Jim Beamon CSPO, MBA

Experience

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  US Navy

  Jun 2001 - Mar 2010

  Command Maintenance Material Manager • Direct 25 technicians through 3 work centers in preventative and corrective maintenance maintaining 100% readiness. • Subject matter expert on SKED 3.1(CMMS). Executed seamless transition from SKED 2.0 to SKED 3.1.• Presided over training and administration of maintenance program.• Lead technician and site manager for major array cable fault location. Resulted in saving Navy over a million dollars in future troubleshooting and fault location.BHBF/BHBG work center supervisor• Guided work centers in the preventative and corrective maintenance of high voltage power supplies, analog-to-digital converters, electro-acoustic converters, FDDI Ring, VOIP, fiber optics, amplifiers, Ethernet network switch, JBOD, mass storage servers, allocated processors, display processors, network time server, routers, Red Hat enterprise network.Assistant Command Managed Equal Opportunity Coordinator• Facilitated training to over 150 personnel annually on sexual harassment prevention and Department of the Navy policy on Equal Opportunity. Also, administered annual command climate surveys to gauge awareness of Equal Opportunity issues at the command. Show less CA01 Work center supervisor• Managed work center in preventative and corrective maintenance of SQQ 89 (V) 10 Sonar Suite to include high pressure air systems, low pressure air systems, sonar equipment cooling skid, transducers, Linux-based systems, acoustic arrays, 400 hertz bus, valve maintenance, amplifiers, water/air pressurized dome, winches, and sonar processing systems.• Guided Combat Acoustics division to 100% operational readiness.• Controlled $5,000 repair and supply parts budget for division quarterly. Show less

  • Command Maintenance Material Manager

    May 2006 - Mar 2010

  • Work Center Supervisor

    Jun 2001 - May 2006
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  Anixter

  Apr 2010 - Oct 2011

  Inventory Analyst

  • Prioritize portfolios to best meet customer demand and company business strategy to achieve maximum profit margins through cost reductions and best purchasing practices.• Conducts all day-to-day transactions such as purchasing inventory, expediting, supplier issue resolution, data integrity, invoice approvals, distribution center supervision and freight management.• Orders materials using MRP system through historical modeling, forecast purchasing, and immediate demand.• Re-sourced cutting orders in house, partnering with another division’s special projects team, resulting in savings on labor and transportation costs totaling $50,000 annually. Show less

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  Sears Holdings Corporation

  Oct 2011 - Feb 2016

  • Incorporates modeling, situation analysis, problem diagnosis, and operations analysis to support business decision making with financial analysis using JDA, Allocation, SAP and Mainframe systems.• Develops and monitors business financial plans and forecasts that adhere to strategic and financial objectives.• Implements Distribution Center (DC) level plans and forecasts fully communicating and integrating these plans with logistics and DC operating plans.• Creates monthly financial forecast (ROF) for sales, gross profit, inventory and other required elements in merchandise plan.• Monitors and reviews the open-to-receive dollars and provides recommendations to maximize profitability and stock/sales ratios.• Reconciles promotional estimates and buy quantities to the financial plan, the buyer’s sales demand forecasts and supports inventory requirements for out of line displays.• Partners with buying team to develop assortments based on affordability, breadth, depth, and receipt flow.• Manages markdown and liability inventory strategies that minimize markdowns and maximize inventory management in all levels of the supply chain by determining regular markdown dollar plan and merchandise depreciation dollar plan.• Maintains productive and supportive working relationships with stores, districts, regions and vendors.• Develops associates through interviews, selection, coaching, mentoring, performance management, talent management and succession planning. Show less • Expertly utilizes the appropriate tools and levers to optimize in-stock and minimize unproductive inventories.• Maintains collaborative partnership with store and Provides promotional merchandise in the correct quantities to stores in support advertised promotions.• Makes quality inventory and purchase recommendations to Buyers.• Analyzes sales and stock levels to ensure that reorder recommendations made by the replenishment system reflect the sales trend, presentations standards and turnover goals.• Works closely with merchant team to validate and collaborate on event forecasts.• Train and act as subject matter expert and point of reference for junior analysts. Show less • Collaborate with vendors (Samsung, Sony, and Panasonic), merchants and store teams to manage the placement of product category to maintain ad in stock while achieving planned turnover and revenue growth.• Process multiple projects on a daily basis to completion.• Creates and efficiently executes allocations for product resets, seasonal programs, and store advertisements.• Leads local market tailoring and records assortment needs through discussion with the buying team.• Maintains proper inventory levels in all stores to support profitable sales.• Proactively communicates key strategies and initiatives to store partners. Show less

  • Inventory Manager-Home Automation & Streaming Media, Action Cameras, Tablets, Networking

    Jun 2013 - Feb 2016

  • Senior Inventory Analyst-TV's

    Oct 2012 - Jun 2013

  • Inventory Analyst-TV's

    Oct 2011 - Oct 2012
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  Zoro US

  Apr 2016 - Mar 2020

  • Project Manager and Product Owner for Zoro supply chain projects and initiatives for Stock and Third Party Programs to reduce freight expense, increase revenue, and grow the Zoro SKU portfolio.• Organized and launched Zoro’s Drop Ship Direct program from initial concept, JIRA ticket writing, Supplier Shipping Guide authoring, and supplier onboarding. Program results have increased COGS 45% and Lines 29% for the 80+ suppliers on the program, including opening up product classifications not previously available.• Improved Zoro.com Lead Time messaging to deliver a better customer experience by offering more accurate shipping information, enabling SKU expansion in the marketplace.• Guide all aspects of 3PL’s cross dock operation to include contract negotiation, warehouse management, and process improvement.• Implemented and improved 3PL parcel operations program that increased volume from 300 packages per day to 1100 packages per day in a 2 year period.• Manage a Reverse Logistics operation across a network of Grainger US Distribution Centers and 3PL Warehouses.• Liaison for Zoro to the Grainger DC Ops, Transportation and Network design teams.• Decreased freight costs YoY, to include significant reductions in the back half of 2018 of 4% in the parcel channel and 5% in the LTL channel.• Warehouse General Manager Show less

  • Senior Project Manager/Product Owner - Supply Chain

    Apr 2018 - Mar 2020

  • Supply Chain Manager

    Apr 2016 - Apr 2018
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  LumiSource, LLC

  Mar 2020 - Nov 2020

  Director - Operations & Warehouse
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  Self-employed

  Nov 2020 - Aug 2021

  Family Transition Manager
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  One Health (formerly BVHC)

  Aug 2021 - now

  Director Project Management