Larry Brazell
Omaha,NE
Summary
Dynamic and versatile professional with extensive experience at Offutt Commissary, showcasing a robust background as a Region Meat Specialist, Inspector, and Closing Manager. Proven expertise in on-site security and building safety, complemented by strong skills in loss prevention training and merchandising. Committed to enhancing operational efficiency and ensuring compliance with industry standards while fostering a secure environment. Adept at collaborating with teams to drive performance and achieve organizational goals, bringing a wealth of knowledge and dedication to the field.
Overview
28
28
years of professional experience
Work History
Meat cutter and counter help, stocker, clean-up
Hy-Vee Grocery Store
12.2018 - Current
- December 2018 and I am still currently employed.
- Position Meat cutter and counter help, stocker, clean-up and what ever else instructed to do that needs to be done.
- Strong Points
- Strong customer assistance skills, great work ethic and a positive attitude. I also like staying busy, work well with others. If I have questions I ask and I do not just assume things.
- Hy-Vee is a great place to work and the people I work with are good people. I work for Hy-Vee part time at Madison Avenue in Council Bluffs, Iowa. They have worked with me and given me hours that they can because I am a meat cutter and also a counter help person. I like to work and wait on customers. The life blood of any business. I am a team concept person because more gets completed when others work together.
- I am wanting to learn the Security Guard aspect of learning a profession that I believe I will thrive in. Very attentive when it comes to learning new things and new skills and will apply myself 100%.
Meat Department Manager
Offutt Air Force Base Commissary
Omaha, NE
03.1998 - 05.2015
- Supplying direct and technical supervision for subordinates in the meat department operations including control of ordering, receipt, storage, processing, and pricing. Overseeing the Deli, Bakery
- Managed meat department of a commissary that served active duty and retired military personnel, reservists, National Guard personnel, authorized dependents, and authorized civilian employees at Offutt Air Force Base. Ensured processed and displayed fresh meat products and packaged meat items and merchandise received were frozen and sold chilled.
- Key Achievements:
- Responsible for job training, delegation and developing new hires.
- Analyze monthly department budgeting and accounting reports to maintain expenditure controls.
- Ensure customer and employee safety, security.
- Additional experience as Meat Department Work Leader and Meat Cutter for Offutt Air Force Base Commissary, as Meat Cutter for the Fort Bliss Base Commissary, and as Meat Cutter for Skaggs Alpha Beta. Worked for MBPXL and IBP packing houses as line production.
Education
High School -
Clovis High School
Clovis, NMSkills
Running a meat department
Always had a great inventory monthly and annually
Able to get the best out of others
All equipment required to use or run a meat department
Knife handling
Food and Equipment safety
Sanitation practices
Meat weighing and labeling
Scale loading and updating
All required journals, logs, inspection reports and able to produce files on notice of items needed
Training Certificates
And much more not listed
Merchandising strategies
Training
- Graduate School USDA Agriculture, 5/1996
- Defense Commissary Agency, Department of Operations Meat Manager course, 8/2004
- Customer Service Excellence, Customer service training, 5/2000
- Meat Managers course, 4/1999
- Cornell University Food Sanitation 3/2000
- Defense Commissary Agency, Management Basic Level 04-01 course, 11/2003
- National Security Personnel System, 10/2006
- Franklin Covey Leadership Foundations, 8/2011
- Quality Awareness Training, 8/1995
- Meat Managers Course Class 99-02, April 1999
- Department Operations Meat Management DOMM #1408 course, 8/2011
- Defense Acquisition University, Contracting Officer Representative with a Mission Focus course 7/2010
- Won many merchandising contest.
- Won the best large Commissary OFFUTT in the USA for Merchandising.
- I have a lot more training and award certificates due to my performance and able to adapt to who ever I work for. I am always leaning new ways to do things and I adapt very easily to different situations.
Qualifications Profile
- Personnel Management: Adept on personnel, labor-management, employee relations, and other actions that affect the complexity of problems inherent in the work. Continually revise work schedules to ensure the availability of experienced employees to patrons while at the same time ensuring proper training of new employees.
- Logistics and operations: Evaluate the financial aspects of a product, such as budgets, expenditures, and profit-loss projection. Experienced in working with military personnel based on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces.
- Strategic Planning: Prepare weekly schedules, orders, log verification, payroll, monthly inventories and maintenance tasks for operations.
- Strengths & Accomplishments: Efficient in Microsoft Power Point, Excel and Word. Knowledgeable in current sanitation, fire, security, and safety directives and policies. Languages: Some Spanish. Won Best large commissary meat department in the USA.
Timeline
Meat cutter and counter help, stocker, clean-up
Hy-Vee Grocery Store
12.2018 - Current
Meat Department Manager
Offutt Air Force Base Commissary
03.1998 - 05.2015
High School -
Clovis High School