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Aaron Duckworth

Joined March 25, 2021
Aaron Duckworth

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Professional experience

Store Manager

@ Starbucks

Started as a part time barista, intending to "do this job until something better comes along" I fully credit Starbucks with lighting my for coffee • Opened Store #2432 (I-29 & Barry in Kansas City, MO) in 2000 and grew sales to just under $1M annually in under 3 years • Simultaneously managed multiple locations by recruiting, hiring, orienting, training, scheduling, evaluating and enforcing corrective action when necessary • Was sent in to as a troubleshoot to one location because it was "on fire" and the staff there had run the previous 2 managers off Put the flames out and doubled our blended beverage units sold in under a year Legitimately, it was a full 100% plus a single unit • Served as District Coffee Trainer/Specialist • Reduced turnover to nearly zero In the last 15 months in this position, the only person to turn over was someone who accepted the head roaster position at Broadway Café, Kansas City's OG specialty café I would have left me, too

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Certifications

Q Arabica Grader

Coffee Quality Institute June 30, 2018
Marty Curtis

Sensory Skills - Intermediate

Specialty Coffee Association April 13, 2019
Dorothea Hescock

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