Joseph Cerami Email & Phone Number

An experienced business executive with a track record of success across various roles. Known for driving results and being highly motivational, particularly in operations and procurement leadership. Skilled in managing complex situations and negotiating strategically. Proficient in handling substantial global spending. Recognized as a key strategist, with a talent for improving business segments and aligning strategies with company objectives. Capable of analyzing situations to identify opportunities for innovation, efficiency improvements, and cost reductions. Experienced in building and motivating cross-functional teams to achieve organizational goals. Foundational skills in Sales and Marketing.Strengths✦ Supply Chain Operations - Logistics - Vendor Management - Procurement ✦Branding - Patenting & Trademarking of products - UPC caveats - Product development ✦Cutting costs, Cutting time, Over hall of processes to create efficiency✦In-depth understanding of inventory management. Ability to change purchasing habits based on sale velocities, both seasonal and historical, and future forecasts needs based on marketing efforts✦ Operations Management - Business growth optimizations✦ Understanding what leads to great culture within an organization✦Foresight of future opportunities and pitfalls -Creation of plans of actionAccomplishments✦Overseen and lead a complete overhaul of the ChillMED brand and GMS Optical Brand. Sourced a new factory, redesigned several SKU's, lowered costs, improved quality, sourced cheaper & reliable logistics, and Trademarked the brand. ✦Creation of a new inventory system to track when products needed to be re-ordered. The system created a notification when inventory would drop levels based on changing analytics. Some of the analytics taken into account were; Vendor's ability to produce goods, Logistic times, Changes in sales velocity, and much more. ✦Successful negotiations with most suppliers in lowering cost across all SKU's in companies catalog. ✦ Overseen the launch of several brands. Handle direct communications with multiple international factories and suppliers to improve the quality and execution of the presentation of packaged goods. Global Supply Chain, Procurement, Vendor Management, Complex Negotiations, International Logistics, Domestic Logistics, Supply Management, Product Management, Licensing, Operations Management, Corporate Strategy, Business Growth Optimization, Product Launches, Branding, Trademarking, Patenting, Product Development, Amazon Sales, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Management

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  Chief Operating Officer

  Group Medical Supply

  2005 - Present - Plymouth, Mn United States

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  Minnesota School Of Business

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