OPERATIONS EXECUTIVE & PEOPLE-FIRST LEADER

Building better leaders.
Stronger businesses.

I'm Jordan Whitmire. I help organizations turn operational challenges into stronger teams, healthier cultures, and measurable business performance.

Seeking my next leadership role

Executive operations · Organizational leadership · Luxury hospitality

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Based in Pensacola, FL Open to leadership opportunities across FL, GA & TN
Jordan Whitmire smiling in a navy suit
HOW I LEADPeople first.
Results follow.
LEADERSHIP BUILT ON TRUST, ACCOUNTABILITY & FOLLOW-THROUGHExplore my impact
SELECTED EXPERIENCE

Leadership across environments.

Resort General Manager

Luxury hospitality.

Led a luxury hospitality portfolio exceeding $10 million annually, with responsibility for operating performance, budgeting and forecasting.

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Executive operations

Multi-location leadership.

Led 4 restaurants with $36–60 million in combined annual sales, more than 1,000 direct reports, and 25+ leaders promoted.

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Turnaround experience

Business transformation.

Rebuilt trust, restored structured training and strengthened operating controls. Sales growth reached approximately 20% year over year by months three to four.

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01 / IMPACT IN NUMBERS

Big responsibility.
Human results.

Performance matters. So do the people who make it happen. My career has been shaped by improving both.

$36–60M

In combined annual sales led across 4 restaurants

More than 1,000 direct reports

Direct reports led

Approximately 30 leaders personally developed

Leaders personally developed

Approximately 20 percent

Year-over-year sales growth achieved during a turnaround period

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Across high-volume operations, multi-unit leadership and luxury hospitality.
02 / THE VALUE I BRING

The best results start
with people.

My approach blends people-first leadership with operational discipline. Select an area below to see how I put that into practice.

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Give people the tools to succeed.

Strong teams grow when leaders feel seen, equipped and accountable. I coach managers individually, establish clear expectations and create environments where people want to do excellent work.

  • Leadership development and succession planning
  • Culture rebuilding, coaching and team engagement
  • Training systems and performance accountability
03 / A LEADERSHIP STORY

Turning a struggling operation into a stronger one.

When a former operator asked me to help address serious cultural and performance challenges, I started by listening, observing, and finding the underlying problems.

“People first. Accountability always. Results follow.”
01

Diagnose before acting.

Identified leadership, culture and profitability concerns in the first three days of a consulting engagement.

02

Rebuild trust and routines.

Set clear expectations, introduced weekly leadership meetings, restored structured training and coached team members directly.

03

Put discipline behind the vision.

Implemented frequent labor reviews and reestablished production controls, partnering with functional leaders to sustain improvement.

LABOR COST23–24% → 18.5–19%
SALES GROWTH~20% year over year
Labor cost · before & after
Before23–24%
After18.5–19%

Same 0–30% scale. Highlighted ends show the reported ranges.

Sales growth reached approximately 20% against the corresponding prior-year period by months three to four of the turnaround.

04 / PROFESSIONAL JOURNEY

Experience across
industries & environments.

From multi-location service organizations to luxury resort operations and entrepreneurial growth, I've learned to lead wherever people and business outcomes meet.

2026

General Manager, New Market Launch

Cook Out · Foley, Alabama

Completed a 12-week management training program and helped establish operations in a new market, including staffing, team development and service execution.

2025–2026

Associate Manager

Cracker Barrel

Supported high-volume restaurant and retail operations, frontline leadership, guest experience and execution standards.

Earlier

Business Development & Operations

Family-owned consumer products business

Supported customer acquisition, sales, order fulfillment, and business relationships as a family-owned consumer product business expanded distribution to Disney World and NASCAR events.

05 / CAPABILITIES

The experience
behind the results.

Broad operational experience, grounded in the belief that excellent performance comes from excellent leadership.

Leadership & Culture
Executive leadershipTalent developmentSuccession planningCoaching & mentorshipChange leadershipTeam engagement
Operations & Finance
P&L responsibilityBudgetingForecastingLabor managementCost controlsOperating systemsPerformance KPIs
Growth & Partnerships
Revenue growthMarket launchesBusiness developmentGuest experienceOwnership relationsMulti-unit strategy
LEADERSHIP IS PERSONAL.
JW.

Make people feel valued.
Help them become their best.

06 / BEYOND THE TITLE

Great leaders build leaders
who build more leaders.

I believe great leadership means preparing others to succeed—even when that means preparing someone to take your place.

Throughout my career, I've personally developed approximately 30 leaders through mentorship, coaching, and hands-on training. Their growth extended my leadership philosophy into additional teams and business units, creating a lasting culture of accountability, development, and excellence.

True leadership isn't measured by how many people report to you, but by how many leaders you empower to succeed without you.

Servant leadershipHumilityAccountabilityGrowth mindsetEncouragement
07 / WHAT'S NEXT

Let's build something
great together.

I'm open to conversations about executive operations, organizational leadership, luxury hospitality, and business transformation opportunities.

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Pensacola, Florida · Open to opportunities in Florida, Georgia & Tennessee

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