Project Manager Supply Chain

Jim Walker

Email: *********@********.***

Address: ***** ******* ***

City: Beaumont

State: CA

Zip: 92223

Country: USA

Phone: 951-***-****

Skill Level: Management

Salary Range: $150,000

Willing to Relocate

Primary Skills/Experience:

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Job History / Details:

Name: James A. Walker Jr.

Phone: 951-***-****

eMail: *********@********.***

Professional Summary:

Senior level IT manager with a -ton- of experience and -can-do- attitude!

Capable of solving business and technical problems, creating innovative, scalable solutions, adding value and increasing effectiveness through intelligent application of Information Technology.

Significant Web, Retail, Grocery Retail, Mail-Order Catalog, Marketing, Distribution and Supply Chain expertise.

Results oriented Manager, responsible for 20-30 active projects, with a successful track record of bringing projects in on-time and under budget.

Motivating and encouraging Resource Manager with strong leadership and people skills, managing up to 18 Application Developers at one time.

Proficient in the entire application development and the project management life-cycles.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills as well as outstanding organizational and time management skills.

Strong business aptitude in Information Technology, Web Development, Marketing, Distribution, Retail and Finance

Experienced IT Manager, Applications Manager, Business Systems Manager, Project Manager and Senior Applications Developer.

Job History:

Stater Bros. Markets - San Bernardino, CA January 2009 - Present

Project Manager - Supply Chain

Project Manager for a wide variety of Supply Chain projects from $5K - $5M for a $3.7 billion, 167 Store, major Southern California Grocery retailer. Resource Manager responsible for motivating, encouraging, developing and growing 16 - 18 application developers. Managed all strategic projects for Marketing, Distribution and Retail divisions.

Successful Project and Resource manager with a -can-do- attitude and a knack for building and motivating collaborative teams to meet and/or exceed business and project goals and objectives

Managed Web, Legacy (Mainframe), Unix/Linux and Windows applications and servers in support of key business systems and functions

Built strategic data warehouse to support weekly gross margin reporting giving senior management better visibility of over sales and profit margins

Developed ETL interface between Mainframe applications and data-warehouse creating a consistent, verifiable, reporting repository to meet future business needs

Managed implementation and roll-out of Web based, Scan Based Trading application and interfaces saving company over $10 million dollars in inventory costs annually

Managed all Warehouse, Distribution and WMS projects for a 2.1 millions square foot Warehouse Distribution Center.

Developed and implemented Web based Price Change Maintenance application which significantly improved price change maintenance and helped increased overall product margins improving company profitability

Managed, supported and implemented DSD/Back-door-Receiving application and roll-out which is saving the company over $9 million dollars per year

Developed infrastructure to support store-level perpetual inventories and computer assisted ordering (CAO) to improve store level inventory accuracy and the ability to provide better, more accurate store orders thus reducing out-of-stocks and improving customer shopping experience

Developed, modified and enhanced SQL reports, PL/SQL Packages, Procedures and Triggers

Worked with technical team to ensure application scalability and usability

Managed and coordinated all system enhancements and upgrades for ICOMS (Chain Store), Triceps, RoadNet, Vocollect, Retalix Yard Management (RYM), Retalix Dock Scheduling (RDS), Retalix Transportation Optimization (RTO), Advanced Marketing Solution (AMS), Advanced Checkout Solution (ACS), Applied Data Corporation's (ADC) P-Cubed and Fresh Item Management (FIM), Shrink Trax, RBS, ACI, Credit/Debit switch

RedEnvelope - San Diego, CA April 2007 - January 2009

Sr. Applications Developer

Responsible for application development, business systems reporting, e-commerce application systems interface, data warehousing and production support of the Ecometry mail order and catalog system which supported e-Commerce, Order Entry, Shipping and Fulfillment.

J. Walker Consulting - Murrieta, CA July 1999 - January 2009

Owner/Operator

A business systems consulting company that provided information systems management consulting and contract programming services. Clients include: RedEnvelope, Inc, Gadget Universe, PricePoint, International Rectifier, SureSource, Robert Fix Concrete, Musicians Friend, WWE, Safety911, Parcel Direct, Case Logic, Commerce Hub, Egghead Software, Intuit, Microwarehouse, Advanta Credit Card Services, and Bear Creek Corporation.

Musicians Friend - Medford, OR November 1997 - July 1999

IT Manager

Built, staffed and developed IT Department from the ground up to support applications, systems and computer operations for over 400 users spanning corporate headquarters, eight stores, two distribution centers, two call centers and one wireless returns warehouse.

Bear Creek Corporation - Medford, OR September 1989 - February 1997

Business Systems Manager

Responsible for all aspects of application development from inception through implementation for systems and sub-systems essential to supporting key business needs. As project manager responsible for all aspects of point of sale and retail management system selection and implementation. This included requirements definition and implementation of systems and sub-systems essential to supporting key functional areas of the Harry and David retail business

U.S. Military:

United States Marine Corps - Kaneohe Bay, HI

NCOIC Plans and Analysis - Honorable discharge - Rank: Sgt. (E5)

Education:

Toastmasters - Redlands Toastmaster Club 8950

Working on Competent Communication and Competent Leadership certificates

Roosevelt University - Chicago, IL

Major: Computer Science/Management Information Systems

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