Jim Favors
About Jim Favors
Jim Favors serves as the Director of Business Solutions for Supply Chain, Procurement, and Fleet at American Electric Power. He has extensive experience in retail operations, particularly with JCPenney, where he held various leadership roles over several years.
Current Role at American Electric Power
Jim Favors serves as the Director of Business Solutions in the Supply Chain, Procurement, and Fleet department at American Electric Power. He has held this position since 2022, contributing to the company's operational efficiency and strategic initiatives within the supply chain sector.
Previous Experience at JCPenney
Jim Favors has extensive experience at JCPenney, where he held various leadership roles over multiple years. His positions included Vice President of Merchandise Operations, Vice President of Planning and Allocation for Ecommerce, and Vice President & Managing Director of JCPSI in Bangalore, India. His tenure at JCPenney spanned from 1990 to 2020, during which he focused on inventory planning, corporate planning, and enterprise solutions.
Education and Expertise
Jim Favors studied at the Georgia Institute of Technology from 1980 to 1985. He possesses expertise in multichannel operations, enterprise fulfillment, financial and inventory planning, and process optimization. His skills are complemented by his ability to build and lead high-performing global teams.
Transformational Initiatives and Leadership
Throughout his career, Jim Favors has championed transformational initiatives that required executive sponsorship and the formation of cross-functional project teams. He is known for advocating principle-centered environments that align with company core values while driving growth and profitability.
Consulting Experience at Tata Consultancy Services
Before joining American Electric Power, Jim Favors worked as a Retail Business Consultant at Tata Consultancy Services from 2021 to 2022. In this role, he applied his extensive knowledge of retail operations to provide strategic insights and solutions.