Imports, Produce, grower relations

DANIEL H. KOLBACH

**** ***** ***. – Haddon Heights – NJ 08035 *********@*****.**** 856-***-****

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Strong understanding of all aspects of the

produce business including accounting,

operations and marketing.

Strong accounting, financing and budgeting

knowledge, including grower accounting.

Strong organizational and negotiating skills.

Strong Managerial skills, tactful and persuasive

with employees.

Strong computer knowledge including Famous

and the Microsoft Office Suite.

Bi-lingual, fluent in reading, speaking and writing Spanish and English.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Seald Sweet International. – Swedesboro – New Jersey 2014-Import Manager

• In charge of South America, Mexico, Spanish and Moroccan import programs.

• Maintain and develop relationships with growers. Documentation such as Contracts, programs and updates to the programs

• Close relationship with the category managers.

• Grower reporting and settlement process.

Kolbach Consulting. – Haddon Heights – New Jersey

2013-2014 Consultant

• Supervised the implementation of Famous for customers.

• Trouble shut business operations for several customers, accounting and operations.

• Maintained receivables and payables for a fish import company. AMC Direct Inc. – Glassboro – New Jersey

2009-2013 Commercial Manager/Controller

• Recruited to setup all operational, finance and accounting procedures for the new office.

• Recruited, trained and managed all accounting personnel. Managed the accounting department.

• In charge of the budgets and cash flow.

• Trained all personnel in the use of the Famous System.

• Managed a sales team of four people. Developed programs for customers.

• Approve and set credit limits of all customers of the company.

• Negotiated with growers, supply programs and final account of sales.

• Company grew to $30m in gross sales.

Sunny Valley International – Glassboro – New Jersey 1997-2009 IT Manager/Controller

• Computerized all company operations utilizing Famous Software, from order entry to shipping and invoicing.

• Designed and implemented on-line operations of all warehouses including international facilities.

• Selected and implemented pallet location software to facilitate the warehouse operations. Sunny Valley International – Continuation

• Managed all operations of the IT Department.

• Supervised all accounting personnel of related companies.

• Supervised and approved all intercompany accounting transactions.

• Company grew to $40m in sales.

Country Fruit Inc. – Philadelphia – Pennsylvania

1993-1997 General Manager

• Coordinated the startup of the company including securing permits, hiring personnel and negotiated with third party services.

• Trained and managed all accounting personnel.

• Designed and implemented financial reporting.

• Designed and implemented grower reporting and final account of sales.

• Managed the sales department.

• Company grew to $18m in gross sales by the third year. 1991-1993 Freelance Consultant

• Implemented accounting systems for several customers, including the hiring and training of accounting personnel. Implemented financial reporting for those customers.

• Assisted customers assessing business operations and optimized computer systems to better perform operations and marketing.

• Designed and implemented financial reporting for customers.

• Organized and supervised a quality control team to perform fruit inspections at Philadelphia and New Jersey ports reporting back to Chilean growers. Sermaco Inc. – Philadelphia – Pennsylvania 1989-

1991 General Manager/Owner.

• Created company to service small produce business on their daily operations such as receivables, payables, inventory control and grower accounting utilizing Famous Software.

• Managed operations of the computers time sharing service.

• Managed the personnel for data entry of customer’s invoicing and accounts payable. Setup computer system, hired and trained accounting personnel for customers. Winter Fruit Inc. – Philadelphia – Pennsylvania 1987- 1989 IT Manager

• Managed the UNIX system handling accounting, inventory control, invoicing, payables and grower accounting.

• Developed and implemented several reporting systems for sales and grower settlements. Provided computer support for all departments.

Frupac International – Santiago – Chile

1984-1987 System Programmer

• Assisted in the development of a computerized inventory control system.

• In charge of software testing and debugging.

• Managed the system that produced production forecasting. Education

Colegio de la Salle – Santiago – Chile

High School Graduate

Universidad Católica de Valparaíso – Valparaíso – Chile Physics

2 years of study

Universidad de Chile – Santiago – Chile

Mechanical Engineering

1 year of study

Instituto Esane – Santiago – Chile

Systems Analyst

2 years of study

Accomplishments

Winter Fruit Inc.

Designed and implemented several reporting systems in less than 3 months. Sermaco Inc.

Design and implemented an import reporting system for the industry, the report still been in use.

Country Fruit Inc.

With the help of Western Fumigation got the approval from the USDA and FDA for the importation of fresh grapes in clamshells packaging. Sunny Valley International.

By utilizing Red Line decreased the time needed to load a truck by 70%.

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