Mark Aronson Email & Phone Number

Greater Boston Area

Vice President of global footwear manufacturing operations, distribution, material sourcing, vendor and Customs compliance, for women's fashion footwear manufacture and wholesaler.

Directed the importation of all finished footwear (25 MM pairs annually) from 15 countries and 75 factories for 6 footwear divisions.• Negotiated all air and ocean freight rates for all import and export shipments.• Audited and approved over $60 MM annually in import freight and duty invoices.• Selected as Customs Compliance Manager and main point-of-contact for Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) supply chain security profile implementation, certification, and validation.• Traveled several times yearly to Asia, Brazil and Europe to meet with business partners to negotiate lower freight rates. • Planned, implemented and supervised third-party regional distribution, consolidation and warehouse centers in Brazil, China, and India.• Planned, implemented and maintained global tracking system for all import and export goods.• Procured and partnered with global freight forwarders and US Customs brokers for ocean and air shipments.• Ensured proper duty classifications and harmonized tariff numbers were in compliance with Customs and Border Patrol Regulations.• Planned and implemented bar code scanning at freight forwarders and factories worldwide.• Managed direct ship to customer and private label container and compliance program to multiple retailers and locations throughout the USA.• Collaborated with sourcing, supply chain, customer service, allocations, engineering groups, overseas factories and suppliers, freight forwarders, steamship lines and country offices to reduce the cost and transit time of global shipping throughout the supply chain.• Managed exportation of raw materials and return goods to suppliers globally.

Oversaw the importation of all finished footwear (7 MM pairs annually), wearing apparel and raw materials from 15 countries and 45 factories.• Coordinated the consolidation, containerization and exportation of all raw material shipments.• Partnered with VPs of Manufacturing, Procurement and Production departments to reduce lead times for finished goods and raw materials.• Directed all international freight movements of raw materials and finished goods from foreign suppliers/vendors to factories and distributors in various countries worldwide.• Directed completion of bar code scanning operations and procedures with all factories globally.

Bs, Business Management

Bachelor'S Degree, Business Administration And Management, General