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Sienna Walsh

Restaurant General Manager
Chicago, IL, United States

Professional Summary

Results-driven Restaurant General Manager with 8+ years leading high-volume full-service and fast-casual concepts across Chicago. Expert in P&L ownership, labor scheduling, guest experience systems, and multi-unit standards. Known for turning around underperforming locations through coaching, menu engineering, and tight cost controls.lsh

Employment History

Restaurant General Manager
River North Hospitality Group · Chicago, IL
Mar, 2021 · Present
• Own full P&L for a 180-seat full-service restaurant doing ~$4.2M annual sales; improved contribution margin 3.4 pts YoY through waste reduction and vendor renegotiation. • Lead a team of 42 FOH/BOH staff; cut turnover 22% by rebuilding hiring scorecards, onboarding, and weekly coaching rituals. • Raised overall guest satisfaction from 4.2 to 4.7/5 on major review platforms within 14 months via service recovery playbooks and mystery-shop audits. • Partner with culinary on seasonal menu rolls; drove +11% check average without hurting covers through guided selling and wine pairing training. • Maintain health, safety, and brand standards across peak tourist and convention seasons with zero critical health violations for 3 consecutive years.
Assistant General Manager
Lakeshore Casual Concepts · Chicago, IL
Jun, 2018 · Feb, 2021
• Ran daily operations for a 120-seat fast-casual concept averaging 650 covers/weekend; owned scheduling for 28 employees within labor targets. • Implemented inventory cycle counts and prep guides that reduced food cost from 31.8% to 28.9% in two quarters. • Trained shift leads on opening/closing checklists and cash controls; cut variance incidents by half. • Coordinated local marketing with district leadership for neighborhood events that lifted weekday lunch traffic ~15%.
Shift Supervisor / Server Lead
Midway Kitchen Collective · Chicago, IL
Aug, 2015 · May, 2018
• Supervised FOH teams of 8–12 during dinner rushes; resolved guest issues and kept ticket times under target. • Built section charts and side-work rotations that improved table turns on Friday/Saturday nights. • Consistently ranked top 10% in sales among FOH staff while mentoring new servers.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Hospitality Management
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign · Champaign, IL
2011 · 2015

Skills

P&L Management
Labor Scheduling
Guest Experience
Inventory Control
Menu Engineering
Team Coaching
Health & Safety Compliance
POS Systems (Toast, Aloha)
Conflict Resolution
Multi-Unit Standards

Courses

ServSafe Manager
National Restaurant Association
Illinois Food Handler
Illinois Department of Public Health
TIPS Alcohol Certification
Health Communications, Inc.