Manager Sales

SARA M. OLCHESKE

Email: ********@*****.***

Job Objective:

Employment within Retirement Living, Healthcare or the Foodservice environment, which will

provide me with challenges, successes and growth personally and professionally.

Skills Summary:

Team player, responsible, detail-oriented, self directed, hard working, dependable, cooperative,

strong interpersonal relationship building, and punctual. Excellent and accurate typing abilities.

Knowledge of MS Word, Works, Excel, PowerPoint, XP, Web Nutrition, EMorrison and Horizon

Point of Sales System. Experienced in dietetic related research and statistical analysis.

Experienced in specialized, personalized meal planning including, but not limited to: Regular,

Diabetic, Dysphagia, Puree, Renal, Clear Liquid, Full Liquid and Mechanical Soft. Experience

using a Body Scanner and Thermal Imagine equipment. Knowledge of food/drug/supplement

interactions within the elderly population. Experience in advertising, marketing, food

forecasting, inventory control, menu planning and food costing. Experience in directing and

conducting safety, sanitation and maintenance programs.

Work Experience:

September 2008-Present: Morrison Senior Living-

Evangelical Homes of Michigan- Brecon Village

Job Title: Hospitality Manager(Assistant Director of Dining Services)/Regional HATS

Champion Certifier

Job Duties: Responsible for assisting the DDS in operating a successful dining services

department. Ensure that wait staff and cooks are serving superior quality food to residents,

employees and guests from the community. Seek new ways to provide hospitality options to the

account. Direct and conduct safety, sanitation and maintenance programs. Hire, train and look to

promote the professional growth of all waitstaff. Schedule all hourly staff weekly and hold them

accountable to the assigned schedule. Maintain positive relationships with residents, guests,

client, and community. Utilize Morrison programs: Balance Choice Program, Comment Card

Tracking, Hero Awards, BeAStar, CHATS, SATS (HATS) Monthly Morrison promotional

programs, My Marketing, Meeting Well and Web Nutrition. Promote relationships that

demonstrate flexibility and growth as a member of a team and demonstrate a high level of

sensitivity and interest in the geriatric population. Promote communication both written and

verbal on various levels, which include other management, residents, client, and direct staff.

Promote and market all holidays, theme meals and cultural diversity programs. Promote

programs to obtain Silver Status. Work with client to intertwine activities with dining services

events. Knowledge of financials and following a budget. Work directly with the client's business

office to bill residents monthly for their meal plans using the Horizon Point of Sales System.

Track daily meal counts on EMorrison. Train and oversee other account’s trainers in region as

the Regional HATS Champion Certifier to assure they are executing the HATS program.

Schedule monthly conference calls with regional trainers to empower trainers and track the HATS

program in their accounts. Assist the DDS with Invoice batching, BeAStar assignments, Payroll,

Par-lists building and tracking, Memory Support Center and Market Place Cafe, and Event

Planning and Executing as necessary.

February 2008-September 2008: Signatures Espresso Bar and Café, Hudsonville, MI

Job Title: Barista/Training for Manager

Job Duties: Delegate tasks to those under me. Instill ServeSafe kitchen regulations.

Forecast for inventory records. Ensure rotation of stock and minimize waste. Meet with Sysco

and GFS for ordering. Prep food, make specialized drinks, cook meals-

salads/soups/sandwiches. Make pastries, dressings, chicken/tuna salads from scratch. Customer

interaction & assistance. Create new promotions and menu items. Make sure peak hours run

smoothly. Cashiering and answering faxes and telephones. Prepare and deliver catering orders.

April 2007-September 2008: Spectrum Health Continuing Care Center, Grand Rapids, MI

Job Title: Kitchen Supervisor/Diet Clerk

Job Duties: Check patient food trays for correct specialized diets (renal, puree, clear

liquid, mechanical soft, dysphagia, diabetic, regular), check for ServSafe kitchen regulations,

perform sanitary functions in kitchen. Chart nutritional assessments. Patient care visits to

discuss personalized diets to provide effective nutritional care. Prepare meal tickets for next

meal. Delegate tasks to those under me. Pass out nourishments to patients. Direct the cook to

prepare correct meals to suit diets. Do final check for patient trays for correct specialized diets.

April 2007-May 2008: Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI

Job Title: Dr. Roschelle Heuberger’s Research Assistant-

Dog Food and Human Nutritional Evaluation Research Project

Job Duties: A paid Research Assistant job where I recruit and distribute surveys to

canine owners to inquire about canine and owner's eating and exercise habits along with health

implications. Determine if there is a direct correlation and the degree of impact the owner has on

their canine. Develop an excel file to statistically analyze the collected data as a whole.

January 2007-May 2007: Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI

Job Title: Dr. Heuberger and Tonya Domina’s Research Assistant-

Geriatrics Supplemental and Nutritional Evaluations/Education and

Body Scanning/Thermal Imaging Research Project

Job Duties: Worked with elderly women educating on nutritional issues dealing with

body image, and food-drug-supplemental interactions. Take thermal and body scan images.

Analyze waist to hip ratios conducted by technological advancements verses human error.

Develop excel file with all collected data to statistically analyze.

Spring 2004-Fall 2007: Herman Miller, Main Site, Zeeland, MI

Job Title: Temporary College Help

Job Duties: Completed purchase orders for engineers, inventory control, counter sales,

picked up and delivered parts to other businesses. Worked with quality engineers on inspection

of wood finishes, worked with HPL work surfaces, packaged and prepared orders for shipment,

cleaned the work area, completed daily paperwork, data entry and trained new employees.

January 2006-April 2006: Cuppa Joes Coffeeshop and Deli, Mount Pleasant, MI

Job Title: Barista and Cook

Job Duties: Worked preparing espresso, smoothies, and other specialty drinks. Worked

preparing deli sandwiches, soups, and pastries. Responsible for cleaning, stocking shelves, taking

inventory, assisting and interacting with customers, running a drive-thru window, in charge of a

cash register, advertising, and answering telephone.

October 2001-August 2003: Georgetown Family Fare, Hudsonville, MI

Job Title: Service Clerk

Job Duties: Worked bagging groceries, cleaning the store, stocking shelves, assisting and

interacting with customers and training new employees. Occasional help in deli preparing

recipes, filling orders, and following sanitary functions.

Education:

August 2003 - December 2007: Central Michigan University.

Bachelor of Science

Major: Dietetics

Minor: Foodservice Administration

Certification: ServSafe Food Protection Manager Certification

Curricular Involvement:

-American Dietetic Association (1 year)

-Michigan Dietetics Association (1 year)

-Student Dietetics Association- Member (9 semesters)

-Student Dietetics Association Executive Board Member- Corresponding Secretary (2 semesters)

-Numerous and varied campus/community nutritional educational activities- including working

and making booths, organizing speakers, fundraisers, and campus events such as Mainstage and

The Annual Health Fair (4.5 years)

-Organized National Eating Disorder Association (NEDA) week at Central Michigan (1 semester)

-Organized National Nutrition Month at Central Michigan (2 semesters)

-Prepare presentations on health eating- fruits and vegetables for the YMCA of Grand Rapids.

August 1998-May 2003: Hudsonville Public High School, Hudsonville MI.

College Prep course

References available upon request.

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