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Los Angeles, California, United States

•Develops effective plans and procedures for the efficient operation of the department.•Creates department forecasts.•Participates in preparing annual strategic plans to support overall company objectives.•Implements tactical plans that drive measurable process improvements.•Analyzes industry and regulatory trends and suggests appropriate activities in response.•Enforce customer specifications to support allocation of the Right Product to the Right Customer.•Provides guidance on inspections, inventory management, and reporting.•Manages the application of inventory rotation and secondary inspection.•Oversees product data integrity (e.g., product quality and condition, inventory aging, manufacturing, and reconditioning activities) is entered and maintained within databases.•QA advocate that will ensure brand standards are met and exceeded.•Partners with the Food Safety department and is actively involved in implementing, monitoring, and adhering to Food Safety programs and procedures.•Manages to repack process, closing, and reports weekly; consistently seeks out competitive pricing and the highest quality of repack for the best return to growers.•Meets with vendors/partners to improve processes.•Advises on equipment used in QA. Updates team with current trends in QA machinery development.•Visits production facilities to ensure processes are being followed.•Ability to be on-call and work extended days, weekends, and/or holidays as required.

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

Responsibilities**Vessel and Cargo tracking to include arrival and sales availability information.*Inventory Control of maintenance, troubleshooting, and reconciliation items.*Cargo claims file creation, maintenance, summaries, and invoicing.*Accounts payable invoice validation and approval processing.*Shipping and Receiving process approvals, reconciliations, and troubleshooting.*Repack and value-added processing and program support.*Maintain cargo cold chain integrity by coordinating port-to-cold storage transportation.*Provide support and backup to other departments to accomplish related tasks as needed.*Provide timely and friendly customer service.*Import requirements from regulatory divisions of US Customs, USDA, PPQ, CBP, and FDA as related to fresh fruit import requirements and regulations.*Food Safety Standards based on FSMA and USDA standards.*Learn fresh produce industry services.*Multi-task timely, confidently, and comfortably in a fast-paced environment.*The ability to work confidently both in a team setting as well as independently.*Proficient in Microsoft Office applications and computer skills.*Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.*Work through conflict and effectively address issues.*Adapt and function effectively in a high-paced and at times stressful environment.

Arizona, United States

Responsibilities:* Train, supervise, and coordinate the QC team in the United States and Mexico.* Provide detailed written reports of all inspected product to the Growers and sales team. * Reviews QC metrics, measures, and issues reports, provide corrections and facilitate issue resolution.* Participate in food safety procedures and help to continuous improvement initiatives and develop new ones.

Los Angeles, California

* Inspect the quality of incoming watermelons from Mexico and California* Grade the quality of the fruit and choose the best customer for the product* Match physical with system product inventory* Track materials inventory * Manage a team of repacking (10 to 30 people)*Travel to California, Arizona, Mexico, Florida, Georgia, Arkansas, and Tennessee.

Los Angeles, California

* Inspect the quality of the fruit received from Chile. Grapes (Sugraone, Red Globe, Thomson, Sugarone, Perlette, Princess, Thompson, Flame, Ruby, Perlons, Crimson), plums, and peaches. * Inform to sales the quality of the fruit to decide the best customer for each product. * Report to the QC manager daily about temperature and ethylene logs.

Santiago De Chile

* Answer potential clients’ questions about our private lessons service* Promote the brand image and awareness through social media (website, Facebook, and Instagram)* Create, compile and export databases containing all the daily tutorials made for the team of teachers and their respective payments * Coordinate the lessons between the teacher and the students.

Santiago Province, Chile

* Selects textbooks and other resources for the class* Prepares class sessions and assignments to help students grasp course content and how it integrates with overall student learning outcomes for the course* Creates a learning environment that encourages student involvement and participation.* Documents students’ attendance, participation, and academic progress by giving and grading assignments, projects, quizzes and examinations that lead to a final grade* Participate in beer tasting panels

Copiapo, Atacama, Chile

*Responsible for the supervision of daily activities at Santa Monica packing and field for the Atacama program certification to export the product* Making sure all the procedures and quality meet with standards to assure Atacama certification to export table grapes.* Reviewed HACCP and critical points.

Engineer'S Degree, Agricultural Engineering

Agricultural Economics