Andy Halilaj
Germantown, MD *****
ad4vn0@r.postjobfree.com
Work Experience
Meat Manager
Safeway - Rockville, MD
June 2006 to Present
Successes:
• Within one quarter after being promoted to meat manager at Safeway's busiest store, increased sales by 7% and cut shrink from 6% to 2.2%.
• Received numerous written recommendations from customers.
• Received numerous awards for best employee of the month.
• Memorized all pricing and ordering codes thus avoiding 15 minute lookups. Meat managers from other stores would call me for codes.
Duties:
• Oversee Meat Department operations and staffing.
• Provide high-quality customer service.
• Schedule, supervise, train, and assign duties to meat cutters and meat clerks.
• Apply and enforce Safeway policies and procedures, including those regarding food, employee and customer safety.
• Review reports and identify successes and opportunities.
• Suggest changes to inventory and pricing.
• Implement Safeway merchandising guidelines.
• Perform monthly inventory of sales floor and backroom.
• Maintain accurate inventory and records.
• Write meat orders.
• Check meat deliveries for accuracy and quality.
• Cull meat cases daily per Safeway guidelines.
• Detect and remove distressed products.
• Follow Safeway markdown program.
• Safely use grinder, tenderizer, saw, and knives to cut, trim, and prepare meat products.
• Perform and comply with internal and regulatory requirements regarding food safety (such as: daily temp /tare log.
Education
High school diploma
Korce High School - Korce
September 1996 to May 2000
Skills
• Meat Cutting
• Store Management Experience
• Retail Management
• Pricing
• Food Safety
• Purchasing
• Inventory Control
• Supervising Experience
• Forecasting
• Knife skills
• Food production
• Procurement
• Time management
• Leadership
• Maintenance
• Plumbing
• Electrical experience
• HVAC
• Mechanical knowledge
Certifications and Licenses
Driver's License
Additional Information
Hobbies
• Greek and Italian cooking
• Offshore fishing