - Within three months: increased sales by over 25%, decreased labor from 37% to 23.6% and COGS from 36% to 29%, saw controllable profit increase from 3% to 30%

    - Earned recognition and cash bonus for achieving a 98% result on ecosure and maintaining strong store metrics

    - Was asked to transfer to high volume location (4M+) to identify key issues and create an action plan

    - Focused on creating more structure for stability and consistency, increasing team morale, and food quality/safety

    - In charge of accurately forecasting sales and
  • Velvet Taco
    Culinary/Training Manager
    Velvet Taco
    Oct 2018 - Apr 2020 (1 year 7 months)
    - Operated and managed at four separate locations with annual sales ranging from 3.5-5.5M+

    - Part of the NRO team for the Lincoln Park location; heavily involved in training and setting up operational plan for the restaurant

    - Responsible for writing both FOH/BOH schedules based on store needs and budget goals; brought labor down by more than 15% within 3 months of opening

    - Actively worked to bring COGS down from 33% to 24% within 3 months by constantly monitoring and adjusting order/prep pars and training staff on proper portioning and prep pocedures to minimize waste

    - Focused on cross-training all employees on at least one other station, as well as, identifying and developing high potential em
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    General Manager
    Fukumoto Sushi Yakitori
    Apr 2017 - Sep 2018 (1 year 6 months)
    - Oversaw entire operation for an upscale dinner-only sushi restaurant doing 2.5M+ in revenue, including scheduling, p&l analysis, and payroll

    - Worked with chef/owner to develop cost-control strategies to lower annual food cost by 4%

    - Grew annual sales by 36% during first year of management, in part by creating a new stream of revenue from launching a catering operation in partnership with local boutique hotels
  • Haru Sushi
    Assistant General Manager
    Haru Sushi
    Jan 2014 - Apr 2017 (3 years 4 months)
    - Assisted the GM with p&l analysis and setting weekly and monthly sales goals

    - Oversaw training operations for all new and current FOH staff members
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  • The University of Texas at Austin
    Bachelor of Arts - BA, Economics
    The University of Texas at Austin
    Jan 2012 - Dec 2016 (5 years)