Lorena Ferrusca

Experience

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  Versteynen Farm

  Jan 2013 - Jan 2013

  Farm Labourer

  As a Farm Labourer, I was generally responsible for carrying out diverse day-to-day activities on a busyfarming operation.Assessing and proactively organizing job priorities. Modelling a safe work environment by following established safety policies and procedures. Reliably completing all associated records, documentation and paperwork. Monitoring animal health and facilitating feeding programs. Capably performing general farm duties, including operating tractors and other machinery. Demonstrating a continuous effort to improve operations and streamline processes. Managing and maintaining calf pens and installations. Safely and effectively handling cattle for milking and grassing. Treating sick animals and maintaining detailed health records. Show less

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  Western Feedlots Ltd.

  Jan 2014 - Jan 2017

  · Administering the efficient intake of 35,000 head of cattle managing all protocols and logistics associated to feed efficiency and finalizing cattle. · Ensuring the accuracy of ration changes to facilitate feed efficiencies. · Implementing best practices for trials and maintaining accurate electronic and traditional records.· Completing detailed paperwork associated to arriving cattle, work orders, invoices, shipping schedules, withdrawal reports and manifests. · Logistics and transportation management with slaughterhouse. · Controlling inventory, forecasting requirements and ordering drugs and other products. Show less · Assessing job priorities and developing/assigning work plans according to policies and objectives.· Interpreting production reports and creating work orders and assignments for employees.· Ensure the health, performance, and welfare of cattle.· Coordinating schedules with multiple departments to ensure timely task completions. In addition to collaborating with veterinarians on health issues, evaluations, trials, and cattle handling.· Overseeing the receipt and shipment of cattle, including all documentation and manifests. · Drug inventory management. · Lead support and resource for the optimization of feeding systems. Show less · Orienting, coaching, and training new personnel.· Oversee cattle handling and for providing day-to-day leadership to processing crews.· Ensuring adherence to production volume, efficiency, quality, cost, and production schedules.· Modelling a safe work environment by following established safety policies and procedures.· Maintaining accurate records, including export verifications, shipping, and sorting cattle. · Continuously striving to identify productivity improvements and waste reduction.· Effectively pulling and homing pens, tagging, vaccinating, implanting, and handling cattle. Safely and skilfully operation a variety of heavy equipment and attachments. Show less

  • Cattle Administrator and Feed Manager

    Jan 2016 - Jan 2017

  • Assistant Cattle Manager

    Jan 2015 - Jan 2016

  • Supervisor and processor

    Jan 2014 - Jan 2015
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  Chinook Feeders

  May 2017 - Nov 2019

  · Providing comprehensive reception duties and effectively addressing all inquiries.· Creating and maintaining accurate electronic and traditional records.· Planning and tracking deliveries, shipments, commitments, deadlines.· Entering data associated to commodity and cattle activities into Turnkey, FHMS and AMS software. · Check invoices and controlling inventory for grain and supplements payments. As well as monitoring and tracking silage tracking by field.· Working collaboratively to book and otherwise organize cattle shipments.· Leading safety meetings, ensuring compliance with procedures and assisting with incident reports. Show less · Administering the efficient intake of 25,000 head of cattle managing all protocols and logistics associated to feed efficiency and finalizing cattle. · Assessing job priorities and assigning employees appropriate job tasks.· Overseeing all work and ensuring it is performed in accordance with deadlines.· Setting standards and outlining expectations to ensure morale and productivity. · Leading safety meetings and modelling/enforcing safety standards.· Compiling detailed and precise reports via Delivery IT software. · Gaining extensive experience using the Comco automated control system to batch micro supplement loads. · Orienting, coaching, and training new personnel on feeding systems. Show less

  • Office Administrator

    Jun 2019 - Nov 2019

  • Feed Supervisor

    May 2017 - May 2019
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  Vytelle

  Nov 2019 - Jan 2023

  Technical Support Representative

  Vytelle is an integrated technology platform built to accelerate genetic progress in cattle. · Provide software, hardware, and trial support for customers through telephone, email, and remote computer access. · Use diagnostic software and tools to ensure livestock monitoring and data acquisition systems installed around the world are performing at optimal levels. · Proactively identifying/resolving problems and identifying improvements.· Use SAP system to open, monitor, close service calls and order parts. · Initiate, manage and record customer product trials. · Provide ongoing process workflow improvement and recommendations. · Archive customer files and trial data. Show less

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  Bayer

  Jan 2023 - Sept 2024

  Customer Process Coordinator
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  G3

  Sept 2024 - now

  Farm Business Representative