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Irene Pickard

Irene Pickard

Dixon

Summary

Proven ability to effectively drive performance and sales Focused analytical and logical thinking with the ability to identify problems, develop and implement practical solutions to meet business needs.

Overview

24
24
years of professional experience

Work History

Sr. Administrative Coordinator

Collins Aerospace Corp.
01.2020 - Current
  • Support Site leads, Value Stream Leaders, Program Management, and provide support to HR Business Partners
  • Plan, coordinate, and manages logistics for events
  • Schedule travel arrangements and expense reports
  • Answers questions relating to office operations and established policies and procedures
  • Gathers, compiles and reports on information relevant to supervisor’s assignment
  • Performs a combination of administrative tasks in various functional areas.
  • Organized meetings for executives and coordinated availability of conference rooms for participants.
  • Scheduled appointments and updated calendars.
  • Drafted and wrote correspondence and documentation for office.

Civil Engineer Project Assistant

QK - Quad Knoff
05.2018 - 02.2019
  • Supported project managers, and their staff while managing all office needs
  • Responsible for all aspects of word processing
  • Worked within project deadlines and in coordination with project staff
  • Edited format, created tables and charts
  • Handled administrative duties, filing, and errands.
  • Conducted research to assist with routine tasks and special projects.
  • Tackled array of tasks under watchful eye of project manager.
  • Sorted, opened, and routed mail and deliveries to meet business requirements.
  • Assured documents were consistent with company production guidelines
  • Maintain Employee Training Rosters
  • Kept kitchens, conference room and reception areas clean.
  • Adhered to timelines to meet quality assurance targets.
  • Provided assistance with preparation of project-related reports, manuscripts and presentations

Vendor Compliance Business Analyst

Home Depot.com
06.2012 - 06.2015
  • Managed over 220 e-commerce vendor relationships to ensure contracts are in compliance with company policies, guidelines and standards
  • Certified that vendors follow through with updating Daily
  • Inventory Feeds to avoid shortages while verifing OMS ID’s, vendor SKU’s, and M-Vendor numbers are an exact match in CommerceHub and IDM, to make certain inventory feeds to HD.com
  • Processed over 500 compliance tasks weekly from frontline agents and suppliers including replacement parts utilizing
  • AS400/Mincron which saves the company 2.4 million dollars annually on returned merchandise.
  • Analyzed data to identify root causes of problems and recommend corrective actions.
  • Applied honed problem-solving skills to analyze and resolve issues impacting business operations and goal achievement.
  • Identified patterns and trends in large data sets and provided actionable insights.
  • Identified business intelligence solutions to increase operational efficiency.

XPS Project Coordinator, Floor & Decor

Adecco Staffing
04.2011 - 08.2011
  • Managed express program that is committed to filling customer flooring orders in 7 days
  • Drafted communications of order, product or vendor changes and relay pertinent delivery dates and product changes that as they affect other teams
  • Monitored time sensitive deliveries that required accurate data entry of purchase orders and a analyzed error reports for order changes and possible inventory variations
  • Reviewing inventory minimums with vendors to determine minimums
  • Generated Purchase Orders in GERs according to customer order requirements
  • Coordinated with vendors and DC inventory managers on ETA’s of product shipments to store
  • Created job files for each project and maintained current data in each file.
  • Identified and resolved problems through root cause analysis and research.
  • Generated reports detailing findings and recommendations.
  • Optimized customer experience by delivering superior services and effectively troubleshooting issues.
  • Cultivated positive relationships with vendors to deliver timely and cost-effective supply of services and materials.

Project Coordinator

The Home Depot Store Support Center
07.2007 - 04.2010
  • Responsibilities were to process purchase orders in SAP R3 to vendors and third party service teams according to capital project needs
  • Monitored reset teams progress through a process of validation
  • Built rapport with store managers and utilizing Quickbase to ensure completion in order to release payments for goods and services rendered
  • Monitored project budgets and expenditures by conducting financial audits
  • Analyzed purchase orders to identify pricing anomalies to guarantee the availability of funds to meet project deliverables
  • Coordinated with logistics and freight companies to initiate resolutions to ensure timely deliveries
  • Collaborated with Visual Merchants to compile product data and information for mass communications to stores
  • Identified and resolved problems through root cause analysis and research.
  • Created and managed project plans, timelines and budgets.
  • Cultivated positive relationships with vendors to deliver timely and cost-effective supply of services and materials.

Sr Account Analyst

The Home Depot Store Support Center
09.2003 - 07.2007
  • Reduced proof of delivery for open invoice listing, pricing and shortages by 15%
  • Achieved an on time payment rate of 98.6% for the department
  • Reduced pricing repays by 85.4% and shortage repayments by 34%
  • Ensured that suppliers were in compliance company policy buying agreements
  • Developed and maintained successful business partnerships to address and proactively manage service issues.

Accounts Payable Associate

The Home Depot
01.1999 - 01.2003
  • Matched invoices prior to payment approval and reconciled vendor statements,
  • Researched and corrected discrepancies while providing account status information to vendors for over 600 accounts
  • Maintained daily input to ensure accuracy to maintain a 99% error free.
  • Maintained good working relationships with vendors and resolved disputes.
  • Verified vendor accounts by reconciling monthly statements and related transactions.
  • Contributed to producing and interpreting improved finance related methods to establish consistency with accounts payable prerequisites.
  • Reviewed vendor invoices for appropriate documentation and validity prior to payment.

Education

Bachelors - Visual Communications

American InterContinental University
2020

Certification, Prepress/Desktop Publishing and Digital Imaging Design - undefined

West valley Occupational Center
1997

Skills

  • Microsoft Office Proficient
  • Report Preparation and Analysis
  • Meeting Coordination and Support
  • Complex Problem-Solving
  • Analytical Thinking
  • Event Coordination

Timeline

Sr. Administrative Coordinator

Collins Aerospace Corp.
01.2020 - Current

Civil Engineer Project Assistant

QK - Quad Knoff
05.2018 - 02.2019

Vendor Compliance Business Analyst

Home Depot.com
06.2012 - 06.2015

XPS Project Coordinator, Floor & Decor

Adecco Staffing
04.2011 - 08.2011

Project Coordinator

The Home Depot Store Support Center
07.2007 - 04.2010

Sr Account Analyst

The Home Depot Store Support Center
09.2003 - 07.2007

Accounts Payable Associate

The Home Depot
01.1999 - 01.2003

Bachelors - Visual Communications

American InterContinental University

Certification, Prepress/Desktop Publishing and Digital Imaging Design - undefined

West valley Occupational Center
Irene Pickard