Arthur
Fleck

Produce Wholesale Director

Grown & Packed in Fresno, California

Grower & Packer Credits

Golden Ledger Produce Co. Seasons 2017 – Present

Director of Wholesale · Fresno, CA

Direct a 46-person team across buying, QA, and dispatch, shipping roughly 2,900 loads per year to 7 western distribution regions.
Grew annual revenue from $61M to $84M in 6 seasons by adding stone fruit and table grape programs with 14 contracted growers.
Cut cold chain rejections from 3.1% to 0.8% of loads after installing pulp-temperature checks at 3 handoff points.

Sunhouse Citrus Exchange Seasons 2010 – 2017

Senior Commodity Buyer · Visalia, CA

Managed navel and Valencia procurement worth $28M a year across 22 grower accounts in Tulare and Kern counties.
Negotiated a 3-year packing agreement that lowered per-carton cost by 9% while holding grade-out above 91% Fancy.
Built the desk's first frost-risk buying calendar, which kept fill rates at 97% through the 2013 freeze season.

Carraway Farms Packing Shed Seasons 2003 – 2010

Dock Lead, then Sales Assistant · Fresno, CA

Ran night loading for 14 to 20 outbound trailers per shift with a claims rate under 0.5%.
Moved to the sales desk in 2007 and carried 9 regional grocery accounts totaling $4.2M a year.

California State University, Fresno

B.S. Agricultural Business

1999 – 2003

Western Growers Institute

Certificate, Perishable Supply Chain Management

2012

· Net Contents: One Career, 22 Seasons, No Fillers ·