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Ced Gloria

Ced Gloria

Portland,OR

Summary

Passion and equity driven Events & Community Coordinator motivated by, creative thinking, the culture of the industry, and the diversity of work.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Events & Community Manager

Propain Bicycles, North America
02.2023 - Current
  • Coordinating and executing all PROPAIN demo events
  • Driving to and from each event with a trailer full of bikes in tow
  • Managing operations, event mechanics, and additional team members at demo events
  • Keeping accurate inventory of all event materials, including all demo bikes and materials used at off-site events
  • Maintaining demos bikes, making sure they are operating at peak performance before each demo ride
  • Managing on-site factory demo rides
  • Adhering to and continuously improving on demo event SOPs
  • Creating and posting content to our social media channels
  • Communicating the values and messaging of the brand in addition to technical aspects of our bikes

Community Impact Coordinator

Evo
03.2022 - 02.2023
  • Supported the deployment of evo’s Corporate Social Responsibility Strategies with a focus on local Communities and retail flagships & satellites (Hood River, Snoqualmie, Salt Lake City, Denver).
  • Lead Community Engagement Collective
    teams, develop partnership relationships with Manufacturer Brands and local Non-Profit organizations and track evo's impact.
  • Key focus areas include Philanthropy, Volunteerism, Sustainability, Culture, and DEI.

Community Impact/Community Outreach Coordinator

Evo
09.2020 - 02.2022
  • First employee in Company’s 20+ year history to be promoted to this role.
  • Promoted pathways to volunteerism for retail employee, co-facilitated diversity, equity, & inclusion (DEI) training for staff, and chaired community outreach collective for Stores organization
  • Reviewed, recommended and co-awarded financial & in-kind donation requests
  • Led company-wide Community Engagement Collective (CEC) initiatives for all current & new store teams.
  • Managed evo Portland's Events and Social Streams, i.e Instagram & Facebook.

Store Lead/Bike Mechanic

Evo
10.2016 - 09.2020
  • Keyholder and Store Leader of retail store operations including point-of-sales (POS) system, Logistics (Shipping, Store Fulfillment, Transfers, & Will Call), Opening & Closing Duties, Sales (Snowboard, Skate, Bike Mechanic, Wake, & Soft Goods), Merchandising, and Service Shop.
  • Without prompting, I developed point-of-sale job aids to for new hires to ease onboarding of and deliver consistent training experience to new team members.
  • Diagnosed, estimated, and performed mechanical repairs and services.
  • Examples of bike services performed included Brake Services, Wheel Truing, Shock Air can service, Fork Lower leg service, full bike builds from manufacturer, drive train tuning, and more.

Technical Sales Rep

Adidas
10.2017 - 02.2018
  • Assisted sales manager with handling nine (9) account meetings, clinics, shows, & purchase orders.
  • Traveled Northwest Region to educate dealer sales teams by conducting clinics to demonstrate new product features and sales techniques.
  • Manned booth and WWSRA Northwest Convention and Demo Day.

Education

Certificate - Human Resources Management

Portland State University’s CEPE
Portland, OR
04.2024

Blue Sky Funders

Morality of Life

Harvard University

No Degree - General Studies

Coconino County Community College
Flagstaff, AZ

High School Diploma -

Williams Field High School
Higley, AZ
05.2012

Skills

  • Proven Skillful Event Planner/Coordinator and Results Driven Problem-Solver
  • Highly Reliable & Accountable to my Workplan
  • Executed Marketing & Budgeting Activities and Compiling Customer/Employee Demographic
  • Industry Experienced with Customers & Suppliers
  • Partner Relationship Management
  • Daily operations oversight
  • Calendar Management
  • Staff Management
  • Employee Recruitment

Certification

  • Human Resource Management - Portland State University's Center for Executive and Professional Education

Timeline

Events & Community Manager

Propain Bicycles, North America
02.2023 - Current

Community Impact Coordinator

Evo
03.2022 - 02.2023

Community Impact/Community Outreach Coordinator

Evo
09.2020 - 02.2022

Technical Sales Rep

Adidas
10.2017 - 02.2018

Store Lead/Bike Mechanic

Evo
10.2016 - 09.2020

Certificate - Human Resources Management

Portland State University’s CEPE

Blue Sky Funders

Morality of Life

Harvard University

No Degree - General Studies

Coconino County Community College

High School Diploma -

Williams Field High School

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