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Work History
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Software
Certification
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Gary Starnes

Food Safety Director
Portsmouth,VA

Summary

Experienced Food Safety professional with 5 versed in monitoring and promoting food safety. Develops strategies to improve food safety conditions, monitors local Health Department compliance, and setting up a HACCP in a restaurant environment. Well-versed in the issues restaurants face and how to address those in effective ways.

Enthusiastic worker with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment, work with a team or individually, lay out clear goals and steps to achieve those goals in a team environment.

Collaborative leader with dedication to partnering with coworkers to promote engaged, empowering work culture. Documented strengths in building and maintaining relationships with diverse range of stakeholders in dynamic, fast-paced settings.

Overview

1
1
Certification
6
6
years of professional experience

Work History

Food Safety Director

Chick-fil-A
Chesapeake, VA
12.2019 - Current
  • Helped to build culture of food safety focused on reducing incidents and eliminating hazards.
  • Recognized, documented and advised on removal of hazards.
  • Maintained company compliance with Steritech and Ecosure standards.
  • Responded to any food recalls as instructed and with utmost efficiency.
  • Scheduled and oversaw regular in-store evaluations to maintain Chick-fil-a food safety standards

Shift Leader

Chick-fil-A
Chesapeake, VA
03.2017 - Current
  • Delivered superior training and leadership to teams to boost performance and help team members achieve performance targets.
  • Evaluated employee skills and knowledge regularly, training and mentoring individuals with lagging skills.
  • Prepared shift summary reports for supervisor and communicated regularly on goals and progress.
  • Monitored employee actions for safety, sanitation and general housekeeping compliance, proactively protecting staff and customers from safety hazards and infection risk.
  • Trained new employees and delegated daily tasks and responsibilities.
  • Enforced company policies and regulations with employees.

Education

No Degree - Information Technology

Old Dominion University
Norfolk, VA

Associate of Arts - Business Administration

Tidewater Community College
Norfolk, VA

Skills

    Safety and compliance inspections

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Accomplishments

  • Documented and resolved food safety issues which led to improving our quarterly evaluations from Ecosure and Steritech.
  • Supervised team of 20+ staff members.

Software

Excel

Word

Google Docs

Certification

ServSafe Manager

Timeline

ServSafe Manager

03-2021

Food Safety Director

Chick-fil-A
12.2019 - Current

Shift Leader

Chick-fil-A
03.2017 - Current

Associate of Arts - Business Administration

Tidewater Community College

No Degree - Information Technology

Old Dominion University
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