Experience

Regalis Foods

• United States
• Food and Beverage Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Purchasing and Import Manager, Office Manager

  • Feb 2017 - Present

  Regalis Foods is New York City's leading importer of fresh truffles, rare foraged edibles, caviar, and an ever-evolving array of unique ingredients. My position at Regalis as grown and evolved over time from general back-end office responsibilities to.... - Import Manager; working closely with Customs Brokers, Government Agencies, and Freight Providers to ensure high-value/highly perishable product is delivered in pristine condition and in a timely manner - Purchasing and Accounts Payable; Managing purchasers and ensuring proper processing of POs, shipping routes, and receiving. Communicating with all Vendors to ensure Food Safety compliance, proper invoicing, and quality concerns. Kept open lines of communications with Vendors for strong and lasting relationships. - Inventory Manager; Works with warehouse receivers to ensure product properly checked in and accounted for in digital inventory software. Manages regular cycle counts and full warehouse inventories. Perform investigations of discrepancies, as needed. - Project Manager; Oversees Co-Packer relations for branded product builds. Have implemented and developed SOPs for special projects such as DTC website and ERP software solutions.



Beehive Bungalows

• Wholesale

• Property Manager

  • 2010 - 2020

  Developed and manage 8-unit waterfront property focused on offering renters a simple and comfortable vacation environment Market available units via social networks, respond to potential tenant inquiries, and book rentals for summer season Provide all property maintenance, including plumbing, electrical, painting, and light carpentry Maintain property landscape and fully prepared cottages for arriving tenants Developed and manage 8-unit waterfront property focused on offering renters a simple and comfortable vacation environment Market available units via social networks, respond to potential tenant inquiries, and book rentals for summer season Provide all property maintenance, including plumbing, electrical, painting, and light carpentry Maintain property landscape and fully prepared cottages for arriving tenants



BOSKA Food Tools

• Netherlands
• Retail
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Account Manager

  • May 2015 - May 2016

  Cutting the cheese in style! Cutting the cheese in style!



World's Best Cheeses

• Armonk, NY

• Imports Manager and Purchasing

  • Feb 2013 - May 2015

  Active in all day-to-day business operations. Regular inventory cycle counts, receive inventory, run purchasing and sales reports to create accurate purchase orders. Maintain warehouse order by overseeing proper stocking and rotation. Communicate overages and shortages to lead purchaser and take necessary action to reconcile such instances. Create weekly push lists for sales staff of international and domestic air and boat-shipped cheeses. Submit for and negotiated with vendors for credit. Keep accurate records of distressed product for shrink and inventory control as well as for resale. Keep track of all inbound ocean freight and air freight. Organize airport pickups by own trucks and schedule deliveries of cargo containers by outside truckers. Work closely with customs-brokers in order to file timely licensing paperwork and prevent storage and demurrage charges. Prepare receiving paperwork from foreign invoices and oversee protocols for packing and shipping pre-ordered cheeses. Handle all FDA and Customs related holds, releases, and destruction if necessary. Other responsibilities include expediting between the sales office and the warehouse. Special care of products for VIP customers, sampling out new product for the sales staff, educate warehouse workers on the proper care and handling of products. Packing products to be exported via air-freight delivery, stepping in for warehouse managers as needed, and routing trucks for deliveries. Sales calls when necessary and participating in industry food shows.



Whole Foods Market

• United States
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Specialty Team Member

  • 2010 - Jan 2013

  Handled all basic operational aspects of running the Specialty department of Whole Foods, which includes selling and sampling cheeses to customers, preparing coffee drinks, as well as helping customers with beer, gelato, and olives. Responsible for proper rotation of dated items, keeping a clean and orderly back-stock, as well as building enticing displays Handled purchasing for Prepared Foods and Bakery areas of the Hampton’s Pop-up Shop. Supervised TMs working the coffee bar area and delegated responsibilities from managing break schedules to stocking shelves and ensuring proper rotation Managed inventory and financial records for the Prepared Foods department. Ensured our team had everything necessary to execute enticing menus and meet financial goals Placed daily orders with strict budgets and order deadlines using a variety of ordering systems (IRMA, Orderlink, SOG, Perkins) Kept a clean Store Ops to ensure financials were accurate and up to date as well as wrote weekly Financial Recaps for the dpt. Worked closely with receiver to optimize walk-in coolers-space and to maintain best practices so to ensure minimal loss



Tasti D-Lite

• Food & Beverages
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Owner/Operator

  • 2007 - 2010

  Established the location of the popular low calorie, all-natural frozen dessert chain that originated in NYC. Trained employees to be customer focused and educated on the product they were serving Responsible for managing budget operation and logging payroll Hired, trained, and supervised team of three and created employee schedule Served and entertained customers, enforced brand knowledge, and made sure of an overall enjoyable customer experience Introduced off-season product extensions such as locally roasted coffee, locally made granola, hot waffle sandwiches, board games and live entertainment