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United States

Arroyo Grande, California, United States

Oversee team of 94 employees, completing hiring, onboarding, employee relations, and performancereviews and increasing employee engagement through team building activities and open communication. Direct accounts payable and receivable, sales, and production departments, as well as business administration and operations. Establish and execute quality control protocols.• Reduced labor from 60.5 hours per week per employee to 48.5 hours per week per employee,saving $906K per year through improved operations effectiveness.• Managed $10MM budget by monitoring expenditures, calculating forecasts, and ensuringcompliance.• Improved operations efficiency by 22% through implementing process improvements, includingenabling company’s database to track revenue goals within a $3 margin.

Arroyo Grande, California, United States

Direct contract negotiations and finalization and drive sales growth in nationwide wholesale and massmarket accounts (Trader Joes, Safeway, Kroger, Mayesh Floral). Monitor logistics, solve supply chainissues, and establish positive relationships with key stakeholders. Work with sales team to meet or exceedmonthly and yearly sales goals. International travel to monitor quality control and negotiate pricing ofseed stock.• Initiated and spearheaded development of eCommerce program to create new division of salesfocused on direct-ship, Web-based companies.• Increased sales from $7.5MM to $16.75MM through developing new marketing initiatives,adjusting price of goods in response to market fluctuations, and brokering product from additionalsources.• Influenced key stakeholders to increase product prices, creating better margin for wholesalers.

Woodland, Washington, United States

Trained supervisors and ensured staff followed health and safety guidelines. Oversaw production process,handling timely production and coordinating prompt distribution and delivery. Estimated costs and setquality standards, directly supervising production lines and motivating staff and management. Directedequipment purchasing and maintenance.