Benjamin Pepion has over 10 years of experience in business management and entrepreneurship. He has a Bachelor's degree in Business Management from Anderson University and an Associate's degree from Universite Nice Sophia Antipolis. Pepion has held several supervisory and managerial roles in restaurants and bars in South Carolina, Florida, and Hungary, demonstrating experience with scheduling, training, financial reporting, and ensuring high customer service and food quality standards. He is fluent in French and English with conversational Spanish skills.

1. Benjamin Pepion
102 Fawn Ridge Way, 29662 Mauldin SC
 benj067@hotmail.com
864-559-4002
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Business entrepreneur with experience building business opportunities, positioning product alternatives,
analyzing financials, managing teams,and negotiating solutions to strategically expand business
throughout various markets.
EDUCATION
 ANDERSON UNIVERSITY SC
BS IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
 UNIVERSITE NICE SOPHIA
ANTIPOLIS (France)
ASSOCIATE IN STATISTICS AND
COMPUTING FOR BUSINESS
EXPERIENCE
SUPERVISOR
The Den By Denny’s. Spartanburg SC Aug2015-present
 Schedule and train employees and ensure proper coverage.
 Check restaurant on daily basis to ensure cleanliness, high quality food and food presentation.
 Supervise policies and procedures and cash handling.
 Efficiently cooke orders based on established recipes, modifying as needed per customer requests.
 Maintaining accurate financial and administrative records.
TRAINING BAR MANAGER
Apple Gold Group/Applebee’s, Easley SC Jun2015-present
 Daily Stock Control and full weekly audit.
 HR responsibilities including recruitment, training and development of staff. Inventory.
 Train all the new Manager, General Manager and Area Director for all the front of the house
expectation.
 Efficiently resolve problems or concerns to the satisfaction of all involved parties.
 Develop and maintain exceptional customer service standards.
ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER
Tradewindsbar& grill/ Island Queen Cruises, Miami FL May2013-Jun2015
 Initiated negotiations regarding vendor contracts and kept updated records of contracts
 Built sales forecasts and schedules to reflect desired productivity targets.
 Schedule and direct staff in daily work assignments to maximize productivity.
 Regularly updated computer systems with new pricing and daily food specials.
 Assigned tasks and oversaw the direction of employees to ensure compliance with food safety
procedures and quality control guidelines.
 Consistently exceeded daily sales targets by 10-14%.
 Met monthly sales goals for 14 months straight. ($5.5 million/year)
 Create a million dollar net operation between both sides of the company in a year.
 Began event restaurant calendar on social media that has been adopted district wide due to proven
ability to increase sales on event days.
 70+ hours on premise a week.

2. MANAGER
Da Vinci Ristorante, Anderson SC Sept2012-May2013
 Managing the entire staff of the restaurant and coordinating their work.
 Meeting and greeting customers and organize table reservations.
 Set budgets and execute plans for department sales, product purchase and staff development.
 Overseeing the stock levels and placing the orders well in time.
 Generating detailed daily, monthly, quarterly and yearly reports on business, staff, and profit.
BUSINESS DEVELOPER,
Chez les Français, Budapest Hungary Jan2010-Jan2011
 Develop Chez les Français French restaurant and grocery in Eastern Europe.
 Analyze new geographic opportunity to develop the concept.
 Conduct sales and marketing calls to book meetings with potential clients.
 Monitored new account success by contacting customers at scheduled intervals.
OWNER
Nyteclubz Inc. , Anderson SC Mar2010-Sept2012
 Supervised employees schedule
 Coordinated and planned the promotion of event
 Managed the cost of event and inventory
ACTIVITIES AND HONORS
 Anderson University Men soccer team scholarships
 Anderson University Tennis team scholarships
 French NCAA soccer champion with Nice Sophia Antipolis
ADDITIONALSKILLS
 Fluent in French (first language) and English; conversational in Spanish
 Micros POS / DINE POS
 Microsoft Office
 Strong P/L management skills
 Inventory management expert
 ServSafe Manager