Manuel Ferrer Carbonell

Descripción general de la empresa: 200€ million revenue and 1.500 employees, Valencia, Spain

• Focusing on the search for suppliers around the South Hemisphere, taking initiatives for business development and value creation.
• Since 2007, developing a strategic network of citrus suppliers to procure a continuous supply of high-quality product, during the whole citrus season.
• €10 million departmental budget responsibility (6% of the total volumes managed by the company during the whole season).
• Managing directly a group of 5 employees (floor staff, quality technicians, and administration).
• Reporting directly to the Financial Manager, General Director and CEO.
• Control (Quality Control) and product selection in South Africa.
• Since 2008 to date, attending FRUIT LOGISTIC in Berlin, and since 2012 to date attending FRUIT ATTRACTION in Madrid, to strengthen the customer-supplier relationship.
• Autonomous, being capable of managing responsibility, bearing in mind the importance of self-control.
• Respectful, building long-term partnerships with all our suppliers and treating them fairly and with respect.
• Adaptable and reacting to changing situations with agility and speed.
• Good listener. Many times, things are not working as you expect. Sometimes you as a responsible of a group people, you must listen your team, create strong practices and have the patience to hear people out to make them to come to an agreement.
• Allowing people to be responsible for their work creates a feeling of belonging in the team. Working with our subsidiary company in France, with ports, forwarders, haulers, quality department, administration, packing and commercial department.
• Good teamwork skills and international mind.
• Coordinación de importaciones de frutas asegurando el cumplimiento de normativas vigentes.
• Colaboración con los diferentes departamentos de la empresa.
• Resolución de problemas y atención a incidencias.
• Cumplimiento eficiente de las tareas asignadas.
• Trabajo en equipo para facilitar el cumplimiento de objetivos.
• Inspección regular de productos durante el proceso de importación y distribución.
• Implementación de procedimientos de control de calidad en la recepción.
• Negociación con proveedores para obtener condiciones favorables de suministro.
• Monitoreo de tendencias del mercado para optimizar las compras de frutas.
• Gestión de documentación aduanera y logística para el transporte efectivo.
• Análisis de proveedores internacionales para la selección de frutas de calidad.
• Supervisión del proceso de recepción y almacenamiento de productos frescos.