Expert Details
Coffee Industry: Strategic Business Purchasing, Inventory Management, Quality Control and Quality Processing
ID: 739007
Texas, USA
His companies seek to expand their global scope and accessibility, and their mission is to carefully and ethically source the most extraordinary coffee from various captivating origins and connect them to specialty coffee buyers and direct trade roasters in the US and all over the world. He is continuously developing long-term, sustainable relationships with partnered coffee producers to help resolve their concerns of the lack of agricultural & economic resources to market & sell their specialty coffee at fair pricing. He provides clients with pertinent data and information that accurately identifies the coffee's origin, as well as the transparency of FOB pricing to ensure a desired compensation returns to the farmers for their work and livelihoods.
Expert has experience leading strategy projects to create and implement a marketplace for wholesale products (i.e. coffee, cocoa, etc.) direct to retailers/consumers looking to purchase natural resources from emerging countries across the globe. He has sourced and negotiated with an international network of suppliers from India, China, El Salvador to insist on procuring only the highest quality product of resources. Expert has prepared profit and loss statements on a monthly basis, as well as the management of finances, inventory, human resources and various global resources. He has developed core capabilities that focus on providing the ultimate customer experience for clients ranging from the United States to Europe, Caribbean, Africa, and South America.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 2009 | Degree: MBA | Subject: Business Administration | Institution: University of Texas, Dallas |
| Year: 1999 | Degree: BA | Subject: English | Institution: Morehouse College |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 2021 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: COO | Department: |
Responsibilities:• Operations & Program Management: Preparing operational systems and processes, as well as the management of outsourced partners and vendors, inventory, human resources and various global resources.• Sales & Financial Management: Support and assist strategy accounting to create and implement a marketplace for retailed products (i.e. roasted coffee, packaged coffee, etc.) direct to suppliers/retailers looking to purchase natural resources from emerging countries across the globe. • International Policy & Quality Control: Sourced and negotiated with an international network of coffee suppliers from Colombia, Ethiopia, Ghana, El Salvador to insist on procuring only the highest quality product of resources. • Strategy: Developed core capabilities that focuses on providing the ultimate customer experience for our clients ranging from the United States to Europe, Caribbean, Africa, and South America. Comfortable meeting with the C-Suite executives of our clients to help implement through quality control, data analytics, reliable logistics, effective marketing and advertising strategies. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2015 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Co-Founder | Department: |
Responsibilities:• Budget & Program Management: Prepared annual budget and financial reporting, as well as the management of bank reconciliation, payroll processing, inventory, human resources and various global resources.• Sales & Financial Management: Supported and led strategy accounting to create and implement a marketplace for wholesale products (i.e. coffee, cocoa, etc.) direct to suppliers/retailers looking to purchase natural resources from emerging countries across the globe. • International Policy & Quality Control: Sourced and negotiated with an international network of coffee suppliers from Colombia, Ethiopia, Ghana, El Salvador to insist on procuring only the highest quality product of resources. • Strategy: Developed core capabilities that focuses on providing the ultimate customer experience for our clients ranging from the United States to Europe, Caribbean, Africa, and South America. Comfortable meeting with the C-Suite executives of our clients to help implement through quality control, data analytics, reliable logistics, effective marketing and advertising strategies. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2009 to 2015 | Employer: YES Prep Public Schools | Title: Senior Operations Manager/Vice Principal | Department: |
Responsibilities:• Budget & Financial Management: Administered campus budgets of $18 million per campus and enforced payroll expenditures to the general ledger. Monitored departmental budgets, including flexibility with major changes of financial strategy across several different campuses. Managed safety and general compliance guidelines to ensure the highest quality.• Operational & Project Management: Developed and implemented staff operational protocol for system-wide use, as well as mentored & managed both new and existing operations managers at campuses throughout the school district. Oversaw the development of various school district projects & execution plans which identified the project objectives, success criteria, established strategic goals, risk assessment/mitigation plan, safety, and overall success of projects. • Social Service & Parent Relations: Created and managed multiple student/parent contracts pertaining to social services of students assigned with CPS cases & creating a physical and emotional environment for these students, parents, and staff to interact while on campus. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2005 to 2008 | Employer: Bank of America | Title: Operations Analyst | Department: Global Wealth and Investment Management |
Responsibilities:• Process Implementation: Processed all mandatory and voluntary corporate actions such as stock splits, stock dividends, spin-offs, exchanges, and mergers for private clients.• Analytics & Process Improvement: Researched and reported the escalation of operational and regulatory risks to functional leads, which contributed to the development and implementation of mitigation solutions saving over $47M in potential losses. • Client Management/Analytical Problem Solving: Analyzed and presented feedback regarding the design and implementation of strategies to ensure continuous process improvement and automation initiatives for evaluating new client securities |
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Career Accomplishments
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| Member, Morehouse College Alumni Association Member, University of Texas at Dallas EMBA Alumni Association |