DARRYL J. EGIDE

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CAREER OBJECTIVE: To work with an established, growing business entity, and provide exceptional management direction.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

BARONS’ SPECIALTY FOODS

Operations Director 08/08-Present

Manage daily company departmental activities for high end seasoning, food processing and packaging company. Assist owner with marketing plan objectives. Integrate new products, sales

goals, and marketing strategy into a coherent program.

Implemented and oversee procurement activities resulting in significant cost reductions and cash flow benefits.

Obtained company organic certification from ASCO, Inc.

Obtained Kosher certification from largest Kosher certifier in the country, the OU.

Negotiate and monitor overhead structural activities. Have already renegotiated activities resulting in over $10,000/yr cost savings.

Responsible for Outbound logistics control and personnel allocation. Have already achieved significant reductions in small package, LTL, and international costs.

Implemented compliance objectives in accordance with industry standard GMP’s

HACCP requirements and management objectives.

Responsible for over-site, compliance, and training with respect to company safety

policies.

PETALUMA FARMS

Operations Manager 03/07-05/08

Managed, coordinated and assisted in activities of administrative office staff, processing and

food distribution. Liason with farm personnel management and their respective support roles

in order fulfillment and processing.

Over-sight and scheduling review with processing manager. Coordinated inventory fulfillment needs with over half a million eggs processed daily. Implemented 6-day, 3 crew staggered work shifts to handle processing increase needs of 20+ processing crew.

Daily management of 12 person distribution, order fulfillment and warehousing staff.

Allocated personnel to duties based on route needs, processing support, and other warehouse support activities.

Manage administrative staff activities with respect to customer service, procurement, inventory control, and sales support. Oversaw processing of 75+ orders a day along with key point review.

Collaborate with sales team to minimize food inventory overstocks and lose, establish customer driven inventory support levels, and adhere to company driven levels of quality service.

Work with owner to implement company wide management policies, procedures and reviews.

Integration of capital equipment needs daily with ranch, processing, distribution and sales needs.

Manage and coordinate safety program policies and training.

NATURAL RESOURCE GROUP

General Manager 09/01-03/07

Manage and coordinate all operational activities for Multi-Brand Manufacturer. Product Procurement, Shipping and Receiving, Warehouse Logistics and Customer Service activities all monitored daily.

Coordinate and assist with daily shipping activities and priorities.

Manage Just In Time inventory for 3 brands. Responsible for purchasing activities to assure order fulfillment.

Handle Warehouse organization and staffing for manufacture and packaging of products. Coordinate additional personnel needs as projects arise.

AVALON NATURAL PRODUCTS, INC.

Director of Operations 06/93-08/01

Responsible for Materials Procurement and Scheduling. Managed Distribution, Receiving and

Warehouse Personnel and Policies.

Managed all buying and forecasting activities for a 30 million dollar cosmetics company. Responsible for Just In Time coordination of a 2.5 million dollar inventory.

Negotiated buying contracts, distribution tariffs, and facilities arrangements.

Managed distribution and receiving activities in conjunction with order fulfillment requirements.

Wrote and instituted company wide safety program in accordance with California Senate Bill 198. Responsible for required training activities and documentation there of.

Schedule assembly line activities and inter-warehouse activities relative to order fulfillment priorities.

EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CLARA, SANTA CLARA, CA

B.S. Accounting, Graduated 1983.

Bilingual in Spanish

HACCP Certified, Silliker Inc.

Industrial Equipment “Trainer” Certified – Lift Safe Inc.

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