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Cain Taylor

Statesboro

Summary

Dynamic grocery management professional with extensive experience at Food Lion, excelling in inventory management and customer service. Proven track record in training staff and enhancing team performance, while ensuring compliance with food safety standards. Adept at visual merchandising and fostering a collaborative work environment to drive sales and customer satisfaction.

Overview

3
3
years of professional experience

Work History

Center Store Manager (Grocery Manager)

Food Lion
Springfeild
02.2025 - Current
  • Ensured compliance with all company policies, procedures and safety regulations.
  • Directed staff in daily operations such as stocking shelves, rotating merchandise, building displays, setting up promotional materials and ensuring proper signage.
  • Resolved customer complaints promptly and professionally.
  • Assisted customers with locating desired items within the store or ordering them online if necessary.
  • Performed regular inspections of center store areas for cleanliness and safety compliance.
  • Monitored inventory levels and placed new orders for merchandise to keep supply well-stocked.
  • Delegated work to staff, setting priorities and goals.
  • Used excellent verbal skills to engage customers in conversation and effectively determine needs and requirements.

Assistant Deli Bakery Manager

Food Lion
Springfield
07.2024 - 02.2025
  • Maintained inventory of supplies, ingredients and equipment used in the production process.
  • Ensured compliance with food safety regulations and health codes in the kitchen area.
  • Performed administrative tasks such as scheduling employee shifts, and managing customer complaints.
  • Monitored staff performance, providing feedback and guidance to ensure quality standards were met.
  • Performed routine maintenance tasks such as cleaning equipment or restocking shelves.
  • Minimized cross-contamination and infection risks by consistently following safe food handling procedures.
  • Checked freshness of bakery goods and food in bakery, removing and disposing of stale or outdated items.
  • Decorated cakes and pastries, baked breads, tarts, and pies, and created specialty desserts.
  • Oversaw inventory management, including ordering supplies and managing stock levels to meet production needs.
  • Led hiring, training, and supervising bakery staff, fostering a collaborative and productive work environment.
  • Assisted bakery manager with coordinating product ordering, receiving, and stocking.

Frozen and Dairy Associate

Food Lion
Springfield
10.2023 - 07.2024
  • Performed price checks for customers upon request.
  • Assisted customers with locating specific products, provided product information and answered questions regarding ingredients.
  • Utilized hand truck to move heavy cases of frozen food items throughout store area safely.
  • Checked expiration dates on products regularly to ensure freshness.
  • Rotated stock regularly to ensure freshness of dairy items.
  • Tracked inventory levels for all dairy items and restocked as needed.

Assistant Dairy Lead

Kroger's Supermarket
Rincon
08.2022 - 10.2023
  • Trained new staff on proper stocking techniques for dairy products.
  • Maintained and monitored quality of dairy products, ensuring freshness and safety standards were met.
  • Identified opportunities to reduce shrinkage in the Dairy department through regular audits of product movement.
  • Ensured cleanliness of all equipment used in the Dairy department including coolers and display cases.
  • Assisted in inventory management processes including cycle counts, stock rotation, and ordering of dairy items as needed.

Education

Georgia Southern University
Statesboro, GA

Skills

  • Inventory management
  • Food safety
  • Employee training
  • Customer service
  • Visual merchandising
  • Team building
  • RPC Trained
  • DSD Trained
  • CAO Management
  • Interpersonal skills
  • Staff development

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Center Store Manager (Grocery Manager)

Food Lion
02.2025 - Current

Assistant Deli Bakery Manager

Food Lion
07.2024 - 02.2025

Frozen and Dairy Associate

Food Lion
10.2023 - 07.2024

Assistant Dairy Lead

Kroger's Supermarket
08.2022 - 10.2023

Georgia Southern University

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