Experience

InnoMark Inc - Nutraceutical Manufacturer

• United States
• Alternative Medicine
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Procurement Manager

  • Nov 2021 - Present

  Responsible for purchasing all the ingredients and components to fulfill the purchase orders for all our clients. Analyze and research the market and find the best prices for better profitability. Develop purchasing strategies and work closely with suppliers to ensure that the materials that we get not only are priced well but also meet high standards for safe and successful production. Maintain a close and good relationship with existing suppliers while seeking new ones. Negotiate prices. Budget management. Forecast production for our top projects, and place orders accordingly. Being the link with the warehouse team to ensure goods are received correctly by inspecting purchased products upon delivery and reporting any issues timely. Monitor inventory to refill stock with ingredients and components. Support the clients with their requirements. Be part of the production schedule to ensure that the production runs are complete and ready to be executed. Coordinate logistics for all incoming purchases. Show less

• Pricing Analyst And Organic Certification

  • Sep 2018 - Oct 2021

  Review and analyze new projects, ongoing projects, and old projects using spreadsheet for a complete research. Support Sales Department in developing bids for every customer. Create pricing files and documents to upload into the company system. Ensure accuracy and data consistency by collaborating with other departments and customers. Check formulas and compare ingredients information for an accurate analysis. Work with an important amount of different vendors through constant and friendly communication. Help the customers go through the organic certification process to get their products certified under the Organic law of the FDA. Get Organic Export Certificates for all the products that are sent outside the country, mainly South Korea and Taiwan. Generate expedited communication between certifying agents and customers. Communicate the team during the daily meetings the progress on pricing and certification, and clarify questions about time lines and results. Show less



Omni Imagine

• Cypress, California

• Administrative Assistant

  • May 2017 - Jul 2018

  Provide general administrative and clerical support inlcuding mailing, scanning, faxing, and copying to management. Maintain electronic and hard copy filling system. Open, sort, and distribute incoming correspondence. Prepare and send outcoming mail, packages, and freight. Perform data entry and scan documents. Manage calendar for Director and VP's. Assist in resolving any administrative problems. Run company's errands to post office and office supply store. Answer call from customers regarding their inquires. Prepare and modify documents including correspondence, reports, drafts, memos, and emails. Schedule and coordinate meetings, appointments, and travel arrangements for Managers. Maintain office supplies for department. Support Accounting and Sales Department. Show less



Utah Tech University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Spanish Tutor

  • Jan 2016 - Jul 2016

  Tutoring students of all levels- basic to advance while planning and implementing lessons associated with the student’s Spanish Course. Assisted Spanish teacher in implementing lesson plans for language learning. Use structural methods and materials appropriate for success. Supported students in weak areas- sentence structure and coherence, grammar, spelling, and vocabulary corrections of composition and essays. Reporting all activities to the director of the Spanish department. Tutoring students of all levels- basic to advance while planning and implementing lessons associated with the student’s Spanish Course. Assisted Spanish teacher in implementing lesson plans for language learning. Use structural methods and materials appropriate for success. Supported students in weak areas- sentence structure and coherence, grammar, spelling, and vocabulary corrections of composition and essays. Reporting all activities to the director of the Spanish department.



National Institute of Statisctics of Chile

• Santiago, Chile

• Territorial Analyst

  • Apr 2013 - Jul 2015

  Analytical skills included working with large amounts of data, facts, figures, and number crunching. Excellent communication skills often called to present findings, or translate the data into an understandable document. Paid attention to details with precise data in the analysis to come to correct conclusions. Critical thinking skills - looked at the numbers, trends, and data and come to new conclusions based on the findings. Use geographic information systems (GIS) and global positioning systems (GPS) to collect, analyze, and display geographic data, especially for the production of Census cartography. Use quantitative methods, such as statistical analysis. Use qualitative methods, such as surveys, interviews, and focus groups. Create and modify maps, graphs, diagrams, or other visual representations of geographic data. Analyze the geographic distribution of physical characteristics. Write reports and present research findings with official documents for the institution. Show less



Ambimet Ltda

• Santiago y Antofagasta

• Project Engineer

  • Mar 2011 - Mar 2013

  Management of meteorological and environmental data (PM10, PM 2.5, PMS and Gases). Handling of meteorological and air quality measurement equipment in mining operations (PQ200 and High Volt). Programming air quality and meteorology equipment and removal of sample filters for further review. Analysis of the results of the laboratory of the samples collected in the field, identifying with the percentiles of the samples and the critical episodes for the requested reports from the Superintendencies of Environment of the corresponding mining companies. Modeling of the results obtained through graphics and images using the WRPlot software. Application of current environmental standards and regulations according to the Environment Law of the Chilean Government during the process of analyzing results and construction of reports. Travel and field work within different private and public Mining Companies at Antofagasta Region, North of Chile as example Lomas Bayas, Michilla, Esperanza, Radomiro Tomic, Los Colorados, and Mantos de Oro. For more information, please visit www.ambimet.cl Show less



Universidad de Chile

• Chile
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate Researcher

  • Jan 2009 - Mar 2010

  Intermediary cities research in Chile with agricultural economic base. Selection of study methodologies applied to research based on different bibliographical sources. Visits to the study area for the collection of human and territorial information based on interviews, surveys, and use of GPS. Generation of cartography using the data collected in the field as graphic examples of the results obtained. Combine geographic data with data about a particular specialty, such as economics, environment, health, construction, and immigration. Preparation of monthly reports on the progress of the project. Multidisciplinary work with a team of architects associated with research. This research was framed in the Fondecyt N 10701102 project, which is part of a project funded by the Chilean Government for the strengthening of national research. From this research, I formed my thesis as a final work to apply for the professional title of Geographer. For more information, you can visit http://www.tesis.uchile.cl/tesis/uchile/2009/aq-mendez_a/html/index-frames.html Show less