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Negotiated and purchased the following services for the corporation: employee recruiting, consultant and temporary employee services, responsible for contract negotiations, contract administration and procedures for labor service contracts, including fixed price, time and materials, not to exceed agreements. Prepare and analyze the results of RFP's and RFQ's as needed. *Developed supply relationship management scorecard for supplier negotiation and performance management*As the Purchasing Card Administrator, created payment and tracking methodology for the Corporation's Purchasing Card usage and application process. Administrator for the Corporation's Purchasing Card, managed corporate card usage and applications, responsible for communicating card use, information and handling card use problems. *Functioned as the lead in the preparation, the evaluation of the results and the recommendation for the resulting analysis of RFP's and RFQ's as needed. *Senior Buyer/Procurement Specialist tasks encompassed: Approved purchase orders over $50,000.00; reviewed contracts prior to submittal to Contracts Management for approval; involved in Ariba WiseBuys training sessions; participated in and represented of BCBSM in various procurement fairs to recruit, meet and greet new vendors.*Served the corporation by providing the services of a liaison to the public and the corporation supplying information relative to corporate policies and requirements.*Provided support to requestor in the development of business requirements

Reviewing engineering application to determine material needs and ordering those materials•Pay point POs to site acquisition•Expediting material receipts with suppliers•General contractor POs, Budget analysis and reports* Updating / monitoring tasks in Network flow •Uploading NTPs and completion notices * Submitting/monitoring material requests thru CATS* Working with General Contractors* Project management/construction management supportWorked with the following General Contractors•Dan Combs Consulting•Data Cell

Responsible for providing support to the network group engineers. Job functions include receiving invoices for payment, creating and dispatching purchase orders, ordering supplies for office. Also be responsible for providing technical services in areas, including interfacing with various departments such as: Accounts Payable, Purchasing, IT etc.

Consult with Tier 1 automotive supplier to update purchasing practices and mitigate risk – by providing * Provide an analysis of purchased service purchase orders for potential cost savings. * Managed process improvement by creating a user database of buyer identified purchase orders. * Drafted job description templates, for resource standardizations. * Provided supplier communications services for the Office of General Counsel.

Performed the services of purchasing agent for the centralized negotiation and purchase of medical equipment and medical equipment maintenance, and medical supplies; consultant services contracts, and miscellaneous MRO items for the de-centralized locations within the State of Michigan. Prepared correspondence, RFP’s and RFQ’s, consolidate purchases and evaluate vendor services and quality as needed.

source specialist and university liaison for the following commodities: Construction, physical plant equipment/building maintenance and supplies (MRO); scientific and medical equipment and supplies; office and business equipment and supplies; clothing; furniture; and (faculty/campus) moving services. Responsibilities: serve as a mentor for Junior Buyers and Assistant Buyers offering professional guidance; negotiate special university pricing, perform value and cost analysis, review vendor terms and conditions of sale, prepare correspondence; solicit competitive bids, evaluate vendor performance and vendor compliance with contractual agreements; recruit new vendor sources; prepare and analyze the results of RFP’s and RFQ’s as needed.; Negotiated and administered contracts for the purchase, lease or rental of copiers, purchased copier supplies; responsible for the preparation, negotiation and administration of certain construction requests for proposals.

Interviewed applicants for passports, adjudicated passport applications and requests for amendments, endorsements or validations. Served as a liaison between the public and the Department of State in the passport application process. Responsible for the evaluation of passport applicant documents to determine citizenship issued visas. Provided general and technical information to inquiries from the public regarding passports, visas and citizenship documentation.