Cletus J. Spaeder has over 40 years of experience in meat department and store operations management, including roles as a buyer and store operations specialist. He has worked for Burris Logistics since 2007 as a Meat, Seafood, and Deli Buyer, where he maintains price files and collaborates with customers to achieve high fulfillment rates and sales growth. Prior to that, he spent over 30 years with Acme Markets in various store management roles, including directly managing multiple store sites and overseeing the meat, seafood, and pre-packaged meat operations for 72 stores.

1. CLETUS J. SPAEDER
170 Black Stallion Road
Townsend, DE 19734
(302) 561-5352
clete1957@gmail.com
QUALIFICATIONS OVERVIEW
 Buyer with a background including 40 years of meat dept. and store operations and fulfillment including store to district
level management experience. Qualifications include:
Business planning Resource optimization and utilization Store merchandising
Regional operations Hiring and employee relations Quality assurance
Analysis and reporting Training program development Shrink control
Buying Inventory Control Vendor relations
Customer relations Warehouse support Store Support
Store re-set
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
BURRIS LOGISTICS 2007 – 2016
Meat, Seafood, Meal Replacement & Deli Buyer
Order and control inventory level for the Atlanta, GA and New Castle, DE facilities
 Maintain price files to assure price accuracy
 Work closely with customer service and customers to achieve 96% daily fulfillment and sales growth
 Collaborate with category managers to support day to day and holiday sales strategies
 Support The Fresh Market increasing fresh meat, seafood and deli sales and profit
 Assumed buying responsibility for a 57 store chain that has grown to 152 stores
 Track daily sales to assure accurate replenishment and date code monitoring
 Work with suppliers to provide the freshest seafood including live shellfish
 Provide quick accurate response to setup newitems and arrange for pick up or delivery
 Communicate needs to suppliers to allow for timely production and profitable sales planning
 Trained multiple team members in buying as well as supplier relations and customer service
ACME MARKETS – SITES IN DE, PA, AND MD 1975- 2007
 Direct multiple site store operations as a member of Fresh Teams analyzing 3-4 sites daily
 Lead and implement rapidly changing initiatives for seasonaltrends,product promotions, and corporate mandate
 Analyze store and departmental performance, develop business plans,execute recommendations with management team,
and implement changes with subsequent stafftraining
 Leader of ACBP (accelerated corporate business planning)frozen food reset program
 Support multiple store locations implementing back room inventory reduction and monitoring program
Meat Operations Specialist/Meat Dept. Manager
 Oversee meat, seafood and pre-packaged meat operation for 72 stores.
 Analyze and look for opportunity to improve all functional areas
 Hired, promoted and re-assigned associates