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Shokan New York

Lake Katrine, Ny.

Certified Organic Artisan Bread production, Pastry, Cafes, and Farmers Markets throughout NY State.

Greater New York City Area

• Promoted from Bakery Operations Manager to Senior Director of Bakery Operations in 2012.• Supervises daily operational activities of the central bakery, supplying baked goods to 15 retail outlets with a growth track of 3 new stores per year.• Responsible for all fiscal reporting and accountability for central baking operations, including payroll, purchasing, and cost of goods transferring to stores.• Directs all department managers while overseeing all store-level department managers and operations related to product quality, processes, purchasing, and equipment.• Supervises mechanical aspects of central facility and direct maintenance of all satellite bakeries.• Responsible for the recruitment and hiring of bakery department managers and the development of their corporate-wide training programs for safety and sanitation.• Worked with corporate executives and architects on designs of a new 240,000 square-foot central facility, as well as the coordination of the production launch of all products that were previously outsourced; procurement and expediting of $5+ million in equipment expenditures relating to the new facility.

Greater New York City Area

• Installed and replaced aging water meters in residential and commercial establishments, as well as program remote reading systems. • Answered on-site customer questions regarding the new water meters and satellite readers.

Greater New York City Area

• Supervised three bread lines that produced 50% of the facility’s overall production, servicing nationwide distribution to in-store bakeries. • Developed and implemented a comprehensive Quality Management system preparing for Food Safety Certification Audits. • Responsible for all issues pertaining to product quality, HACCP, Sanitation, and Plant Safety. • Procured machinery equipment for large-scale production facility. • Acted as Project Coordinator for construction of new plant and transition into the new 75,000 sq. ft. facility. • Oversaw day-to-day plant operations and employee relations issues.

Greater New York City Area

• Supervised three bread lines that produced 50% of the facility’s overall production. • Managed all aspects of daily production, including set-up and operation of the lines, machines, and assignment of personnel associated with these production lines. • Reported daily maintenance requests and production issues.• Recommended operational changes for more efficient processing of goods.• Maintained daily production logs and line downtime records.

Greater New York City Area

• Supervised operations and line workers on two of three lines in the facility, including lost production time, maintenance requests, and daily production reports. • Coordinated production modifications, recipe adjustments, baking, and proof times to maintain established standards of product quality.• Addressed production issues with product lines, flour and yeast systems, proofers, ovens, and any other production related mechanical failures.

Greater New York City Area

• Hired, trained, and evaluated up to 85 production personnel.• Supervised daily operations of the plant, including the management of the production floor and coordination of manufacturing, baking, and packaging.

• Purchased by Pidy Inc. in 1995• Personally performed bench work, scratch baking, full-scale retail baking, and specialty cakes. • Grew the company to include retail baking, airline dessert, and pastry shell manufacturing facilities. • Adapted recipes for large-scale production as the company grew.• Prepared bids from spec sheets and presented product samples to wholesale airline clients.• Launched a product for test marketing for Kraft Foods.

Education record

• Completed a 12-week correspondence course that on baking principles, processes and production (2003). • AIB- GMP Practices; AIB HACCP.

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