Mark Goering

Experience

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  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

  May 2006 - Jun 2008

  Full-time Volunteer

  Worked with local congregations and organizations to develop membership and actively reach out to other faiths or people. Given the responsibility to lead and direct at first one district, and then eventually an area with 25-30 other volunteers. Was tasked with training, mentoring, and working for their spiritual, physical, and personal needs. Also created and directed weekly free English classes for kids, teenagers, and adult learners.

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  Iowa State University

  Aug 2011 - Dec 2011

  Chinese Department Teaching Assistant

  • Assisted in translation and editing of 17 short stories from Chinese to English• Replaced previous Chinese 400 level course text with compilation of completed translations• Held weekly meetings with Professor supervising the Learning Corps Grant and presented weekly updates

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  National Association of State Departments of Agriculture

  May 2013 - Aug 2013

  Policy Intern

  • Researched key policy issues and assisted in developing a more sound NASDA policy• Prepared financial statements and reconciliations in preparation for audits• Attended hearings and meetings about a range of issues such as: farm bill, TTP & TTIP, and Dodd Frank Act

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  Texas A&M University Policy Internship Programs

  Sept 2013 - Jun 2014

  Graduate Assistant

  • Provide professional development and training to students and applicants• Analyzed participation, costs, & benefit trends of each program and then wrote a report for the Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences• Created a comprehensive budget and general ledger to track future expenses• Assist program director in working with stakeholders to further development the internship programs through outreach and promotional activities

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  Pilgrim's

  Jun 2014 - Apr 2019

  • Analyze company and market inventory trends to better understand market conditions and apply this information to forecasting models.• Manage KPI performance as well as coordinate efforts between sales managers to capitalize on synergies, mixes, and pricing so as to obtain individual and team goals while increasing the bottom line for the company.• Run SAP to extract and analyze data such as sales trends, production forecasts, and risk profiles to assist the sales team with positioning the company.• Coordinate with business units to develop export pricing strategies and then evaluate performance to goal and provide short and long-term strategies to better optimize mix and profits.• Developed a linear regression production mix optimizer tool to assist our Aibonito, Puerto Rico sales and operations teams schedule and forecast for approximately 1.5 million pounds per week.JBS USA: Management Trainee and Master Scheduler, June 2014 - August 2015• Utilized Quintiq to forecast raw material availability and then optimize the trim and ground beef production schedule to fulfill sales orders as well as optimize potential spot market product mix.• Individually scheduled nearly 1.75 million pounds of ground beef and 3 million pounds of trimmings worth $8 million weekly for our largest production facility.• Listened to the needs of the plant personnel while working with them at the plant and then created reports, SOP's, and templates to better enhance communication and accountability between all parties.• Assessed sourcing strategy and capacity constraints to develop and implement a four tier ground beef production strategy involving eight cross-functional groups which reduced downtime by 43%, waste by 75%, and obtained an on-time ship rate of 98%.• Created and analyzed make sheet accuracy report metrics as well as financial impacts of production misses for all plants and presented findings in weekly meetings with upper management. Show less

  • Pilgrim's Pride: Asia Sales Director

    Jan 2017 - Apr 2019

  • Pilgrim's Pride: Senior International Export Analyst

    Jun 2014 - Dec 2016
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  PMI Foods

  May 2019 - now

  China Sales Manager