Benjamin Charles Avidas

6932 NW 133rd Terrace

Oklahoma City, OK 73142
405-517-4215
ba654b42@westpost.net
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SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:
Results producing management career spanning 18 years, demonstrating year to yea
r improvements in the areas of Safety, Quality, Cost Control and Customer Servic
e. A proactive hands-on management style with successful team building, leaders
hip and personnel development skills.
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CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
* Implement the HACCP "Food Safety" Program to the Southwest District for Cargil
l Animal Nutrition.
* Supervise and manage the Safety 1st Program resulting in World Class results o
f "Complete Safety".
* Direct and monitor warehousing and retail facility activities in world-class e
nterprises.
* Build and maintain proactive workplace environment conductive to highest level
s of employee engagement.
* Develop a Quality Control feed sample retention system that is being implement
ed in other facilities.
* Management team member that help build a "Culture" which has resulted in the O
klahoma City team becoming 8 of 8 in "World Class Results" for the first time.
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
CARGILL, INC. Oklahoma City, OK (November 2003 - Current)
Safety/HACCP Coordinator/ Production Supervisor
* Coordinate the "HACCP" program for the Oklahoma City facility and help train a
nd audit the "HACCP" program for several other Cargill plants throughout the Uni
ted States.
* Lead daily shift meetings that focus on Safety, Employee Engagement, and Daily
business which has resulted in zero lost time and medical aid accidents. This
has also become the foundation for the Oklahoma City plant becoming the "Model"
feed mill for the Animal Nutrition division of Cargill, Inc.
* Train and coach employees on all standard operating procedures and critical ta
sks according
to the HACCP and Regional Safety Plan.
* Supervise and evaluate the performance and safety awareness of 40 plus employe
es.
* Responsible for the day-to-day safety, model mill and quality control requirem
ents.
* Key member of the plant management team that produces 150,000 tons of animal f
eed per year with bag/bulk ratio of 70% bag and 30% bulk at a "World Class" leve
l.
* Reconcile daily ingredient usages and work with Regional COGs to ensure an ope
rating ingredient usage levels for daily production scheduling.
* Monitor and order all materials and other operating tools needed to efficientl
y produce the end product.
* Develop and monitor an activity schedule designed so that all plant activities
and job requirements are being met.
* Assist in various projects and activities of the company at the local and Regi
onal level.
FLEMING FOODS Oklahoma City, OK (April 1996- October 2003)
Warehouse Supervisor
* Responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Dairy, Dry, Meat and Produce
Warehouses.
* Supervised up to 60 employees, including scheduling, training, supervised dail
y assignments,
and evaluating work performance.
* Provided customer service to new and existing accounts.
* Worked with Union Officials on employee & job issues.
* Implemented "Save -A -Back" training program and pre-shift stretching exercise
s that resulted in reducing lost time accidents over 60% from the previous yea
rs.

BAR-S FOODS CO. Clinton, OK. (February 1991- April 1996)

Purchasing/Inventory Manager
* Managed and controlled the parts & equipment inventory for the maintenance dep
artment.
* Supervised the activities of 3 parts clerks for the parts warehouse inventory.
* Developed and planned PM schedules for all production equipment.
* Efficiently managed a weekly budget of $25,000-$30,000.00, as well as an Annu
al capital
budget of $2 million.
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EDUCATION
SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY, 1992 3.4 GPA
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
Major in Marketing/ Concentrated study in Engineering Technology