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Manager Sales

Location:
Irvine, CA, 92614
Posted:
February 14, 2011

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Arthur Moskowitz

Seeking a position ...

*Culinary Professional*

Providing Exceptional Skills And Experience To Any Organization From Day

One

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I am a seeking a position that would utilize my extensive experience,

knowledge and education. Having many years of specialized product training

enables me to succeed in multiple capacities. I have extensive knowledge

of equipment and supplies and love talking and selling this category. I was

one of the top salesman in terms of percentage of sales in my last

position. My team leading experience and product knowledge would make me an

excellent candidate for Sur La Table

Professional strengths include:

Productivity and Process Change and Crisis Management Strategic Planning

Improvements Team Development and Training Business Forecasting

Organizational Building and Maintaining Customer Service and

Management Professional Relationships Relationship Management

Team Supervision Building Customer Base and Motivational Leadership

Budgeting and Budget Annual Revenues Exceptional Communicator

Management 1.3 Million in sales Multi-tasking

Profit and Loss Top 5% in Equipment and Meeting and Exceeding

Performance Supplies sales percentage Goals and Objectives

Purchasing and Inventory Vendor and Supplier Employee Relations

Control Negotiations to Obtain Front/Back of House

Reducing Operational Competitive Pricing Operations

Costs Developing Wine Lists

Extensive Knowledge of

Wine

Related Professional Experience

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*Marketing Associate*

SYSCO Food Services of Los Angeles., Walnut California

5/07- 1/11

. Sales consultant for the largest food and supply distributor in North

America.

. Provide sales, menu analysis and development, product alternatives,

financial and product services and culinary advice to new and existing

customers.

. $1.3 million in annual sales

As a culinary professional, I pride myself on bringing value to my

customers by finding ways for them to be more profitable. This is

accomplished by helping to develop new menu ideas and helping to implement

them. This has resulted in additional sales, lower food costs and better

customer retention. Many of these new menu ideas have become their

signature dishes. My extensive culinary training, education and experience

would be a major asset to any organization within the culinary field.

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Arthur Moskowitz Page 2

Related Professional Experience (continued)

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* General Manager/Food & Beverage Manager/Owner *

GOURMET CREATIONS, INC., Newport Beach, CA 10/05 - 5/07

. New start-up catering venture

. Catering operation providing off-location event planning and

implementation to customers both large and small.

. Developed menus, ordered supplies, negotiated with vendors and

maintained food and labor costs.

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* Beverage Manager *

THE GROVE OF ANAHEIM (A Venture by Aramark), Anaheim, CA 1/05 - 10/05

. Managed beverage operations for events such as sports, rock band and

comedian performances and off-broadway plays.

. Developed schedules, ordered supplies and provided on-site management

of events. Generally utilized former events to forecast labor and

beverage needs. Responsible for developing a successful wine list.

. Managed costs by scheduling only the bartenders needed (about one per

150 anticipated guests) and ordering only as much beer, wine and

spirits as required for such an event.

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* Food & Beverage Manager *

HILTON GARDEN INN, Anaheim and Garden Grove, CA 10/03 - 1/05

. Developed and implemented new procedures in catering, banquets and the

restaurant to reduce waste and improve food cost. Responsible for

recalculating and dropping the par levels in inventory to reduce waste

and eliminating high protein items in inventory and on the menu that

were not selling. Improved the selection process for selecting fresh

fruits and eliminating items that would spoil prior to consumption as

part of newly implemented daily breakfast buffet. Dropped food cost

from 38% down to an average of 31%.

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* Food Service Director *

P & A FOODS, Santa Ana, CA 5/03 - 7/03

. Corporate cafeteria and temporary position after graduating culinary

school.

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Work History During and Prior To Culinary School

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Internship (Culinary Arts School Student), Roy's Restaurant, Newport Beach,

CA 1/02 - 6/02

Chef/Exhibition Chef, The Turnip Rose Caterers, Orange, CA

4/01 - 2/05 & 3/03 - 10/03

Operations Manager, Brookfield Development, Inc., Santa Ana, CA

2/91 - 4/01

Education and Certifications

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Culinary Institute of America, Hyde Park, NY

Associate in Occupational Studies, Culinary Arts, Graduate With Honors,

2003

Hilton Hotels, Inc.

Star and Hilton Trained

Serv-Safe Certified

TIPS Certified

Professional Affiliations

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Member, American Culinary Federation

Mentor, New Applicants to The Culinary Institute of America from Orange

County, CA

President of the Food Art Club, The Culinary Institute of America

Education and Certifications

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Culinary Institute of America, Hyde Park, NY

Associate in Occupational Studies, Culinary Arts, Graduate With Honors,

2003

Hilton Hotels, Inc.

Star and Hilton Trained

Serv-Safe Certified

TIPS Certified

Sysco Product/System

Certified

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Irvine, CA 92614

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