JAVIER RIVAS
Guatemala City
Summary
I am a third-generation coffee producer, passionate about coffee cultivation from the field to quality control and their communities. I have had the opportunity to work on projects to support small coffee producers and their communities.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Operations Manager
Agroindustrias Las Marías
02.2021 - Current
- Managed daily farm operations, including planting, harvesting, and livestock care on farms across Guatemala
- Supervised a professional team, delegating tasks and monitoring performance to achieve operational goals on coffee farms, rubber, palm oil, and bananas among other crops
- Led the quality control lab and roastery for all the coffee produced on the farms, then selected and classified according to quality and market
- Prepared detailed reports on farm productivity and financial performance for stakeholders and investors
- Developed and maintained budgets for farm operations, controlling costs to maximize profitability
Project Coordinator
Hanns R. Neumann Stiftung
04.2018 - 01.2021
- Coordinated multi-disciplinary project teams, facilitating communication and resource allocation for timely project completion
- Managed stakeholder expectations (Hanns R
- Neumann Stiftung (HRNS), Sustainable Food Lab (SFL), World Coffee Research (WCR), The International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Conservation International (CI) and Root Capital.) through regular updates, reports, and presentations on project progress
- Developed detailed project documentation for United States Agency for International Development (USAID), including scope of work, project schedules, and financial reports
Specialty Coffee Coordinator
BECAMO - Neumann Coffee Group
10.2016 - 03.2018
- Maintained a comprehensive database of coffee tasting notes, contributing to the development of new blends
- Developed and implemented a quality control protocol for incoming green coffee, minimising batch variability for the different coffee regions across Honduras
- Establishment of the specialty coffee department with more than 250 coffee producers
Junior Trader
SERTINSA
01.2015 - 02.2017
- Trader focused on the sale of specialty coffees
- Support to the quality control department (Sending of samples and preparations)
- Coffee farm administrator of the company in which knowledge of improvements in the quality through fermentation and drying tests
Education
Q Grader -
Coffee Quality Institute
01.2022
Agronomy -
EARTH UNIVERSITY
01.2014
Skills
- Strategic planning
- Stakeholder engagement
- Intercultural competence
- Quality control procedures
- KPI tracking
- Operations management
- Planning and implementation
Timeline
Operations Manager
Agroindustrias Las Marías
02.2021 - Current
Project Coordinator
Hanns R. Neumann Stiftung
04.2018 - 01.2021
Specialty Coffee Coordinator
BECAMO - Neumann Coffee Group
10.2016 - 03.2018
Junior Trader
SERTINSA
01.2015 - 02.2017
Agronomy -
EARTH UNIVERSITY
Q Grader -
Coffee Quality Institute
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