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Berkeley, CA, US

Berkeley, CA, US

Berkeley, CA, US

• Pablo Inc. (Pablo Designs) is an international leader in the design, manufacturing and sales of contemporary lighting fixtures and lamps. My role is to direct daily operations, supporting the rapid but sustainable.
• Manage all aspect of operations including: purchasing, warehousing, logistics, manufacturing, contract manufacturing, customer support, IT and accounting.
• Responsible for all strategic planning, and operational planning.
• Plan and supervise introduction of pivotal new product lines and key international and domestic suppliers;
• Developed and manage relationships with funding sources for operational support, capital improvements and commercial real estate transactions.

US

• Lot 26 Studio is a design focused consumer goods company experiencing exponential growing that designs, manufactures, and distributes adhesive wall décor to the nation’s leading big box retail stores, select.
• Managed growth and success of the supply chain to support a 300% year over year growth in volume and profitability.
• Forecasted raw material usage to mange bulk purchase discounts, purchased inventory goods, managing to customer specific programs, direct to customer programs and our own available to sell inventories;
• Supervised all inbound and outbound logistics, oversaw warehousing, picking and shipping of inventory at party logistics warehouses;
• Processed orders to ensure that they are produced, tested and delivered in strict adherence to the purchase order specifications, customer routing and compliance documents
• Supervised the direct to customer fulfillment process ensuring the commitment to our direct vendor ship requirements were met and our own web fulfillment customers goods were shipped accurately and timely.

San Rafael, CA, US

Oversaw the daily order fulfillment operation where I focused on processing inbound orders to ensure that they were processed, produced, tested and delivered in strict adherence to the purchase order specifications, customer routing and compliance documents. Ensured all products were tested, labeled and complied with federal state and customer specified.

Appleton, WI, US

Develop and manage inventory, logistics, manufacturing, and IT strategies and the tasks they map to. Support the development of a more integrated supply chain from raw material acquisition through to a documented chain of custody to our end users.

Comprehensive design and development of all system and operations process improvements. Manage the development and implementation of technology and process improvements, in addition to the sourcing and procurement of items for import and distribution.

Managed implementation projects, defined and developed process/technology improvements in customers’ supply chains.

Austin, TX, US

Designed and managed the systems and facilities that supported the e commerce site. Managed daily production and fulfillment of consumer orders; managed freight relations with UPS, USPS, Smart Mail and FedEx for the website; and built and managed annual capital and operations budget.

• Acted as liaison between the president of a Chinese holding company and European and American companies.
• Negotiated terms for joint venture projects;
• Translated promotional and customs documents;
• Tutored corporate staff in English.

Bachelor'S Degree, Business Administration And Management, General

Asian Studies