PAUL STANTON
Crewe,Cheshire
Summary
Accomplished professional with a strong focus on operational strategy and performance monitoring, adept at building operational procedures and implementing continuous improvement initiatives. Demonstrates expertise in risk assessment and mitigation, crisis resolution, and resilience in high-pressure situations. Proven track record in cost reduction and efficiency, forecasting, financial reporting, and profit and loss understanding. Committed to enhancing customer relationship management while ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations.
Overview
2027
2027
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work history
Operations Manager (Part-Time Consultancy)
Waste Recovery Solutions
2020.03 - 2026.03
- Ongoing consultancy role alongside senior hospitality positions
- Arrange compliant transportation of hazardous waste across Europe
- Ensure full Health & Safety compliance and correct documentation
- Manage customer relationships, contractor performance and SLAs
- Oversee billing, payments, account accuracy and reporting
- Lead and support a team of five staff
Career Break
Family Care
2025.09 - 2026.02
- Took a planned break from full-time employment to support and care for my father during a period of serious ill health.
- Now fully available and seeking a return to a full-time senior leadership role.
General Manager
Tenpin Ltd, Wrexham
Wrexham
2024.01 - 2025.08
- Full operational and commercial responsibility for a high-volume leisure venue
- Led a management structure including Deputy Managers and a Unit Supervisor, with a total team of 33
- End-to-end ownership of recruitment, training, HR and performance management
- Accountable for Health & Safety compliance, audits and cash controls
- Achieved Bronze Centre of Excellence Award – first award in the site’s 17-year history
- Supported delivery of a £1.4m capital investment programme introducing new attractions
General Manager
Restaurant Group, Manchester Airport
Manchester
- General Manager of the largest airside bar in the UK
- Responsible for a turnover of approximately £270,000 per week
- Full P&L; accountability, cost control and commercial performance
- Led large multi-disciplinary teams in a fast-paced, high-security airport environment
- Drove service standards, compliance and profitability in a complex, high-volume operation
General Manager
Holiday Inn
Stoke-on-Trent
- Full responsibility for hotel operations, guest experience, commercial performance and team leadership
Senior Site Manager – Covid Testing Programme
Prenetics Ltd
- Led large-scale NHS and corporate testing sites; managed up to 14 Site Managers and 110 staff; promoted within four months
General Manager
Pubs / Hotels (including JW Lees Group)
- Managed hotel, restaurant, pub and wedding venues; led teams up to 55; delivered £1m+ turnover; multiple company awards
Skills
- Resilience in high-pressure situations
- Crisis resolution
- Building operational procedures
- Risk assessment and mitigation
- Cost reduction and efficiency
- Forecasting
- Financial reporting
- Customer relationship management
- Continuous Improvement implementation
- Health and Safety regulations
- Profit and loss understanding
- Operational strategy
- Performance monitoring
Certification
- Health & Safety Management
- First Aid Qualified
- Fire Marshal
- Personal Licence
Timeline
Career Break
Family Care
2025.09 - 2026.02
General Manager
Tenpin Ltd, Wrexham
2024.01 - 2025.08
Operations Manager (Part-Time Consultancy)
Waste Recovery Solutions
2020.03 - 2026.03
Senior Site Manager – Covid Testing Programme
Prenetics Ltd
General Manager
Pubs / Hotels (including JW Lees Group)
General Manager
Restaurant Group, Manchester Airport
General Manager
Holiday Inn