Paloma Castro
Murrieta
Summary
Build a career in a growing organization, where I can get the opportunities to prove my abilities by accepting challenges, fulfilling the organizational goal and climbing the career ladder through continuous learning and commitment.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Procurement Agent
NuZee Coffee Inc
Vista, CA
01.2024 - 08.2024
- Manage purchase order system in MRP.
- Purchased all materials needed for production orders. From raw materials to shipping materials.
- Purchased new machinery equipment and replacement parts.
- Purchased QA supplies needed, and sent out products to be tested at laboratories.
- Manage and maintain adequate levels of inventory of production material supplies and equipment parts.
- Worked closely with the production planner to ensure we had all materials for the production forecast.
- Negotiate pricing with suppliers, quantities and delivery times.
- Schedule building yearly services.
- Schedule scale calibration services, metal detector services.
Maintenance Assistant, Parts Clerk
Fresh Creative Foods
Vista, CA
11.2016 - 05.2019
- Manage purchase order system in SAP and PMXpert.
- Process sales and purchase orders for equipment parts, new machinery equipment and building services.
- Schedule services for building repair, calibration, grease trap, water testing, etc.
- Manage and maintain adequate inventory levels of all equipment parts for the production process.
- Negotiate pricing, quantities, and delivery times.
- Consider customer demand, price and quantities.
- Develop new supplier relationships.
- Work closely with the maintenance team to ensure necessary parts and materials are available to reduce machine down time in the event of a breakdown.
- Manage supplier performance to ensure parts and raw material are delivered on time and free from manufacturing damage.
- Assist with capital projects such as PO issuance, management of dollar spend, assist with scheduling of service providers as it pertains to the project.
- Purchase and process orders for the QA department.
- Work closely with company executives to identify the supply demand needs.
- Generate and process PO’s for preventive maintenance and repairs for forklifts, scissor lifts, pallet jacks and trucks.
- Generate work orders to service equipment for preventive maintenance and equipment repair.
- Run expense reports on a weekly basis.
- Restock 11 First Aid Kits on a monthly basis.
- Generate Mileage expense report reimbursement for maintenance techs.
- Supported production buyers team when someone was on medical leave. In charge of ordering from raw ingredients to packaging materials to keep up with supply demand.
Sanitation Supervisor
Fresh Creative Foods
Vista, CA
06.2016 - 11.2016
- Daily attendance of the sanitation team.
- Coordinate special projects needed such as intensify cleaning requests by QA.
- Record times when equipment and rooms are released to sanitation daily.
- Lead sanitation team to wash equipment and sanitize in a timely manners.
- Record who washed equipment, start and end times.
- Inspect washed equipment for any residue left behind before pre-op.
- Assist QA during pre-op inspection.
- Released sanitized rooms and equipment to production once approved by QA.
- Data entry of sanitation report daily.
- Inventory control of supplies needed in sanitation. Place order if needed.
- PPO training given to sanitation twice a month.
- Report broken equipment, if needed find a route of cause.
- Report if the building needed anything of repair.
Machine Operator/ Asst. Lead
INTEGRA Biotechnical
Carlsbad, CA
02.2014 - 05.2016
- Working in a fast paced medical production and manufacturing setting.
- Feeding machines with parts.
- Inspection of parts.
- Disinfecting port protectors.
- Utilizing basic hand tools.
- Assembly work.
- Assistant Lead when the supervisor was not available.
- Data entry, making and printing batch lots and serial numbers.
- Packaged finished product and attached finished product paperwork.
Machine Operator
MELLACE Family Brands
Carlsbad, CA
09.2013 - 02.2014
- Working in a fast paced environment.
- Operated basic machinery.
- Loading, unloading, boxing, counting, sorting, inspecting, labeling.
Education
High School -
EL Camino High School
Skills
- Exceptional communication skills
- Creative problem solver
- Ability to make decisions under pressure
- Strong client relations
- Very hands on mechanically inclined
- Knowledge of measuring tools
- Team oriented, positive demeanor, great work ethic
- Ability to follow directions
- Safety cautious
- Fast paced production
- GDP, GMP, SSOP & SOP knowledge
- Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, SAP Business One, PMXpert
- Bilingual in Spanish
- Quick Learner
- Multi-tasking strength
Timeline
Procurement Agent
NuZee Coffee Inc
01.2024 - 08.2024
Maintenance Assistant, Parts Clerk
Fresh Creative Foods
11.2016 - 05.2019
Sanitation Supervisor
Fresh Creative Foods
06.2016 - 11.2016
Machine Operator/ Asst. Lead
INTEGRA Biotechnical
02.2014 - 05.2016
Machine Operator
MELLACE Family Brands
09.2013 - 02.2014
High School -
EL Camino High School