Carlos Vázquez Nájera

San Luis Potosí, S.L.P. Mexico | +52 444 413 49 69

carlos.vazquez.najera@gmail.com

Portfolio

           

Finance professional with 20+ years of experience in cross functional positions such as Sales, Customer Service, Purchasing, Accounts Receivable, consistently delivering exceptional business results.

Finance

Financial analysis & controls and reports implementation.
Banking, investments, funds, budgets, reporting, AR & AP.
Excel Macros creation to accelerate multiple reports and calculations.

Customer Service

Proven record managing Corporate and Personal accounts in Banking.
Customer satisfaction according to company requirements.
Relationship building and Brand positioning via Sales and Service.

Purchasing | Logistics

Regular negotiation with suppliers to reduce costs, improve quality.
Cost benefit analysis, to identify and implement saving initiatives.
Proficient CRM, MRO, ERP (JD Edwards | AS400 | SAP)

Personnel Management

Clear mindset to define objectives, create aligned and focused teams.
Communication skills based on direct communication, and follow up.
Help others learn, implement changes and achieve desired goals.

Yeah! Seguros      Oct 2021 - Present
Senior Account Executive

- Prospecting for new accounts and clients
- Marketing and Campaign Design
- Customer Service (Status of Policies, Service calls, RFQ's)

ATCO Industries      Feb 2021 - Aug 2021
Senior Credit Analyst

- Invoicing all the Customers in portfolio.
- Collections of mayor Customers.
- Customer Service (Invoices, Account Statements, Payments)

ContiTech      Nov 2019 - Oct 2020
AR Team Leader

- Coordinate AR department for OEM's with 5 people.
- Visit OEM's in different locations to reconciling accounts.
- Achieved a 30% improvement in collections and write offs..

Honeywell | Resideo      Feb 2016 - Nov 2019
Senior Credit Analyst

- Obtained a consistent, month by month, minimum collection of 2.8 million USD.
- A solid 82% of current accounts with a less than 1% annual Bad Debt.
- Manage an AR portfolio to collect cash from customer to improve overall AR Metrics.
- Won several awards for Best Customer Service and number of calls taken (Approximately 27K in 4 years)

Ficrea      2014 - 2015
Corporate and Government Accounts Coordinator

- Obtained the best salesperson place in the state of SLP.
- Launched a successful email marketing campaign.
- Coordinated business closure with Federal Authority.

Prudential Bank | Actinver      2005 - 2013
Senior Finance Advisor

- Managed the largest (in numbers) and broadest (in types of accounts) in SLP.
- Winner of the best 50 Financial Advisors of Mexico in 2010.
- Implemented an effective and successful Customer Service System for the Branch in SLP.
- Coordinated Enterprise Employee Savings Funds DataBase for the Branch.

ING Group      2003 - 2005
Retirement and Investment Advisor

- Winner of Best Salesman in 3 (three) different occasions.
- Implemented a successful electronic Marketing campaign.

Automotriz Robles      2002 - 2003
Purchasing Manager

- Optimized Inventory levels in a 25% according to Sales analysis.
- Identified best (in Sales) performing products by Volume, Overhead and Amount.

Cummins Filtration Division      2001 - 2002
Buyer Planner | Logistics | Imports

- Reduced Inventory of raw materials in 32% in 6 months.
- Reconciled 50% of the requirements plan against Sales plan.

Valeo Wipers Division      1999 - 2001
MRO and Services Purchasing Coordinator

- Successfully achieved the Company's -30% (in costs) Plan in 2 years.
- Successful implementation of In-Plant suppliers to reduce costs (15%) and avoid emergencies in office supplies.

Thyssen-Krupp | Mexinox      1996 - 1999
International Buyer and Planner

- Implemented a 3-year long program of Supplier Development with savings ranging from 20% - 60% in costs.
- Reduced claims and rejects from final users to a less than 1% from a starting point of 10% due to poor quality form suppliers.

Languages

Spanish: Native | Spoken | Read | Written
English: Fluent | Spoken | Read | Written
French: Intermediate (B2) | Spoken | Read
Italian: Basic (A2) | Spoken | Read

Software

MS Office 365: Excel, Access, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook
DataBases: MySQL, Access | Design: Inkscape, GIMP
Programming: html5, CSS3, JavaScript, Python (3.x), R.
Systems: JD Edwards, Quickbooks, SAP, AS400.

Hobbies

Programming | Table Tennis | Reading | Cooking