Michael Chen, MBA

Owner at The Bead District
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Miami, Florida, United States, US

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Experience

    • United States
    • Wholesale Luxury Goods and Jewelry
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Owner
      • Sep 2020 - Present

      -Carry out operation functions to support the store in consistently achieving or exceeding monthly, quarterly and annual store sales plan. -Cultivate new and existing clients. -Handle internal and external phone and e-mail correspondence to optimize sales opportunities. -Manage the shopify website and inventory -Marketing and advertising via social media platforms (instagram, tiktok, and facebook) -Maximize client satisfaction during each interaction -Carry out operation functions to support the store in consistently achieving or exceeding monthly, quarterly and annual store sales plan. -Cultivate new and existing clients. -Handle internal and external phone and e-mail correspondence to optimize sales opportunities. -Manage the shopify website and inventory -Marketing and advertising via social media platforms (instagram, tiktok, and facebook) -Maximize client satisfaction during each interaction

    • United States
    • Wholesale
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Manager
      • Dec 2012 - Present

      Everich is one of Miami's largest wholesaler of Semi-Precious Beads and Jewelry findings -Created and Manage Social Media accounts -Instagram.com/everichcorporation - Monitor trends in the bead and craft markets and identify new product opportunities. - Create and deliver new product proposal presentations to Company Directors. - Source new products, test prototypes, and negotiate prices and minimum order quantities with vendors. - Create and deliver new product documentation for the Sales and Customer Service Departments. - Analyze product sales performance to determine line expansion opportunities or exit strategies. - Create, develop and maintain relationships with domestic and overseas vendors. Specifically Chinese and Hispanic clientele. -Keep track of inventory and re-order any missing items -Handle any customer complaints Show less

    • United States
    • Government Administration
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Loan Specialist
      • Nov 2020 - Nov 2021

      -Process home and/or business loans and make recommendations on collateral needed to secure loans. -Apply accepted financial procedures to analyze financial resources to determine an applicant's ability to repay requested loans. -Review all pertinent facts needed to make eligibility determinations by analyzing such factors as the nature and cause of damage, intended use of proceeds, legislative and administrative loan limits, and disposition of insurance and other recoveries. -Ensure loan files contain all pertinent documentation to include conversations with applicants and written recommendations or justifications for conclusions. -Process loan applications on web-based computer system. -Respond orally and/or in writing to applicants or their representatives. Show less

  • Mercari
    • Miami, Florida, United States
    • Chief Marketing Officer
      • Jan 2015 - Jan 2016

      -Merchant cash advance startup catered to Hispanic restaurants -Our mission statement is to improve existing revenues to established businesses through our proven lending model -Merchant cash advance startup catered to Hispanic restaurants -Our mission statement is to improve existing revenues to established businesses through our proven lending model

    • United States
    • Financial Services
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Project Manager
      • Aug 2015 - Dec 2015

      -Oversaw a multidisciplinary project sponsored by the University of Miami School of Business and partnered with Citi -Our objective is "To attract and retain millennial talent in investment banking" -Conducted interviews and surveys with analysts at Citi headquarters in Tribeca, NYC -Our team collaborated with Dean Eugene Anderson, Professor Jeffrey Kerr, and HR Executive of Citi, Bill Fisse. -Oversaw a multidisciplinary project sponsored by the University of Miami School of Business and partnered with Citi -Our objective is "To attract and retain millennial talent in investment banking" -Conducted interviews and surveys with analysts at Citi headquarters in Tribeca, NYC -Our team collaborated with Dean Eugene Anderson, Professor Jeffrey Kerr, and HR Executive of Citi, Bill Fisse.

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Teaching Assistant
      • Aug 2011 - May 2012

      -Coordinated with MGT 100 professor on student performance. -Assisted with orientation to incoming freshmen for the business school. -Devised a new business plan for a non-profit organization with a group of freshmen. -Fundraised $5,000 for March of Dimes -Coordinated with MGT 100 professor on student performance. -Assisted with orientation to incoming freshmen for the business school. -Devised a new business plan for a non-profit organization with a group of freshmen. -Fundraised $5,000 for March of Dimes

Education

  • University of Miami
    Master of Business Administration - MBA, 3.7
    2015 - 2015
  • University of Miami
    Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA, International Finance and Marketing
    2008 - 2012
  • Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
    Management and Italian Theatre, Italian Language and Literature
    2010 - 2010
  • John A. Ferguson Senior High School
    High School Diploma, International Baccalaureate: Spanish
    2004 - 2008

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