General Manager, Operations Director, Retail Marketing Resume

Desired Industry: Management	SpiderID: 15095
Desired Job Location: Ames, Iowa	Date Posted: 8/27/2007
Type of Position: Full-Time Permanent	Availability Date: 09/15/07
Desired Wage: $70,000
	U.S. Work Authorization: Yes
Job Level: Management (Manager, Director)	Willing to Travel: Yes, 50-75%
Highest Degree Attained: High School/Equivalent	Willing to Relocate: No

Objective:
Obtain a management position in Central Iowa preferrably in the Ames area.

Experience:
4205 Westbrook Drive Ames, Iowa 50014 515-210-7869 ralphandsook@comcast.net
Ralph M. Jarvis
Objective I am seeking a position in management preferably in the food industry that will utilize my strengths and experiences in general management and as Operations Director. .
Experience 2005-Present Sacmi Des Moines, Iowa
Very Confidential
Area Product Manager
 Develop international and national client base for products for use in the food industry.
 Maintain coordination and communication with home office in Italy.
 Establish budget and develop markets to accomplish
2003-2005 Wholesale Distributors Minneapolis, Minnesota
Director of Operations
 Built productive team and reduced labor costs by 20%.
 Worked with foodservice and retail distributors to increase sales through education and personal involvement
 Developed mission and goal procedures
 Implemented system for labor coordination for the interest of cost saving and morale improvement
 Implemented improved system for communication from staff to operations department
 Responsible for annual budget and staff continued support
 Developed safety programs and reduced lost time and costs.
 Managed 125 production employees and six mid line managers..
 Implemented procedures for inventory control and quality assurance.
 Scheduled all employees on two shifts and reduced overtime.
2001-2003 Sysco Food Services Des Moines, Iowa
District Manager
 Expanded sales and surpassed budget by over 20%
 Wrote annual budget and met all goals.
 Worked with numerous food service clients to assist with problems and make recommendations for improvements.
 Trained new employees
 Set up booth and attended semi annual food show
1988-2001 Dixon Kansas City, Kansas
General Manager
 Tuned profit from negative to positive in first year.
 Managed staff of twenty managers and one hundred seventy five production workers.
 Communicated with community business leaders for continual improvement
 Established a mission statement and a system for continual monitoring of adherence to our policies
 Developed safety and morale programs and reduced overhead costs by over 15%
 Analyzed regulations for adherence to food safety as well as employee safety
 Marketed and worked with the food service and retail sectors and increased market share.
 Developed new marketing plans and new product development for food service.
 Installed new scheduling program to maximize efficiencies.
 Responsible to create and adhere to annual budget
 Reduced accident cost by over 50%
 Personally worked with employees to ensure total involvement.
 Communicated with corporate and trained divisions in systems for improving morale and a TQM system. .
 Set up and coordinate annual food service trade show
 Active member of groups for foodservice and retail sectors

1978-1988 Reichs Kansas City, Kansas
Director of Purchasing]Marketing
� Coordinated advertising with the foodservice and retail industry to accommodate a realist expectation of valu
� Trained employees in purchasing and inventory control
� Trained and developed food service accounts to maximize growth within the food service sector.
� Set up weekly foodservice value ad
� Trained new buyers in inventory control and new product development.
� Implemented safety programs to reduce lost time in processing.
� Managed sales personnel and worked with food service operators.
� Public speaker for different city groups
� Coordinate process vs. labor to accommodate overhead costs reductions and adhere to budgetary goals

Education  Grandview College Des Moines, Iowa
 Norwalk High School Norwalk, Iowa
Military US Navy Honorable discharge

Candidate Contact Information:

Name: Ralph Jarvis
Street:	Phone: 515-450-5775
City: Ames	Fax: -
State: Iowa
Zip: 50014
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