Elizabeth Andrés Castaño

• Collaborated with other departments to ensure timely completion of projects within budget constraints.

SANTO DOMINGO MOTORS COMPANY 2001-Present

International Purchasing Manager

Direct contact with held office manufactures Suzuki, General Motors, Nissan, Infiniti. My duties consisted of the following tasks:

Accounts Payable

· Placing International purchase orders for department brand managers.

· Responsible for verifying all prices and preparing all payments via transfers and Letters of Credit for units purchased.

· Accountable for credit and collection of over priced units.

· Liable for keeping record of all advertising credits and incentives.

· Performed inventory control of vehicles received and transit.

· Prepared monthly Sales and Stock Reports for manufactures.

· Responsible for creating new Vehicle model specifications codes.

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Sales & merchandising

· Managed schedules estimating time of manufactory delivery of special orders.

· Making sure that vehicle manufactured and in transit corresponds to correct specifications and prices before it is loaded on vessel.

· Ordering catalogs for new models being manufactured for dealer distribution.

· Prepared monthly import statistics of competition.

· Worked closely with Sales Managers on promotions and order details.

Documentation

· Preparing Packing List and Bill of Lading Instructions for all shipments.

· Arranged Invoices pertaining to number of units being received, for Customs and Port Authority purposes.

· Responsible obtaining release of vehicles before due dates.

• Responsible for maintaining office in order and assisting in fax distribution
• Responsible for translations of all documents arriving from U.S
• Customs and Dominican Port Authorities
• Assisted Marketing Department with rate quotations
• Amenable for organizing events and preparing presentation speeches for Camara de Comercio Dominico-Guatelmalteca.

• Responsible for dock checking and data entry of all merchandise entering receiving department
• Responsible for accounts payable
• Assisted with store-to-store merchandise transfers
• Responsible for auditing price changes from sales floor managers
• Censured investigation of paybacks, when being over charged by retailers
• Responsible for clearing all registers at closing
• Responsible for ordering change for daily money transactions.

• Responsible for Tele-Marketing accounts and rate quotations for Anglian Shipping in London and Del Line, LLC in the U.S.A
• Responsible for translations of international correspondence
• Supervised and coordinated vessel advertisement for weekly publications in local new papers
• Prepared all claims regarding lost or damaged property being transported via Senaca.

• Responsible for setting new promotional campaigns for the different retailers in the Tri-State area
• Responsible for ordering merchandise and displaying it at store arrival
• Ensured all visual displays for the different seasons
• Responsible for maintaining inventory control of orders placed by store managers.

• Supervised and prepared work schedules for all employee’s
• Responsible for cash pick up and preparation of bank deposits
• Responsible for clearing cash registers and supervising and assisting cashiers
• Prepared paper work concerning payroll and benefits
• Participated in management Trainee Program for new store openings, training office personnel and front-end managers.

• Responsible coordinating all booking reservations for weekly sailing'
• Prepared all rate requests for Sales Department
• Responsible for letters of corrections and certification of rates in bill of lading
• Prepared weekly sales report of companies profit per vessel sailing's
• Responsible for authorizing release of import cargo from port
• Responsible for requesting authorization of freight collects from credit and collection department at destination points.