www.negociosnow.com
16 October 2022
Age: 33
Title: Vice President
Name of Organization: National
Supermarket Association
Nallely De Jesus is a second-ge-
neration Dominican-American
from The Bronx currently serving
as vice president of PWP Equities
Corp, the parent company of her
family's nine-location supermarket
chain that employs over 400 em-
ployees. In this position, she over-
sees operations, maintaining good
accounting practices, and ensures
continuity through workflow op-
timization procedures, standards,
and supporting technologies. Her
role as an emerging leader in the
family business has drastically im-
proved the bottom line, company
morale, and the overall customer
experience while elevating her to a
position of respect and inspiration
to others in the neighborhood.
De Jesus's tenure with her
family's business has been a labo-
rious climb that began at a very
young age. Her father, having
acquired his first supermarket in
the mid-1990s after immigrating to
the U.S. and working 80 to 90-hour
weeks, raised Nallely as a hard wor-
ker determined to solve problems
and give back to the community.
Without access to daycare or the
funds to afford it, De Jesus spent
her childhood at the store with her
family. Her experiences working
her way up from entry-level posi-
tions beginning at the age of 13 has
allowed her to truly learn and un-
derstand the impact and responsi-
bility of her current position. Star-
ting as a cashier, De Jesus learned
the importance of good customer
care while building what would
quickly become a deep unders-
tanding of implementing efficient
processes to reduce errors and
redundancies while streamlining
operating procedures.
By the time she became a retail
store manager in 2012, De Jesus
was extremely well-versed in the
complexities of supply chain lo-
gistics, inventory management,
budgeting, and recordkeeping.
She has since completed her
bachelor's program in business
accounting in 2015 and attended
an extensive Executive Leadership
Development Program at Cornell
University in 2019. Nallely also
serves as the first female vice pre-
sident of the National Supermar-
ket Association, which represents
independent supermarkets.
Nallely De Jesús
Family
Business
Leader
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ever be afraid or uncomfortable
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accepting new challenges. Often that
feeling of fear and uncomfortability is
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