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Resume:
Matthew Kanatas
Dublin, Ohio
Dear hiring/human resource manager,
With hopes of assisting the business development of your organization, I
present the attached resume for your consideration regarding my expertise
to help create a unique business opportunity for your organization.
I submit my profile confident that my skills and experience will produce
desired outcomes to help grow your business and your customers business..
As a successful management professional in produce management,
merchandising, marketing & consultation, my 25 years of achievement and
experience carry through the wholesales, retails and produce industries.
I greatly look forward to utilizing my aspirations and strong sense of
career commitment, along with my experienced background to benefiting a
company whose agenda and passion is ambitiously looking to increase
industry recognition.
After reviewing my qualifications, please feel free to contact me to answer
any possible questions or comments you may have.
Thank you for your consideration.
Respectfully yours,
Matthew Kanatas
Matthew Kanatas
2938 Essington Drive
Dublin, Ohio
*********@********.**.***
Buyer/ Merchandiser/ Purchasing
Dedicated & accomplished manager with successful sales and marketing
abilities. Experienced entrepreneur with 25 plus years experience in
various sales and service segments including, but not limited to: food
wholesale, retail, & fresh produce. Have expertise in territory managing &
running successful business operations. Dedicated, patient and gifted
trainer with excellent instruction skills in leadership, new hires,
orientation & implementation of training programs for all employees to
deliver a total customer commitment factor.
. Negotiations
. Po's
. Confirmations
. Pricing
. Phone Skills
. Verbal Skills
. Distribution
. Sales
Work Experience
Buyer, RDP Foodservice - Columbus, OH 2006 - 2009
. Secure product from 45+ vendors/manufacturers from produce through
fresh cut meats, seafood, dairy & cheese.
. Increased produce sales by 40% in first 8 months of employment;
increased produce sales by 98% after 24 months of employment.
. Prior to my position, company had less than 25 produce line items, now
enjoying over 100 produce line items.
. Consistently assure quality control and freshness of produce, meat &
seafood items.
. Update and assure all pricing correct in sales & management database.
. Introduced fresh cut meats (black angus to choice & select cuts) &
seafood program.
. In charge of commodity pricing items such as lemons, limes, green
peppers & onions.
. Ensure quality checks for customer satisfaction.
. Train sales staff and sales support on market trends, produce handling
& selling tactics.
. Participate in ride withs for sales staff, educating their customer
base on produce to do's, handling and storage instructions.
. Support marketing & sales departments on various yearly promotions,
incentives both customers & sales reps.
. Assist corporate trade show perishable booths, customer giveaways,
etc.
Matthew Kanatas - continued professional experience
Buyer/Merchandiser, Arena Produce-2002-2006
. Responsible for purchasing all goods for produce, meats, pizza
supplies, dairy, dry goods for cash and carry distribution.
. Wholesale purchasing for distribution of produce.
. Set-up display work for retail merchandising.
. Receiving in bound goods, unloaded and verified orders.
. Conducted quality assurance such as freshness, correct amounts,
rotation.
. Reduced losses by repacking and redesign product to maximize return on
investments.
. Worked directly with brokers to purchase items and restocking over 300
items.
. Accountable for making sure all deliveries were accurate and delivered
securely.
. Assign 6 drivers to deliveries and coordinated delivery schedule with
customers.
Produce Field Specialist, Empire Foods-Contract Position, Kroger (2001-
2002)
. Supervised existing and new store display according to specifications.
. Responsible for weekly pricing, quality, sanitation, freshness of
products.
. Wet wall stocked according to corporate regulations.
. Inspection of organic produce and organic storage.
. Verified produce preparation were of industry standards and not cross
contamination.
. Project management for grand opening of 2 new stores.
. Selected to work on a team:
. Displaying, merchandising, pricing, lighting, product inspection,
layouts, end caps, ad displays, variety coded produce, cross
merchandising of products.
. I received recognition for best re-grand opening.
. Worked directly with supervisors of 10 Kroger Stores regarding
inspection.
. Verified coolers were temp controlled and produce is rotated.
. Back room and warehouse.
. Selected to train in Kentucky for store model and revamp for assigned
Columbus stores.
. Implemented store remodels to focus on branding and new products.
. Compliance with weekly sales ad's, displays, pricing, freshness,
sanitation.
. Opened up 2 new stores.
Owner, Kanatas Produce (North Market)-1995 - 2001
. Retail produce company with over $350,000 annual sales.
. Reduced losses from tainted products by nearly 20% by innovative
methods and still upheld gross profits and food quality.
. Hired, supervised & trained employees to operate all customer service
orientated tasks, ensuring customer satisfaction.
. Grew sales 15% yearly by creating daily promotions & specials of
seasonal and specialty produce, allowing customers to benefit from
value added services such as recipes, rebates & future savings.
. Worked strategically with other businesses to cross
market/merchandising sales.
. Increased sales & profitability by developing & implementing
cooperative strategies.
. Built outstanding customer loyalty by placing emphasis on customer
satisfactions, ensuring complaints are expedited efficiently and
effectively.
. High School Diploma
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