Dennis Russo

About Dennis Russo

I am a highly accomplished corporate operations professional with extensive 40+ years of experience and outstanding success in all areas of the retail business in both limited assortment and conventional supermarket and distribution formats specializing in:>Produce Merchandising>Safety>Quality Assurance>Category/Vendor Management>Teaching/Training/Coaching/Empowering>Inventory/Shrink ControlI possess the technical savvy necessary for expert development, compilation and analysis of corporate and store-level performance data. With first-rate people skills I am able to communicate, empower, teach-coach-train hourly employees, department heads, managers, and executives, as well as recruit and develop future leaders to fuel long-term growth. I believe that working hard never killed anybody and my leadership philosophy and core business values are simple and can be summed up in the following quotes from 2 great leaders:\"The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office\"\"You don\'t lead people by hitting them over the head-that\'s assault, and not leadership\"\"Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it\"-Dwight D. Eisenhower \"Sometimes doing your best is not good enough. Sometimes you must do what is required.\"-Sir Winston ChurchillAdditional Core Competencies• Multi-Store Management• Corporate Communications• Contract Negotiations • Process Improvements• Long-Term Business Growth • Customer & Employee Relations• Project Management

Experience

1. Quality Assurance Coordinator ll

   Ahold Delhaize USA

   Oct 2022 — Present · Mauldin, SC, US

   Responsible for daily quality inspections of multiple Fresh Produce, Meat, and Seafood items at Food Lion Distribution Center servicing full line supermarket stores-Inspect items upon arrival and follow up daily to ensure freshness and best quality products are maintained-Work with Buyers to ensure product is moved through in a timely fashion to ensure freshness to stores-Receive, gas and ripen bananas and mangoes-Retail Food and Seafood HACCP Certified.

Education

• Nassau Community College

  Associate's degree

Skills

• Visual Merchandising
• Big Box
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Loss Prevention
• Sop Development
• New Store Development
• Merchandising
• Sales Operations
• Store Operations
• People Development
• Planograms
• Multi-Unit
• Assortment
• Hiring
• Retail Sales
• Private Label
• Management
• Forecasting
• Inventory Management
• Project Management
• Associate Development
• Sales
• Wholesale
• District Management
• Retail
• Pricing
• Data Analysis
• Member of Toastmasters
• Customer Satisfaction
• New Store Openings
• Shrinkage
• Process Improvement
• Multi-Channel Retail
• Multi-Unit Management
• Produce Buying
• Contract Negotiation
• Pos
• Driving Results
• Launching New Programs
• Fresh Produce