Ferrara
Mariela Poveda, M.Sc., is an experienced operations and quality management professional currently serving as Operations Manager and Quality Operations Manager at Ferrara since July 2020. Poveda previously held roles as Quality Systems Manager at Bimbo QSR, Quality Manager & SQF Practitioner at Cott Beverages, and Food Safety & Quality Manager for the RTE Category at Grecian Delight Foods. Prior experience also includes positions as Application Scientist at Tate & Lyle and Associate Scientist at Leprino Foods, following a tenure as Research Assistant and M.Sc. Candidate at Cal Poly State University-San Luis Obispo. Poveda holds a Master of Science in Dairy Product Technology from California Polytechnic State University, a Black Belt Six Sigma certification from Purdue University, and a degree in Food Engineering with a minor in Nutrition from Universidad San Francisco de Quito. Additionally, Poveda is furthering education at Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
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Ferrara is the third-largest U.S. non-chocolate confectionary company in the U.S. We have been sharing delight in every bite since 1908, when Salvatore Ferrara began selling candy-coated almonds from his bakery in Chicago’s Little Italy. Headquartered in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois, the Company specializes in gummies, seasonal candies, fruit snacks, and other general line candies and offers its portfolio of well-loved consumer brands and private label products through retailers predominately in the United States.