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Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Responsible for Inspections & Service operations, and service growth initiatives.

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

• Set up corporate structure, registered and obtained all license and permits to operate in full compliance.• Negotiated and acquired Service Provider Operation. • Outsourced all accounting procedures including accounts payable and payroll.• Set up vendors payment procedures and conditions and all payroll matters including the health benefits and 401k.• Sourced and contracted all Insurance requirements including Workers Compensation. • Managed registration of entire fleet with State Motor Vehicle Department.• Implemented new driver performance metrics to include Safety results including Ongoing Safety Training and Certification, delivery and pickup performance, and driver productivity to help improve business bottom line.• Responsible for hiring a new management team to help implement new strategies and trained them on how to monitor the new metrics. • Grew team and improved the quality of the Team Members to allow better staffing and scheduling options for a seven-day workweek to serve the growth ecommerce and last mile delivery.• Managed and coordinated the equipment and installation of safety technology for entire fleet and incorporated the use of routing technology, safety training technology, vehicle inspection software as part of daily operations.

San Juan, Puerto Rico

Responsible for overseeing all operations at DISTRIBUIDORA LEQUAR INC., which included finance and accounting, logistics, inventory management, budget projections, complex contract negotiations, general tasks required to conduct healthy business operations and relations, and provided strategic guidance to the teams and supervisors.• Conducted efforts to eliminate warehouse expenses by outsourcing services, which resulted in a cost and expenses reduction of 250K.• Implemented an intra-web communications system to all stores that generated a significant improvements in time efficiency and costs by streamlining all communications feeds into one consolidated channel.• Assessed operational inefficiencies, devised solutions, and submitted IT changes to improve company processes.• Reduced the general payroll cost from 16% to 11% by implementing a new sales and productivity program equation to track employee’s performance.• Conducted negotiations with Landlords to optimize store profitability by maintaining store occupancy costs between a 12% and 15%. • Developed and implemented corporate strategies and policies with respect to all purchasing processes by establishing budget projections to increase inventory turnover and cash flow. • Managed merchandise supply chain for assigned categories and coordinated inventory plans with buyers. • Entered purchase orders; tracked inbound orders; allocated available inventory; reviewed supply for upcoming advertisements; and developed the forecast for future sales. • Created a new corporation to sell products to local supermarket chains and national retailers, generating over 350K sales in one year with a 25% increase in profits.

San Juan, Puerto Rico

Identified viable alternatives in line with corporate objectives to improve sales by addressing store image, layout, functionality and performance. Sourced vendors in all aspects of store constructions such as architects, contractors, and fixture suppliers to achieve desired outcome. • Outlined project risks to identify potential problems in order to proactively resolve them in advance by producing stage plans, highlight reports, risk logs and their requests. • Monitored staff & team performance regarding store build up plans.• Sourced new fixture vendors by attending trade shows, thus revamping stores look and presentation which is still used today.

San Juan, Puerto Rico

Oversaw and conducted purchasing for various departments within the company that increased store sales and profit margins between 7%-9%. Sourced new vendors that could comply with general company objectives regarding inventory turnover, profit margins, and branding. • Studied market for availability of products and ordering information.• Selected products and researched market regarding suppliers.• Sourced new vendors geared to providing merchandise for specific divisions resulting in creation of a new web of suppliers. • Negotiated and obtained best prices for goods and raw materials thus increasing sales by a 75% and business margins by a 7% to 9% depending on category and department.• Established favorable terms with new vendors to comply with corporate cash flow objectives.• Documented reports of products with best prices.• Standardized and improved purchasing policies, billing and invoicing procedures in order to streamline both office and warehouse logistics. • Responsible for allocating the purchased product into the proper channels to maximize store and department performance.

Bs In Marketing And Management, Retailing And Retail Operations

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