Juan Carlos Salazar Torrealba

Advise companies on building cost structures, evaluating production processes, and reviewing fixed, variable, and manufacturing costs. Manage inventory control, profitability margins, price variances, consumption tracking, and financial statements.

Managed operational expenditure across countries, leading intercompany salary recovery processes. Designed financial scenarios, built regional budgets, and calculated product standard costs.

Calculated sales incentives for LATAM and US accounts based on volume, timeline, product kits, and market section. Designed an internal audit program for incentives calculations, streamlining credit note issuing workflows.

Supervised inventory workflows, audited inventory expenses, and approved purchase orders. Established a waste/scrap classification process that optimized risk-free purchasing, reducing inventory obsolescence by 15%.

Built annual plant manufacturing budgets and variance analysis (Actual vs. Budget), optimizing factory expenses. Audited department budgets across Procurement, Production, Quality, and Raw Materials, reallocating budget surpluses to operational improvements.

Analyzed stock replenishment, tracked KPI metrics, and managed a warehouse team of 6 operators.

Evaluated storage and logistics costs, audited cost structures, and measured Standard vs. Actual variances. Led physical inventory audits and analyzed sales cost and distribution expenses.

Evaluated manufacturing costs, managed physical inventory audits, and calculated standard costing.

Set standard costs and managed import tax clearance processes.

Bachelor of Science in Management from Universidad Internacional del Caribe, completed in 2012.

Bachelor of Science in Public Accounting (CPA) from Universidad de Carabobo, completed in 2009.