Christopher Baker Email & Phone Number

New Haven, Connecticut, United States

I handle our New England and New York Metro Independent retail & foodservice business. Primary duties include customer relationship building, item management, promotional program development, roll-out of marketing strategies, private label product development, industry event representation as well as product presentations.

Glastonbury, Connecticut

I oversaw the onboarding and training for all associates at this location before transitioning to inventory management and food/supply ordering. I worked primarily as the closing cafe manager.

Middletown, Connecticut

I supervised the day to day operations for the Middletown location. This includes the cash handling, hiring and training of staff, employee discipline, purchasing and inventory management of supplies and food product, catering logistics, meal prep, cooking and customer relations.

Madison, Connecticut

I ran the crews on each of my assigned shifts. This involves all day to day operations of the business from customer service to daily maintenance, cash handling and deposit preparation, inventory management, buying of supply and food product, team member motivation and training, crafting of food and drink products and merchandising of retail sections.

Farmingdale, New York

The manager and I worked in conjunction to hire staff, design floor layout, and merchandise the Produce department for the opening of this store. I lead team development and day to day floor operations for Produce as well as our Produce production department and managed our Floral department.

Newington, Connecticut

As one of the original hires I helped lead our floor teams in the Produce department, Garden Center, Christmas Tree Shop as well performing buying/merchandising duties and warehouse logistics.

Cheshire, Connecticut

I worked with the growers through the full Greenhouse product cycle. From the formation of the soil filled pots, root propagation of the cuttings, construction and maintenance of irrigation systems, watering, trimming and the delivery of the final product to our customers. I also supervised field teams and operated the various heavy machinery to.