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Trabuco Canyon, Ca, Us

Lake Forest, Ca

Natures Image is a full-service native habitat restoration/mitigation company serving both private and public clients throughout the West. Since the early 1990s, we have successfully restored and maintained hundreds of habitat communities, representing thousands of acres, including riparian, coastal sage scrub, freshwater and saltwater marsh, desert, chaparral, oak woodlands and native grasslands. We offer our clients a full range of construction and maintenance services for all their habitat restoration and mitigation needs.Our ability to balance the needs of thoughtfully planned land development with the restoration and preservation of unique natural habitats is the hallmark of Natures Image.Habitat restoration is crucial to the preservation of both native plant species and wildlife. Through the elimination of invasive species and the revegetation and propagation of native plant species, we create self-sustaining habitats for threatened and endangered wildlife.

Trabuco Canyon, Ca

Create monthly newsletter using Adobe InDesign. Source and modify photos in Adobe Photoshop. Collaborate with board members to create events flyers. Assist advertisers and business members with advertisement layout and content. Attend monthly members meetings and board meetings. Encourage participation in local equestrian and volunteer activities such as maintenance of hiking/equestrian trails in O’Neill Regional Park, Inner-Coastal Watershed clean-up, town hall meetings, community emergency evacuation preparedness meetings and other educational events.

Orange County, California Area

Monitored NOAA forecasts, researched geographical locations/site coordinates, created and modified reports/templates using Excel and Word, provided technical editing on SWPPP, WQMP and AQMD documents, assisted with data entry and reporting in QuickBooks.

Santa Cruz, Ca

• Coordinated design, planning, installation/dismantling of Tradin USA booths and table-tops at Natural Products Expo West, Expo East, IFT (Institute of Food Technologists) and others.• Sourced photos for redesigned Tradin Organics USA website, marketing materials, Crown of Holland booth and marketing materials, and International Sourcing and Raw Materials sections of the SunOpta booth.• Worked with Senior Traders to create and maintain updated marketing materials.• Managed advertising, company listings and logos.• Created marketing SharePoint site with tradeshow calendar and info, photo/video library, social media directory, advertising directory, product lists, sales flyers, contact info and headshots• Participated on the corporate Trade Show and Branding teams.

Santa Cruz, Ca

• Assisted our Senior VP of Business Development with management of global supply chain and sales of organic apple and pear ingredients:- qualifying new suppliers in accordance with Finance, Logistics, Certification and Quality Assurance regulations- writing annual/seasonal purchase and sales contracts- requesting freight rates and running import cost analysis- developing pack plans, instructing shipments from suppliers in Argentina, Chile, Turkey, New Zealand and Mexico directly to customers, co-packers or inventory warehouses in the United States and Canada- managing specifications, tracking pre-shipment lot-specific document and sample approvals- gathering market intelligence and contributing to President's Reports- calculating quarterly and annual budgets- Coordinated weekly global procurement meetings including agendas, notes and action items.- Travel/attended meetings with vendors and customers at Natural Products Expo West, AFFI (American Frozen Food Institute), IFT (Institute of Food Technologists), and Sial Montreal.• Assisted/participated in special projects: Strategic Management Meetings, creating customized sales presentations, org charts, etc.• Compiled data and reports for Traders Meetings.• Volunteered on Wellness Committee (Tradin Santa Cruz Wellness Champ), Employee Engagement Committee, Corporate Branding Committee, Volunteer Committee and Safety Committee.

Santa Cruz, Ca

• Assisted with brokerage sales, inventory sales, and domestic and global sourcing and procurement of organic fruit juice concentrates, purees and IQF (individually quick frozen) berries.• Requested COAs (Certificates of Analysis), Organic Certificates, Kosher Certificates and General Specifications.• Customer Service; received customer purchase orders, processed sales orders and warehouse releases and coordinated freight.• Created and maintained SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures) for brokerage, private label sales, inventory sales and global procurement, including a hyperlinked document directory for the Procurement department and a sortable global harvest chart and supplier list.• Ability to train, organize workflow effectively and provide clear instructions enabling new hires to be productive their first day on the job.• Designed freight cost and import cost analysis spreadsheets in Excel.• Reviewed vendor document packets and sales document packets for accuracy and SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley) compliance and submitted for payments and invoicing.• Coordinated Project Leader meetings, provided agendas, notes and follow-up on action items.• Procurement team “Super User” during software transition to Oracle; managed data cleanup and transfer, designed a new shipment report used for managing imports including logistics and sales info, acquisition costs, ship schedules, etc. and authored accompanying user guide.• Very active in the Process Excellence Program; attended Lean Management Training and participated in objectives to improve interdepartmental efficiency. Conducted research, collaborated with managers and coworkers, mapped procedures and work flow. Created presentations used to identify areas for improvement and track improvements.

Greater Chicago Area

• Sales of nutritional supplements, homeopathic remedies, herbs, natural beauty and household products, books, juicers.• Organized and classified store layout of supplements.• Active in signing up customers for dark field microscopy health screenings.• Attended trade shows including All Things Organic and Natural Products Expo West.

Libertyville, Il

Sales, Operations Manager - Sales, purchasing, inventory management - Organizing staff meetings and training - Signing up customers for dark-field microscopy (live blood analysis) health screenings - Coordinated with health practitioners in educating/empowering customers. - Assisted organizing educational seminars and participated in promotional events - Attended Natural Products Expo West 2002.Organic Juice Bar Manager - Made fresh organic juices and smoothies, organic raw food lunches - Developed daily, weekly, monthly SOPs - Responsible for purchasing organic produce - Created marketing materials - Sales of supplements, juicers and organic produce.

Greater Chicago Area

- Sales of Aveda and Intelligent Nutrients products.- Opening & closing store.- Staff training.- Managed sales reports and bank deposits.- Active in planning in-store educational demonstrations using Aveda products and literature, - Represented company at promotional events.

Greater Chicago Area

- Active in educating new clientele about the natural foods/products.- Gained enthusiastic support from the public to fight the proposed lowering of USDA Organic Standards, and insist that genetic engineering, sewage sludge, irradiation, and other practices be prohibited from Organics.

Associate'S Degree, Environmental Studies

Natural History and Geology of Southern California Natural Resources Conservation Environmental Studies Internship/Coyote Studies.

Horsemanship

About the Instructor: Elizabeth Zarkos, PhD, is an award winning teacher, equine trainer and advocate. She established Hanaeleh Horse.