JAMES ALITA
Chula Vista,CA
Summary
Dynamic Material Planner with success in supporting production operations and supply chain management. Highly adept and detail-oriented in developing production schedules, promoting operational efficiency, managing inventory and coordinating logistics. Proven history of managing complex production schedules aligned with sales forecasting and customer order deadlines. Expert in maintaining meticulous records to identify aspects needing improvement and develop solutions.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Management Analyst
Department Of The Navy (SWRMC)
10.2023 - Current
- Orchestrated the successful merger of the production department networks, consolidating organizational hierarchy resulting in 25% increase in operational efficiency and $1.2M in annual cost savings.
- Coordinated a retention project with the executive director, to research historical data, forecast and budget a $2.2M annual retention incentive for hard to fill grade series.
- Balanced the quarterly budget of $300K for individual, group, and mass awards ensuring financial approvals from the executive director.
Administrative Officer, Supply Chain Management
Department of Veterans Affairs
10.2021 - 02.2023
- Resolved customer issues and problems related to purchasing, lead times, and backorder items impacting procurement decisions.
- Led and coached a team to process a monthly average of 880 purchase orders totaling approximately $1.5M for various procurement of expendable/nonexpendable items, services, and medical equipment.
- Maintained inventory levels necessary to provide optimal support of assigned items, conducted cycle counts and established bar code scanning. Submitted work orders to engineers for equipment repairs and parts.
- Analyzed and resolved purchase order discrepancies by obtaining quotes, verified specifications and price evaluation, obtained recommendations from suppliers for substitute items and approvals from requisitioning department.
Supply Chain Specialist
Illumina
02.2017 - 10.2021
- Resolved customer supply constraints by repointing key storage locations, requesting partial shipments, and expediting bulk shipment requests.
- Subject matter expert for order fulfillment, credit and rebill, case complaint creation, contract and backlog management, including but not limited to the use of multiple systems (Ariba, Salesforce, SAP, QuickBase, Tableau).
- Presented reports to senior managers to forecast service contracts pending approval, follow up response terms and conditions and presented weekly department meetings for 25 personnel.
- Contacted field service engineers for repairs, installation of spares parts and equipment under extended warranty.
- Coordinated with production planners to forecast demand and supply inventory and provide batch allocation for custom products and build to order items.
- Provided customer service and support to government purchase card holders via the e-commerce portal and reviewed purchase order accuracy and pricing against standing quotes.
Education
Master of Science - Supply Chain Management
University of San Diego
06-2021
Bachelor of Arts - Public Administration
San Diego State University
01.2006
Skills
- Order Fulfillment
- SAP/ERP systems
- Controlling inventory
- Data analytic
- Vendor relations
- Supplier relationship management
- Lean principles
- Global order fulfillment
- Demand planning
- Cost reduction initiatives
- Demand forecasting
Timeline
Management Analyst
Department Of The Navy (SWRMC)
10.2023 - Current
Administrative Officer, Supply Chain Management
Department of Veterans Affairs
10.2021 - 02.2023
Supply Chain Specialist
Illumina
02.2017 - 10.2021
Bachelor of Arts - Public Administration
San Diego State University
Master of Science - Supply Chain Management
University of San Diego
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