Michael Barndollar

Experience

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  Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort

  May 2000 - Feb 2004

  Sous Chef

  Worked under executive chef staff, trained new staff in BOH operations and development of kitchen staff. Restaurant full service dining seating capacity of 400 guests. P&L management and controlled food costs over performing YOY in sales growth and always performed under budget quarterly. Opening Management team-Disneys Animal Kingdom lodge full service restaurant facilities-2002-2004

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  Bella Piatto Restaurant

  Jul 2004 - Jan 2007

  General Manager Managing Partner
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  Schwan's Company

  Mar 2007 - Mar 2018

  Area District Manager | Food Sales and Distribution

  - Promoted from District Leader, Area Operations Manager to District Manager, generating ~$28M million in sales annually from 12 locations, with ~20 direct reports and over 180 indirect reporting route sales representatives. - Turned around unprofitable locations, reversing 14% year-over-year decline in revenue and 140% turnover; attracted and developed high performing sales managers and representatives, growing sales 6% and profitability by 4.7% - Delivered over $250k in savings after tasked to assume responsibility of District Fleet Manage, managing 110 vehicles in 10 facility locations; renegotiated service contracts and implemented inspections and safety training, reducing by 8.5% the number of loss time incidents - Developed and trained team on optimal inventory management procedures, reducing inventory shrink and damage by 6.5% Show less

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  The J.M. Smucker Co.

  Mar 2018 - Nov 2020

  Area Plant Manager | Pet Food Division

  - Recruited to lead 7-10 department supervisors/managers, delivering more than $2m in savings and efficiencies from continuous improvement projects - Transformed safety culture, leading to "Safest Shift" award; engaged staff daily in shift meetings, reviewing past safety incidents to identify risks and implemented changes to improve safety environment - Reduced temporary agency spend due to absenteeism by 4.5%; created incentives for both maintaining good attendance and correcting attendance, reducing the number of people in corrective counseling from 45% to 15% - Achieved 98.9% first pass quality against the company standard of 95%; zero recalls from managed shifts during tenure; established improved process for first pass pre-packaging inspection at each product cut over Show less

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  Peet's Coffee

  Nov 2020 - now

  Regional Manager

  Manage 22 sales reps and working collaterally with account team to produce sales growth YOY.- All recruitment, staffing, training, and evaluations for pay management in direct store delivery. Manage trade account budgets and forecasts through while managing reps to service and delivery of Coffee to major account grocery chains.- Managed complete inventory and rotation of product from California roasting plant to routes warehouse-managed shrink, damage and inventory control-thru cycle counts and physical spot certified counts quarterly. - Positively impacts the ability of the sales team by leading, developing and motivating the team for maximum execution results to exceed sales and profit objectives. - Develop quarterly sales one on one with the sales team, operations and account team to plan out well thought out plans and goals for brand growth. Creates an engaged front line focused sales culture through prioritization of business partner’s capabilities, needs and acumen growth- Mange IRI and Nielson data to shift focus based on shared results quarterly. Show less