James Justin Blanchat

jimblanchat@yahoo.com

501 Chaffee Drive.  Arlington, TX 76006

972-768-1501

 

Objective

  

A challenging and rewarding position in the industrial sales field.

  

Summary of Achievements

 

• Achieved rapid advancement from part time distribution to full time sales.

• Served as a single account manager for larger company accounts.

• Developed vendor managed inventory systems specific to customer needs.

• Strong background in sales, distribution, merchandising, management, and dispatch.

• Maximized driver and truck production during busy periods.

 

  

Experience

 

Fastenal Company

Department Manager, Carrollton, TX 1997 - 2000

Served as inventory and product handling manager for company’s regional warehouse. Responsible for management of employees in a department that runs 24/7.  Maintained warehouse inventory of $4 million to an accuracy of +/- %99 for ISO 2001 accreditation.

 

National Account Management, Garland, TX 2000 - 2001

Sales and management of company’s 2^nd largest national account.  Responsible for sales, sourcing, purchasing, collections, and inventory management for customer’s specific needs.

 

Assistant Branch Manager, Kansas City, MO/ Arlington, TX 2001 - 2002

Store support for sales offices in the Kansas City and Arlington areas.  Handled outside sales, inside sales, deliveries, inventory, and collections.

 

Branch Manager, Dallas, TX 2002 - 2005

Management of full and part time sales and support staff in Dallas area sales branch.  Responsible for inside and outside sales, sales growth, purchasing, collections, merchandising, and delivery schedules.

 

Outside Sales, Dallas, TX 2005 - 2008

Outside sales representative to various MRO, OEM and construction accounts. Ranked top 5 in sales dollars for Fastenal’s southwest region for outside sales.

 

Account Specialist, Dallas, TX 2008 – 2010

Sales and management of a large OEM account signed as an outside salesperson. Responsible for sales, sourcing, purchasing, collections, and inventory management for customer’s specific needs.

 

 

Colorspot Nurseries

Merchandiser, Fort Worth, Mid Cities, TX 2010

Part time merchandiser of bedding plants, vegetables, herbs, shrubs, premium blooming plants, ground cover, ornamentals & more in are Home Depot Stores.

 

Royal Flush Poker League

Tournament Director, DFW, TX 2010-2011

Ran free Texas Hold Em’ poker tournaments in local venues.  Responsible for all data entry for league.  Input player points into Microsoft excel spreadsheets.

 

Polk Operating, LLC

Dispatcher, Bowie, TX 2011 – 2012

Full time dispatcher for oil field service company.  Monitored and tracked production of salt water at 30-50 well sites in Montague and Wise counties.  Scheduled tank truck pick ups by calculating well production.  Sales of truck service and rental equipment to local area oil companies and drilling rigs.  Implemented use of Microsoft excel to transition away from daily hard copy paperwork.  Tracked daily driver production and shift production. 

 

Cleary Building Corp

Branch Manager, Decatur, TX 2012-2013

Manager for Cleary’s only office located in Texas.  Sales of engineered post frame buildings.  Management of company employed construction crews, 1 branch sales specialist, branch secretary.