Gerardo Arce Email & Phone Number

Mexico City Area, Mexico

CORTES FINOS DE SONORA. Owned business. (2006-today)Fine steaks boutique. We provide gourmet meat. Beef, pork, fish and seafood to final consumers.We offer grill and catering services for meetings and events. B2B, B2C and B2E schemes. We provide our customers with training on how grill, cook and prepare their meals in order to exceed their expectations. Our negotiations with providers allow us to offer world class food products, totally free of hormones and or harmful substances.

Mexico City, Mexico

CreArte is corporate meetings and events arranger company.

Mexico City Area, Mexico

Wavy is an IT company leading the mobile massive communications industry that offers solutions through SMS, MMS, WhatsApp for Enterprises, Sponsored Data, E-mailing and Voice Service Campaigns. Major Achievements: In less than 2 months I won 27 new branches of the ChemDry franchise. I managed to sell an American Express campaign of over 150,000 SMS being a tech rookie  I managed to sell two new Accounts: Toyota and SinDelantal.  Successfully negotiated terms and conditions with carries Telcel and Movistar in order to have more portfolio products to offer the market.  I collaborated in the preparation of the bid that allowed us to win the Banamex account. I was also responsible for managing Banco Azteca´s Account. Additionally to my sales role I was responsible of organizing the WhatsApp for Enterprises Launching for Mexico and its presentation event to the media and targeted CEOs and CFO´s.

Mexico City Area, Mexico

Cre-Arte is Meetings and Events Arranger company which core business is to promote different expressions of art through Corporate Accounts. I am accountable for the Sales and the New Projects department. I have developed the New Sales Channel through a tailored service to Key Accounts such as American Express, BCD, Carlson Wagonlit and Grupo Destinos, as well as Direct sales responsible for supporting accounts like Walmart, Superama, IBM, Boheringer, Pfizer, Mead Johnson among others. I have increased sales by 70% by creating a High Value product; diverging Flash Mobs for Corporate Accounts. Direction and launching of Special Projects product designed to satisfy the Pharma, Mobile and Auto industries increasing sales by 70% in less than 7 months.

Mexico City Area, Mexico

In charge of getting new corporate accounts to the Business Travel model of American Express. End to end sales cycle and pipeline development and maintenance. From database generating to contact and presenting with a tailored business proposal, follow up and sales close. Expert in showing added value and ROI customers. Experience training peers, team and clients using AMEX tools. Major Achievements *Exceeded my sales goals by 104% during my training year. *Awarded as 1st sales person to sell Premium Revenue launched product in Latin America. * Awarded during a world sales contest for having exceeded my 2010`s 4th Quarter goals. Some of the accounts I managed to sell were Louis Vuitton, Prenda Facil, Farmacias del Ahorro and Fraiché among many others.

Veracruz Area, Mexico

Responsible for acquiring corporate and commercial accounts where American Express card holders could pay for their purchases on products or services. Account management, maintenance and development.Trainer responsible for revenue growth with the acquired merchants thru selling American Express´ top products such as Membership Rewards bonus points, discounts and recurrent billings as well as other promotions. Training and coaching merchants’ employees such as waiters, cashiers, supervisors and sales managers. Major Achievements Awarded with around 10 performance bonuses for having achieved my goals by 175% in 2008 and by 122% in 2009. * I managed to acquire the most important companies in the Gulf of Mexico which had never accepted the American Express cards such as "La Parroquia, Matusa, The Phone House, Restaurant Cacharrito, Farmacias Las Torres, Volvo, Ford, Lincoln, Land Rover, Jaguar, John Deere, among others. * I managed to retain 100% of accounts which were about to cancel their contracts with my company through a close and personal service tailored to meet their needs.

Veracruz Area, Mexico

Responsible for negotiating sales volume of air tickets with Travel Agencies and Hotel companies, Wholesalers and Corporate (Pemex, Government of Veracruz, TAMSA, among others). Provide the best rates, as well as bookings. Customer care training and personalized service to travel agents. Major Achievements * Managed to sell 2,800 plane tickets for passengers from all over the world which were looking for a carrier to bring them to Veracruz City where the International Telecommunication Union is about to held their World Convention. * Increased by 35% the Aeromexico´s allotment in flights bound to Veracruz City. * Improved the Group and Charter flight sales by following up the Travel Agents´ requests increasing sales by 15% and substantially increasing the passengers on our flights.

Mexico City Area, Mexico

Responsible of cement and construction materials sales as well as tools to government institutions, dealers, wholesalers and construction suppliers as well as to final consumers (architects, engineers and builders). Extensive knowledge of market behaviour, including competitors’ actions. Portfolio retention, development and accounts payable. Major Achievements *Managed to create a portfolio which monthly average revenue was worth USD$ 1,500,000.*Increased by 30% the revenue of my customers by launching a Gross Margin Rotation On Inventory program. *Managed to decrease my territory´s loses (accounts payable) by 100% for 18 continuous months. *Recovered USD$ 40,000 from accounts considered as loses and managed to reactivate their consumption by 10%.