ALICIA M. ESPINAL
Tel: 214-***-****
Dallas, TX 75228
E-mail:*****************@*****.***
OVERVIEW
Business Professional with a record of performance in Management,
Organization and Supervision Combining strong planning, analysis and
organizational skills with excellent proven qualification that, will make
a significant contribution to any organization.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Confident, personable, computer literate and achievement oriented
professional offering comprehensive experience in Logistic, Transportation,
Supply chain, Import and Export industries as a service provider and
customer. Abilty to deliver quality service resulting in the customer's
perception of value leading to customer loyalty and resulting in business
growth.
ALOE VERA OF AMERICA, INC.
Dallas, TX, November 2007-October 2014
Product/Documents Coordinator, Import & Export Coordinator:
. Assisted Director of Transportation, Product Control/Documentation
Manager and supervisor
. Prepared of all foreign shipment documentation and coordination of
Inspections to the applicable countries.
. Proposing flip (intranet system) check and balance weight and cube
limits for containers, Invoicing; ensure countries receive the
notification of product "Not available". Check to find out when
customer will receive stock, notify inventory of low stock levels.
. Verify Lot numbers prepare bills of lading, and process documents for
Air and Ocean shipments.
. Interact with over 10 assigned Country Managers.
. Coordinated the Logistics from Dominican Republic plant to AVA facility
and the returned containers of the packing materials returning to the
Dominican Republic plant.
. Purchased and coordination of pickup of supplies for the Dominican
Republic Plant
. Prepared tracking reports of distributed and received Totes and
containers
. Prepared the Dangerous Goods Certificate for the Air Shipments and IMO
for Ocean Shipments
CHEMCENTRAL INTERNATIONAL (UNIVAR, USA) Pompano
Beach, FL, December 2005-July 2007
Export Coordinator
. Preparation of all export documentation necessary to export and comply
importer requests
. Coordination of all shipments from different warehouses
. Follow up on all special customer instructions
. Assist the Operation Manager with daily assigned duties
. Arrange and coordinate Trade Customer Deliveries
CHAMPION TRANSPORTATION OF AMERICA INC.
Miramar, FL, May 2005 -December 2005
PALLET TRUCK KINGDOM INC.
Senior Logistic Agent
Responsible for international and domestic logistics for two companies:
1. Champion Transportation of America Inc. dedicated to manufacture buses
and trucks in China with sales in Africa, Middle East, Eastern Europe,
Caribbean, Central and South America.
. Coordination of all logistics aspects.
. In charge of negotiating freight rates with freight forwarders and
carriers
. Manage all aspects associated with customer's commercial documents
and international instruments of payments (letter of credit,
promissory notes and collections)
2. Pallet Truck Kingdom Inc., dedicated to import from China to USA,
Canada and Mexico. More than 150 containers per year of pallets.
Distribute to Fortune 500 companies such as Wal-Mart, Home Depot,
Sysco, Costco and Sam's Club.
. In charge of all coordination of international and domestic
logistics.
. Manage 2 warehouses.
. Organize, monitor and trace customer shipments until arrival.
. Deal with carriers, freight forwarders and customs brokers.
Supervise up to 7 employees in the logistics and warehouse
department
IMAGINATION TILES, INC.
Orlando, FL, February 2000 - February 2005
Office & Sales Manager
. Developed and implemented sales strategies for start-up ceramic tiles
company.
. Planned and designed marketing coverage
. Supervised sales Installation & administrative personnel.
. All office duties such as ordering products, bank deposits, light
bookkeeping, sales, etc.
EMOTRANS
Miami, FL, September 1997 - December 1999
Air Freight Agent-Export Coordinator
. Coordinated all intermodal shipment nationwide to the Miami
warehouses.
. Prepared all shipping documentation such as AWB, HAWB, Consolidation,
Bill of Lading, SED, Letter of Credit
. Expertise in shipping to South America, Caribbean, Europe, Asia,
Africa & Middle East.
. Coordinated shipping inspection for all Latin American Countries.
. Completed invoices, filed and produced reports for agents,
transporters and clients.
EDUCATION
. US CUSTOMS BROKER LICENSE TRAINING COURSE
Logistics Training Systems, INC.
Coral Gables Vocational School
1997 - Import & Export Specialist Freight Forwarding & Letter of
Credit
Coral Gables, FL
. Universidad Interamericana
1986 - Associates Degree (Sales & Marketing Santo Domingo)
. Univerisidad Apec
1985 - Associates Degree (Business Administration)
SKILLS
. Sales
. Import & Export
. Domestic & International Logistics
. Customer Service
. Well Organized & Detail Oriented
. Supervision & Management
. Public Relations
. Advanced training in Microsoft software products such as Word, Excel,
Power Point, etc
. Microsoft Office Outlook, IBM Lotus Notes, AS 400 and light knowledge
of SAP and ISO
. Dangerous Goods certification by Air and Ocean.
. Bi-lingual - Fluent in Spanish
. Texas Public Notary
VALUE OFFERED
. Innovative problem solver, who successfully mitigates inefficiencies to
enhance bottom line results
. Can build positive relationships with customers and suppliers resulting
in customer retention, loyalty and business growth.
. High performance, customer driven professional possessing uncompromising
consideration for providing premier service & excellent leadership skills
that assist in unifying diverse groups to achieve common goals.