TERI LEE THOMAS
Albany
Summary
Dynamic professional with extensive experience at Parts Authority, excelling in inventory management and customer relationship management. Proven track record in optimizing supply chain processes and enhancing order fulfillment efficiency. Adept at cross-functional collaboration, driving results through strategic budget analysis and effective communication. Committed to delivering exceptional service and operational excellence.
Overview
34
34
years of professional experience
Work History
Team Lead
Parts Authority
Eugene
03.2022 - 02.2025
- Stock shelves, pull parts from shelves for walk-in customers and local deliveries, scan, prepare and package parts for out of town delivery routes, package and ship parts via UPS/FedEx.
Store Clerk
Dari Mart
Albany
12.2019 - 08.2020
- Cash register operation, light bookkeeping (i.e., paper transactions, reconciling till, etc.).
- Customer services, bagging groceries, responding to customer inquiries.
- Cleaning of shelves, floors, food preparation areas, machinery, parking lot, emptying garbage, etc.
- Stocking and pricing freight on shelves as well as “fronting” and rearranging shelves.
- Stocking and pricing cooler items; bagging 10 lb. bags of ice.
- Food service, including preparation of minimally heated fast foods, making coffee, etc.
- Bottle sorting, filling pop machines with ice; breaking down cardboard boxes.
Office Assistant (Part-Time)
U&D Trucking and Nursery
Albany
08.2019 - 12.2019
- Answer phones, take delivery orders, you haul orders, backflow testing scheduling, enter payments into till, filing, open and close till.
- Check stockpiles for reordering, record PLUs for tracking and other duties as assigned.
Retail Assistant (Part-Time)
Linn Benton Community College Benton Center BookStore
Corvallis
03.2019 - 08.2019
- Provides customer service at point of sale and through telephone inquiries.
- Rings up purchases on the cash register, enters items under correct department keys.
- Processes customer payments through credit card machines, cash, checks, charges or gift certificates.
- Operates computer to verify availability of student funds (financial aid) for charges.
- Completes agency and financial aid vouchers for use by customers at the cash register.
- Provides account information for daily debit or credit to accounts.
- Assists staff with store closing, including closing out and verifying money in registers and processing charge accounts.
- Reconciles daily transactions with the Business Office.
- Assists students in locating textbooks and merchandise on the Campus Store sales floor.
- Matches course number and CRN number to numbers on shelf tag under books to locate correct books.
- Makes coffee drinks and prepares food as requested or specified by customer orders.
- Makes bank deposits when necessary.
- Submits supply and food orders.
- Utilize computers for communication.
- May assist with the textbook buy-back process each term.
- Processes and restocks books obtained through the buy back process.
- Assists the electronics buyer in merchandise assortment, ordering decisions, and sales floor layout and store presentations.
- Assists Textbook Buyer in purchasing; collecting adoptions from faculty; reconciling invoicing and credits with vendors; placing special orders for students; overseeing textbook marketplace accounts and sales; negotiating with vendors, faculty, and administration; creating merchandising displays.
- Performs Buyer responsibilities and duties in their absence when assigned.
- Assists with receiving incoming textbook and general merchandise freight to the campus store.
- Occasionally purchases local merchandise and acts as an agent of the college.
- Special access required.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
HR Assistant, Temp
ATI Cast Products
Alban
09.2018 - 11.2018
- Helped out Human Resources to get caught up on projects.
Program Analyst
Oregon Army National Guard Installations Division
Salem
10.1994 - 09.2018
- Reviews, evaluates and analyzes obligations and expenditures.
- Identify and analyze deficiencies in resource consumption, training, workload, and scheduling.
- Provides recommendations to subordinate organizations for proper management of programs.
- Recommends funding allocations, monitors expenditures and adjusts allocations as needed.
- Develop an annual budget for programs with the help from State counterparts.
- Develops and prepares current year program spreadsheets for tracking purposes.
- Formulates and reviews all Annual Funding Guidance/Program (AFG/AFP) ensuring obligation authority is not exceeded.
Secretary
Oregon Army National Guard Installations Division
Salem
10.1994 - 09.2018
- Receive visitors and all telephone calls.
- Keeps the supervisor informed of meetings, appointments, and conferences.
- Makes travel arrangements and reservations for the supervisor.
- Maintain time and attendance for the State Aviation Office & State Safety Office.
- Maintain files of travel order requests, and utilize AFCOS for order input and downloading.
- Tracks school quotas utilizing ATRRS for all aviation related training.
- Receive and distribute all incoming and outgoing mail for appropriate sections.
- Reviews outgoing correspondence for proper format, conformance with general policy, procedural instructions, grammar, typographical accuracy, and necessary attachments.
- Types from plain copy rough draft or by selecting information from various source data, a variety of material including military and non-military correspondence, reports and summary sheets.
- Maintains office files according to the MARKS system and other information as required.
Budget Assistant
Oregon Army National Guard Installations Division
Salem
10.1994 - 09.2018
- Verifies availability of funds by account and obligates funds.
- Performs reconciliation of outstanding travel documents, unliquidated obligations and allotment ledger account balances.
- Maintained the General Officer and Inactive Duty Training travel accounts.
- Perform all responsibilities and duties as the Budget Analyst for 9 months.
Budget Clerk
Oregon Army National Guard Installations Division
Salem
10.1994 - 09.2018
- Receive and input request for travel orders.
- Ensure correct program manager code and type duty code are used prior to data entry.
- Ensure accuracy of orders input prior to print out of orders.
- Prepare cost estimates for pay and allowances, travel and per-diem.
- Assist budget assistant with budget analysis and reconciliation.
Clerk Typist/Office Automation Clerk
US Bureau of Mines
Albany
05.1991 - 09.1994
- Answer phones and take messages, maintain the division office filing system, prepare files, format, and correspondence according to specific guidelines/format.
- Type memorandums, letters, envelopes, labels, manuscripts, and reports.
- Assure correctness of spelling and grammar.
- Ensure that correspondence from within the division are completed in a timely manner.
- Assist in preparation of personnel related forms such as SF 50-B and SF 182.
Education
High School Diploma -
West Albany High School
Albany, OR06.1992
Skills
- Inventory management
- Supply chain coordination
- Order fulfillment
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Budget analysis
- Customer relationship management
References
- Kay Dallman, Business, 541-969-7074
- Susan Oliveira, Business, 971-241-4171
- Nicole Hanson, Business, 503-269-7713
- Norma King, Business, 541-650-7697
- Heidi Davis, Personal, 541-829-3925
- Cyndee Jordan, Personal, 458-223-1998
Awards
- On-the-Spot Awards
- 09/01/92
- 02/01/94
- 07/01/94
- Special Achievement Award, 01/01/94
- Time Off Award, 05/01/94
- Performance Awards
- 09/01/94
- 04/01/97
- 11/01/00
- 09/01/02
- 10/01/03
- 12/01/04
- 11/01/05
- 11/01/06
- Oregon Meritorious Service Award, 04/01/97
- Pride in Ownership Award, 12/01/96
- Army Achievement Medal
- 07/01/04
- 03/01/07
Timeline
Team Lead
Parts Authority
03.2022 - 02.2025
Store Clerk
Dari Mart
12.2019 - 08.2020
Office Assistant (Part-Time)
U&D Trucking and Nursery
08.2019 - 12.2019
Retail Assistant (Part-Time)
Linn Benton Community College Benton Center BookStore
03.2019 - 08.2019
HR Assistant, Temp
ATI Cast Products
09.2018 - 11.2018
Program Analyst
Oregon Army National Guard Installations Division
10.1994 - 09.2018
Secretary
Oregon Army National Guard Installations Division
10.1994 - 09.2018
Budget Assistant
Oregon Army National Guard Installations Division
10.1994 - 09.2018
Budget Clerk
Oregon Army National Guard Installations Division
10.1994 - 09.2018
Clerk Typist/Office Automation Clerk
US Bureau of Mines
05.1991 - 09.1994
High School Diploma -
West Albany High School