➤ Helping failing restaurants/companies in the food industry with setting up new programs and creating efficient systems.➤ Efficiently tracking shrink and managing losses in order to help businesses return to profitable status within 2-3 months.➤ Creating structure/processes to manage the increase in workloads along with creating efficient staff training programs.➤ Aiding property management companies with obtaining contracts with new banks in order to reverse foreclosure status.➤ Analyzing organizational practices, identifying weaknesses, and recommending solutions to increase business success.➤ Meeting with and advising senior executives throughout the consultation process to determine business needs/goals.➤ Compiling/presenting business research findings and developing detailed project plans to drive changes/improvements.➤ Providing guidance when issues, challenges, or problematic solutions arise and assessing the effectiveness of projects.➤ Reviewing various aspects of businesses, compiling data/reports, presenting recommendations, and guiding new tasks.➤ Collecting information about the client's business through a variety of methods such as shadowing/interviewing staff.

➤ Oversaw operations of kosher, frozen, specialty, bakery, dairy, seafood, and meat departments for 14 Fairway locations.➤ Effectively met financial targets by managing payroll, P&L reports, sales, and gross profit information for each location.➤ Developed all holiday merchandising plans for key holidays and coordinated all aspects of marketing/store promotions.➤ Oversaw vendor negotiations, financial reviews, website development, bookkeeping, and customer service initiatives.➤ Effectively ensured compliance with established city, state and federal guidelines in order to maintain operational status.➤ Managed accounts payable/receivable departments and reviewed specific account inconsistencies in financial reports.➤ Reported marketing efforts across active social channels to assure social goals were met along with business objectives.➤ Strategically processed all vendor invoices, maintained up-to date systems, and opened/assigned new vendor accounts.➤ Developed strategies to meet results, leveraging merchandising programs, events, product knowledge, and new services.➤ Reviewed strategic plans with stakeholders to ensure progress to key performance indicators/merchandise requirements.

➤ Owner – RT Direct Distributors – 2007 to 2010➤ Sales & Merchandising – Vineland Specialty Foods – 2008 to 2010➤ Kosher Department Manager – Saker ShopRite -2002 to 2005