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
