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Brandon Lopez

Brandon Lopez

Glendale,CA

Summary

Results-oriented business leader with more than 8 years of experience in day-to-day business operations management and sales building. Effective liaison to internal management, key clients, accounts and external business stakeholders. Leverage trends across industries and markets to derive solutions and approaches focused on creating value for customers and profitability for company. Streamlines processes for efficiency and productivity. Well-versed in applying multi-faceted approach to managing safety, operations and productivity across multiple business lines.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Energy Consultant

Solar Optimum
Glendale , CA
09.2022 - Current
  • Increased Direct Sales revenue via signing residential roof, solar, and solar storage contracts by $4 Million in 2022, $8 Million in 2023, and closing 2024 with $10 Million.
  • Expanded new markets through inside sales calls in Northern California, Arizona, Nevada, and Florida through research and proper recommendations per city/AHJ policies.
  • Expanded company profits in sales pipeline through referrals signed at 40-50% book to close ratio.
  • Exceeded customer expectations and ensured proper reputation management, with over 100 5-star reviews generated across multiple platforms.
  • Collaborated with different teams (engineering/design, management, customer service) to ensure project quality and urgent completion.
  • Recommended, Sold, Installed, and Interconnected over 2.4 Megawatts of PV systems across multiple states in the USA.

Operations Manager

Raising Cane's
Los Angeles, CA
12.2019 - Current
  • Operations Management: Promoted open communication/feedback, aligned manager and unit performance with company standards, assessed issues and formulated plans to proactively attack bottlenecks, planned business operations based on sales forecasts, and prioritized team focuses based on business performance metrics.
  • Business Management: Led with the business unit to achieve financial goals set by the executive leadership. Managed budgets, including, but not limited to, vendor services, repair and maintenance, supply costs, and labor deployment within day-to-day operations.
  • People management: Led hiring sites and managed onboarding processes alongside HzR guidance. Coordinated training classes and 1:1 time with team members to track growth and performance. Assessed performance alongside Business Unit leaders and provided performance reviews, with merit increases based on specific metrics.

Senior Sales Associate

World Financial Group
Anaheim Hills, CA
01.2017 - 01.2020
  • Trained new sales associates on customer acquisition strategies aligned with company standards.
  • Organized customer pipeline, communication, and retention with Salesforce, growing month to month branch sales 5-10% from 2018 to 2020.
  • Connected customer with appropriate financial company/product to complete Financial Needs Analysis.
  • Gathered future business with client referrals, improving referral markets by 30% Q2-Q4 of 2018.

Production Manager

Garden Fresh Restaurants LLC
Irvine , CA
06.2017 - 09.2019
  • Planned, organized, and managed operations, including ordering materials and supplies, workflow management, and timely production.
  • Reduced inventory variance loss by 0.75% weekly through means of root cause analysis and proper training.
  • Designed and implemented a new production schedule to reduce loss in labor and inventory.

Apprentice General Manager

Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc.
Irvine, CA
06.2015 - 02.2017
  • Recruited and retained top talent, with focus on completing timely performance evaluations, providing positive feedback and rewarding superior performance.
  • Improved Unit Staffing Retention from 85% to 92% from Q4 2015- Q4 2016.
  • Aligned inventory processes with demand projections to maximize organizational and budget efficiency.

Education

AST - Business Administration

Pasadena City College
Pasadena, CA
05-2024

High School Diploma -

Mountain View High School
El Monte, CA
05.2015

Bachelor of Science - Business Economics

Cal State University Los Angeles
Los Angeles

Skills

  • Report building & Data analysis
  • Internal and External Communication
  • Salesforce Administrator
  • P&L Balancing (Workday, ACM/ACR)
  • Labor Reporting/Deployment (Workday, Excel, BI systems)
  • Recruiting & People Development (Taleo, iCims, Talentreef)
  • Microsoft: Excel, Powerpoint, Word, Outlook
  • Lead Generation
  • Direct Sales
  • B2B Sales
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Sales Strategies
  • Leadership Development
  • Certified Training
  • Negotiation
  • Project Management
  • Internal Drive and Motivation
  • Time management
  • I have learned how to ask for help when needed and before severely needed

Certification

Home Improvement Salesperson Licensed 2022-2024 141764SP

Life, Accident, & Health Insurance Licensed 2017-2021

Affiliations

  • Digital Asset analysis and trading
  • Digital Asset portfolio building
  • White paper analysis and research for new protocols

Languages

Spanish
Native/ Bilingual
French
Limited
English
Native/ Bilingual

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Energy Consultant

Solar Optimum
09.2022 - Current

Operations Manager

Raising Cane's
12.2019 - Current

Production Manager

Garden Fresh Restaurants LLC
06.2017 - 09.2019

Senior Sales Associate

World Financial Group
01.2017 - 01.2020

Apprentice General Manager

Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc.
06.2015 - 02.2017

AST - Business Administration

Pasadena City College

High School Diploma -

Mountain View High School

Bachelor of Science - Business Economics

Cal State University Los Angeles

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