Ricardo Arbelaez Email & Phone Number

Miami - Florida

Led operations and acted as a liaison among a duty-free company, the airlines, and the customer, providing luxury products and top-notch customer service. Managed operations in Mexico, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, The US, Paraguay, Spain, and Brazil with sales of $ 40 million per year and up to 450 SKUs. Led a direct team of 14 and a headcount of over 85.

Fountain Valley, Ca

Leading international supplier of engineered metal finishing to Aerospace, Defense, Space, Armament, Electronics and Industrial markets. Responsible for the internal audits for the ISO-9001 quality system and as the sole auditor for NADCAP (National Aerospace and Defense Contractors Accreditation Program) quality system implemented by Boeing.Developed training programs and applications related to the industry. Created and implemented databases for handling and controlling mandatory information in compliance with the quality systems, that guaranteed the requirements established therein.

Bogotá D.C. Area, Colombia

Inflight Duty Free Concessionaire that provided with a duty free program to Avianca Airlines for their international passengers.In charge of the region operation and logistics, inventory management control for accountability and replacement analysis, control of rotating monthly inventory averaging USD $800,000, account balancing, development of security procedures. Auditor for Latin America for operations established in Mexico (Mexicana and AeroMexico), Argentina (Aerolíneas Argentinas), Peru (Aero Peru) and Brazil (Varig).In charged of the analysis of the inventory control system established at Virgin Atlantic and Virgin Son in Runnymede, England, in order to integrate it into the system used in Latin America. Directly supervised 12 employees, with accountability for up to 50 personnel within airport.

Bachelor'S Degree, Business Administration

(Esl) English As A Second Language