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Cesar Reyes
Business Manager
New York
Summary
Self-motivated professional successful in seizing viable opportunities for expansion and innovation in retail industry. Offering 10-year background in increasing profits, reducing costs and transforming customer service standards through LEAN techniques and innovation. Experienced in leading and supervising team of 50+ employees.
Overview
5
5
years of post-secondary education
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Owner and General Manager
Segway Cartagena
2011-09 - 2021-01
- Founded and managed a Segway Tour business, growing revenue from $0 to $35,000 in first year and to $105,000 within 3 years.
Inventory Manager
WIS International
2010-05 - 2011-07
- Executed physical inventories for medium and large retail companies within the state of Florida, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
- Hired, trained, supervised, and maintained a staff of no less than fifty Inventory Associates and coordinated all pre-inventory logistics (scheduling, equipment, drivers, and supplies, amongst others).
- Served as the main point of contact between store management and WIS International during and after inventories.
Operations Manager
ARP High Performance
2009-02 - 2010-05
- Worked as a link between sales representatives in Venezuela and parts providers in the U.S.
- Managed the procurement, purchasing and shipping process of high performance products manufactured in the U.S., used for competition racing purposes in Venezuela.
- Responsible for bookkeeping, accounts management and recording of sales for tax purposes.
Inventory Analyst
Sears Holdings Corporation
2008-09 - 2009-02
- Responsible for planning, managing and maintaining replenishment for all specified line of business.
- Completed timely and accurate inventory needs analysis for Distribution Centers and Vendors on a weekly basis.
- Reconciled inventory levels with DC receipts, and sales trends.
- Monitored and troubleshooted distributions, receipts and inventory levels at the DC's to achieve distribution center productivity metrics.
- Maintained on-going relationship with more than 20 key retail vendors.
- Coordinated all purchasing activity and maintained a rolling 6-month inventory demand forecast.
- Worked with stores to ensure appropriate stock and redistributed inventory as appropriate
- Reviewed inventory on a quarterly basis for slow moving and obsolete inventory and determined cost-effective method of disposal.
Alternate Format Coordinator
Syracuse University
2004-09 - 2008-08
- Responsible for screening, hiring and training of up to 14 student workers (based on demand) to perform scanning, conversion and edition activities under my direct supervision.
- In charge of accommodations management in terms of alternate format (including Word, PDF, KES, MP3, Daisy and Braille) and adaptive technology, serving a mean population of 780 students with disabilities.
- In charge of the largest Alternate Format operation in New York State with a production average of 285,000 pages of E-text per year (the equivalent to a range between 750 and 800 textbooks per year).
- Responsible for the research, evaluation and implementation of new products and software (including facilitated speech and magnification hardware, and accessibility software like text readers, text-to-speech and Speech-to-text recognition) to make standard education accessible to students with disabilities.
Job Placement Specialist
The Spanish Action League
2002-03 - 2004-08
- Developed lists of qualified candidates for hiring managers.
- Evaluated strengths and weaknesses of candidates through effective screening processes.
- Partnered with local companies to ascertain hiring needs and subsequently provide candidate recommendations.
Education
Bachelor of Science Supply Chain Management - Non-graduated
Syracuse University
2003-08 - 2008-06
Skills
Managing
Needs analysis
Sales
Scheduling
Hiring
Spanish
Timeline
Owner and General Manager
Segway Cartagena
2011-09 - 2021-01
Inventory Manager
WIS International
2010-05 - 2011-07
Operations Manager
ARP High Performance
2009-02 - 2010-05
Inventory Analyst
Sears Holdings Corporation
2008-09 - 2009-02
Alternate Format Coordinator
Syracuse University
2004-09 - 2008-08
Bachelor of Science Supply Chain Management - Non-graduated
Syracuse University
2003-08 - 2008-06
Job Placement Specialist
The Spanish Action League
2002-03 - 2004-08