2427 N Monticello

CHICAGO, IL 60647

Fax:  773-235-0426

Cell: 773-320-2421

E-mail: ceo@grillmeats.com

Objective

I am looking for an employer that could use a person like myself. I have Computer skills and Meat cutter skills. I would like to be a candidate for openings’ in your Grocery Chain, possibly Meat Manager or Meat Manager Trainee. I am willing to work my way to the top if necessary. I have worked in the food industry most of my life, however I’m willing to learn anything put in front of me. I’m a fast learner, and a good listener. I get along with people too, and take criticism well. I know the Office 2000 Software package and use Excel and Access at work now to keep an eye on my budget. I also know how to use Fed-Ex’s Powership System and UPS’s Professional Online System. I would like to create a website for your store too. I could also inventory my Department sales weekly so I could control my inventory better. Creating Data Bases would help me with my ordering and eliminate wasted foods.

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2005 – Present                    Food4Less                         Chicago, IL 60609

Meat cutter and Manager

This is my present position. Meat Manager and Inventory Control in the Perishable Deli Department.

I Write the department schedule, inventory the department, once every 4 weeks. I have been with them, but because they are understaffed, I have more work to do myself. I am a great trainer. I trained the staff at 47^th and Damen store. I trained 2 Meat Managers’, who are quite successful now. I just need a break, they transferred me to Oak Forest and it’s too much traveling for me. I don’t have many call-ins, because I hardly ever get ill. I think I could be a Meat Manager for any company that has the customer on their agenda. I also am on the Nation Registry as being Food Safety Certified, along with Certificates from Illinois and Chicago.

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2003 – 2005                     Tony’s Finer Foods                         Chicago, IL 60647

Meat cutter and Manager

I was a Meat Manager for Tony’s for 2 years, but my father became Ill and I had to take care of him. I did work part-time while caring for my father. I knew that I wanted more out of a job than just money. My father left me with enough funds to take and look for a better job. That’s when I applied at Foods4Less. I got the job within 2 weeks of applying. I only wanted to be a part-time cutter, but soon I was the Manager. They fiqured out that I have experience that isn’t taught in school.

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Summary of qualifications

2000 – 2003                     Reagan Meats                           Glenview, IL  60625

Meat cutter and Manager

I left Gingiss Formalwear to get this business running properly and have succeeded. We have a great business except that I would like to work in the city. I live on Hamlin and Shubert and would like to work closer to home. Your stores are located close to were I live and I’m part of the community still. My father still lives on Monticello and Fullerton. I’m sure you could find a position for a dependable employee like myself in one of your Grocery Stores.

I could create a Website for you that you could use for those who like to surf the web. It would contain recipes; I could translate it into Polish and Spanish if necessary. I don’t think that the website will do anything to increase your business, but it could help with older people getting home deliveries. The order form would be simple to follow. I’ve learned how to use the internet as a sales tool. I have my own Website www.grillmeats.com. I have recipes, cooking instructions, and consumer information on it. Check it out some day if you get a chance. I never thought that the computer would be my forte, but it has become a great asset to me. I’m single, with 2 dogs as my family. I need to be involved with my job and I think I could help you with your business. I’m not looking to get rich, just survive and keep busy. Tony please call me for an interview soon.

We had a Reagan Meats Website, but he couldn’t handle the orders we were getting and thought it was a waste of time.

Last year I sold over $6,000 worth of meats through my Website. GrillMeats.com.

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1996 - 2000                   Gingiss Formalwear International Addison, IL

Distribution Manger

 When I arrived at GINGISS FORMALWEAR I started out at as a shipping clerk, I had no experience with computers at all. I worked my way up the ladder until I became the shipping and receiving manager; my final title is Distribution Manager. Then I set up the department to run more efficiently, that included cutting down on shipping costs and run the department with a minimum amount of clerks. We now do 90% of the billing when we ship the product to our customer. This cut labor costs, and cut our shipping supplies overhead by 30%. We now use recycled boxes instead of purchasing new ones’. I even had Gingiss lease a cardboard bailer so we could cut down our bill with IBF. This department now runs very efficiently, the department has cut down on labor and supply costs. We also passed our OSHA inspection. I’m also a Certified Forklift Driver. ____________________________________________________________

Work experience

1994 - 1996                   Montrose Finer Foods                   Chicago, IL

Meat Manager and Owner of the Meat Counter

I leased the meat counter from the owner. He closed the store, and I didn’t want to take control of the store.  The new owners wanted to have control of the whole store so they bought out my lease

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1988-1996                    Omni Superstore                                     Cicero, IL

  Meat Cutter, Back Room Boss (production manager), and Meat Manager. 

 ___________________________________________________________  1983-1988        Giant Foods Of Washington D.C.           Springfield, VA

 Production Manager, Assistant Meat Manager, Gourmet Counter Expert, and Precooked Foods Expert. I also won Employee of the Year; I was runner up Employee of the Year 1987.

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1978-1983              Fair Share Foods                                      Oak Park, IL

 Meat Cutter, Head Meat cutter, and Meat Manger

___________________________________________________________   1976-1978               First Meats of Chicago                           Chicago, IL

   Shipping and Receiving Supervisor

___________________________________________________________  1974-1976                AMPAC                                                      Chicago, IL

 Kill floor relieve man and cutting floor relieve man eventually kill floor foreman

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1973-1974                First Meats of Saint Louis                   St. Louis, MO

 Shipping and Receiving Part time, I was at school. My uncle owned the plant, so I worked whenever I could. Along with working on the beef boning table.

___________________________________________________________  1972-1974              Luxor Bath House                                   Chicago, IL

Started out as a dishwasher in the bathhouse’s restaurant. Then worked my way to waiter and short order cook. 

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Education

1969-1973                   Gordon Technical H.S.                    Chicago, IL

Graduated in the top third of my class. I also was on the wrestling team, while on the team we won the Co-City Championship Title. I also worked on the school newspaper. I was my Homeroom’s class representative as a sophomore.

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1973-1974                    Missouri Valley College                 Marshall, MO Went to school on a combination scholarship, I was studying to be a Forest Ranger or a Professional Boy Scout Leader. I was majoring in Conservation. The Boy Scout Chicago Area Counsel paid half of my schooling while I also had a partial scholarship for wrestling too. I took 3^rd Place in the Missouri Valley Conference.

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 1999-2003                    Wilbur Wright J.C.                           Chicago, IL 

I started to go back to school recently; I took courses on Computers And Professional Software.  I have a 3.75 GPA. I plan on going back to school this Fall and take a computer course in Operating Systems. I use Office 2003 at home and work. I also have a Web Site, www.GrillMeats.com ___________________________________________________________

Extracurricular activities

I play darts and surf the web. I enjoy sitting down to my computer at home and playing a sports game on my computer, like football. ____________________________________________________________

Community activities

I work with the Boy Scouts of America, in an Advisor Capacity; I was a Scoutmaster at one time. I work with another Eagle Scout and every spring and we do some conservation work in the western suburbs.

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Interests and activities

I enjoy working on my Website, which I started in 1999, GrillMeats.com.  I repair my friends’ computers or software problems. I also put together computers with parts I find in dumpsters’. Then I strip them down and make word processors out of them and give them to kids that can’t afford a Computer.

I am a big Sammy Hagar Fan, Redheads, as we are called. Every Spring I go To Lake Tahoe for Cinco de Cabo and every Fall I go to Cabo San Lucas for the Birthday Bash.

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Awards received

I am an Eagle Scout and have received quite a few awards, which I’m very proud of. Starting with Woodbadge, Pope Pius XII Medal, Aldatri Dei Medal, Boy’s Life, Boy Scout of the Year in 1970, I’m a Vigil Member of the Order of The Arrow, in 1973 I attended the Boy Scout National Jamboree. I have also won the Employee of the Month award when Giant Foods of Washington D.C. employed me; I was Runner- Up for the Employee of the Year too.

I wrestled and played Baseball in High School and College. I won 2-1^st place Medals in the 132 lb weight class and 1-2^nd place Medal in the 138 lb. Class in H.S.  In Division II NCAA I Placed 3^rd in the Missouri Valley Conference Tourney