1. L. GREGORY SHAHUN
11039 N River Trail Rd, Mequon WI, 53092
(901) 289-1272
e-mail: gshahun@gmail.com
Career Summary
A highly successful business owner and manager with extensive knowledge in the food service industry.
Skilled at developing people and relationships to build the teams necessary to grow sales. Have successfully
developed and deployed strategies to grow sales and process management to streamline processes.
Chef’s Supply & Design; Memphis, Tennessee 2005-2016
Regional food service design, equipment and small wares dealer
Co-Owner and Operator 2010-2016
Responsible for running and managing all aspects of the company
• Grew sales from $1,100,000 to $2,700,000
• Grew sales with regional franchisee of Little Caesars, Wing Stop, Incredible Pizza, McDonalds,
Krystal
• Grew sales and strengthened relationships with Shelby County Schools, Baptist Hospitals, and
multiple other schools systems in the region.
• Grew sales and with regional convenience store chain Flash Market.
• Reduced average on hand inventory by forty percent.
• Designed and specified equipment for restaurant layouts to maximize space and efficiency.
• Started service department to maintain and repair equipment.
Vice President of Operations 2005-2009
Hired to run the daily inside operations
• Researched and deployed processes to more efficiently enter daily sales in accounting system
• Implemented systems to make customer deliveries more efficient and cost effective.
• Grew inside sales by twenty percent.
Gate Gourmet Division Americas 1998-2005
Responsible for billing, training and auditing in more than forty field offices.
Senior Analyst
• Worked with more than forty field billing offices to ensure proper billing of multiple airlines
with sales of more and $400 million. Trained and/or retrained employees as needed both onsite
and by conference calls. Worked directly with customers to resolve issues to ensure on time
payment of invoices.
• Developed billing procedures, wrote manuals and trained billing offices worldwide on proper
procedures
• Strategically worked with airline customers to develop streamlined procedures for billing and
auditing.
• Developed criteria for new enterprise system for the field kitchens to include but not limited to,
billing, food management, labor, bill of materials etc. After criteria was set, worked with

2. L. GREGORY SHAHUN
11039 N River Trail Rd, Mequon WI, 53092
(901) 289-1272
e-mail: gshahun@gmail.com
programmers explain the requirements and write the software. Tested the software make sure it
worked properly and all “bugs” were fixed, wrote the manual, and trained the field kitchens.
• Audited kitchens to ensure that the proper bill of materials was used for each flight catered.
TARGET 1994-1998
Responsible for the management, training teams of employees.
Executive Team Leader – Guest Services and Hardlines
Hired in the Houston Texas region and moved to Virginia in 1996 to open up stores in a new region.
• Successfully hired and trained team members to assist customers in all aspects of guest service.
• Successfully directly managed teams of up to seventy five people, while assisting in managing
the entire store on more 150 team members.
• Successfully assisted in the opening of 10 stores while maintaining responsibility in base
location.
• Successfully selected regionally available merchandise managed inventory to ensure proper
inventory levels.
• Selected by the Regional Manager as the “trouble shooter” to go into stores with issues to find
the root cause and implement the proper solution.
• Effectively worked with the security team to have the lowest merchandise shrink in the region
• Scheduled employees to ensure proper levels of customer service in all areas of responsibility
including, but not limited to the check lanes, snack bar, cash office and sales floor.
NCC SAMELSON-LEON 1993-1994
Successfully set up new Sales Division in covering the state of Texas.
Sales Manager
• Was hired to set up new sales division as the company expanded into the Texas market.
• Hired and trained employees, set up territories, routed salespersons and drivers, and called on
accounts. Handled all paperwork and petty cash.
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company 1986-1993
Successfully introduced and promoted new product extensions with saturation rate of 90% of accounts during
six week introductory periods.
Area Sales Representative
• Hired as Sales Representative and promoted to Area Sales Representative in 1988
• Increased market share of a product with declining units sold.
• Successfully sold products, promotions and merchandising fixtures to clients and merchandised
fixtures once installed.
Education:
Bachelors of Business Administration, with an emphasis in Marketing and Advertising from
The University of Oklahoma, Norman Oklahoma, 1986.