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Washington, Dc, Us

Columbia, Maryland, Us

Contracts Manager responsible for contracts management, review, drafting and negotiating for Structural's Legal department at corporate headquarters in Columbia, MD.

Mclean, Va, Us

Worked on temporary assignment at Fannie Mae as a Contract Specialist III responsible for reviewing, writing, and negotiating IT vendor agreements.

Bellevue, Washington, Us

Worked on temporary assignment at Amgen Inc. as a Sourcing Excellence Manager responsible for amending existing vendor agreements to update or add privacy and data protection terms and ensure compliance with European Union and United States privacy laws. Reviewed, redlined, and negotiated amendments with international and domestic vendors in multiple industries. Worked with Legal and Privacy Departments to ensure compliance with existing privacy laws. Worked with Sourcing Managers in renewing or extending existing vendor agreements as needed.• Exceeded project’s clearance rate for assigned agreements by 29% (based on the number of initial assigned agreements). Closed out all assigned agreements by the project’s end date.

Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, Us

Contracts Consultant in charge of Kiestra lab automation platform for BD Integrated Diagnostic Solutions’ Contract Offer Development team. Reviewed, approved, and escalated all requests for pricing and contract offers for Kiestra in US region. Reviewed, redlined, and negotiated all agreements for Kiestra platform. Reviewed, approved, and redlined pricing and contract offer requests for Inside Sales department and other diagnostic equipment platforms as required.• Increased revenue for US region for the Kiestra platform by almost 100% from fiscal year 2017 to 2018 and by almost 200% from fiscal year 2020 to 2021. • Reduced average approval times for Kiestra diagnostic equipment requests by 72% from 2018 to 2019. • Reduced average turn-around times for contract requests by more than 50% from 2018 to 2020.

Reston, Virginia, Us

Contracts Manager in charge of contracts review, drafting, and negotiation at corporate headquarters.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Manager of corporate risk department. Responsible for reviewing, negotiating, and approving all client contracts and most vendor contracts. Established corporate contracts approval, tracking, and compliance policies. Reported to and works with Chief Financial Officer to carry out company sales and compliance goals. Conducted business analyses of potential clients. Created databases for signed contracts and for tracking new contracts in process. Drafted client contracts, including standard and modified agreements, statements of work, non-disclosure agreements, and amendments. Managed corporate insurance policies, including negotiating renewal policies. Established and administered credit policy and credit monitoring system.• Contracts review and approval processes resulted in a reduction of missing or non-compliant contracts with active clients from over 35% to less than 2% within the first 24 months.• Reduced percentage of extremely late paying clients (60+ days past due) from over 30% to consistently less than 10% within 18 months of hire date.• Managed corporate Contracts and Risk Department despite a more than 175% growth rate in revenue and 135% growth rate in internal staff over five years.

Menlo Park, Ca, Us

Analyst in charge of Major Accounts (nationwide, high volume contracts and special projects). Co-designed and implemented company-wide procedures, reporting, and databases for contract tracking and administration. Analyzed contracts and legal documentation for legal terms, language, potential legal/payment issues, and compliance with corporate procedures/policies. Drafted contracts, terms and conditions documents, and statements of work.

Bachelor Of Science In Business Administration, Finance

Doctor Of Jurisprudence (Not Completed), Law

Associate Of Arts, General Studies