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JUAN CAMILO SUÁREZ GARZÓN

JUAN CAMILO SUÁREZ GARZÓN

Bucaramanga

Summary

Bilingual International Business Administrator ready to contribute knowledge for joint growth. Experience in foreign trade, good interpersonal relationships, respectful, responsible and proactive. Professional with international work experience, HR management, international trade, international negotiation and customer service with the ability to adapt to changes, always seeking to obtain the best possible result for the team. Strategic-thinking individual experienced in turning low-performing organizations into top revenue producers. Offering engaging and pleasant personality with expertise improving customer relationships.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience

Work History

International Trade Director

COMMERCIAL MINER CITY
07.2020 - 08.2023
  • Analyze international markets, how the mining sector is fluctuating and how the company's business model would work there, analyzing each of the possible clients
  • Ensure financing, both for the programs to be developed abroad, and for foreign investors
  • Understand and guide the company on the international treaties that will govern the future agreements reached
  • Promote the international promotion of the company and its products or services
  • Know the local legal system, applying the necessary documentation before the authorities that govern mining, its applications and regulations regarding foreign trade
  • In addition, know the systems of the countries or markets that are targeted
  • Regulate international distribution, the channels used, the necessary documents, transportation types
  • Expanded international market presence by researching and identifying potential trade opportunities.
  • Negotiated favorable trade agreements for the company, leading to increased profitability and growth.

STAFFING COORDINATOR

HIGH SIERRA POOLS (American Company, Washington DC)
04.2022 - 06.2023
  • Assists Regional Manager and Assistant Regional Manager in supervising daily operation of the company's regional office including providing information to applicants, employees, clients, and the public in person, by phone and via email
  • Assists with Human Resources functions, including but not limited to interviewing, processing employee paperwork, company housing and resources set-up and administration, documenting and collecting employment data including end work dates
  • Coordinates personnel assignment to job sites with Regional Office Manager while considering factors such as proximity to work location, standing work availability, classification, experience, and other location-specific characteristics
  • Administers lifeguards' work schedules process, including creation of and changes in master scheduling template, preparation, publishing, and distribution of weekly lifeguards' schedules; optimizes work schedules following company overtime criteria and fair distribution of hours to all employees
  • Recognizes staffing needs and notifies Human Resources and Assistant Regional Manager about areas where hiring needs exist
  • Assists Area Supervisors in adjusting 'live' schedules on as-needed basis, following company overtime criteria and fair distribution of hours
  • Administers timekeeping and payroll-related functions, including but not limited to daily verification of employee hours worked, timecard approval, retro pay requests; prepares weekly report on saved hours and additional billable hours
  • Assists staff with employee paycheck-related issues and their timely resolution
  • Administers employee discipline action process and keeps track of warning notices, escalates non-routine and/or critical personnel issues to Human Resources Department, participates in communication and resolution as needed
  • Assists with administration and management of company Housing Project
  • Assists with Safety Department functions, including organizing training sessions, administering certificates distribution, administering swimming lessons requests
  • Prepares weekly and periodic reports for management
  • Assists Assistant Regional Manager with administrative tasks, as directed by Regional Manager
  • Assists Regional Manager with overall business operation
  • Resolves concerns or complaints from clients, employees, and others in a timely manner and according to Company standards
  • Exemplifies High Sierra Pools' core values of Safety, Service and Teamwork
  • Complies with and enforces Company standards and federal and state laws
  • Performs all duties in a safe manner and reports any unsafe conditions
  • Performs other duties as assigned.

AUDITOR SPECIALIST

LEAN STAFFING GROUP - ENGAGED FINANCIAL (American Company)
11.2021 - 04.2022
  • Responsible for making sure we have all the documents to start the audit process
  • Audit the invoices grouping all the documents in an appropriate way, making sure that the information in the rate confirmation coincides with the BOL/POD
  • Verify load number, payment amount, carrier, address, signature, date to approve invoices
  • Create and send exceptions to the account executive when the load is rejected because of lack of pertinent information to verify the load
  • Prioritize ACHs from the WIRE queue, they must be audited by 1 pm CST so the payment will be processed the same day
  • Carry out the respective credit histories of the cargo companies.

International Trade Broker

VALENTEX CORPORATION
01.2020 - 07.2021
  • Comprehensive advice in: Administrative department, accounting department, marketing and sales department, human talent department and marketing and advertising department
  • Completion of paperwork in: Administrative line, operational line, government financing line, customs line, line of international figures, lines of participation and general promotion of the economic entity at the national and international level
  • Increased client satisfaction by providing tailored investment advice and personalized service.
  • Managed clients'' financial portfolios with a focus on risk management and diversification for optimal returns.
  • Regional market: search for potential clients, verification of logistics in dispatch and delivery, organization of signature and sales agreement, completion and assistance in participations and promotions of the economic entity in general
  • National Market: search for potential customers, evaluation of the customer's purchasing capacity and request for general documentation, making a formal quote for the product of interest, continuous monitoring of sales by city, verification of logistics in dispatch and delivery, organization of signature and agreement in sales with supervision of payments, completion and assistance in participations and promotions of the economic entity in general
  • International Market: search for potential customers, evaluation of the customer's purchasing capacity and request for general documentation, making a formal quote for the product of interest, monitoring the behavior and acceptance of the product in the destination country, continuous monitoring of sales by country, verification of logistics in dispatch and delivery, organization of signature and agreement in sales with supervision of payments, compliance with requirements by entity or economic sector in development of the international profile by the producer, completion and assistance in participations and promotions of the entity economical in general.

Regional Office Santander

PROCOLOMBIA
01.2019 - 07.2019
  • Support and promotion of investment, export and tourism for Colombia
  • Support to Advisors in coordinating activities in the area
  • Obtaining and analyzing statistical data and economic information, consolidating it in a database
  • Research and analysis of commercial information and companies with export potential
  • Market studies, logistical support presentations at fairs and events where the different strategic growth services are promoted.

Education

International Business Administrator - International Management - International Logistics

Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana
Bucaramanga, Colombia
07.2019

Skills

  • Microsoft Office
  • Databases and Drive
  • Business Administration
  • Contract Negotiation
  • Logistics Management
  • Project Management
  • Hiring and Retention
  • Human Resources Administration
  • Talent Recruitment
  • Scheduling
  • Team Player

Studies

  • 2012, Bachelor, Colombia Federico Ozanam College
  • 2019, International Business Administrator, Colombia Pontifical Bolivarian University

References

  • EFRAÍN MANTILLA SERRANO, PROCOLOMBIA, Senior Export Advisor, 310 315 6618
  • SANDRA LUCIA CHARRY, PROCOLOMBIA, Bucaramanga Office Director, 318 686 5195
  • ANA PESIC, HIGH SIERRA POOLS, Senior HR manager, +1 571 505 1622
  • VICTOR RODRIGUEZ, COMMERCIAL MINER CITY, President, 318 706 9548
  • ELIETH CAROLINA MORENO, PROCOLOMBIA, Bucaramanga Office Advisor, 310 349 7817

Languages

Spanish
Native or Bilingual
English
Full Professional

Timeline

STAFFING COORDINATOR

HIGH SIERRA POOLS (American Company, Washington DC)
04.2022 - 06.2023

AUDITOR SPECIALIST

LEAN STAFFING GROUP - ENGAGED FINANCIAL (American Company)
11.2021 - 04.2022

International Trade Director

COMMERCIAL MINER CITY
07.2020 - 08.2023

International Trade Broker

VALENTEX CORPORATION
01.2020 - 07.2021

Regional Office Santander

PROCOLOMBIA
01.2019 - 07.2019

International Business Administrator - International Management - International Logistics

Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana

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