Mikey LaCosta
NORWALK,CT
Summary
Highly-motivated Order Writer with desire to take on new challenges. Strong worth ethic, adaptability and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Specialty Order Writer
Whole Foods Market
Chappaqua, NY
09.2021 - Current
- Maintaining stock by placing orders through Amazon app, DVO, and FLOW
- Exceptional product knowledge for Specialty catalogue including commodity, cheese, and accoutrements
- Maintaining all backstock such as organizing, signage, and code dating all product
- Organizing Order Writer Binder daily to SOP standards
- Receiving, checking in, and pushing out all product that needs to be packed out on sales floor (while following FIFO)
- Communicating with all vendors through email whether it is about returns, delivery updates, and more
- Supervising the team when necessary and training new team members
- Staying up to date with date checks, cleaning tasks, and oversold inventory.
Specialty Team Member
Whole Foods Market
Darien, CT
07.2018 - 08.2021
- Exceptional knowledge of products in department and store
- Monitoring spoilage (losses and donations)
- Advanced level knowledge of using DVO to create orders
- Maintaining cleanliness and organization in the department/back stock
- Engaging in positive and proactive selling within the department
- Maintaining signs/tags
- Keeping up to date with store merchandise map
- Monitoring daily temperatures, sanitization, and cleanliness/organics logs
- Checking in shipments
- Exceptional knowledge of Store Process, and FIFO.
Key Holder, Merchandiser, Cashier
Georgetown Package Store
Georgetown, CT
03.2017 - 07.2018
- Exceptional knowledge of beer, wines, and liquors
- Working with vendors daily to create orders
- Opening/closing store operations including locking/unlocking safes, registers, and alarms
- Maintaining shelf stock and back stock
- Prepare beer tastings every Friday as well as educating customers during each pour.
Education
Associate of Video and Audio Production -
New England Institute of Technology
Diploma -
Norwalk High School
Skills
- Effective communication skills
- High productivity and efficiency
- Fast & accurate learner
- Experienced with Microsoft Office Suite
- Flexible & reliable
- Excellent time management
- Exceptional problem-solving
- Excellent with teamwork / can lead by example
- Deadline-oriented
- Strong Organization
Accomplishments
- Store Process certified for the Chappaqua Specialty department
- Whole Foods Culture Champion
- Team Member of the month April 2023
- Over 10k Service hours in Whole Foods Market
References
- Benjamin Head, Benjamin.head@wholefoods.com
- Matthew Hood, Matthew.Hood@wholefoods.com
Timeline
Specialty Order Writer
Whole Foods Market
09.2021 - Current
Specialty Team Member
Whole Foods Market
07.2018 - 08.2021
Key Holder, Merchandiser, Cashier
Georgetown Package Store
03.2017 - 07.2018
Associate of Video and Audio Production -
New England Institute of Technology
Diploma -
Norwalk High School