Robert Fazekas Email & Phone Number

Bloomfield NJ 07003

• Privately held start-up manufacturer and distributor of woven and coated fabrics.
• Leader of CORtech in building a stocking/distribution company, custom manufacturing of textiles and finished goods.
• Managed the company, P&L for sales, marketing, operations, service and used Six Sigma principles to be as multi-talented and lean as possible.
• Directed and managed capital improvement to build out 50,000sq ft.
• warehouse, hired all facets - operations, warehouse, customer service and accounting.
• Optimized supply chain to reduce material costs and improve overall sales and distribution.

• Successfully Led international textile business selling both woven fabric, coated fabric and manufacturing of finished products to Hospitality, A&D and Healthcare Industries.
• Developed trading partners and mill direct alliances throughout China and Vietnam.
• Established relationships with over 25 textile mills, toured factories and leveraged their capabilities to weave and cut and sew to sell into the USA Hospitality, Healthcare and A&D markets
• Worked with clients on design and specifications to manage clarity with overseas production.
• Built internal infrastructure to manage operations of supply chain, importing, customer service and accounting.
• Extensive China travel to overseas factories to establish reliable partners, create new products and troubleshoot issues.

• Distributor of Upholstery supplies.
• Responsible for overall operations and managing, training sales reps, interviewing and hiring.
• Led acquisition of second distributorship in Kennett Square PA.
• Developed creative marketing tactics for sales initiatives to expand sales.
• Initiated and conducted monthly sales meetings to review AP/AR, sales reports, monthly goals.
• Collaborated with Osborne Tool to design and develop 2 new products.