RENE TORRES
*** ***** ****** **., ***** OAKS, TX 76114
************@*****.***
OBJECTIVE
Employment History
FEB. 2017 - PRESENT
ACOSTA INC.
MARKET TRAINING LEAD/ PRODUCE TECH
To Teach, Train, and Test Sam’s Club associates the Standard Operating procedures in their Fresh Departments
1.Responsible for 14 Sam’s Clubs in DFW area.
2.Proctor all Fresh associates thru NRFSP website.
3.Teach and Train Produce associates in the following: Cull and Zone, Reworks, FIFO, Rotating, Layouts, Sanitation, WIBI guide (Would I Buy It), Organizing, understanding MX Voices(Customer survey) and how to react.
4.Facilitate Learning Labs for all Fresh associates, Fresh managers, and Club Managers.
AUG. 2016 – PRESENT EL RANCHO SUPERMERCADO
ASSISTANT STORE DIRECTOR
To ensure we meet the goals of being efficient and provide excellent
customer satisfaction.
1.Assist the manager in organizing, planning, and implementing strategy.
2.Coordinate operations
3.Ensure schedules and objectives are met
4.Supervise and motivare staff
5.Monitor operating costs, budgets, and resources
6.Communicate with customers and evaluate their needs
7.Create reports, analyze and interpret data
8.Lead on recruitment, training, and development process
9.Secure adherence to company policies and guidelines
NOV. 2015 – AUG. 2016 ADVANTAGE SALES AND MARKETING
Retail Sales Merchandiser
Responsible for 23 stores, 11 Walmarts, 5 Krogers, 5 Albertsons,
2 Tom Thumbs.
Visit each store once a week.
Represent Top brands grocery; Gatorade, Quaker, Aunt Jemima
The items I represent are either on a display, endcap, sidestack,
or shipper.
Build those displays with backroom inventory or product that store
Orders in.
Refill all displays with product from backroom.
Sept. 2014 – Oct. 2015 Maher Marketing Services
Deli Tech Specialist
Responsible for ensuring that all products that the company represents are in the Deli, Bakery, Market line up.
Making sure all products that I represent are in date.
All products have tags with prices.
Teach and train store associates on how to properly fry chicken items.
Travel North, West, and East Texas, Arkansas, and all of Louisana.
Visit all stores to make sure product is in there.
Make weekly reports to record my findings.
July 2013- May 2014 Associated Wholesale Grocers
Sales Manager
. Responsible for building solid, profitable business relationship with
assigned retail accounts( El Ahorro Supermarket).
. Help out with other Sales Managers accounts with resets, conversions,
store visits
. Also extensive experience in Deli/Bakery, Hispanic bakeries, and
Hispanic kitchens(Cocinas)
. Developed recipe book for the Cocina.
July 2008- July 2013 Marquez Brothers Texas I, Inc. [City, ST]
Accounts Manager
Responsible for building solid, profitable business relationships with assigned retail accounts/partners.
Increased Walmart sales by 22% in a 12 month period, by negotiating dedicated space, providing detailed plan-o-grams and store support.
Increased Kroger (Texas division) distribution from 4 stores to 38, and/or 90%.
Coordinated the roll out of two major warehouse accounts in both wholesale/co-op and retail, Affiliated and Brookshire Grocery Company.
Developed promotional plans, marketing tactics, store-specific sets, increasing sales within Brookshire Grocery Company by 623%.
Responsible for independent stores: contracts, orders, plan-o-grams, resets, merchandising.
July 1985- Feb. 2008 Minyard Food Store [City, ST]
Deli/Bakery Supervisor
Managed and evaluated over 200 employees in 60 stores
Responsible for total P&L performance in deli, bakery, food service, fruteria and tortilleria which included sales, margin, shrink, product assortment and department turns.
Instrumental in product development, specifically in Carnival, Hispanic format which was the major vehicle for growth Minyards from 2003-2008.
Implemented new training program and recipe book in food service departments in Carnival (cocinas), and deli departments in both Minyards and Sack and Save.
Worked closely with key partners internally as well as externally on development and execution of store-specific plan-o-grams.
EDUCATION
Sept. 1977- May 1981 Dallas, Texas
Sunset High School - High School Diploma
SKILS
Bi-Lingual, Spanish/English
Proficient with Microsoft Office
Multi-Tasking
REFERENCES
Available Upon Request
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