Katie Stafford

• Generated bakery sales through development of new monthly recipes.
• Reduced waste and promoted freshness by monitoring and rotating ingredient stock, and ordering ingredients and paper goods as needed.
• Managed personnel including hiring and scheduling.

• Promoted products effectively by staying on top of offerings and technical support needs for the Mid-Atlantic region.
• Demonstrated sale items in client kitchens and trained customers in technique, processes and troubleshooting.
• Created and delivered a quarterly newsletter to the company and clients that discussed current culinary trends, and highlighted A&S products and recipes.

• Reformulated all bakery case items for over 1300 bakeries.
• Introduced test items from conception to national rollout while communicating internally with all café's, created specifications for in-store bakers to follow; conducted baker trainings.
• Facilitated testing of new baked goods in company stores, along with educational seminars on dough handling and baking with company operations, to improve quality.
• Enhanced manufacturability of new products by collaborating with factory production to identify and correct issues.

Conducted research and development for new and existing product formulas for M&M Mars brands.

Executed formula modifications to improve product quality and market appeal.

Collaborated with flavor houses and sensory panels to assess chocolate and sugar product flavors.

Participated in daily taste tests to evaluate product texture and overall quality.