Happy to be joining Aguirre @ Fields in the Sugar Land office on October 28, 2024. I am excited to be part of their team and go back to my hometown of Houston.

Draft, negotiate, revise, redline and finalize contractual agreements (MSA, NDA, Terms, Statements of Work) for procurement department, which includes identifying and minimizing risks.Successful mitigation of contract disputes, assurance of favorable contractual terms, and maintain proper tracking to assure adequate recording of procurement contracts. Develop, refine, and implement negotiation strategies to successful execution for procurement contracts.Administer, extend, and terminate procurement, sales, and other department contracts, and related contracts like Statements of Work.Maintain effective working relationships with internal clients and vendors. Liaison and collaborate with executive team, department heads, procurement, capital projects, sales, and plant personnel to understand and communicate contract related matters.Provide guidance and support to project teams on contract related matters; training and development for personnel as assigned.Proven track record of identifying and implementing improvements to the legal and procurement departments, including creation and improved development of SharePoint for procurement contracts, establishment of Exception Form, and Key Performance Indicator for all contracts in the company. Reviewed, summarized, and revised contracts, request for proposals, and statements of work for sales, capital projects (EPC), human resources, environmental, logistics, and corporate departments.Work with Head of Legal to develop key policies and procedures pertaining to contract administration, including drafting of Contract Playbook and other training documents.Create and maintain legal resources, such as form agreements, checklists, and templates.Exercise astute judgment and proactively take steps to escalate matters appropriately.

Develop, implement, lead, and oversee the Group Key Clients (GKCs) Contracts Assurance Program to reduce company’s exposure to risk. Manage the overall functionality of the contract's module in Salesforce.Develop new electronic contract process improving efficiency and accuracy.Responsible for maintaining accurate contract records in Salesforce. Responsible for the process of data collection ensuring that all documents are uploaded correctly and contracts summaries contain accurate information. Serve as the main contact on the use of Salesforce as a tool for managing contracts and recommend changes as needed. Perform weekly reviews to ensure the opportunities awarded are linked to the correct contract and to help to implement follow-up corrective and preventive actions when needed. Work closely with Key Client Directors to improve contract administration at ERM and ensure compliance with MSAs for all projects. Prepare training materials.Train the Partners in Charge and Project Managers about their responsibilities within the Contracts Assurance Program. Collaborate with ERM stakeholders, like legal, human resources, health & safety and financial team to ensure contractual obligations are understood and met using a comprehensive programmatic approach.Serve as Salesforce Administrator outside of contracts module due to occasional staffing shortages: Provide day-to-day end user support and assist users to troubleshoot issues and increase their knowledge of Salesforce; Build reports and dashboards as requested by users to satisfy business needs; Evaluate and follow through on issues and problems until resolved or escalated. Perform Compliance / Regulatory duties utilizing Salesforce, Navex and Regulatory Data Corp systems which includes performing daily operations reviewing and evaluating reputation reports on existing and potential clients and escalating to compliance legal team as required by company policy.

Managed contracts for the organization, which includes preparing, reviewing, drafting, amending and negotiating terms and conditions in contracts, subcontracts, purchase order terms, proposals/RFQ's. Contracts include technical, commercial and construction contracts, software license agreements, non-disclosure agreements, manufacturing representative agreements and partnering and inter-company agreements. Familiar with AIA contracts, FAR and DFAR regulations.Develop and manage all insurance and contractual processes for Texas office.Coordinate and drive internal meetings on outstanding potential legal issues and provide possible resolutions to mitigate risk and ensure contract success. Finalize all contract-related legal matters with internal and external legal teams. Manage entry process of projects into the SharePoint database and Syteline accounting system. Projects are not allowed to start until I provide my approval of financial, legal terms and scope of work descriptions.

Responsible for preparation of RFP/RFQ’s purchasing documents, included vendor instructions, contract terms, supplier diversity goals and scopes of work. Assisted project manager with pre-proposal meetings. Member of proposal teams to evaluate and award contracts to vendors. Prepared pre-bid project timelines.Lead and manage business reviews on long-term contracts with vendors to identify problems and resolutions.Developed, implemented and trained supply chain personnel on new RFP and RFQ templates.