Pat Pickens Email & Phone Number

Nashville, TN, US

• Director of Supply Management 2006 – PresentExpanded Estimator responsibilities with increased responsibility in relationships with vendor and trades and with different departments at both the corporate and divisional.
• Responsible for the budgets of 13 communities which products ranged from single-family, townhomes and horizontal and vertical multi-family units. Nashville division is a $120 million year operation with 375 annual.
• Directed weekly payroll by acting as the liaison between the field and finance to insure invoice and purchase order integrity.
• Conducted negotiations with suppliers on a quarterly, semi-annually and yearly basis. Successfully keeping cost to a minimum and improved relationships with vendors.
• Oversaw optional pricing from elevation changes to doorknobs. Responsible for setting appropriate markups according to demand and value.
• Position required daily interaction with the Division President, Division Vice-President, Vice-President of Supply Management, Vice-President of Sales and Marketing, and Director of Construction. Projects consisted of.

• Responsible for creating and managing house and community budgets for the Nashville division.
• Estimated all products and options by using Timber Estimation Software and gathering bids from vendors and trades. Responsible for the upkeep of all budgets and pricing in accounting system.
• Created and maintained partnership relationships with the vendor and trade base to help establish a profit-sharing structure.

• Managed all divisional workstations, phones and faxes in division office and up to 20 remote offices.
• Managed system users’ accounts and managed profiles of up to 50 users.
• Negotiated contracts between phone and cable companies to best fit the needs of the users and remain under budget.
• Responsible for upkeep of individual systems and local sever. Virus protection and backup done routinely.
• Maintained up to 25 Blackberries and/or mobile phones at a divisional level.

• Started as sales representative and quickly promoted to senior level. Managed three sales associates and numbers for a retail location.
• Responsible for employee scheduling. Maintained and exceeded monthly quota. Assisted in marketing campaigns. Tracked all inventory and reported numbers.
• Detailed to work days at the oversight store to help with sales and opening and closing duties.