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Playing Basketball and coaching youth
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Allen Larry Jones

Acworth

Summary

I've been a leader in every position in my career. As a District Manager my great people skills and team building background has helped me achieve success. New challenges help me implement my motivational skills to help others help me achieve success. Success is a team goal and by helping each member on my team utilize their strengths together as one we will achieve team success.

Overview

26
26
years of professional experience

Work History

CFO/COO

Start Bright Academy
02.2022 - Current
  • Directed financial strategy aligning with corporate goals to enhance profitability and growth.
  • Oversaw budgeting processes, ensuring resource allocation met operational needs and strategic objectives.
  • Implemented financial controls and compliance measures, minimizing risks and enhancing accountability.
  • Managed cash flow forecasting, optimizing liquidity for ongoing and future projects.

District Manager

Waffle House
02.2008 - Current
  • Implement strategies that are unit specific to help each manager utilize their strengths in order to be successful
  • Provide monthly budgets at each unit to meet operational and labor target goals for period
  • Show up and implement Watch Me, Teach Me, Show Me, and Follow Up to make sure Waffle House Way strategies are being utilized in each unit
  • Provide leadership in resolving customer resolution issues. Coaching on not overreacting involving in store employee and/ or customer disputes
  • Point person for staffing to ensure that managers have quality of life while still ensuring their path to success
  • Coaching on their unit's PNL statement to help them understand their business from ownership perspective
  • Always making sure that units are health inspection ready on daily basis
  • Sales increase for 54 straight periods from 2/2013 - 8/2017
  • Moved districts 4 times to implement strategies to help bring success in low performing areas throughout area
  • Manager retention 98% under leadership with 4 unit managers getting promoted to District Managers over tenure of career
  • Award for best recruiter in 2016 for sourcing many applicants to join Waffle House team. Still have most recruits to date

Unit Manager

Waffle House
02.2007 - 02.2008
  • Increased unit daily average by 250 over course of year
  • Increased staffing from 84% at time of check in to 105% for last 9 months before being promoted
  • Increased Health Score from 86 (B) to 99 (A) at time of check out
  • Turned unit into Area training unit while training 2 manager trainees who eventually became unit managers
  • Coached and trained salespeople on customer service, 20 minute table turns, and service priorities
  • Coached grill operators on proper cooking procedures, hot holding temps, cold holding temps, and danger zone in between
  • Focused on importance of sanitation and its direct correlation with sales
  • Implemented affinity groups with surrounding businesses such as hotels, gas stations, and sports facilities

Professional Basketball Player

Euroleague
08.1999 - 12.2006
  • Created various basketball camps in cities in Dominican Republic such as Puerto Plata, Santiago, and Santo Domingo
  • Worked with N.B.A. on their Basketball Without Borders Program to bring sponsorship to underprivileged cities outside US
  • Captain of team for 5 years while leading team to Eurocup tournament competition all 5 years
  • Recruited talented players to play in Dominican Republic who later became successful in N.B.A. and other leagues abroad
  • Led team to first Eurocup championship in team history in 2004
  • Euroleague all tournament first team 2001-2005

Education

Bachelor of Science - Business Management/ Minor in Accounting

St. Thomas Aquinas College
12.1998

Skills

  • Detail Specific
  • Huge financial background
  • Born leader
  • Sales
  • People Oriented
  • Customer Service
  • Budgeting
  • Great Motivator
  • Leads by example
  • Team Builder

Timeline

CFO/COO

Start Bright Academy
02.2022 - Current

District Manager

Waffle House
02.2008 - Current

Unit Manager

Waffle House
02.2007 - 02.2008

Professional Basketball Player

Euroleague
08.1999 - 12.2006

Bachelor of Science - Business Management/ Minor in Accounting

St. Thomas Aquinas College

Playing Basketball and coaching youth

I enjoy playing basketball in my spare time and coaching the youth. I have my own training company called "Ball4Long" which I use to train younger athletes who have dreams of playing basketball at the highest level they can possibly go. It also teaches younger athletes team building and people skills which are tools that not only apply to basketball, but they can use these skills in all aspects of their professional and personal lives.

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