Katey Wamsley
Wolcott,IN
Summary
While my current title is data specialist, this does not describe my career. I have worked in seed production for corn and soybean since graduating high school. I have worked at 4 different plants starting from the ground up in field inspecting, working on machinery, running detasseling machines, working in the seed lab, up to managing thousands of acres of soybean or corn production and the employees needed to do this work. I have spent a lot of my career working on SAP and specialize in process orders of all types. I have managed shipping, packaging and field production. I currently spend half of the year focused on the following field tasks - seedstock, field inspection, field data, quality review, bulk batch planning, dry shell order creation, harvest moisture sampling, bulk corn receipt & new crop order creation. The rest of the year I work in packaging with new crop order management, refuge management and inventory management. I am very detail oriented and over the years have learned a lot about our inbreds/hybrids that we grow, and how they act in the field. I am a dedicated employee and a staple here at Remington.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Data Specialist
Bayer Crop Science
01.2016 - Current
Process order creation/management/close out for all facets of corn production. Raw wet, dry shell, new crop & rebag.
Refuge assignments & management for new crop PO's.
Seedstock ordering and shipping to growers.
Bulk purity review after detasseling to determine bulk batches.
Field operations from field scouting for problems, field inspection during pollination, yield estimates, harvest moisture sampling.
Drone pilot - stand counts and other field health flights
Field certification
Operations Supervisor II
Monsanto
11.2008 - 01.2016
- Field operations management - from 2012-2016 grower contracting, seedstock shipping, detasseling management, yield estimates. SAP functions from creating contracts to STO orders for seedstock, raw wet orders, dry shell orders, final acre entry and more.
- Contract labor manager - worked with field labor contractors to ensure detasseling labor was available and compliant.
- Warehouse/logistics manager - from 2008-2011 managed warehouse operations. Supervised warehouse employees and monitored inventory to keep it accurate. Ensured shipments and deliveries were correct on SAP.
- Stewardship manager on site for years when we grew stewarded product.
- Field certification
- Process order management from planting through finished bagging.
Operations Supervisor I
Monsanto
01.2004 - 11.2008
- Field operations manager - managed operations for approximately 30,000 acres of seed soybeans each year. Signed contracts with growers all over the state of Indiana. Supervised crop growth, scouting of fields and scouted a portion of those acres personally each year.
- Supervised incoming beans and production order creation/management/closeout for packaging. Inventory management.
- Reviewed grower ratings and quality information that pertained to grower bonuses.
Seed Quality Supervisor/Production Mgmt Trainee
Monsanto
05.2001 - 01.2004
- Entry level manager in seed production with emphasis on field production, packaging and quality.
- Created finished field maps on SSTools for in season use and acre measurements.
- Supervised approximately 3,000 acres of seed corn during detasseling.
- Shakeouts for size percentages and new crop estimates
- Received on bulk corn during harvest
- Sample processing and warm germ planting/evaluating
Part Time Employee
Alliance Production Inc
05.1997 - 08.1999
- Crop scout/field inspector for seed soybeans all over the state of Illinois.
- Field inspector for seed corn acres.
- Detasseling machine operator.
- Seed quality lab, sample processing of soybeans, some corn.
- Mechanical work on corn husking beds, dismantle & rebuild
Education
Associate's - Agronomy
Parkland College
Champaign, IL05.
Bachelor of Science - Crop Science
University of Illinois
Champaign, IL05.2001
Skills
- SAP proficiency
- Inventory management
- Process order creation/management
- Refuge planning
- ATP team
- Field scouting
- Field inspection
- Excel
- NIR moisture gun expert
- Detail oriented
- Bulk storage corn estimation
- Phoenix/Plant Central report usage
Certification
Licensed Drone Pilot
Indiana Pesticide Applicator (category 4)
Certified Crop Advisor
Timeline
Data Specialist
Bayer Crop Science
01.2016 - Current
Operations Supervisor II
Monsanto
11.2008 - 01.2016
Operations Supervisor I
Monsanto
01.2004 - 11.2008
Seed Quality Supervisor/Production Mgmt Trainee
Monsanto
05.2001 - 01.2004
Part Time Employee
Alliance Production Inc
05.1997 - 08.1999
Associate's - Agronomy
Parkland College
Bachelor of Science - Crop Science
University of Illinois
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