Hugo Garza

• Supervised the day-to-day operations of the road construction crew on road leveling, milling, and cleaning to meet city, county, and state standards.
• Supervised a team of one Foreman and five equipment operator employees.
• Established and enforced procedures and work standards, promoting team performance and safety.
• Educated employees in the proper use of personal protective equipment, and enforced safety requirements to minimize workplace accidents.
• Responded quickly when issues arose on-site by evaluating solutions that would minimize delays, or additional expenses.
• Developed and monitored construction schedules to ensure projects were completed on time, and within budget.
• Monitored equipment operation during the extraction process to detect problems.
• Maintained records of all changes made during the construction process, including cost estimates and labor hours worked.

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• Managed the Quality Control Program for Florida, Georgia, and Michigan operations, and managed and handled the daily sales orders and shipments for industrial cut, and bulk celery accounts.
• Managed a team of one QC supervisor and three QC inspectors.
• Ensured all products met company and customer specifications prior to loading in the field and packing house operations.
• Crop assessments and projections at the field level prior to harvest ensure the product meets customer and company specifications.
• Created company product specifications.
• Created and updated company standard operating procedures (SOPs).
• Trained and developed department employees for future advancement in the company.
• Assigned daily work schedules for QC Inspectors in the packing house and field operations.
• Monitored the quality of incoming products from outside locations to ensure that product quality meets or exceeds specifications.
• Evaluated product suitability for shipping or need for field replacement.
• Conducted product inspections on inbound and on-hand inventories, and reported to the sales team.
• I gained feedback from the clients, attended meetings, submitted reports, and assisted external auditors and inspectors.
• Continually monitored production status at various production sites to stay on top of daily challenges in production, assisted in problem-solving, and keep the sales team informed of any foreseeable deviations from the production forecast or quality expectations.
• Sales account - Managed and processed the daily sales orders and shipments for industrial cut celery (3/8 dice, 1/2-inch crescent cut, and 3-inch celery sticks) for customer accounts from 2011 to 2018, averaging 5,000,000 lbs. per season.
• Sales account - Managed and processed the daily sales orders and shipments for bulk field celery loads, averaging 500 loads per season, from 2011 to 2020.

• Inspected and procured produce for the Eastern United States for all fruits and vegetables, both domestic and imported.
• Coordinated daily updates with customers to confirm the schedules of products and purchase orders.
• Forecasted issues by performing pre-harvest field inspections.
• Verified compliance of all products with company standards before shipment.
• Coordinated all loads with the logistics department to ensure on-time pickups and arrivals.
• Inspected and coordinated shipments from the offshore melon program during peak season from Honduras, Guatemala, and Costa Rica, to meet on-time arrivals.
• Conducted inspections and coordination of loads for the citrus program in Eastern and Central Florida during the peak growth period.
• Inspected vegetable shipments from various regions including Homestead and the Glades during peak season.