Maria Rachel Schranz

My career has taken me through several industries, and each one has taught me something valuable. I worked in banking as a branch manager, which was very challenging because I had to manage people in the branch, deal with clients, market to come up with sales performance, and deal with management. Before my current role, I spent 3 years at Frugal Logistics as a logistics coordinator, where I handled accounts and did transportation follow-up with drivers, monitoring on-time pickup and delivery. Then I was looking around in my place here in Los Banos and told my husband I needed a job that gives me good benefits, a retirement job. When I saw this big, huge manufacturing company, I thought, oh my god, I never thought we have this in this place since Los Banos is a countryside. I told myself I want to work in that company, and I didn't mind that I had no experience because I know myself that I can always learn. If you're eager to learn and your mind is really open to new learnings, it's not impossible. After 3 months, my boss told me I was doing great, and the team was very supportive in giving me inputs that I could learn and apply. Now I'm doing the job 100%. I do the analysis and planning for all orders that come in from worldwide, I plan the production schedule, and I create labels for the products we ship. It's analytical and logical work on the computer that I love doing. They don't bother me, they just let me work on my computer all day. I coordinate with customer service and have management meetings every Tuesday and Thursday where I present my PowerPoint, and if they're satisfied with my scheduling, production proceeds. I also reach out to different departments to contribute process flow improvements. This is my retirement job, and I told the owner that.