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Responsible of the Sales area, development of new customers in Mexico city, Monterrey.New sales $600,000 USD / year.In charge of Customer Service and Purchasing. Develop New Purchasing area and Corporate strategy, add new buyers by commodity.In charge of 2 warehouses in Mexico and 1 third party warehouse in USA.Development of the Import / Export area, reports to the Mexican Government.Negotiated Key alliances with Top 5 Suppliers and Import Brokers in Laredo and Acuña.New product development and VA / VE, Cost Savings programs.

Director of Premium Trade Company

Responsible of the complete Mexico market, development of new customers in Mexico city, Monterrey, Queretaro.$800,000 USD sales in new customers. In charge of existing key accounts.Report directly to Sales Vice President.Development of new Purchasing Strategy, and key alliances with foreign suppliers.

Responsible of the complete Mexico operation, including 2 distribution centers, one third party warehouse in Monterrey, 2 in house cribs, and corporate office in Mexico city. Successfully developed a new customer base to ramp up Mexico sales from $1MM USD to $6 MM USD in 3 years. In charge of the key accounts and new segments like house appliances for the Mexico Division.Negotiated key alliances with Import brokers in Laredo and Manzanillo, as well as key contracts with freight forwarders at the border. Responsible of the Import / Export processes and reports to corporate and to the Mexican Government.Lead role to obtain a Maquila Service License (IMMEX) for the Mexico Division, this was a key that help us to increase our new customers base.Negotiated new customer contracts to secure business, this lead the company to increase in sales of $2.00 MM USD.Strong involvement in the quotation process and new supplier's development in Mexico, US and Canada.Responsible of all the Mexico purchases and contracts with US and Mexico suppliers, total spent reduction of $500 M on the 1st year by moving some of the product to offshore and some to Mexico.Responsible of $100K USD overall cost reduction last year to increase profit margin in 2008.Implementation of the new software for the complete Mexico Division, bar coding and remote access for sales and planning.Lead Role for the complete bar coding operations and lot # control for all the warehouses in Mexico.Increase sales revenue by Importing direct from off shore sources to the Manzanillo port, using in most of the cases IMMEX program to reduce Import Cost.Responsible of the full supply chain.Responsible for the financial planning and management of the company, including monthly sales forecast by customer, inventory turns, Inventory slow movement reports, Expense Controls and Reports, Direct Report to President of the Company.