Jorge Matus
Los Angeles,CA
Summary
Inventory management professional well-prepared for impactful contributions. Proven track record in optimizing inventory systems and maintaining accurate stock levels. Consistently fosters team collaboration and adapts to dynamic business needs. Skilled in supply chain management and process improvement, valued for reliability and adaptability.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Inventory Manager
CPC Compassion
07.2023 - Current
- Opened and set up store inventory and inventory SOP’s.
- Ensure product quality when receiving from vendors and ingesting into POS, making the process seamless when staging on the floor.
- Supervise sales floor, coaching and directing sales floor associates when needed to achieve daily goals.
- Assist General Manager with purchasing, marketing, and overall store operations.
- Maintain store compliance in accordance with state regulations.
- Spearhead inventory cycle counts, delegating tasks to associates to ensure quick and efficient counting and reconciliation.
Inventory Control Specialist
Philcos Enterprises
12.2022 - 07.2023
- Created and maintained relationships with 3PL warehouses and printers: maintaining accurate inventory levels, conducting cycle counts and adjustments when needed for warehouses in Los Angeles, San Diego, Mexico, and Canada.
- Created shipping and receiving requisitions, ensuring the appropriate information is uploaded in accordance with customs regulations.
- Identified mislabeled products, creating new items codes, and communicating with 3PL managers over inventory movements.
- Worked with internal production teams, advising on replacements/short ship items, assisting with movement of canceled orders to ensure inventory is moved in a timely manner, and disputing chargebacks.
Regional Assistant Buyer / Inventory Manager
Norcal Cannabis Company
10.2021 - 09.2022
- Assisted with the growth of in house brand sales in our retail locations, contributing to a 10% growth in 4 months, while maintaining inventory budgets and goals.
- Integrated new inventory intake, product/file storage, and waste SOP’s, adhering to full DCC compliance and increasing efficiency in the workplace.
- Responsible for leading, coaching, and the hiring of two inventory teams: ensuring that both inventory leads and all inventory associates are properly trained to succeed in all areas of the workplace.
- Ensured accurate reporting in order to best understand the competitive landscape of the cannabis industry and best manage appropriate inventory levels to meet or exceed sales expectations.
- Cultivated and maintained strong relationships with new and current vendors
- Managed purchasing, product pricing, promotions, and discounts to allow for full product rotation and an increase in revenue.
Inventory Clerk
Sweet Flower
03.2020 - 10.2021
- Assisted with the opening of a new store location in Westwood, assisting with the set up of the inventory room.
- Trained inventory clerk new hires on company processes and procedures.
- Received, ingested, labeled, and kept track of incoming products on a daily basis, ensuring their compliance with DCC regulations.
- Contacted vendors over any discrepancy on metric manifests, invoices, and products, communicating any discrepancy to the buyer and operations manager.
- Completed daily audits on oversold/undersold products making sure that all items are accounted for in the inventory room and assist managers with setting up the monthly inventory cycle count, keeping loss under 2%.
- Filed and logged metric manifests, invoices, and waste, adhering to DCC regulations when handling waste.
Operations Associate
Medmen
09.2018 - 03.2020
- Received Employee of the month for February 2019.
- Assisted operations manager with the rollout of new filing system for invoices, COA’s, & Metric tags as well as new product organization in the inventory room.
- Ingested, labeled, & sorted product into proper holding area and checked the product labels to make sure they are compliant and able to be sold, along with following BCC and company procedures when handling products in the back of house.
- Restocked the floor & assisted the front of house when needed to cashier and assist guests.
- Routinely changed displays & audited iPads to ensure they were up to date with rotating products.
Education
Computer Science
Santa Monica College
Santa Monica, CA12.2025
Aerospace Engineering
San Diego State University
San Diego, CA06-2015
Skills
- Strong sense of responsibility
- Neat, efficient, thorough
- Project management
- Ability to learn quickly
- Reliable and prompt
- Bilingual (English and Spanish)
- Able to work well, unsupervised
- Computer Skills (Office Suite)
- Flexible – willing to take on a variety of task
- Working knowledge of METRC, Treez, LeafLogix, Dutchie, GreenBits, IHeartJane, WM, Onfleet, Leaflink
- Knowledge of WMS software
- Inventory control systems
- Customer relationship management
- Profit and loss management
Certification
OSHA 30-Hour
Timeline
Inventory Manager
CPC Compassion
07.2023 - Current
Inventory Control Specialist
Philcos Enterprises
12.2022 - 07.2023
Regional Assistant Buyer / Inventory Manager
Norcal Cannabis Company
10.2021 - 09.2022
Inventory Clerk
Sweet Flower
03.2020 - 10.2021
Operations Associate
Medmen
09.2018 - 03.2020
Computer Science
Santa Monica College
Aerospace Engineering
San Diego State University