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Patricia Keene

Patricia Keene

Cincinnati,OH

Summary

Seasoned purchasing professional with unique talent to anticipate issues and resolve them at onset using in-depth analysis, strategic planning, and a network of valuable industry and company contracts. Ability to balance budget and timeline constraints with quality products and positive cash flow. Capable of building long-term mutually beneficial relationships with vendors, colleagues, and department heads. Combining knowledge, negotiation, and the perseverance needed to enable seamless and profitable operations. Capable pharmacy team member proficient in assisting pharmacists with preparing prescriptions and meeting customer needs. Safety-oriented and well-organized with solid experience coordinating with insurance providers, prescribers and individuals to address issues. Good relationship-building and multitasking skills.

Overview

37
37
years of professional experience

Work History

Registered Pharmacy Technician

CVS Pharmacy
11.2021 - Current
  • Provide customer service
  • Gather all pertinent information from patients
  • Interpret medication prescriptions
  • Enter patient and prescription data in the pharmacy’s database
  • Successfully perform third-party billings or online adjudication to bill prescription medications to the patients’ insurance companies
  • Assess all rejected insurance claims and take appropriate actions to resolve them
  • Count, measure, weigh, mix, and compound medications
  • Label all medications with the required auxiliary labels, which provide additional important information about the medication and precautions that are to be followed while taking the medication
  • Ensure compliance with pharmacy laws and regulations to dispense controlled substances, which are medications with the potential for abuse and addiction
  • Make sure medications are stored appropriately
  • Maintain accurate inventory
  • Maintain a well-documented logbook
  • Perform clerical functions
  • Deliver medications when needed
  • Package certain medications manually
  • Help patients find over-the-counter (OTC) medications when applicable.

Purchaser / Accounts Receivable

Rodem Process Equipment, Inc.
01.2014 - 05.2021
  • Support Purchasing Manager and Distribution Warehouses in all aspects of purchasing and sales
  • Utilize the respective MRP system to input new and existing items, price changes, and customer-requested orders
  • Confirm accuracy of each order and track shipment status throughout the supply chain
  • Formulate detailed supplier requirements and request proposals
  • Generate informative reports for use in weekly profitability and gross margin meetings
  • Provide daily assistance to Accounts Payable and Receivable departments by conducting research and posting cash transactions
  • Key Accomplishments: Conducted meticulous analysis of accounts receivable record and discovered a $45K billing deficit due to miscommunication between departments, resulting in the development of new procedures to closely monitor and analyze financial data between departments
  • Quickly mastered complexities of two separate MRP/ERP systems, shortening the learning curve and facilitating efficient processing of products and resources.

Buyer

DCS Sanitation Management, Inc.
01.1990 - 01.2013
  • Researched, evaluated, and procured merchandise to maintain profitable inventory levels
  • Partnered with vendors in addition to the Purchasing, Accounting, and Sales teams in an effort to meet company sales and profit goals
  • Served as liaison between 50 sites and 15 merchandisers
  • Negotiated for best prices without compromising corporate quality standards
  • Sourced and established trusting vendor relationships
  • Ensured vendor paperwork complied with all legal, industry, and company constraints as well as met outlined deadline and budget guidelines
  • Key Accomplishments: Convinced managers and vendors to move and return excess products, significantly reducing overstock inventory from $50,000 to $600
  • Secured product availability for 50 national sites through meticulous analysis and strategic forecasting, attaining crucial business objectives
  • Conducted in-depth analysis of vendors and office product expense, discovering cost savings of 25% for all 50 sites.

Buyer / National Sales Manager

Impulse Marketing
01.1988 - 01.1990
  • Pinpointed and procured profitable products with proven brand recognition
  • Negotiated with vendors to acquire optimal terms and pricing while maintaining an air of professionalism and trust
  • Led sales team by targeting and meeting outlined merchandising and sales metrics while balancing company profits with high customer satisfaction rates
  • Key Accomplishments: Transcended soaring sales goals by hiring, training, and managing nine capable merchandisers, locating them throughout three regions and significantly decreasing turnover rate.

Education

Bachelor of Art - Business Management

Penn Foster College

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Xavier University

Pharmacy Technician - undefined

Penn Foster College

Excel 2010 – Applying Basic Data Formatting - undefined

Accountemps / Robert Half

Skills

Medication Dispensing

Areasofstrengthandexpertise

  • Procurement & Order Processing
  • Proposal Analysis & Pricing
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Financial Assessment
  • Accounts Payable & Receivable
  • Departmental Support & Advice
  • Tactical Merchandising
  • Vendor Relationships
  • Customer Satisfaction

Timeline

Registered Pharmacy Technician

CVS Pharmacy
11.2021 - Current

Purchaser / Accounts Receivable

Rodem Process Equipment, Inc.
01.2014 - 05.2021

Buyer

DCS Sanitation Management, Inc.
01.1990 - 01.2013

Buyer / National Sales Manager

Impulse Marketing
01.1988 - 01.1990

Bachelor of Art - Business Management

Penn Foster College

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Xavier University

Pharmacy Technician - undefined

Penn Foster College

Excel 2010 – Applying Basic Data Formatting - undefined

Accountemps / Robert Half

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