Manager Quality Assurance

FRANCISCO JAVIER SILIEZAR

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Cypress, TX 77433

Email: abn97k@r.postjobfree.com,

abn97k@r.postjobfree.com

(M): 832-***-****

Work Experience:

1. 2007 to date: Houston, Texas

Manager for a Retail Business Supermarket chain in the

US. Excellent customer attention 98% overall for 2012, and

able to train and coach workers. My job requires that I

lift over 50 lbs of Produce containers throughout the day.

Able to work with budgets, forecast sales averaging 8%

improvement, minimize losses or shrink under 4%, follow

marketing procedures and in contact with suppliers and

warehouses to provide fresh produce and processed goods for

customers. Also perform other duties like scheduling for

the crew under my direction. Trained as Quality Control

expert for Safeway high quality standards receiving fresh

produce and flowers at the warehouse sometimes 10

containers at the same time, good planning and flow

management of crew, storing and FIFO planning.

Also have a Food Manager Safe handling operations certification

issued by the city of Houston. Have been training as a Produce

Quality Inspector for Fresh Produce. In constant contact with

customers, supervisors, giving forecast, results and meetings as

well as conference calls. Daily price adjustment and compliance

with policies and projections. Managing $ 125,000.00 sales a

month.

2. 2004 to 2007: Central America

Manager for USAID projects in Guatemala with

Foundation AGIL in charge of developing new business

opportunities for cooperatives and associated groups for

high end value export crops, careful design of planting

schedules and crop protection for the market requirements

either USDA or GlobalGap, from the ground up adding the

trace back technology and since I have EurepGap

Certification training, USDA and FDA certification for

Export Food Handling Plants, I was able to help them get

their export business up and running and able to pass

inspections not only from the Government agencies, but from

the buyers or brokers themselves.

El Salvador for Chemonics International under the Millenium

Initiative help them develop postharvest requirements for fresh

produce in line with El Salvador Agicultural Ministry

requirements but also manage successfully to open an account

with the chain of supermarkets called Super Selectos.

Honduras. For ACDI-VOCA from Canada under USAID project

execution for a 3 day Workshop titled: Opportunities for the

Honduras fresh produce industry to access with success the US

retail markets held in San Pedro Sula. Design to give Honduras

producers and growers a better perspective of the different

Quality Assurance or HACCP control points to be taken into

consideration from the farm to the fork.

Teacher at the Universidad Rafael Landivar. Marketing and

Commercialization of Fresh Produce I and II.

3. 2000-2004: Cochabamba, Bolivia

Country Manager for the Altiplano initiative under Chemonics

International (USAID-Bolivia) project MAPA II. First as an

Horticultural Specialist, introducing into the country and

establishing planting trial plots with growers under contract in

different regions to try new varieties of flowers, fruits,

vegetables, spices all over the country. Developing the cluster

for export to Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, the US and Europe.

Also develop training material and website for the growers to

follow up.

Our team successfully exported Raspberries, Blackberries, onions

and spices into these markets. At the local level many

different crops where offered in the markets and up to date

there has been an improvement in the business of the growers

involved.

We worked with nutrient rich super crops like quinua, Canahua

and others to make power bars for the local and European

markets. Was able to implement and manage $1.5 million US in

Grants.

4. 1995 Central America

AGRITRADE 1995 Trade Fair Manager. With the Guatemalan Guild

of Exporters and a budget of 1 million dollars, we advertised

the Guatemalan fresh industry all over Central America selling

Fair space to countries to advertise, attended PMA and UFFVA

to promote the Fair. We manage to promote $ 24 million dollars

in business and partnerships developed in the region with US

and European companies.

5. 1991-1994: Guatemala - Central America

Develop my own family company that operated until 2007, just

before immigrating to the US. We sold to many different

companies, big sugar cane mills corporations and local

businesses product ranging from uniforms, disinfectants,

everyday supplies like coffee, sugar and others. Sales at $

70,000.00 per year

Also worked for a USAID Project called Exitos (PROEXAG) under

USAID funding all over Central America. Developing detailed

horticultural support for many different crops including

Tropical Exotic fruit trees, flowers, vegetables like rambutan,

mangosteen, longan, ginger edible and flowers, etc, temperate

fruits like asparagus, blackberries, raspberries, onions and

others. We developed and provided all relative information,

written and visual material for growers and institutions all

over Central America, Panama and Belize, we even brought experts

in each field and I was simultaneous translator to many

conferences.

6. 1987-1990: Guatemala Chiquita

International. Planting melons under contract, leasing and

co investment, with growers in the Guatemalan south coast

and Zacapa. Exporting 300 containers per season, 1,000

acres 2 times a year, from planting, growing, harvest, post

harvest, loading containers. In contact with receiver to

give information on Quality and distribution, also buying

fields and assessing quality. We diversify to many

different crops even coffee and berries.

Exported frozen vegetables to Superior Foods with growers in

Guatemala, 3,000 hectares 2 times a year, including broccoli,

melons, cauliflower and others, 900 containers per year.

Manager for coffee farms in Guatemala, helped diversified crops

and exported Tillandsias, Pony Tail plants, Bougainvilleas, also

sugar snap and sno peas, French beans, minivegetables and sold

to local and central American markets crops like, tomato,

cucumbers, sweet corn.

7. 1985-1986 Lima, Peru

Universidad Nacional Agraria for Greenhouse Management and

Flower and Horticultural crops assistant professor.

EDUCATION.

1. Accountant. Hans Bawan Institute, New Delhi, India.

2. B.S. Agronomy. Universidad Nacional Agraria. La Molina Peru.

3. B.S. Agronomy Engineer. Universidad Nacional San Carlos

Guatemala.

LANGUAGUES:

• Spanish: fluent in writing and speaking. Mother Tongue.

• French: working knowledge, good reading, poor writing and

talking.

• English: fluent having taken a proficiency test with Berlitz

with a qualification Oral Comprehension 332/400. Written 328/400

for a total of 660/800 as Competent and optimum level of

operation or C1.

• Computer: Excel, Word, Power Point, MS, internet and strong

Microsoft computer knowledge.

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