Mike Scornaienchi

To continue to be a lifelong learner and share my knowledge and passion for the food industry.

Category Manager/Specialist Produce - Denningers

(2024-03)

Produce, Floral and Fresh Grocery/dairy Category Manager

• Responsible for procurement of all products with 16 suppliers and farmers
• Source product for processing plant
• Set pricing to reach target margins
• Create SOPs and checklists
• Hire, train, coach, reviews and coach staff
• Scheduling, planning, ordering and merchandising
• Following company standards
• Control waste, shrink, scan outs
• Process credits, returns, store transfers
• Quality Check inbound product and receive PO in system to ensure inventory is accurate
• Responsible for 4 locations
• Send all stores orders to the appropriate vendor
• Ensure credits are received
• Track all purchases and transfers between stores
• Planogram creation
• Seasonal flips
• Weekly competitor checks
• Vendor and farm visits

Fresh Foods Manager - Goodness Me Upper Gage

(2023-08 - 2024-03)

Produce, Bulk and Bread Manager

• Responsible for the day to day operations of all 3 departments
• Hire, train, coach, reviews and coach staff
• Scheduling, planning, ordering and merchandising
• Following company standards
• Control waste, shrink, scan outs
• Process credits, returns, store transfers
• Quality Check inbound product and receive PO in system to ensure inventory is accurate
• Cycle counts and inventory counts
• Key holder, balance tills/safe and deposits
• Close and open store
• Learning cashier duties
• Competitor checks weekly

Retail Consultant/Owner - Table Fresh Foods

(2020-08)

• Assessment of department(s)
• Provide recommendations to improve department(s)
• Execute recommendations within the agreed upon time if required
• Hire, train, coach staff/management
• Create and or implement SOP's, best practices
• Source out used commercial equipment (carts, racks, sinks etc.)
• Follow up visits with scorecards

Produce Specialist - Fortinos (LCL)

(2017-04 - 2018-07)

• Responsible for produce, salad bar, and bulk departments for 12 stores
• Liaison between stores and head office
• Weekly visits and follow up meetings
• Create action plans for underperforming departments
• Coach and educate store teams to ensure directives and company standards are kept
• On call for stores questions and or quality issues and follow up with resolving any issues
• Competitor checks for (price, quality, and merchandising)

Produce Manager - Longs (North Oakville)

(2016-06 - 2017-04)

Responsible for the fresh produce department including bulk.

• Scheduling, hiring, training, coaching, yearly reviews, and termination 20+ team members
• Ordering, inventory control, shrink analysis, of 170k per week dept
• Communicate with buyers several times a week
• Planograms, floorplan, seasonal flips, ad plan, why not try program, and foodland Ontario display execution
• Ensure staff is fully trained with health and safety, food safety and department training and signed off
• Was a mentor for new produce managers in the manager training program
• Have a off ad push item to present at managers meetings every 2 weeks
• Competitor checks for (price, quality, and merchandising)

Director Produce/Bulk/Salad Bar/Floral - Cataldi Fresh Market Woodbridge

(2016-01 - 2016-05)

Responsible for produce, salad bar, floral, and bulk departments

• Ran day to day operations
• Visit food terminal to check quality, variety, pricing
• Coach and educate team to ensure directives and company standards are kept
• Competitor checks for (price, quality, and merchandising)
• Enter invoices, price changes to effectively obtain desired margin
• Create weekly ad

Produce Manager - Longs (Oakville, Mississauga and Brampton)

(2008-10 - 2016-01)

Responsible for the fresh produce department including bulk

• Scheduling, hiring, training, coaching, yearly reviews, and termination 20+ team members
• Ordering, inventory control, shrink analysis, of 170k per week dept
• Receiving, quality checks, rotation, FIFO and LIFO
• Communicate with buyers several times a week
• Planograms, floorplan, seasonal flips, ad plan, why not try program, and foodland Ontario display execution
• Ensure staff is up is fully trained with health and safety, food safety and department training and signed off
• Was a mentor for new produce managers in the manager training program
• Have a off ad push item to present at managers meetings every 2 weeks
• Competitor checks for (price, quality, and merchandising)
• Opened Mount Pleasant and Applewood locations
• Was the first continuous improvement Coach and had to present program to whole company's management staff

Grocery Manager - Fortinos (Fiesta Mall)

(2007-12 - 2008-10)

Responsible for managing all aspects of the grocery department including night crew

• Scheduling, hiring, training, coaching, and termination 24 team members
• Ordering, ad bookings, inventory control, shrink analysis
• Planograms, floorplan, seasonal flips, ad plans
• Manage shelf availability, hole counts and perpetual inventory

General Merchandise Manager - Fortinos (Main Street)

(2004-09 - 2007-12)

Responsible for managing all aspects of the General Merchandise department

• Scheduling, hiring, training, coaching, and termination 12 team members
• Ordering, ad bookings, inventory control, shrink analysis
• Planograms, floorplan, seasonal flips, ad plans
• Receive, sort, order accuracy

Diploma - Massage Therapy - Trios College Hamilton (2020-09 - 2020-09)

Diploma - Business Marketing - Mohawk College Hamilton (2000-06 - 2000-06)

O.S.S.D. - Saint Thomas More Secondary School, Hamilton (1997-06 - 1997-06)