Vice President, Operations @ Oversee the purchasing, distribution including warehouse operations, domestic manufacturing, and QA for Pacific Coast Lighting and Pacific Coast Contract Lighting. Specific Responsibilities include: Purchasing management covering products, packaging, and supplies both domestic and international. Warehouse Management including Inventory, operations, warehousing and packaging equipment, and labor management Domestic vendor sourcing and negotiation. Domestic carrier sourcing including contract/pricing negotiation. Quality Assurance management, including oversight of design/drawing review of new products, domestic inspection of all incoming product, package testing and design, develop and implement solutions for quality issues that arise. Product Safety including Managing relationships with testing Laboratories including UL, CSA, Intertek. Manage showroom setup for our High Point and Las Vegas Showrooms as well as the Hospitality Design show in Las Vegas. Provide operational support to the sales and marketing and customer service staff for both Pacific Coast Lighting and Pacific Coast Contract Lighting. Provide support to the product development/design team. From July 1976 to Present (39 years 6 months)

Bruce Nelson is skilled in: Product Development, Purchasing, Pricing, Sales Management, Sales Operations, Manufacturing, Product Marketing, Retail, Merchandising, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Inventory Management, New Business Development, Forecasting, Supply Chain Management, P&L Management