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Andre Chavez

Andre Chavez

Andre Chavez

Business Consultant
Andre Chavez Consulting

Address:
Belen, New Mexico
andrechavez@columinate.coop
505-289-4584

Areas of Expertise:

  • Recruitment and team building
  • Standardizing and implementing documented operating procedures
  • Merchandising for daily, weekly and seasonal to continuously increase sales and store conditions
  • P&L management
  • Shrink control
  • In Stock management and customer relations.

I have been in the grocery world all my life, since I was 10 years old in my family’s first store. I am passionate about local, healthy foods which has become a lifestyle for me and my spouse. My greatest accomplishments are the people whom I have hired, developed and guided to the path of success.

— Andre Chavez

Biography:

I have been in the grocery retail business for 46 years, 20 in the Natural / Organic sector. I have worked with single mom and pop stores to multi unit large corporate companies. I worked my way from Bagger to Stocker to Department Manager to Store Management to Business Owner to Director of Operations all with the passion and determination about the products and the people.

My expertise is in team building, company culture, operations and creating a “World Class Customer Service” experience for the customer. Standardizing operating procedures, merchandising to increase sales, shrink control, in stock management, employee retention and training are all key factors in running a successful store of any size. The ability to break down and understand a P&L is Key to solving the opportunities that all stores have.

Experience:

46 years in the grocery world from Bagger to Owner to GM to Director of Operations.

I first met Andre when he was a store director for Sunflower in one of our Albuquerque stores. When you walked in his store, you could feel the positive energy that was throughout the store because of his leadership. As you walked around the store, you could see his influence in every department. From merchandising to training to performance on the sales, margin and labor front. He knew his customers, what they wanted and saw to it that the left the store pleased with their experience. He always had one of the top performing stores from a numbers perspective and was our main store director for training other or new store directors. He’s the perfect example of a multiplier! I highly recommend Andre for any position of influence you are looking for! Trust me, you won’t regret it!!

Stephen D Black - Rouses Markets

Andre is a true powerhouse in store operations, helping my store through a difficult turn around situation. He has a no nonsense approach to making everything excellent, one priority at a time. He evaluated our operations, our staff, and our merchandising and helped to set up procedures and even hire and train managerial staff. Andre is a strong relationship builder and it makes him a perfect fit to work with independent stores like ours.

Stephanie Hong - Real Food Company

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