Director - Supply Acquisition, Storage, And Distribution Operations
Fort Stewart, Ga
• Supervised a team of warehouse supply/inventory specialists and maintenance personnel to provide accurate, timely, and cost effective logistic support in a health care environment. • Designed, built, and operationalized a medical supply distribution warehouse, assessed baseline performance metrics to supply demand patterns, doubled efficiency and reduced waste by tailoring stocked items to meet customer demands.• Responsible for the timely, accurate, and relevant requisition, storage, distribution, maintenance, and accountability of mission critical supplies using multiple modes for official government purchasing (GPC, contract, blanket purchase agreement, GSA). • Maintained open communication with customers, commercial carriers, contractors, vendors and depots on receipt of damage material, quality complaints, shortages, overage and other problems; worked diligently to resolve any conflicts in a manner that would best serve the supported customer. • Oversaw the proper receipt and storage of special handling items to include narcotics, temperature sensitive, time sensitive, and high security items. • Responsible for all administrative functions of inventory management including receiving discrepancy reports, stock rotation, product expiration management, controlled item accountability, and product disposal. • Responsible for conducting cyclical inventories, identifying the cause of any discrepancies, and implementing measures to prevent further occurrences. • Trained staff to use emerging automation to maximize efficiency and better support customers by reducing errors, improving order processing times, and reducing costs.• Research, interpret, and apply appropriate regulations, policy, code, and directives to the decision making process impacting daily operations.• Rated top 2 of 14 Captains. "[James'] performance as the 4th Brigade's Medical Supply Officer has been nothing short of brilliant!" - COL (Ret) John Chadbourne