B
Benjamin Claure Z.
About
Detail
Purchasing Manager
Bogotá, Bogota, Colombia
Contact Benjamin regarding:
work
Full-time jobs
Résumé
Jobs
verified_user
0% verified
Corporate Purchase Manager / Product DeveloperQargo CoffeeJul 2023 - Apr 2024 (10 months)• Create Food & Beverage vendor's supply chain database for coffee store franchises across the United States.
• Research new unique, innovative products or brands to incorporate into all coffee store franchises.
• Stablish relationships and connections with potential suppliers for all franchises.
• Present, prepare, manage, and order all vendors required for new locations set up.
• Build up pricing, and food cost database to generate the most profit for each location scenario, and new items introduced.
• Research, analyze, and development of new beverages for each store location, seasonal exclusives, and new food items.
• Conduct Sensory Analysis tests for all new beverages, and food items developed.- Senior Technician Food Safety and Quality ControlBlount Fine FoodsAug 2021 - Jun 2023 (1 year 11 months)• Inspect, analyze, and approve sanitation and pre-operational practices on ready-to-eat products.
• Complete, monitor, and comply with PCC and HACCP documentation.
• Assure that all products meet standards required by USDA, FDA, SQF, and BRC.
• Analyze and perform sanitary standards of operation practices daily in all departments of the factory.
• SDC Analysis, correction, and compliance with standards of the finished product.
• InspectionWith and accomplish corrective action reports on finished products to detect food safety risks.
• Daily QPE audit of boilers, fillers, packaging areas, and labeling quality control. planning schedules and training of new staff.
• Exceptional computer skills in dif - RQuality Technician IIIRaw Seafoods-FallFeb 2021 - Jul 2021 (6 months)specifications.
• Registration and control of documentation of all fresh shellfish.
• Responsible for quality documentation and credit approval on all company returns.
• Collect samples for quality and safety analysis.
• Assure that all products meet and exceed the standards required by USDA, USDC, FDA, and BRC.
• Complete daily and monthly calibrations of the MVCs and metal detectors.
• Sensory control of all finished products (solids, viscosity, and flavor tests)
• Testing for allergen control according to annual, monthly, and weekly schedules.
• Microbe analysis of incoming ingredients to the factory.
• Direct translator for the R&D department, QA, Sanitation, new inductive, and custo - InternshipOlam Orchards AustraliaAug 2020 - Dec 2020 (5 months)• Complete preparation, processing, control/guarantee of quality, and packaging process under established GMPs, safety, and sanitation programs.
• Maintain a good plan of manufacturing: natural jams, pressed apple juice, and apple chips. - tFood Research Laboratory Assistantthe University of Arkansas, FayettevilleDec 2018 - Aug 2019 (9 months)• Prepare turmeric samples for extraction of curcuminoids by methanolic extraction to identify the sample with the best curcuminoid based on the antioxidant activity test.
• Prepare documentation in FDA/USDA research format.
• Laboratory maintenance and multiple pieces of equipment. - FCook AssistantFlannigan's Restaurant-LaJun 2017 - Dec 2017 (7 months)• Provide innovative desserts for the reinvention of the main menu.
• Prepare sensory tasting stations for different products for dozens of customers.
Education
verified_user
0% verified
- Degree in Food EngineeringUniversity of ArkansasAug 2016 - Dec 2020 (4 years 5 months)
- Minor in Business AdministrationUniversity of ArkansasAug 2016 - Dec 2020 (4 years 5 months)
Publications
verified_user
0% verified
- UUARK-Food Science Department University of Arkansas - Fayetteville, AR October 2020 Co-author of publication in Food Sen
- CConsumer acceptability and perceived monetary value of iced coffee beverages vary based on consumption conditions if dif
- TThis study explores consumer perceptions of iced coffee beverages in different drinking conditions, as the coffee indust