Matthew Boyden
Whitby,On
Summary
Professional grocery clerk offering extensive experience in front-end and backroom operations, ensuring a profitable, lean and safe operation that provides an environment that customers were happy to return too. My goal is to secure a challenging position in a reputable innovative organization to expand current learning objectives, knowledge, and skills to meet your organization's business strategy and end goals.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Grocery Receiver
Metro Grocery Store
01.2015 - 01.2023
- led shipping and receiving, unloading trucks, checking in merchandise, matching purchase orders to sales orders and distributing to various departments.
- Validated store order, shipping documents, or requisitions to determine if items need to be moved, returned, gathered , or distributed or shipped.
- Moved various materials and items from receiving area or storage area to shipping or staging area or to other designated locations as required.
- Responsible for all quality checks of order including safe food handling and refrigeration storage meeting all regulations and store procedures.
- Sorted or placed materials or items on racks , shelves or bins according to predetermined First in First out inventory system controls.
- Incorporated lean concepts by continually suggesting and adopting new practices to become more efficient in outgoing delivery's and acceptance of incoming orders.
- Ensured whorehouse was acceptable for safe entry of sales people, drivers and store staff traffic.
- Assembled customer orders during COVID to help Metro expedite its efforts of becoming an online order system, which is still in place today.
- Ensured suppliers, customers and staff followed regimented CVOID protocols to support the safe store operation during the pandemic.
Education
Sinclair Secondary School
12.2015
Skills
- Leads the organization in joint health and safety to create a safe enjoyable work environment
- Proven customer satisfaction skills by greeting shoppers, answers questions, and help them find products
- Learns about new products quickly and makes recommendations to increase sales
- Unloads daily deliveries, validates orders and organizes the stock room
- Makes sure that all products are fresh and within the expiration date meeting all applicable food laws
- Cleans and sanitizes assigned area, including sweeping, mopping, and dusting
- Assists with other departments as needed
- Adheres to jurisdictional, federal and local food safety and sanitation guidelines and company policies
- Sales experience
- Inventory Restocking
- Produce processing
- Price checking and quality checks
Highlightedqualifications
- Carryout multiple tasks or projects and be innovative and resourceful: identify and suggest alternative ways to achieve goals and get the job done
- Assess situations and identify problems and offer solutions
- Willing to continuously learn and grow and fast learner
- Work well with all ages
- Understanding the customers needs come first
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Achievementstraining
2015-01-01, 2022-12-31, JHSC certification level 1&2 (certified with the ministry of Labour), Safety data training, Health & safety, human rights, labour act, collective agreement, Food & safety training (handling, inspection and certification), Records compliance training, Heavy equipment certification- power stacker and power jack
Extracurricular Activities
2003-01-01, 2007-12-31, Courtice soccer league
Hobbies and Interests
- Swimming
- Walking my dog
- Spending time with family
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Grocery Receiver
Metro Grocery Store
01.2015 - 01.2023
Sinclair Secondary School
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