Darrell Payton Email & Phone Number

Saratoga Springs, New York, United States

Saratoga Springs, Ny

Responsible for maintaining day to day purchase orders for multiple departments, including food and beverage, Accounting/Finance, Hotel/hospitality services, maintenance and janitorial supplies. Prepare monthly and yearly inventory reports. Direct, daily vendor contact including negotiating special property pricing and maintaining high level vendor relations. Prepare all weekly and monthly vendor bids for all food service vendors. Assisted multiple internal departments, Finance with PO/Invoice variances and Marketing for high quantity purchases. Maintain and audit inventory system to ensure all items meet correct specifications.Maximized all vendor rebates to ensure full participation which resulted in over $5,000 per year.Analyzed and researched market pricing to execute high quantity protein purchases multiple times throughout the year, saving up to $1,800 per purchase.

Santa Ana, California, United States / Malta Ny

Managed purchasing activity for exclusive retail accounts and at the component level for our publisher, Crave Games. Managed vendor relations, ordering processes, freight and product scheduling, returns, inventory control of multiple warehouses, and back orders for over 1,000+ storefronts throughout the U.S. Provided sales staff and retail accounts with detailed product mixes highlighting competitive online retail price points and average review ratings. When sales positions dissolved, I took an active role in fully managing sales and distribution accounts. That encompassed placing titles, managing open to buy, co-op and price protection dollars. Initiated using different assembly houses for component level purchasing that reduced product's average costs by up to $.10 per unit on assembly costs and up to $0.15 per unit on print materials (launch quantities of approximately 25K-100K units with multiple restock orders), and reduced shipping windows and costs by 2 days and 10%, respectively.Strong vendor relationships were used to ensure on time delivery to make published ship dates and intensive coordination was needed to ensure multiple components from multiple suppliers arriving by product deadlines.Introduced internal audit procedures designed to exert better control over pass through dollars from all vendors to retail accounts.

Vernon, Ca

Managed the buyer and all purchasing duties, such as placing purchase orders, processing price protections, returns and ensuring the timely delivery of new release products. Negotiated purchases of value priced software to include current budget programs and hardware bundles for specific retailers. Compiled and managed all field inventories to include in sell through reporting to vendors. Secured the maximum dollars available for advertising vehicles at both distribution and retail levels. At its peak, sales for the company totaled over $100MM.* Elevated sales to $90MM by initiating sales to used software/rental companies which reduce inventory liability by over 35%.* Reconciled and resolved credit issues on both vendor and customer sides.* Influenced and assisted in the creation of a new Latin America sales division.

East Rancho Dominguez, California, United States

Began as a Tele-Sales Representative that managed over 40 accounts. Six months later I transferred to become the Purchasing Assistant where I presided in most purchasing tasks, such as returns, price protection, basic inventory management and monitoring inventory levels for distribution and field accounts. Prepared and distributed purchasing reports and spreadsheets to regional, inside and national sales staff. Eighteen months later I was promoted to the Buyer position where I supervised all purchasing duties, such as management/tracking of vendor credit lines, placing purchase orders and traffic management to ensure timely delivery of products. Compiling and presenting of forecasts to vendors and management. Presided with top management/vendors to create exclusive product mixes and procure product for $100MM+ value programs at retailers such as Toys R Us, Sam's Club and Best Buy.* Reduced product costs by negotiating exclusive distribution programs for specific customers.* Ability to choose the best titles to fit the customer's demographic that generated increased sell through numbers while maintaining above average gross profit margins for the company.* Using excellent rapport with vendors and generating quality product mixes I was able to generate gross margin that averaged 20-25%.* Managed $14MM inventory, ensuring proper costs while maintaining sufficient inventory turns.* Assisted in growing the company to a maximum $265MM in yearly gross sales.