JORGE LORENZANA

Surrey, BC adxm00@r.postjobfree.com 778-***-****

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

•Proactive and committed team player, passionate about leadership, and consistently striving for productive collaboration. Experience in construction and manufacturing environments.

•Excellent organizer with problem-solving skills and experience and a fast-paced environment

•Successfully experienced in the food manufacturing environment, qualified in SQF (Safe Quality Food), Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), and HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points)

•Creative thinker with knowledge about Standard Operating Procedures and Good Manufacturing Practices through education and work experience. Able to handle priorities and deadlines, working well in a team environment and under limited supervision

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

•Proactive team player, work well independently with little supervision

•Communication, ability to interrelate, manage and administer crews, leading by example

•Able to handle priorities and deadlines, monitoring project expenditures to meet budget and constraints

•Rational reasoning, analytical and strategic thinking to make logical decisions

•Ability to analyze, interpret and evaluate data to find solutions to Operations and Quality issues

•Proficiency in the use of MS Office applications such as Word, PowerPoint, and Excel applied to documents, spreadsheets, procedures, and reports

•Qualified to calculate and efficiently manage resources, equipment and tools for different kinds of projects

•Able to work large workloads, physically demanding

PROFESIONAL EXPERIENCE

Quality Assurance Assistant / Production Assistant

H. B. Kaysons Ltd. (Surrey, BC) March 2022 – Present

•Actively participated in the certification process for SQF, performing verifications and validations such as daily pre-operations and post-operations as well as monthly inspections

•Supported the senior management team during the external audit for SQF, explaining some of the processes to the auditor to clarify the daily basis operations

•Proactively assisted in manufacturing duties with direction from the Production Manager, contributing to improving productivity by 15%

•Actively trained and motivated the production crew to observe the SOP, SSOP, GMP and safety policies

•Performed periodic GMP inspections and assisted the Production Manager with root cause analysis, corrective actions and customer complaints follow-ups

•Planned the optimal use of available space across the factory, reducing costs and waste by 10%

•Handling of shipping and receiving of materials and finished goods, pick and pack orders as required

•Perform calculation and inspection of raw materials and finished products,

•Developed recalls and traceability exercises during internal and external audits

Consultant and trainer

Strategies for Business Management LLC (Aguascalientes, Mexico) 2009 – 2021

•Advised and trained fifteen small companies to achieve certification in schemes such as HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points) to start exporting lemon and guava

•Developed procedures and documents for Good Agricultural and Manufacturing Practices in seven certification projects, by using Microsoft Word and Excel

•Designed quality control procedures and documents, forms, and logs to document quality activities

•Trained quality teams in GMP-Good Manufacturing Practices and, SOP-Standard Operating Procedures

•Drew up plans for the layout of five food factories according to GMP

•Designed and supervised the construction and refurbishment of seven food facilities, to improve safety compliance and avoid hazards and cross contamination

•Lead learning enhancement courses to improve business practices in areas such as planning, budget estimation, and inventory management, for companies affiliated with the Mexican Construction Industry Chamber

EDUCATION

Master’s degree in Administration,

Honours: Magna Cum Laude

Autonomous University of Aguascalientes, Mexico 1995 – 1997

BS in Civil Engineer

Autonomus University of Aguascalientes, Mexico 1988 - 1993

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