Raul Gonzalez Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

• Negotiate terms with carriers, book cargo space, and handle payments.
• Research rates, routings, and modes of transport for product shipments.
• Maintain awareness of regulations affecting international cargo movement. Ensure adherence to legal requirements throughout the transportation process.
• Resolve issues related to discrepancies, delayed arrivals, and customs release.
• Coordinate with steamship lines, airlines, truckers, and other stakeholders.

• Managed end-to-end process of medicine procurement and inventory oversight, securing timely orders from suppliers to sustain 100% stock availability, vital for continuous pharmacy operations
• Executed 5 core stock functions including demand planning, strategic ordering, and capacity management to maintain product availability
• Oversaw and analyzed 20+ weekly KPIs, leveraging data insights to inform and adjust business strategies for restructured performance
• Coordinated reverse logistics for returns and damaged products, optimizing procedures to maintain consistent inventory quality and reducing delivery costs by 10%
• Supervised planning and development of integral pharmacy operations, successfully performing 4 major service enhancement projects to improve medication distribution efficiency
• Cultivated strong relationships with over 15 key suppliers through strategic negotiations and proactive communication, aiming for a reliable and cost-effective supply chain

• Dealt with regulatory, operations, and compliance of 40+ companies (volumetric issues); achieved significant reduction in time and costs (from 10+ days to fewer than three days) with an accuracy surpassing previous.
• Developed and executed 3 communication protocols fortified client compliance operations and facilitated timely regulatory adherence
• Created 1 pioneering reporting tool, markedly improving data processing and reducing inaccuracies, subsequently adopted as a standard operational procedure
• Collaborated with operations teams from Guatemala the United States, identifying critical improvement areas and leading the introduction of new controls and KPIs, enhancing efficiency and overall performance

• Conducted comprehensive analysis of 5 potential investment opportunities, identifying startups aligning with company´s investment criteria
• Designed investment reports and recommendations; presented investment opportunities to head of AC Ventures
• Organized and conducted daily interactions with entrepreneurs from Asia as a representative of fund managers