Noah Atlas

***** ******** **

Minnetonka, MN ****1

952-***-****

612-***-****

email: abgr4v@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE: To obtain a leadership position within a growing company, and

leverage my unique skills and education to maximize profit while improving

the customer experience.

I am a seasoned professional with experience in Customer Relationship

Management, Financial Acumen, People Development, Sales Presentation, and I

am able to influence without authority. I am comfortable assessing a

business's current environment, identifying new goals, and positioning the

company more favorably in the marketplace. I am a strategic thinker with

the strong ability to adapt to change, and I hold an MBA from the

University of St. Thomas in business management.

WORK EXPERIENCE

LEYE, Inc. - Big Bowl, Edina MN July 2008 - Present

Manager - Big Bowl, Fresh Asian Cuisine, Edina, MN

. Manage restaurant financials, projects, and yearly goals.

o Develop and manage the yearly budget.

o Manage the monthly P&L statement, and project monthly profit.

o Lead the team in yearly goal setting and developing projects for

management and staff.

. Manage 100 staff members.

o Manage daily business goals (labor, sales, expenditures).

o Develop and train the management team to meet store goals.

o Create a healthy working environment for all.

o Identify yearly goals and development plans to improve employee

retention.

. Maintain restaurant and restaurant goodwill

o Maintain and create all business-to-business relationships.

o Provide guidance to staff and other managers to improve sales and

customer relationships.

o Provide a unique experience for guests all while maintaining a

solid Brand.

Cargill Kitchen Solutions - Monticello MN 2006 - May 2008

Strategic Business Unit of Cargill, Inc. selling further processed egg

products in a business-to-business capacity.

Product Development / Sales

. Built and managed new and existing customer relationships.

. Provided on-site training, market insight, and trending for strategic

accounts resulting in client retention, expanding business

opportunities, and account growth.

. Provided on-site custom product creation and sales materials

presentations to purchasing, marketing, and culinary departments of

Cargill National Sales Accounts.

. Created new products and menu ideations for customers.

. Provided subject matter and product expertise to customers teaming

with sales to secure business.

. Created sales and training materials.

. Created bench-top products for sales calls.

. Managed new product development projects

. Created new products from inception to rollout.

. Converted products from sample-sized batches to plant-sized batches

while meeting product quality, food safety, and customer service

standards.

. Oversaw trials and initial facilities production.

. Managed customer and internal timelines to meet internal and external

needs.

. Built and strengthened a relationship with a strategic account that had

been strained for many years. This new relationship led to the

development of two new products. Created and presented strategic product

ideations for customers. Developed new products and materials for

national and commercial accounts.

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Lund Food Holdings, Inc. 2002 - 2006

Operations Manager, Mitchell Road Production Facility

. Staff Management

. Managed 50 union production staff and two supervisory staff members.

. Hired, trained, scheduled, reviewed, and set goals for staff as

needed.

. Scheduled production, created and implemented process improvements,

monitored productivity.

. Kitchen Management

. Created and maintained training and recording materials for kitchen

safety, food safety, HACCP, and quality assurance.

. Trained all employees with new and existing materials.

. Created standard operating procedures for all areas of responsibility.

. Managed and tracked materials cost, ordering, and inventory.

. Product Management

. Followed business trends to develop new products; material costing;

updated existing products; converted products from sample size batches

to plant sized batches; tracked market trends and fads.

. Facilitated the move of employees from a 25 year-old facility to a new

processing facility. This move was achieved without disrupting the

production or delivery of products to our internal or external customers.

Chef, Deli Kitchen - Lunds, gourmet grocery store, Plymouth, MN

2001 - 2002

Responsibilities included managing and training union staff; creating new

training materials; maintaining food safety logs; ordering food and

supplies; managing inventory costing and controls; daily production of hot

and cold food products; catering.

Kitchen Manager/ Chef - Byerly's, gourmet grocery store, St. Paul, MN

2000 - 2001

Responsible for managing and training staff; daily hot and cold food

production; ordering food and supplies; food and supplies costing,

inventory; updating inventory and cost systems; setting up food displays

and demonstrations; catering.

Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises, Inc. 1998 - 2000

Manager - Big Bowl, Fresh Asian Cuisine, Edina, MN

Supervised front- and back-of-house staff

. Taught and supervised training classes for service, liquor, and wine

sales.

. Supervised bar and carryout programs.

. Updated and created service manuals.

. Ordered and maintained liquor inventory and budget.

. Created and managed incentive programs for the staff.

. Created the liquor and wine program for the business, and participated in

record setting sales for the business.

Manager - Mity Nice Grill, Chicago, IL

Supervised front- and back-of-house staff.

. Ordered and maintained supply inventory and budget.

. Managed front-of-house staff and meetings.

. Managed back-of-house staff with kitchen manager.

. Took weekly food inventory.

. Completed the Lettuce Entertain You customer service training program.

EDUCATION

MBA Business Management - University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN - 2008

Associate of Occupational Studies - Culinary Institute of America, Hyde

Park, NY - 1998

Bachelor of Arts Degree, Political Science - University Of Iowa, Iowa City,

IA - 1996

CONTINUING EDUCATION CLASSES

Microsoft Word 2000, Microsoft Server 2000, Data Communication

Hennepin Technical College, Eden Prairie, MN

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