• Provides expert specialized consultation services, administration, and oversight of the agency’s major strategic initiatives for procurement and contracting activities for complex, high value IT purchases.• Skillfully leverages business best practices to optimize economic return to the agency while ensuring contracts and purchases are aligned with the Governor’s initiative for increased diverse business inclusion.• Serves as an internal and external contact regarding system and service requirements and coordinates issues across multiple technology disciplines.• Utilizes insight of procurement and best practices to ascertain solutions for obstacles or problems related to procurement and contracts for which no policies and procedures exist.

• Effectively managed and led all aspects of Information Technology (IT) contract support.• Successfully developed diversity equity and inclusion principles in divisional contract operations.• Provided broad assistance in the organization and administration of consistent supporting documentation.• Demonstrated in-depth skills in mentoring divisions on applicable RCW’s and options for successful procurements.• Skillfully negotiated with vendors while functioning as a liaison between customer and vendors.• Assisted with (DES) Washington Statewide Contract Operations for multiple divisions.• Consistently ensured contracts were delivering superior quality, cost, and service.• Played an integral role in all aspects of the bidding process.• Skillfully facilitated contract negotiations.• Provided broad assistance in the development of Statements of Work.• Held a pivotal role in market research and vendor negotiations for recommendations to the Leadership team.

• Demonstrated exceptional abilities in mentoring a cross-functional team on applicable laws and policies in all areas of procurement.• Successfully researched and developed scope of solicitations.• Consistently applied applicable RCWs, agency and state policies to procurement.• Effectively screened and developed Contracts, Service Agreements, Procurements, and Terminations.• Skillfully coordinated with stakeholders including Contract/Program/Risk Managers and Internal DES customers on directions of Procurement.• Provided in-depth consultation and advice on risk and insurance for internal customers.• Managed, led, and oversaw the team in adapting DEI principles and concepts to solicitations and contracts.• Successfully facilitated and led the Internal Contracts Unit (ICU) for nine parallel solicitations.• Displayed broad skills in developing new strategies and policies for the ICU team to streamline processes and improve efficiency.• Provided optimal advice to internal DES customers on the use of Master Contracts (now “Statewide Contracts”).• Held responsibility for the completion of team member training plans and milestones.