Dynamic 15-year global sales, strategic sourcing, and general management career reflecting pioneering experience and award-winning performance in the Organic food ingredient industry. Successful sales management by driving new business through business analysis, strategic planning, key accounts, establishing strategic global partnerships and dealer relationships to increase sales revenues. • Excellent manager of both direct and indirect sales channels. Leading and motivating sales team to attain personal and corporate goals.• Outstanding success in building and maintaining relationships with key corporate decision makers, establishing large volume, high-profit accounts with excellent levels of retention and loyalty. • Well versed in production methods and purchasing requirements, having a positive effect on overall cost of goods sold.

Leadership: A true leader and champion. Exemplary and participatory leadership; show commitment and problem ownership that motivate other employees and management team on a daily basis.Operations Management: Establish best practices, processes and tools to ensure process optimization and unit costs containment. Assist in the development of short and long-term manufacturing strategies designed to improve competitive position and profitability. Strategic Planning: Collaborate with other senior management in the development, implementation, and refinement of our strategic plan. Coordinate and oversee supply chain functions including sourcing, procurement, production planning, master scheduling, inventory management, trade compliance and logistics. People/Performance Management: Promote a culture of performance. Effectively utilize KPIs, performance reviews, financial and operational reports to track performance. Foster a continuous improvement culture. Provide efficient management, oversight and review of resources and personnel to achieve optimum profitability.Customer and Vendor Relations: Develop, direct and negotiate vendor/customer contract and agreement. Identify customer needs, resolve issues and develop relationship at the executive level. Quality: Ensure processes are in place to provide a quality product that meets or exceeds our customer’s expectations. Modify, develop, validate and implement Food Safety and Food Quality programs. Ensure compliance with company and regulatory requirements. R&D: Play major role in formulation, development and implementation of new products and processes.P&L/Financial Management: Coordinate annual planning for our business including annual financial budgeting, capital, and manpower plans. Assists in preparing capital appropriation requests. Prepare and manage capital budgets, operations and quality expenses.Safety and Environmental: Pursue a best in class safety and environmental consciousness culture.

Working with farmers and processors both internationally and domestic. Delivering a sustainable supply chain to our valued customers in Tea and Botanicals. Negotiating long term supply and assuring the highest level of quality is maintained upstream, and insured all the way to the end consumer. Managing customer relationships and contracts to assure on time delivery, specifications, and expectations are exceeded. Collaborating with our Quality Team to maintain all FSMA, SQF, and Food Safety Regulations and product integrity. Developing new partnerships and projects around the globe to assure consistent supply in our dynamic market place. High Quality Organics--the original pioneer in the market, setting the gold standard for organic, sustainable supply, assuring food safety and quality is our promise.

Partnering with growers, processors, and small farm co-ops globally--HQO builds strong partnerships with an international sustainable focus. High Quality Organics is committed to our partnerships and global relationships. Understanding supply and demand, logistics, on-time delivery, international markets, meeting customer/consumer expectations, and maintaining our organic sustainable culture/focus. Managing our sales team, forecasting with a quality driven supply chain to bridge our farmers directly to the consumer. HQO operates with the highest food safety precautions, to provide organic healthier choices to individuals globally-ground to table.

High Quality Organics is the largest provider of wholesale bulk 100% organic herbs, spices, tea, and produce; as well as natural and organic culinary and botanical ingredients. Our services include custom blending and flavor formulation to meet your product needs. Serving industrial, food service and retail clients, from family owned business to international corporations, we are able to offer a superior product and outstanding service by controlling every step in the supply line. This includes our elite network of growers who span the globe and are selected for their commitment to quality and consistency. Dealing with international business negotiations, finance, on-time delivery and logisitics. Providing the highest quality organic products to the U.S. and Europe, with great recognition for sustainability, and fair trade.

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Private and group lessons covering comprehensive theory, composition, improvisation, arranging, and history. Focusing on guitar and piano for all genres (classical, jazz, rock, funk, disco, blues, R&B, and metal).