Murray Hester

Experience

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  Southeastern Health

  Sept 1990 - Oct 2013

  Director of Food and Nutrition Services

  • Responsible for overall operations of Food and Nutrition Services Department for a 320 bed Acute Care Medical Center and 112 bed long term care facility. • Prepared annual operations and capital budgets. • Supervised and executed hiring decisions, disciplinary actions and staff training. • Developed and implemented organizational and departmental policies. • Monitored continuous quality improvement activities. • Engaged department participation in Group Purchasing Organization • Worked with prime vendors and GPO to reduce costs. • Developed and implemented a Patient Room Service Dining program improving Patient and Employee Satisfaction.• Led Catering Operations for special functions feeding up to 1800 diners. • Led the department in producing 1,250,000 meals in BY 2013. • Responsible for department staff to include: 1- clinical nutrition coordinator, 5- registered dietitians, 1- food services manager, 4-departmental supervisors, 1- dietary manager, 6- expeditors, 15- cooks and 40- food services associates. • Conducted weekly and monthly staff meetings to disseminate department, organization and other information.• Conducted staff and patient rounding, AIDET validation and verification. • Served on various leadership committees within the organization. • Connected to the community with various activities representing the organization. These include Community in Schools Bak-Pak-Pals, Community Supported Agriculture, Cooking Competitions, Walk/Run Events, Community Town Hall Meetings, Healthcare Summits and many grand openings. • Served as a committee member for two 3- year terms with national GPO reviewing and evaluating food service manufacturer and distributor proposals, products and services. • Worked with regional healthcare alliance leveraging favorable pricing with local vendors. Show less

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  Performance Food Group

  Oct 2015 - now

  Area Manager