Joe Buggan Email & Phone Number

Greater Los Angeles Area

Responsible for quarterly physical inventories - count and valuation for wholesale, e-commerce, and retail stores. Monthly/quarterly reporting on valuation, shrinkage, fall-out, COGS.Determine and resolve PPV (Purchase Price Variance)Create operational processes across all channels.New software implementation, wholesale and retail.Manage e-commerce warehouse and shipping. Transitioned our e-comm shipping to 3PL. Will update rest as I figure it out

Los Alamitos, Ca

Operational Consulting:Physical InventoryPerpetual InventoryInventory AccountingWork Flow and ProcessesGross Profit AnalysisAccounts PayableAccounts ReceivableCash Flow ProjectionsSystems Implementation

Progressive record of positions with increasing responsibility, culminating as Vice President, for this corporation consisting of five different companies. Researched and analyzed data to create historical analysis of trends or problems. Developed, instituted and managed physical and perpetual inventory systems. Monitored gross profit on an order-by-order as well as company-by-company basis. Oversaw operational and financial issues, negotiated a factoring contract, managed successful turnaround and downsizing of company and was responsible for projection modeling, for the Balance Sheet, P&L and Cash Flow statements. • Developed matrices to systematize operating unit performance measurements and to set standards and goals.• Implemented and led bi-weekly A/R meeting, significantly reducing DSO by 27 days. • Instituted chargeback procedures to recapture lost revenue, approximately $30K/year. • Created and managed operating budgets on a divisional and company level. • Led team in the line-by-line analysis of imports, successfully preventing $2M in customs fines.• Co-led development of National Sales Team and created innovative account review process. • Assisted in planning company-wide functional reorganization with CEO and CFO and negotiate sale of a division of the company.

* Responsible for warehouse, reimbursement, accounts payable, and clinical operations.* Reduced operating expenses by 40%.* Negotiated vendor pricing and terms.* Instituted accounts receivable tracking system.* Lowered accounts receivable aging over 180 by 80%.* Supervised 16

* Verified insurance, negotiated pricing, billed insurance.* Responsible for negotiating office contracts.* Supervised accounts payable and accounts receivable.* Improved relations with established accounts.* Trained staff in software usage.