Miguel Angel Argueta
Edinburg,Texas
Summary
Dedicated Quality Assurance Coordinator with 10+ years of experience working with berries. Expertise in food safety standards and performance improvement. Proven ability to optimize supply chain performance by implementing quality protocols, enhancing supplier collaboration, conducting effective staff training to streamline processes, and ensuring compliance with SOPs.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Quality Assurance Coordinator
Driscoll Strawberry Associates
Watsonville, California
12.2013 - 09.2024
- Developed and implemented Quality Assurance protocols to ensure compliance with safety standards.
- Ensured that all products meet established company quality standards prior to release.
- Coordinated quality checks for fresh produce distribution to ensure product integrity.
- Trained staff on quality standards and food safety best practices.
- Trained and led staff in proper QA standards.
- Instructed personnel on correct operation of quality assurance equipment and techniques during training sessions.
- Collaborated with suppliers to resolve quality issues and enhance product standards.
- Documented non-conformance issues, identified corrective action plans, tracked progress, and reported final resolution status for each issue.
- Generated detailed reports on Quality Assurance activities to inform management decisions.
- Collaborated with other team members to perform internal QA audits.
- Collected and analyzed production samples to evaluate quality.
- Designed Performance Improvement (PI) goals for underperforming departments and individuals, creating attainable, morale-boosting milestones to aid in remediation.
Education
High School Diploma -
Edinburg High School
Edinburg, TX05-2012
Skills
- Quality assurance and food safety standards
- Performance improvement
- Supplier collaboration and compliance auditing
- Internal audits planning
- Staff training
- Interpersonal skills and problem solving
- Quality checks and quality improvements implementation
- Calibration techniques and multitasking abilities
- Critical thinking and written communication
- Analytical thinking
- Process enhancements
- Task management
- Technical writing
- Bilingual/ Biliterate (English & Spanish)
Timeline
Quality Assurance Coordinator
Driscoll Strawberry Associates
12.2013 - 09.2024
High School Diploma -
Edinburg High School