Alejandra Villa

ALEJANDRA VILLA. - - PROFILE I am food engineer and specialist in management systems, have had experience in management of sanitation and cleaning programs for a food facility in Colombia, that exports around the world which has allowed me to work with the best food safety standards, and knowledge, I have also experience in quality control for food companies, internal audit, and people management. I love learning and assuming any new challenge that comes to my life as an opportunity, and I give all from myself to be the best in what I am doing. I am hard worker, respectful and reliable person, I give the best of myself in every new project and I adapt easily, and I have good communication skills. DG 85 B # 39 E 36. DATE/PLACE OF BIRTH EMPLOYMENT HISTORY- ITAGUI NATIONALITY COLOMBIAN SKILLS Operating tools Speaking foreign language Communication Relationship Building LANGUAGES English Spanish SANITATION COORDINATOR AT FRESHCOLOMBIA INTERNATIONAL SAS, RIONEGRO, ANT CO. June 2019 – current. Massive food production company that makes guacamole and Hass avocado products to export from Colombia to the global, includes USA, the company annually certificates in safety system programs like SQF 9 and BRC 8, also in identity preservation food certificates like Kosher, Halal, Organic. My role in this facility is to manage all the sanitation and cleaning program, in order to preserve safety in all steps, so as it is, I am in charge of the cleaning after production, also cleaning indoor areas and wellness areas, and finally as part of the sanitation, being in charge of all waste and pest control. Internal audit with the different programs of the safety and quality system. I manage negotiation with providers, to keep and maintain the supplies, get better prices and benefits, as needed. In other main tasks are to be in charge of personnel, planning monthly the activities, keeping indicators, and work in continue improvement. FOOD SAFETY SPECIALIST AT INTERNATIONAL MEAL COMPANY, MEDELLIN CO. September 2017 – February 2019. I did work on quality process at IMC, in Medellin City for one of their business lines, massive restaurants located in malls or main streets of the city, part of my job was to make sure they did work under the laws and regulations that are required by National Food Inspection named INVIMA. Internal monthly audits on the restaurants as an evaluation of the quality system, and external audits to providers in order to evaluate their good manufacturing practices. I did internal inspections to make sure everything was ok, and in case is not, I needed to move fast and find the properly solution for the specific situation, I also visited their food providers to make sure every raw material was doing well and under the law. I also did help on validating new products or raw material that get into the company, and writing up manual, or documents that were necessarily at the quality process. QUALITY CONSULTANT AT CORDILLERA FARMS, MEDELLIN CO. June 2017 – August 2017. I was a quality consultant at this Chocolate Factory for two months; I help them to build up all the documents and programs required for law and regulations, for the National Inspection department INVIMA. I also helped them out to contact different providers of cacao beans, around the country and building a document with specific requirements to demand to the raw material providers. CUSTOMER SUPPORT ANALYST AT ONELINK – FITBIT, MEDELLIN CO. September 2016 – June 2017. I was customer support advocate for Fitbit with some of their trackers, I used to attend email and phone calls and give solutions according people need, sometimes I had to troubleshoot damaged trackers, other times helped people with their purchase, etc. 2 EDUCATION SPECIALIST IN MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AT UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE ORIENTE January 2021 – March 2022. I am formed on management systems in order to get the best of every system, to be able to set it up, to maintain it, and to improve it. With knowledge about Quality, Health, Safety & Environment (HSEQ ) ISO 14001, 9001, 4500. INTERNAL AUDITOR AT ICONTEC March 2022. I am formed internal auditor on management with Knowdlege about Quality, Health, Safety & Environment (HSEQ) ISO 14001, 9001, 4500. BRCGS PROFESSIONAL 2002 I was educated on HACCP, root cause analysis, risk analysis, internal audit, food fraud, food defense. BACHELOR AT FOOD ENGINEERING AT UNIVERSITY OF ANTIOQUIA, MEDELLIN CO. April 2009 – June 2015. I was train on my basic studies as an Engineer, with courses based on chemistry, physics, biology and mathematics. Then I learned a lot about Food Industry, quality, production, process, research and development, learning mostly about three main kinds of Industry, vegetables, milk, and meat, and focused on not only learning, but also improving processes, raw materials, or finding solutions for specifically situations. 3 VOLUNTEER FORMER AUPAIR, NEW JERSEY US. July 2015 – July 2016. This was an intercultural exchange; it required me to move from my home country Colombia to US, for taking care of the biggest treasure for a family their children, so this all experience required me to have a huge sense of responsibility. I took care of the children; feed them, taught them new things, played with them. I had also great experience by learning about a new country and culture, and improving my English skills. 4