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N e w H a m p s h i r e , 2 0 1 8 • S T U F F 17 Organizing all the yogurt Stonyfield yogurt was Scarlett Morel's second manu- facturing job when she started as a temp in June 2017. But before the Manchester resident even started, she knew she was going to love it. "I read about the company and automatically fell in love with their culture," Morel said. Morel first came to the country from the Dominican Republic about five years ago. Her first manufacturing job was at Amazon Robotics in Reading, Mass. She worked there from 2013 to 2017. It was there she dis- covered a love for manufacturing. But Stonyfield's peo- ple made the job fun, and the constant challenges from day to day ensured she never lost interest. "It's a fun, challenging and continuously changing job," Morel said. "It doesn't ever get boring." She was brought on full time in January. As pro- duction planner, it's her job to make sure customer orders, supply chain, production and logistics are all in line. And it's tricky enough just dealing with pro- duction alone. "There are six lines in here that run continuously and two of them simultaneously," she said. Every day is different; some days she'll be in meet- $70,420 Average annual New Hampshire manufacturing pay in 2017 Scarlett Morel, 25 Production planner Stonyfield Farm, Londonderry Makes: Yogurt Lives: Manchester Education: High school (finishing associate's degree in May) Salary: $60,000 Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics P H O T O / S T O N Y F I E L D F A R M Continued on page 18 Scarlett Morel has worked at two manufacturing companies since immigrating from the Dominican Republic.

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