JOSE RODRIGUEZ

• Responsible for the procurement & supply chain distribution of 70M in commodities necessary to fulfill the needs of approximately 200 restaurants through several distribution centers
• Every year, renegotiated portfolio of existing contracts leading to annualized savings of millions of dollars
• Found innovative ways to achieve significant savings every year and beat annual food inflation for 15 consecutive years
• These initiatives included product reformulations, alternative packaging, logistics, manufacturing efficiencies, product synergies, etc
• Experienced sourcing domestically and internationally (i.e., China, Indonesia, India, Mexico, Peru, Ecuador, Chile, Argentina, etc.)
• Developed detailed product value chains to determine areas of potential cost reductions
• Drafted and managed vendor contracts (master supply agreements, short form agreements, NDA's)
• Directed the supply chain, quality assurance & food safety departments for Rubio's Restaurants (company owned restaurants and franchisees)
• Managed restaurant third party audits, supplier's audits and produce growing fields
• Oversee Rubio's internal and external Quality Assurance Hotline
• Computerized restaurant HACCP and Cooking Checklists (converting it to an automated paperless system)
• Developed Quality Assurance Programs (QAPs), Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) and re-wrote core product specifications, the Contagious Disease Program, and the Crisis Management Program
• Participated with CEO and Chairman of the Board on key decision-making committees such as the Board of Director's meetings, Sr
• Leadership Team, Menu Committee Team, and Operations Team.

• Responsible for developing, implementing, and monitoring food safety and quality assurance programs at Garden Fresh Restaurant Corporation which includes 115 restaurants and 20 commissaries with annual sales of approximately $300 million
• Developed HACCP program for restaurant and commissaries
• Implemented paperless food safety program for restaurants which included HACCP, quality and service checklists using handheld computers
• Implemented unannounced web based third party food safety audit programs for all company restaurants and suppliers
• Researched, tested, and implemented cutting age produce washing technologies which include ozone and Sterilox (water/electricity and salt)
• Developed and implemented cold chain monitoring system using live GPS technology
• Interacted and built relationships with government agencies and private industry
• Supervised and trained staff of 7 internal food safety auditors
• Provided weekly updates to executive team (CEO, President, and CFO).

• Directed all aspects of the total quality department from the receiving of raw materials to the shipping of finished goods for the largest tortilla manufacturing facility in the world. The plant has 600 employees, 25 manufacturing lines and an annual production of 300 million pounds of tortillas a year.
• Participated as a key member of the management team responsible for a plant start-up, from facility design to efficient production of 65 million lbs of product per year.
• Demonstrated the ability to act as a Total Quality Manager and Production Manager for a period of nine months and took the place of the plant manager in his absence.
• Responsible for supervising 32 total quality staff, providing them with a safe working environment and personal development.
• Ensured vendors were evaluated according to the supplier approval program and that they met acceptable criteria by performing Quality & Food Safety audits. Conducted over 15 Vendor audits per year.
• Participated as a lead auditor for several internal committees including the HACCP team, Food Safety, 5’s, Safety and Quality Systems which are dedicated to continuously improving plant performance in key areas.
• Managed to meet or exceed budget every year and surpass all key performance indicators within QA department such as consumer complaint index, overtime, safety index, AIB food safety audits, and cost control.
• Implemented in collaboration with others the ISO 9002 quality system in Mission Foods. Key player in the implantation of a second quality system “The AIB gold standard” and AIB HACCP accreditation.
• Reviewed product, raw material and packaging specifications for accuracy and capability to meet processing requirements and ensured proper disposition of non-conforming product.
• Participated on several continuous improvement teams including the SPC team and the Total Quality Optimization Team which was responsible for achieving a 50% staff reduction in the Total Quality Departments in all 14 Mission Foods facilities.
• Used statistical techniques (Minitab, Quantum) to collect, evaluate, and interpret data used for continuous improvement.
• Conducted mock recalls of the plant’s products to assess management preparedness for a real product recall.

• Oversee the quality assurance department for the world's largest fully integrated cheese plant which includes four large processing facilities manufacturing Block Cheese, Whey Products, Shredded Cheese, and Alcohol
• Accountable for three internal laboratories (chemistry, microbiology, and wastewater labs') staffed by 26 quality assurance technicians and 3 Quality Assurance Supervisors
• Responsible for all aspects of Quality Assurance, HACCP, Food Safety Programs, Third Party and Customer Audits
• Interact frequently with federal, state, and regional regulatory officials in addition to industry experts
• Provide training on relevant issues such as GMP's, HACCP, Food Safety, Microbiology and Crisis Management
• Achieved superior results in over 50 annual customer food safety and quality system audits
• Improved the mock recall system by ensuring product traceability within 2 hours or less
• Computerized the pathogen reporting system using the current company's VAX system
• Implemented and improved internal auditing systems to determine adherence to customer requirements.

• Directed all aspects of total quality department from the receiving of raw materials to the shipping of finished goods for tlargest tortilla manufacturing facility in the world
• The plant has 600 employees, 25 manufacturing lines and annual production of 300 million pounds of tortillas a year
• Participated as key member of management team responsible for plant start-up, from facility design to efficient production of 65 million lbs. of product per year
• Demonstrated ability to act as Total Quality Manager and Production Manager for period of nine months and took place of plant manager in his absence
• Responsible for supervising 32 total quality staff, providing them with a safe working environment and personal development
• Ensured vendors were evaluated according to the supplier approval program and that met acceptable criteria by performing Quality & Food Safety audits
• Conducted over 15 Vendor audits per year
• Participated as a lead auditor for several internal committees including HACCP team, Food Safety, 5's, Safety and Quality Systems which are dedicated to continuously improving plant performance in key areas
• Managed to meet or exceed budget every year and surpass all key performance indicators within QA department such as consumer complaint index, overtime, safety index, AIB food safety audits, and cost control
• Implemented in collaboration with others the ISO 9002 quality system in Mission Foods
• Key player in implantation of a second quality system “The AIB gold standard” and AIB HACCP accreditation
• Reviewed product, raw material and packaging specifications for accuracy and capability to meet processing requirements and ensured proper disposition of non-conforming product
• Participated on several continuous improvement teams including SPC team and Total Quality Optimization Team which was responsible for achieving 50% staff reduction in Total Quality Departments in all 14 Mission Foods facilities
• Used statistical techniques (Minitab, Quantum) to collect, evaluate, and interpret data used for continuous improvement
• Conducted mock recalls of plant's products to assess management preparedness for real product recall.