SCHOOL	MAJOR	YEAR	DEGREE
Western Michigan University	Dietetics	1972	Bachelor Degree
Schenectady Co Comm College	Hotel, and culinary management	1970	Associate Degree
Rochester Institute of Technology	Mechanical Engineering	1969	Trade School Degree

Highlights:

Distributor Sales, Food Purchasing and Food Production experience including: • Sales Management, territory sales, customer service • Consultant Dietitian, Director of Purchasing and Purchases Controller - managed buying departments • Manager of college, hospital, extended care, and restaurant food production operations • Director of purchasing and category management at the unit, regional and corporate levels - managed product line development in Meat, Seafood, Poultry, Dry, Frozen, Paper, Chemicals and Commodities. • Fully knowledgeable in HACCP, USDA, USDC Sanitation development • Training support for staff, sales, management and dietary professionals • Coordination of product and menu development, marketing , advertising, line presentations, market analysis, segment focus and program development for improved sales and penetration • Computer skills including MS Office, Word, Outlook, Power Point, Excel, data entry, AS400 • Instituted cost savings programs, income development plans and goal achievement guidelines for production, purchasing and sales departments. Established "EquipMart" a smallwares distribution company • Written bids, RFQ/RFP, provided bid support, product specification development, policies and procedures, recall guidelines, marketing presentations and distribution plans for bid awards • Instructor of purchasing and basic culinary preparation at the Junior College Level

Companies I like:

Sysco, Oesse, Tyson

P&L responsibilities
Presentation
Ecommerce Strategy and digital marketing channels optimization - SEO, SEM, email, affiliates - for high-profile accounts.
Technology Solutions
Sales Support
Software Implementation
Requirements Analysis & Specification
Leadership

• training
• instructor
• purchasing
• construction
• remodeling
• marketing
• energy savings

Maintaining customer contact and service and continuous follow-up to meet deadlines