Co managing one of the highest sales volume Bojangles in the country. Our franchise currently has the top five highest sales volume stores in the country. If your wanting the best tasting Fried chicken in Raleigh with a made from scratch buttermilk biscuit that is just as irresistible come visit us on South Wilmington Street.

Converted purchasing from buying indirectly from redistributors to purchasing directly from growers and vastly improved quality of produce accepted from suppliers and shipped to customers. Allowed vendor relationships to turn into partnerships by no longer using a spreadsheet solely to determine who we would be purchasing from.

Managed the Produce category as well as two direct reports. This involved all of the purchasing of produce, pricing of produce, logistics of the inbound loads of produce, as well as assisting the Territory Managers in resolving problems as well as increasing sales of produce.

Responsible for purchasing, pricing, assisting sales with the products that I purchased. The product categories that I was responsible for were Caribbean Fruit, Pre Cut Vegetables, Pre Made Salads, Eastern Vegetables, Fresh Juices, Prepared Fresh Fruit, Fresh Processed Potatoes, Breaker or Split Program, Fresh Herbs and Onions. These categories made up 25 million in sales per year of the 42 million that we that this OPCO sold per year. Maintained over 99.4% service level.

Purchased Frozen Vegetables, Fresh Seafood, Fresh Produce (needed for the processing of the Fresh cut program), Fresh Pasta, Domestic Cheese, and Caviar

Purchased Just in Time Produce, and Just in Time Fresh Seafood. Inventory counter and adjuster. Changed Item descriptions to maintain similar search functions for similar items. Created a pricing matrix in the computer so that it could be used to group similar items or categories to have the same pricing mark ups.

Receiving Put Away forklift operator, Inventory, Will Call Selector, and whatever else needed done.