William Alvarez

William Alvarez is an esteemed industrial engineer with a solid two-decade track record in demand, supply, inventory, and logistics operations. His prowess in analytical thinking and management spans warehousing, logistics, supply chain management, and finance. Known for his collaborative spirit, Alvarez's capabilities in problem-solving, negotiation, creativity, and decision-making have proven indispensable throughout his career. He currently holds the position of Inventory Control Specialist at JDE Peet's, a leader in the global coffee and tea market. Here, Alvarez manages lot codes and expiration dates, liaises between Peet's third-party logistics and internal systems, and manually processes orders according to business priorities. He conducts ad-hoc analyses to pinpoint issues in fulfillment processes and communicates these insights to internal and external business partners. In addition to his primary career, Alvarez is interested in real estate, focusing on property investment and renovation for resale. Before joining Peet's, he was the Inventory Rx Manager at CVS Pharmacy, Inc., in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. During his three years at CVS, he spearheaded the development of a new data and reporting infrastructure using Tableau/BI and SQL, providing real-time insights into products, marketing funnels, and business KPIs. He designed and refined operations, inventory, and planning processes to reduce manual intervention and enhance output accuracy. Alvarez was instrumental in generating various reports on a daily to quarterly basis, utilizing existing and new tables within the SQL Oracle database. He was a crucial player in the migration to the "Snowflake Interface," enhancing the query and analytical capabilities of the CVS Pharmacy division's inventory and operations team. He led weekly training sessions to improve the inventory planning team's SQL scripting skills.