Zachary Breslin
Cleveland,Tennessee
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
Cook
McDonald’s
09.2024 - Current
- Maintained clean and organized work areas at all times to bring safety and quality to food preparation process.
- Maintained a clean and sanitary workspace, ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations.
- Prepared meals efficiently under time constraints for timely service during peak hours.
- Demonstrated strong multitasking skills, managing multiple orders simultaneously without sacrificing quality or presentation.
- Prepared food items in compliance with recipes and portioning control guidelines.
- Set up and prepared cooking supplies and workstations during opening and closing to maximize productivity.
- Prepared multiple orders simultaneously during peak periods with high accuracy rate, maximizing customer satisfaction, and repeat business.
- Checked for quality, kept track of old and new items and rotated stock to confirm freshness of food and ingredients.
- Changed and sanitized cutting boards, benches, and surfaces between tasks to avoid cross-contamination.
- Took food orders from cashiers and cooked items quickly to complete order items together and serve hot.
- Reduced food waste significantly by implementing proper portion control and storage techniques.
- Created identical dishes numerous times daily with consistent care, attention to detail, and quality.
- Enhanced customer satisfaction by consistently delivering high-quality, visually appealing dishes.
Grocery Associate
Publix
01.2024 - 07.2024
- Assisted shoppers in locating desired products, resulting in increased customer satisfaction and sales.
- Pleasantly greeted customers and provided prompt and courteous service.
- Ensured a well-stocked store by consistently replenishing shelves with fresh merchandise.
- Handled customer inquiries in a timely manner, addressing concerns and providing helpful solutions.
- Collaborated with fellow associates to complete tasks efficiently and maintain a smoothly functioning store environment.
- Managed inventory accurately by conducting regular counts and updating records accordingly.
- Contributed to store safety by quickly addressing spills or hazards, minimizing the risk of accidents.
- Coordinated with department managers on promotional displays, effectively showcasing sale items to boost revenue.
- Labeled, stocked and inventoried department merchandise, checking product quality to promote freshness, review sell-by dates and taking appropriate action to discard expired product.
Overnight Stocker
Food City
04.2023 - 09.2023
- Maintained proper storage of overstock items, keeping backroom areas organized and accessible for future use.
- Removed all boxes and related trash from sales floor and processed through compactors.
- Enhanced store appearance for better customer experience through meticulous shelf stocking and arrangement.
- Used dollies and pallet jacks to unload and organize merchandise from delivery trucks.
- Ensured timely completion of nightly stocking tasks, optimizing store readiness for the following day''s operation.
- Scanned shelves and product cases to locate expired, outdated, and spoiled items.
- Collaborated with fellow team members, ensuring consistent communication and task distribution for a successful restocking process.
- Assisted customers by finding items quickly to boost store satisfaction rates.
- Maintained neat, organized stockroom free of hazards.
- Consistently met or exceeded established stocking goals while maintaining accuracy in product placement throughout the store.
- Maintained a safe working environment by adhering to company safety procedures and promptly addressing potential hazards.
- Received, sorted and processed incoming stock and materials to prepare the stock for storage or shipment.
Meat & Produce Associate
Walmart
11.2021 - 02.2023
- Stocked meat, fruits and vegetables and removed old or poor quality products.
- Maintained high standards of cleanliness throughout the produce department, adhering to all health code regulations for food handling.
- Assisted customers with price checking fruits and vegetables and finding requested items in department.
- Enhanced customer satisfaction by providing efficient, friendly service and maintaining a clean, organized produce section.
- Assisted with weekly inventory counts.
- Checked product shelves to review for proper price labels and handled price changes when requested by management.
- Pleasantly greeted customers and provided prompt and courteous service.
- Assisted in reducing waste by implementing proper rotation techniques for perishable items.
- Blocked produce and culled damaged or spoiled pieces.
- Ensured freshness and quality of products by conducting regular inspections and removing expired or damaged items promptly.
- Collaborated with fellow associates to maintain adequate stock levels during peak shopping hours, minimizing customer wait times.
- Received and unloaded new items upon delivery and checked products for damage and order accuracy.
- Boosted sales by creating attractive fruit and vegetable displays to entice customers.
- Rotated grocery products ensuring that expired or spoiled items were immediately removed and adhered to "first in, first out" rule.
- Maintained safe, neat, and clean working environment and closely monitored for wet floors or other hazards.
- Improved store safety by quickly addressing spills, broken containers, or other hazards in the produce section.
- Assisted in the training of new produce associates, sharing knowledge and best practices for job success.
- Maintained current knowledge of shelf planograms and end cap plans to merchandise products.
Education
Colorado Connections Academy
PuebloSkills
- Customer service
- Cooking
- Cleaning and organization
- Food handling
- Food preparation
- Multitasking and organization
- Kitchen organization
- Frying
- Strong attention to safe food handling procedures
- Supply restocking
- Kitchen equipment operation and maintenance
- Grilling
- Contamination prevention
- Order verification
- Product quality control
- Inventory management
- Customer assistance
- Visual merchandising
- Safe food handling
- Product knowledge
- Stock replenishment
- Quality control
- Shelf stocking
- Product rotation
- Pallet jack operation
- Heavy lifting
- Label reading
- Handheld scanner use
- Stockroom maintenance
- Order picking
- Efficient movement
- Shelf organization
- Equipment monitoring
- Unloading trucks
- Product inspection
- Inventory counts
- Product merchandising
- Merchandise display
Timeline
Cook
McDonald’s
09.2024 - Current
Grocery Associate
Publix
01.2024 - 07.2024
Overnight Stocker
Food City
04.2023 - 09.2023
Meat & Produce Associate
Walmart
11.2021 - 02.2023
Colorado Connections Academy
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