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Noah Mehmen

Sturgis,SD

Summary

Highly motivated professional with 5 years of entrepreneurial and management experience. 3 of those 5 years has been spent building a processing plant from a custom-exempt facility to a South Dakota CIS compatible facility. Created and maintains professional and loyal relationships with staff and clients while managing administrative and sales employees. Branching out to local and interstate companies for potential wholesale and business model franchising. Comfortable working independently as manager and leader and as collaborative team member. Applies business sense and experience and exercises decisive judgment to meet and exceed organizational goals.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience

Work History

Managing Owner

Black Hills Butcher Block
Spearfish, SD
01.2020 - Current
  • Coordinated research and development plan to generate creative food products for various markets.
  • Worked successfully with diverse group of coworkers to accomplish goals and address issues related to our products and services.
  • Demonstrated leadership by making improvements to work processes and helping to train others.
  • Promoted high customer satisfaction by resolving problems with knowledgeable and friendly service.
  • Maintained proper inspection, sanitation and disposal procedures to prevent contaminate food sources from being consumed.
  • Inspected products and processing procedures to assess safety for consumption and compliance with government mandates.
  • Used HACCP principles to assess risks of different food-related items and document findings.
  • Identified diseases and problems such as airsacculitis, tumors, septicemia and other condemnable and non-condemnable conditions.
  • Monitored meat slaughtering and processing conditions to assess necessary sanitation levels.
  • Established production standards for food ingredients, additives and compounds to assist packaging procedures.
  • Maintained updated knowledge through continuing education and advanced training.
  • Provided excellent service and attention to customers when face-to-face or through phone conversations.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Managment/Administration

Black Hils State University
Spearfish, SD
05.2023

Haacp Certification

South Dakota State University
Brookings, SD

Skills

  • Haacp Certified
  • Customer Service
  • Strategic Planning
  • Business Development
  • Operations Management
  • Project Management
  • Financial Planning
  • Staff Hiring
  • Start-Up Operations

Accomplishments

  • Negotiated with vendors, saving company $125,000 annually.
  • Exceeded retail and production goals by average of 125% in for both 2021 and 2022.
  • Created highly effective Haacp program that significantly impacted efficiency and improved operations along with cleanliness beyond state and federal standards.

Timeline

Managing Owner

Black Hills Butcher Block
01.2020 - Current

Bachelor of Science - Managment/Administration

Black Hils State University

Haacp Certification

South Dakota State University
Noah Mehmen