Velma Lozano
Walnut Creek
Summary
Expert-level experience, Resource and Operations leader with extensive knowledge in creating strategies and leading execution of services and supply activities, including procurement, logistical, distribution and accountability to effectively and efficiently meet consumer needs. Skilled in providing consumer care, maintaining professional vendor connection, strategic decision making, problem solving, perfected over 25 years of experience to drive resource and services all the while improving productivity. Excellent communicator with coordination expertise.
Overview
28
28
years of professional experience
Work History
Supply Technician
Naval Service Training Command
2019.02 - Current
- Provide expert knowledge, assistance and communication with customers and vendors, adapting to expectations and providing quality service and supplies on a consistent basis.
- Contracting Officer, develops and executes service contracts with approved vendors.
- Professional liaison for consumer and vendors.
- Budget Manager for organizational fiscal year funds.
- Collaborate with internal teams to improve outputs to meet demand and supply requirements, ensuring inventory integrity targets for finished goods.
- Manage availability of supplies from vendors by ensuring core items are on hand to keep inventory values low and consistently moving.
- Determine causes of discrepancies to make appropriate adjustments to correct inventory records and documents.
- Conduct cyclic inventories and requisitioned stock to meet demanded inventory levels.
- Verify clerical computations against physical count of stock to adjust errors in computations.
- Supervise healthy inventory systems, monitoring product stock, maintaining receipt files and inputting data into computer spreadsheets for long-term tracking.
- Act as receiving agent in verifying delivered goods, prepare receipts for purchases and generates quarterly transaction reports.
Human Resource Assistant
Naval Service Training Command
2018.02 - 2019.02
- Developed and maintained HR policies and procedures.
- Set-up and conducted new personnel orientation to verify completion and process appropriate employee documentation for recording information on human resources database.
- Coordinated and conducted exit processes for transitioning and relocating personnel.
- Aided staff with personnel performance review paperwork and documentation.
- Administered compensation, benefits, and performance management systems for personnel.
- Coordinated itineraries, scheduled appointments and travel orders for over 75 department personnel.
- Applied mediation and collaboration to successfully resolve employee complaints and grievances.
- Responded to employee inquiries regarding benefits and other HR topics.
- Helped employees register for benefits programs using online portals.
Supervisor
United States Marine Corps
1996.01 - 2017.07
- Over 21 years of active duty service in the United States Marine Corps.
- Increased responsibility throughout military career by leading, training and mentoring subordinates.
- Applied strong leadership talents and problem-solving skills to maintain team efficiency and organize workflows.
- Served as Resource Accountant, responsible for the procurement, accountability and logistical support for customers.
- Developed and implemented customer service policies to enhance satisfaction.
- Maintained accurate data reports for over 1,500 items.
- Collected, arranged, and input information into database system.
- Conducted routine inspections to check quality and compliance with established specifications.
- Identified unsafe or unhealthful workplace conditions or hazards to enforce safe work practices and procedures.
- Maintained overall safe work environment with employee training programs and enforcement of safety procedures.
- Monitored workflow to improve personnel time management and increase productivity.
- Evaluated staff performance and provided coaching to address inefficiencies and improve areas of professional weaknesses.
- Developed effective improvement plans in alignment with goals and specifications.
Education
MBA - Global Supply Chain Management
Keller Business School of Management
12.2021
Bachelor of Science - Psychology
Ashford University
San Diego, CA08.2014
Skills
- Leadership and Management
- Quality Consumer Care and Satisfaction
- Inventory and Resource Management
- Recordkeeping Accuracy
- Property Accountability
- Strategic Forecasting
- Federal Contracting
- Vendor Relationships
- Data Entry
- Oral and Writing Communication
- Multi-Tasker
- Team Player
Timeline
Supply Technician
Naval Service Training Command
2019.02 - Current
Human Resource Assistant
Naval Service Training Command
2018.02 - 2019.02
Supervisor
United States Marine Corps
1996.01 - 2017.07
MBA - Global Supply Chain Management
Keller Business School of Management
Bachelor of Science - Psychology
Ashford University
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