Coosemans - Director of Procurement• Perform as the import and export specialist leading a team of upwards of 12 in global procurement, and supply management for 3 Coosemans locations, including Tampa, Cleveland, and Miami• Responsible for $58.786M in buying power combined across all the companies under management along with the other teams• Responsible for maintaining all business aspects within procurement department budget to meet warehouse needs and delivery driver functions, ensuring logistic alignment of delivery with customer contracts for over 800 different items• Facilitate high-level negotiations with vendors and suppliers, ensuring the best contract prices for the best products• Collaborate with sales and warehouse managers, ensuring understanding of all operational requirements and expectations to support top organizational performance• Continually communicate with the accounting and finance departments, establishing working relationships to obtain speedy payment approval• Leveraged expertise to identify hard-to-obtain products from South America, Canada, Mexico, and Europe, securing large quantities at lower costs and selling at increased prices, generating multi-million-dollar revenue increases• Work directly with the source while also having multiple suppliers to obtain additional coverage with scarcity and demands exceeds supply, maintaining the highest level of products at reduced costs• Utilize relationships with various vendors to overcome challenges brought about during the COVID-19 pandemic, sustaining a 99% success rate for obtaining needed products• Analyzed the cost associated with freight movement, developing and implementing a plan to control costs across all forms of shipping

• Responsible for leading the day-to-day operations and finances of the restaurant, maintaining smooth and consistent performance aligning with the organizational goals and objectives, growing revenue from $32K a month to $65K a month• Provided strategic guidance and leadership concerning resource management, ensuring that all employees were trained on processes, procedures, and expectations, supporting individual and organizational top performance

• Oversaw a team of upwards of 8 people in purchasing for locations in Tampa, Orlando, Miami, and Georgia, establishing a focus on an uninterrupted supply of products, goods, and services, driving the ability to meet individual customers’ daily needs• Established partnerships with various sales representatives, working together with Asian chain retail businesses, learning about specifically used commodities to ensure the ability to meet each need• Performed high-level negotiations concerning securing the best pricing for freight contract services, including air, truck, and sea containers

• Collaborated directly with prospects and customers, securing produce orders and establishing forecasts for upcoming needs, ensuring the ability to supply needed products• Established and cultivated various business relationships, supporting the continued ability to meet sales quotas and control organizational inventory• Monitored the market regularly to establish sales domination, leveraging difficult product attainment to generate upward of $ M in profit