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*Provides guidance and establishes policies and processes during Sourcing, Contracts, and Negotiations*Engages in end-to-end RFP execution, management, and analytics and ensures that legal terms in contracts are in line with category and procurement initiatives*Assists in the analysis, design, build-out and automation of sourcing events*Meets project deadlines to manage realization of project benefits and maintains downstream effect on project funnel*Gathers and interprets relevant data to assess costs, productivity, demand patterns, etc.Engages in the Market Intelligence analysis to set the stage for category profiling and sourcing events

*Signed and executed short and long term contracts on behalf of the Director of Central Management Services.*Supervised 10 buyers, 4 buyer assistants and an administrative assistant, with more than 800 active procurement annually, equaling more than 20,000 contract transactions per year.*Worked closely with the State's Chief Procurement Officer and State Purchasing Officers of the Executive Ethics Commission (EEC) to provide improved transparency, accountability and cost savings in the procurement process.*Worked closely with State Facility Managers in ensuring that over 700 State governments owned and leased facilities are well maintained and to determine the general need of those facilities such as equipments, constructions, elevator maintenance, pest control services, security services, waste management services, janitorial services, HVAC, plumbing services, electrical services, lawn care services and alarm system services. *Reviewed and approved state Agency business cases determining Agency needs, completed requests for specifications, reviewed/prepared vendor solicitations; opened bids in public forums, evaluated lowest-responsive bids, and executed timely contracts.*Assisted in identification, development and implementation of new contract policy and processes. Reviewed complex solicitations and prepared specialized and/or non-routine Invitation for Bid (IFB); Request for Proposal (RFP) and Sole Source.*Monitored contract activities to ensure transparency as provided by State's Chief Procurement Officer and State Purchasing Officers of the Executive Ethics Commission (EEC).*Liaised closely with vendors to ensure compliance with terms and conditions of contractual agreement.*Worked closely with the Bureau of Strategic Sourcing to administer the State’s Joint Purchasing Program, which allows local government to save time and money when purchasing a large number commodities and services through a master contract.

*Signed and executed contracts on behalf of the Director of Central Management Services.*Managed centralized procurement transactions for equipment and commodities from large, indefinite-quantity master contracts to small purchases in accordance with the Illinois Procurement Code and Illinois Administrative Procurement Rules for multiple State agencies under the Governor.*Conducted and developed routine procurement activities of the agency, including but not limited to the identification of procurement method (Small purchases, Request for Quotes, Request for Proposals, Invitation for Bids, Sole Sources and Emergencies), drafting of specifications, evaluation, award, contracting and documentation.*Performed complex, specialized duties of a professional and technical nature, interpreting and applying rules and regulations, policies and procedures to flow and processed a wide variety of documents and information for the Bureau. *Conducted public solicitation openings, enforced proper rules and procedures. Reviewed solicitation files and documented information as part of the official record.*Identified and prioritized sourcing projects within spending area and developed the annual procurement plan.*Ensured procurement activities were properly documented to meet legal requirements.*Liaised closely with vendors to ensure compliance with terms and conditions of contractual agreement.*Processed Order Against Master request from Facility Managers for various services Statewide.*Utilized the Consumer Price Index to ensure fair and reasonable pricing for initial and renewal contracts.*Analyzed procurement opportunities for diverse vendors/contractors under the Business Enterprise Program including: minorities, women, veterans, small business set-aside, Illinois Correctional Industries and State Use programs.

*Assisted the Director of Legislative Affairs on a daily basis with state agencies;*Attended Senate and House Committee Hearings in the Illinois General Assembly;*Communicated with the State Legislators on various State legislation;*Accompanied the Director of Legislative Affairs to defend or oppose Department of Human Services' legislation;*Participated at the weekly departmental meetings;*Reviewed the agency's positions on legislation to determine new developments that would allow changes on the agency's position.