patricia jackson

Manage 8 million dollar inventory for new and existing products through inventory control, work with retail/wholesale accounts. Create merchandise plan, source and negotiate pricing with import and domestic vendors. Initiate sales analysis and reporting along with product merchandising layouts in catalogs. Interact with marketing, quality assurance, R&D, warehouse, manufacturing, and creative services.

Directly supervised, hired, trained, scheduled, motivated 20-50 member team of full-time and part-time associates. Dealt with broad range of personnel issues including performance recognition, pay and leave, and employee discipline. Responsible for store environment in assigned divisions by providing leadership in the floor set including, replenishment, restocking, recovery, pricing, and signing, and visuals.

Designed store layout and overall management of everyday operation. Responsible for identifying, cultivating and maintaining key customer relationships. Selected merchandise for order, placing order and inventory distribution. Made key decisions regarding merchandising inventory, advertising, store operations and sales. Directly supervise, hire, train, schedule, and motivate a 20 member team of full-time and part-time associates. Deal with broad range of personnel issues including performance recognition, pay and leave, and employee discipline. Responsible for the store environment in assigned divisions by providing, leadership in the floor set including replenishment, restocking, recovery, pricing and signing, and visual in assigned areas.

Led stores teams, ensuring customers hada a great shopping experience. Created exciting visual presentations and maximized sales and profit objectives.

Experience firsthand the daily operations of a Jcpenney store and was actively engaged in sales leadership inventory flow, event planning and merchandise presentation. Interacted with senior store management who coach and mentored me throughout the program.

Issue Purchase orders using defined buying channels through material and service needs for external suppliers and internal customers. Average 7 million monthly spend and create 300 PO’s on a monthly basis. Selects and qualify suppliers for any needs that are not covered under category management. Creates requests for quotations (RFQ) and organizes competitive biddings from various suppliers to obtain best quality delivery and price for goods and services. Selected Highlights: Analyze material needs and sourced a new vendor for improved service and cost savings which has created a cost savings of $82,500 dollars in one year. Organize a bidding process for electrical services and awarded the contract. Have eliminated all past due invoice issues within the first month of employment which has results in strong vendor support and service. Experience in SAP

Commodity Manager Materials at Enable Midstream Partners

Activities and Societies: Marketing Club