Toia Tinsley Keith
Glenwood,IL
Summary
Multi-certified food service operation’s leader, offering more than ten years of combined experience in sales, leadership, strategic planning, kitchen design, training and development, food safety, and food service management. B.S. Food Administration and Completion of dietetic internship program.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Food Service Director
Sangamon County School District
Springfield, IL
11.2023 - Current
- Managed a staff of 120 direct reports, 10-million-dollar budget, and 8500 meals served daily
- Developed and implemented training on how to complete production records, reimbursable meals, food safety, and portion sizes
- Ensure meals for private school customers meet nutritional guidelines
- Work with distributor to obtain farm to school from local vendors
- Prepare monthly profit and loss reports
- Monitor the POS system
- Oversee the bid process at end of fiscal school year
- Maintain safe food practices to produce quality food items for students and staff
- Calculate labor hours to ensure appropriate number of staff are available
- Participate in the recruitment and selection of new employees
- Implement an on-boarding process to ensure all employees are trained
- Evaluate employee's job performance during monthly audits
- Monitor equipment repairs and needed replacement of equipment
- Develop creative marketing material for internal and external customers for the school website
Nutrition Consultant
T.T.K. Obesity Prevention
Chicago, IL
01.2012 - Current
- Provide nutritional coaching to people interested in making health-conscious decisions and sustainable lifestyle changes
- Provides 1:1 and group nutritional counseling
- Train and proctor for the Food Management exam for ServSafe
Food Service Manager
Bloom Trail High School
Chicago Heights, IL
07.2020 - 10.2023
- Managed a staff of 8 direct reports
- Maintained food safety rules and regulations
- Followed USDA guidelines related to NSLP
- Performed food ordering, purchasing, and inventory control
- Maintained a working partnership with external vendors
- Ensured strict compliance to all health and safety protocols by training kitchen staff
Food Service Director
Speed School District
Chicago Heights, IL
09.2019 - 07.2020
- Managed a staff of 5 direct reports
- Maintained fiscal responsibility for 3-million-dollar annual budget
- Provided leadership and direction to all food service staff
- Managed 3 school site locations
- Responsible for recruitment, menu planning, food preparation and serving sizes to adhered to USDA guidelines
- Maintained safe food practices to produce quality food items for students and staff
- Calculate labor hours to ensure appropriate number of staff are available
- Participate in the recruitment and selection of new employees
- Completed annual performance reviews
- Monitored employee's job performance during audits
- Develop creative marketing material for internal and external customers for the school newsletter
Education
BA - Food Service Administration & Management
University of Memphis
Memphis, TN, USDietetic Internship Completed
Dominican University
River Forest, IL, USSkills
- Food Service Operations
- Servsafe Instructor
- Leadership & Team building
- Sales
- Logistics/Inventory Management
- Communication
- Workforce Planning & Recruitment
- Vendor Negotiations
- Budget/Cost Controls
- Staff Training & Development
- Continuous Improvement
- MS Office
- Google Docs
- Food safety control
- Staff productivity management
- Recipe creation
- Menu development
- Food presentation
- Menu design
- Kitchen staff coordination
- Food safety oversight
- Catering management
- Health and Safety Regulations
- Sanitation Standards
- Employee Coaching
- Vendor Relations
- Hospitality Management
- Problem-solving aptitude
- Customer Satisfaction
- Time management abilities
- Cost controls
- Financial Management
- Business Development
- Supply Chain Management
- Purchasing
- Cost Control
Willingtorelocate
- Chicagoland Area, IL
- Indiana, IN
Signatureskills
- Food Service Operations
- Servsafe Instructor
- Leadership & Team building
- Sales
- Logistics/Inventory Management
- Communication
- Workforce Planning & Recruitment
- Vendor Negotiations
- Budget/Cost Controls
- Staff Training & Development
- Continuous Improvement
- MS Office & Google Docs
Timeline
Food Service Director
Sangamon County School District
11.2023 - Current
Food Service Manager
Bloom Trail High School
07.2020 - 10.2023
Food Service Director
Speed School District
09.2019 - 07.2020
Nutrition Consultant
T.T.K. Obesity Prevention
01.2012 - Current
BA - Food Service Administration & Management
University of Memphis
Dietetic Internship Completed
Dominican University
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