Drew Digaudio Email & Phone Number

Punta Gorda, Florida, United States

Greater New York City Area

Responsible for supporting operations and strategic projects to serve the businessoperations department. Owned the project coordination, communications, and logistics related to strategic projects and site expansion. Lead a team of facilities project managers to maintain strict adherence to safety plans, maintenance schedules, and contractor work throughout all warehouse locations in North America. Assisted regional and company leaders in IT, global security, finance, accounts payable, real estate, procurement, legal, and retail in projects and initiatives relating to but not limited to product roll out, sustainability, safety and compliance, branding, procurement, and vendor management.-Built partnerships with cross functional teams, PMs, and other key business partners to drive improvements, cost reduction, and operational efficiencies. Drove buildout of field safety measures by working with key stakeholders in the global security office- Facilitated new warehouse opening by developing robust project management playbooks and dashboards, using the Monday.com work OS, and maintaining a focus on scalability and the removal of wasteful processes. Strategically supervised the project execution teams to ensure the timely and cost-effective completions of projects-Served as key point of contact for all stakeholder groups, internal and external, providing program updates, collecting information, and hosting feedback sessions post launch.- Generated program and project reviews with cross-functional leaders throughout the company to outline physical expansion efforts and the risks and mitigation efforts that went along with them.-Negotiated with outside vendors and spearheaded RFP initiatives to isolate purchase areas of opportunity across all field sites. Streamlined and obtained preferred pricing throughout all purchasing buckets and achieved more than $5M in supply savings.

Greater New York City Area

Maintained high CSAT (5.0 for 6 months streak), low turnover (<1%) and operational efficiency (lowest cost per delivery in network) while scaling 300% over projected sales volumeHighest ranked KPIs in the network led to promotion within 9 monthsHired and Developed 4 hourly team members to Salaried roles within the 9 months

Water Mill, Ny

Scaled restaurant from inception to 5 restaurants with a multifaceted team and corporate structure.Continuously improved operations across 5 restaurants that led to profitability within 15 months without sacrificing service by developing an standard operating procedures, and an auditing and quality assurance programCreated training and performance evaluations targeted at maximizing employee performance while focusing on personal development. Lead to development of over 100 team members from entry-level to store manager using mentorship along with training guides.

Hauppauge, Ny

• Opened and operated the highest volume Chipotle on Long Island• Grew store sales 300% within the first 18 months• Conducted daily pre-shift and weekly departmental meetings to ensure organizational efficiency• Trained and mentored Assistant Managers and developed crew members to become managers • Motivated Crew members through stressful days • Assigned tasks and oversaw the direction of employees to ensure compliance with food safety procedures and quality control guidelines• Continually evaluated restaurant and acted to ensure food quality and service standards were consistently met