Jefferson Castro

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About Jefferson Castro

Excellence-driven, highly collaborative, results-oriented Executive with a diversified background & proven track record in growing businesses, increasing company profitability, producing cost-savings, streamlining operations while maximizing resources, improving business processes, building & leading high-performing teams with excellent negotiation, communication & ability to multi-task & influence others that makes strong contributions to the long-term achievement of an organization working closely with multiple levels of a corporation to maintain smooth processes & streamline procedures. An exceptional people person top-performing team builder with a strong business & leadership skills that operates on a high level who continuously meets key deliverables, thrives and works well under pressure in a fast-paced constantly shifting priority, excels at client-facing roles & forging strong strategic partnerships with business partners, peers, vendor community, cross-functional teams and stakeholders in a multi-cultural complex global organization setting. Extensive progressive leadership experience in global sourcing, product development, production management, procurement, quality assurance, compliance, customer service, operations, logistics and supply chain management across a broad set of product categories & accounts. COMPETENCIES:* Global Sourcing * Production Management * Product Development * Supply Chain Strategies & Optimization * Operations & Logistics Leadership * 3PL Management & Contract Negotiation * Purchasing * Demand Planning / Inventory Management * Strategic Planning / Business Strategy / Execution * Account & Project Management * Costing / Margin Improvement / Budget P&L Management * Increase Profitability / Cost Savings / Revenue Growth * Innovation Mindset / Forward Thinking * Strategic Orientation / Growth Scale Mindset * Operational Efficiency (strategy/structure/process)* Collaboration & Influencing / Relationship-Building * Building Motivating Managing Teams * Collaborative Leadership * Quantitative Analytical Skill * Business & Entrepreneurial Acumen * Creative Problem Solver / Dot Connector * Risk Mitigation / Change Management * Contract Manufacturing * Vendor Vetting / On-Boarding / Compliance / Audit * Quality Control * KPI Metrics Implementation / Vendor Management * Retail / DTC / B2B / Licensing / Import / Export * Extensive Global Market Knowledge & Work Experience with Overseas Vendors * Apparel, Accessories, Consumer Products, Bag, Hardgoods, Softgoods, Home