Experience

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  United Container Company

  • Buyer

    • Jan 2024 - Present

    I source and negotiate the procurement of used boxes from suppliers. My main objectives are to ensure a steady supply of quality materials while optimizing costs and supporting sustainability goals.

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  Huston Consultation LLC

  • Chicago, Illinois, United States

  • Partner

    • Aug 2016 - May 2024
    • Chicago, Illinois, United States

    Innovative Facilitation

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  Balani Custom Clothiers

  • Greater Chicago Area

  • Professional Clothier & Personal Stylist

    • Feb 2017 - Oct 2018
    • Greater Chicago Area

    Veteran specialist in custom-crafted mens' suits, dress shirts, sport coats, tuxedos & outerwear.

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  Laser Print Technologies Inc

  • Sales – Planner/Buyer

    • Jul 2011 - Dec 2017

    Revamped entire lead database of over 4000+ contacts by calling each one individually. Expressed revised data sets into new Tiers/Groupings that yielded efficiencies across production, supply chain, and professional services that increased inbound units 5,000 per month (a 27% gain in throughput)Reduced $30k in inventory obsolescence and helped to develop an SKU Matrix that eliminated improper purchasing polices and planner buyer habitsHelped design sales workflows that enabled clean migration of revised data sets into new ERP systemNegotiated vendor terms from net 20 to net 30 which increased free cash flows by 16%Realigned vendors to regional routes which increased product flow and consistency while driving down freight costs from .63c per unit (average) to .39c per unit (average)Helped to produce numerous metrics across sales and operations that increased plant and equipment turns from .98 to 1.84 per annum ($.94m to $1.8m)Worked with executive management to launched a fully integrated ERP (Oracle/SAP backend) solution that manages business and product flow from sales through order fulfillment (CRM, ECOMM, Sales/Production Forecasting, Shipping & Receiving are now fully integrated)

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  Dimension Design

  • Account Coordinator

    • Mar 2009 - Jun 2011

    Organized and prepared all inbound sales quotes and scale drawings for Project Management teamWorked with clients throughout their entire project providing real time data and secured approvals for any and all change requests/cost overrunsMade sure all drawing dimensions, material selections and blueprint call outs were correct prior to bid submissionsWorked with production and estimating departments to price each job correctly which resulted in higher margins (i.e. cost of printing, cost of materials and cost of time)Acted as client liaison with the production department to help accurately schedule projects to meet tight customer deadlinesIncreased project throughput by 23% by working more closely with clients and sales verses previous account coordinators; A global technology company and proven software leader

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  SRF Brokerage

  • Head Clerk

    • Jul 2004 - Aug 2008

    Quoted the market and facilitated large trades for a wide array of customersHandled all discrepancies with out-tradesHired and train new clerks

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  Susquehanna International Group, LLP

  • Options Clerk

    • Sep 2001 - Jun 2004

    Gathered and spread information on multiple marketsMaintained relationship with trading partners in London, Tokyo, and New YorkTroubleshot all trade related issues