Kitchen Manager at Casey's General Store (2025-05 – 2026-01)
- Oversaw daily operations of a high-volume kitchen, ensuring efficient workflow and timely preparation of food
- Implemented safety protocols and ensured compliance with health regulations to maintain a clean and safe working environment
- Maintained accurate records of inventory levels, ordering patterns, and supplier performance to inform purchasing decisions
- Demonstrated strong leadership skills during high-pressure situations such as peak service hours
Materials Administrator at SLSB, LLC dba St Louis Screw & Bolt (2024-06 – 2025-02)
- Support manufacturing activities
- Generate purchase orders for raw materials and components. Closely monitor supplier delivery
- Schedules and routinely communicate with vendors to expedite deliveries when needed to ensure component availability
- Responsible for planning and monitoring production and maintaining inventory levels of components
- Ensure consistent levels of finished goods are on hand to satisfy customer demand
- Develop a positive and cooperative working relationship with suppliers through regular, proactive communication.
- Receive and reconcile deliveries against purchase orders. Complete documentation and transactions
- Work closely with suppliers and quality assurance to resolve quality issues.
- Takes on projects that require knowledge of inventory & production management
Purchasing Assistant at Chestnut Health Systems (2022-03 – 2024-05)
- Research and evaluate vendors and suppliers to ensure utilization and cost-effective purchasing options and needs
- Maintain accurate and updated records of all purchases and supplier information
- Assist in developing and implementing strategies to optimize the purchasing process and improve efficiency within the organization
- Managing inventory levels and ensuring stock levels are maintained
- Collaborate with a variety of different clients to gather input and identify the best purchasing options available for their needs
- Collaborate with the finance department to approve expenses, ensuring that purchasing decisions align with correct grants, cost codes and budget line items
- Ability to follow Chestnuts purchasing processes, procedures and policies consistently and accurately including the requisition and approval processes, credit card usage, invoice processing, and purchase orders
- Strong customer service, interpersonal communication and email etiquette skills with all business units
- Working side by side with several different vendors and suppliers such as Amazon, Walmart, Staples, Henry Schein, Sysco, Schnucks, Dutch Hallow Supplies, Ronocco and many other companies
- Ability to receive and stage packages for couriers such as our own Chestnut courier, UPS, FedEx, USPS, Spee-Dee, Amazon and Walmart.
- General knowledge of Chestnuts individual and unique business units while having the ability to distinguish a correct or incorrect cost code for the specific purchase
Overnight Cleaner and Butcher Market Associate at 1818 Chophouse (2018-08 – 2022-03)
- Provide excellent customer service by assisting customers with their inquiries and ensuring their satisfaction with the products and services offered
- Collaborate with the marketing team to develop strategies to attract new customers and increase sales
- Ensure cleanliness and proper maintenance of the store, including but not limited to mopping floors, cleaning display cases, and sanitizing equipment
- Handle and maintain the inventory of meat products to ensure stock availability and minimize waste
- Assist in the development and execution of marketing campaigns to promote the meat products and services offered by the company
- Collaborate with the facilities management team to ensure proper maintenance and repair of butchering equipment, such as knives, slicers, grinders, mops, brooms, and vacuum cleaners
- Assist in the development and implementation of improved cleaning processes and procedures to ensure the store meets or exceeds sanitation standards
Manager at McAlister's Deli (2012-08 – 2018-08)
Started junior year of High school as the Kids Night face painter and with on the job training become apart of the FOH team, BOH team and then a Manager.
- Provide excellent customer service by assisting customers with their inquiries and ensuring their satisfaction with the products and services offered
- Ensure cleanliness and proper maintenance of the store, including but not limited to mopping floors, cleaning display cases, and sanitizing equipment
- Handle and maintain the inventory of all food products to ensure stock availability and minimize waste
- Collaborate with the facilities management team to ensure proper maintenance and repair of butchering equipment, such as knives, slicers, grinders, mops, brooms, and vacuum cleaners
- Assist in the development and implementation of improved cleaning processes and procedures to ensure the store meets or exceeds sanitation standards
- Cook and prep work done daily to suffice the restaurants needs for the business day and forth coming days.
- Prepare and execute food orders for delivery to ensure stock of the walk ins and pantries.
- High attention to detail and organization
- Ability to count down drawers, balance books, manage tip out and make bank deposits.
- Ability to use kitchen equipment such as slicer, oven, fryer, etc.
- Handle expo and maintain a steady flow of food orders coming in and out whether it be car side to go, to go pick up, to go pick up window, dinning in, over the phone orders, delivery, etc.
