1. Benjamin A. Longo
1540 Stepney St. Niles, OH 44446
Phone: (330) 984-7572 Email: benlongo1981@gmail.com
OBJECTIVE:
To obtain a career in outside sales and help a company grow and achieve goals. There is nobody
more focused and driven when it comes to learning, setting goals, and team work than myself.
RELATED EXPERIENCE:
Service Manager:
Aug 2015 to present
Nicolinni’s Ristorante II Boardman, Ohio
• Manages different aspects of restaurant environment such as customer relations, vendor
relations, and inventory control
• Train and mentor all staff, such as servers and operational managers, delegating and
improving their responsibilities and restaurant work ethic and fortified a goal driven team
• Consistently achieves highest sales during serving shifts to increase profits for the
location
Resturaunt Manager:
Jan 2011 to Aug 2015
V2/Vernons Cafe Youngstown, Ohio
• Developed positive customer relationships through friendly greetings and excellent
service
• Educated employees on new merchandise and sales goals during seasonal workshops
• Managed and influenced employees in setting goals for in restaurant controllability to
improve revenue for location
• Resolved and controlled customer solutions without aid or influence from corporate
advisors, i.e. out of store employees
• Opened the restaurant, helped with designing menu, getting set up with venders. Trained
by a master sommelier.
Steel Sales:
March 2009 to Jan 2011
Hively Steel Canfield, Ohio
• Sold steel to general contractors in Portage, Trumbull and Mahoning counties.
• Customer relations and managed new and previous account.
General Construction:
Janurary 2006 to March 2009
DSV Builders Niles, Ohio
 Primarily commercial new construction and remolding
 Responsible for assisting tradesman on construction sites such as carpenters, bricklayers,
and demolition experts
 Unloads and loads materials, erects concrete forms and ramps, mixes and pours material
such as concrete, and assists in drilling and blast work.

2. EDUCATION:
Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio
College of Business Management
Bachelor of Arts, May 2007
Major: Marketing
GPA: 3.0
Activities & Leadership
• Member of Living Word Sanctuary
• Physical Trainer and Health advocate
• Volunteer at Niles Community Center and food drive
• Member of Youngstown State Adventure Recreation
COMPUTER SKILLS:
• Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, Outlook
References Available Upon Request