Christopher Vivanco

Background

About Christopher Vivanco

I worked in the service industry for almost six years, starting when I was sixteen. I have only recently tried a different field in retail. I began working as a dishwasher in U-Grill, located in a local food and beverage plaza. I am prideful of my work, which was exhibited in my work ethic. I slowly began working my way up from a dishwasher, to a busboy, to a line cook, following as a food runner, and ending as a server. I was excited about that and figured that I can make my way to management. I began taking classes at a community college for business management, though I didn’t finish because I was already working two jobs. Shortly after I became a server, my manager at the time left to operate a different store. He asked me to join him, and I was working both at U-Grill and BBQ Chicken. I was a part of the team that helped set up the new store. I held the same mindset and put my all into the new store. I worked around the clock day after day and ultimately became a candidate to become a BOH manager. I eventually received the management position, however, I was left with no manager to train me due to my current manager being transfer to a new store. I was able to gain self experience learning from trial and error how to effectively run the kitchen and costs. The managers that were still at the store all ended up leaving for one reason or the other, and I was ultimately left to be the general manager of the store after requesting the position. I ran the restaurant still having consistent sales even during the covid lockdowns. I was able to learn every position the store had to offer, while simultaneously sacrificing personal time to learn how to be a more effective leader in the store. I am never opposed to learning new skills, and I even learned how to fix our vending machine components when they went down. I took in the store as if it were my own, and only left to pursue an education in Biblical leadership. I worked at the kitchen at the college, and only recently sought out a different route in retail. I am looking forward to maintain the same work ethic that got me my prior positions, this time in the retail field.