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Palatine, Il, Us

Chicago, Il, Us

Challenged to oversee produce warehouse to balance wholesale shipments and with hundreds of Midwest clients fulfillment needs. Manage 12 staff: 2 accounting specialists, 7 sale professionals and 3 warehouse associates. Participate in hiring and termination process.* Reduced waste 42% by insuring proper rotation of inventory.* Prepared sales analysis report for sales team, identifying sales items based on market of each commodity.* Achieved bottom-line clearance for produce of 20% (Price After Sale) for >80% of items, based on shipper relationships and negotiations.* Reduced cartage costs by creating consistent schedule of daily drivers and building flexibility to recruit extra drivers.* Increased inventory accuracy, recommending and implementing new tracking systems between two warehouses.* Reduced administrative cost through vendor negotiations involving office paper, supplies and pallet wrap.

Chicago, Il, Us

Manage financial operations: Accounts payable > $1M per week; Weekly receivables $3.6M; Weekly banking deposits $1.25M. Monitor function for company benefits including 401(k) and insurance. Manage 2 staff.* Improved efficiency of month-end close, creating network of Excel formula spreadsheets.* Built Excel forecast accuracy truck report for load arrival.* Created product arrival tracking report to ensure compliance to PACA rules and regulations. * Mitigated accounts payable fraud by implementing fraud prevention system in collaboration with Chase.* Improved efficiencies of tracking inventory, processing invoices and managing account receivable’s and payables, by switching D’Produceman software from local server to Cloud.