Michael Ayres Email & Phone Number

Richmond, Virginia, United States

Richmond, Virginia Area

Purchase all food, supplies and equipment for Aramark @ VCU Health Systems Food and Nutrition department which included patient, catering, retail and brand accounts. Track inventory, spending, production records and account for all costs that are incurred in this $34M+ account. Extensive knowledge of Aramark food and eqipment purchasing, inventory and financial processes including Ariba, Prima and GFF, respectively.Oversaw sourcing and purchasing of food, equipment and supplies for Chick-Fil-A, Subway and Retail Café construction and renovation. Oversaw Client conversion from Sysco to US Foodservice to include coordinating with the clinical staff to ensure that the nutritional value guidelines were correctly matched for patient safety.Oversaw implementation of conversion of paper tracking to online reporting program Catertrax for floor stock within VCU Main Hospital, VTCC and Children’s hospital. This enhanced cost capture and reporting for all nursing floors. Oversaw set up of vendors and logistics of opening of two new locations off campus.Driver of bringing $2M food cost shortfall back to under budget for VCU in the 2019 fiscal year.Aramark Safety Officer for Food & Nutrition Services. Part of leadership team managing 150 employees and 8 hourly supervisors to deliver an 'excellent' food service experience to all VCUHS patients, families and staff.

Richmond, Virginia Area

Led a team of 100 employees and 5 hourly supervisors that managed retail, residential, national brands and commissary food services. Main focus was managing purchasing, food cost and production of residential student operations that resulted in leading our district best cost percentage.Responsible for feeding 50,000+ students in dining center weekly and controlling all aspects of the operation that would include hiring, discipline, training, scheduling, ordering, operating systems and Aramark controls.

Richmond, Virginia Area

Leader of a team of 6 supervisors that managed five retail concepts at the VCU Commons that included Chick-Fil-a, Subway, Bene Pizza, Grill Works and Commons Convenience Store. Responsible for all aspects of those operations that would include hiring, discipline, training, scheduling, purchasing, inventory operating systems and corporate controls.

Leader of a secondary opening team of 2 salaried managers and 40 hourly employees that was responsible for all aspects of a $1.4M café and $800K Chick-Fil-A Express operation that would include hiring, discipline, training, scheduling, ordering, operating systems and controls. Increased weekly sales from $5K to $7K in the café over PY.

Petersburg, Va

Leader of a secondary opening team of 35 hourly employees and 3 hourly supervisors that was responsible for all aspects of a $1.1M café and $200K catering operation that would include hiring, discipline, training, scheduling, ordering, operating systems and controls.Led renovation of Café that translated to increased café sales 21% in and 11% and catering sales 44% and 19% over 2003 and 2004, respectively.

Midlothian, Va, Richmond, Va, Petersburg, Va

Leader of a team of 2 salaried managers and 65 hourly employees that was responsible for all aspects of the operation of a $1.9M restaurant chain restaurant including recruiting, training and implementation of high culinary and service standards. Consistently was in the top 5 sales and total controllable income of the S&A corporation's 144 restaurants.