My name is Alana. I am born and bred in Far North Queensland where I currently reside in banana country!

My role as banana technical supply manager focuses on getting bananas from paddock to plate ensuring food safety and retailer standards are met.

I work with growers on quality improvement and continue to manage the Ecoganic® certification program for the Ecoganic® Red Tip® Bananas. I am passionate about working on our exclusive banana varieties (Ecoganic® Red Tip® Bananas, Little Gem® Bananas and Havana™ Bananas) to support growers in diversifying their businesses, to target key industry challenges and to engage consumers in a unique eating experience.

The thing I like most about working here is the teams and the people. The support and collaboration of skills and experience within the teams provides an opportunity to learn daily.

Since working at Perfection Fresh I’ve had the opportunity to lead my own product trials, attend training and key industry events, extend my networks and receive fantastic guidance and mentorship from senior leadership.

I grew up on a vegetable farm in Werribee, Victoria and have been connected to fresh produce from a very young age.

At Perfection Fresh, I look after Broccolini® and brassica produce. My role can be quite fluid. I have a great team who work really hard, and my role is to help all stakeholders achieve their needs.

I engage with stakeholders right across the entire supply chain, from seed breeders, nurseries, growers, and our significant customers.

In short, I make sure our produce is always available where and when customers want to buy them.

Broccolini® has a high profile, and the team is sometimes in the spotlight. It certainly keeps us motivated. Things generally run to plan, but when things go wrong there is lots of support from many across the business.

When I meet new people, I do find most have a positive Broccolini® experience they wish to share.

Each season brings new challenges, and you always continue learning. Fresh produce is never dull. I love the fast-paced environment and the challenges mother nature; our suppliers, and customers throw at us.

I love the challenge of exceeding our customer and supplier expectations, and setting and achieving goals, whether sales or quality targets.

Seeing our products looking fantastic on store shelves and in people’s baskets, I also get a buzz.

Supplier and product development is exciting. Bringing a new supplier into the business or a new product to the customer and seeing it flourish is rewarding.

As the Head of Business Applications, my role involves implementing, improving and maintaining all the software that we use to keep our business running. Each day brings new challenges, and urgent tasks seem to pop up out of nowhere.

I began my career as a software developer in the early 2000s, initially working on the fresh produce team at a software company. My first task was to collaborate with our then client, Perfection Fresh.

I joined Perfection Fresh 9 years ago, wanting to apply my unique blend of skills and experience in both software development and fresh produce.

Currently, I focus on striking a balance: maintaining our existing systems which have grown in scale and complexity as the business has grown, while introducing new solutions that will enable that growth to continue well into the future.

My name is Sarah, and I am the human resources for our farms, based in Two Wells, South Australia.

I am originally from New Zealand. I have been in Australia and with Perfection Fresh for eight years.

What attracted me to Perfection Fresh was the chance to work in a large, diverse fresh produce organisation, where it appeared no two days were the same.

The opportunities I have encountered, and the growth Perfection Fresh has gone through, almost make it seem like a new organisation; we are constantly evolving. There has not been a dull day and the exposure across the different facets of HR has been truly amazing.

My role requires me to partner with the farms team to provide HR advice, guidance, and support. In late 2022 I was lucky enough to go on a recruitment trip to Vanuatu. During this trip we not only spoke with more than 500 potential PALM workers for our farms, but we got to visit workers who had completed seasons with Perfection Fresh and were now enjoying the fruits of their hard work. It was humbling and so special to be welcomed into their homes that they were so proud to share.

Knowing that Perfection Fresh played a part in helping them achieve their goals, is something I will never forget. We are so lucky to have such a diverse culture here at Perfection Fresh.

The backgrounds, the stories, the experience that everyone brings makes it so unique. I’m lucky to have a great team around me and have developed great relationships.

My role has allowed me to develop as a HR professional. Not only by giving me the opportunities to expand my knowledge and skills but supporting me with external development, too. The leaders I have been lucky enough to work with have shared their knowledge and allowed me to be the HR manager I am today. I am thankful for the growth I have seen in myself from this support. As all working parents would know, the juggling act that is parenting and working is relentless, as mums we are also usually the default parent.

Being the default parent and working full-time has only been able to be a reality for me due to the flexibility and support that Perfection Fresh has shown me. I am a mum first and being able to work from home if my daughter is sick or leave early for sports days or kindergarten pick up has eased the pressure of trying to be everything to everyone.

We are people beyond work and the fact that Perfection Fresh acknowledges and support that has not only made the transition to parenthood easier, but also cemented why I chose to work here.