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Chicago, Illinois, Us

San Francisco, Ca, Us

• Created, wrote, initiated, and implemented all vendor management standard operating procedures, policies, protocols, manuals, and directives.• Developed monthly internal and external vendor scorecards with metrics, KPIs, and performance data evaluations.• Distributes monthly vendor outlook based on transaction count, escalation count, • Drafts, negotiates, executes, and administers all contracts, including but not limited to, master service agreements, request for proposals, statement of works, non-disclosure agreements, and closeout agreements.• Point of contact for all client, company and vendor communications and leads company weekly, monthly, and quarterly meetings.• Processes, manages, mitigates, and resolves all client, company, and vendor escalations, issues, complaints, and problems.• Program Manager for all financial activities in Corecentric and reconciles all vendor balances.• Proficient in Resware, Corecentric, Link Squares, Asana, Fresh Desk, Zoom, and Microsoft Office.• Member of Vendor Management Committee that performs risk assessments, due diligence, and vendor onboarding.• Coordinates vendor audits to ensure background compliance, licensure updates, flow down adherence, and regulatory compliance.• Collaborates with Legal, Risk Management, Cybersecurity, Data Processing, and Finance to maintain alignment with client goals and objectives.

Columbia, Md, Us

• Managed all procurement activities in educational services for numerous customer accounts to maximize value, leverage vendors, and increase efficiency while exceeding stakeholder requirements and service level agreements.• Maintained vendor management database for all clients with all relevant vendor data, project data, KPIs, and past performance metrics.• Conducted strategic sourcing events with market research, vendor analysis, proposal evaluation, negotiations, and vendor selection to drive continuous procurement improvement.• Drafted, negotiated, executed, and administered all contracts, including but not limited to, master service agreements, training service agreements, request for proposals, statement of works, task orders, general data protection regulation agreements, data processing agreements, purchase orders, change orders, non-disclosure agreements, contract assignments and closeout agreements.• Point of contact for all client, company and vendor communications and leads company weekly, monthly, and quarterly meetings.• Completed all data-entry, data-analysis, reporting, and data-management in Quickbase and Vendor Management Database.• Proficient in all aspects of Oracle; Procurement, Payables, Receivables, Supplier Setup and Management, Reporting, and HR.• Generated all weekly, monthly, and quarterly financial and metric reporting for client and company.• Program Manager for all financial activities including but not limited to creating purchase requisitions, setting up project pricing forms, issuing purchase orders, receipting, approving invoices, issuing payments and correcting any and all issues.• Collaborated with Legal, Risk Management, Cybersecurity, Data Processing, and Finance to maintain alignment with client goals and objectives.

Columbus, Mississippi, Us

•Drafted, negotiated, executed, and administered all company contracts up to $1G, including but not limited to, teaming agreements, consultant agreements, contractor agreements, memorandums of understanding, blanket contract agreements, terms and conditions, foreign military funding orders, purchase orders, end-use certificates, manufacturing license agreements, technical assistance agreements, visitor non-disclosure agreements, individual non-disclosure agreements, and company non-disclosure agreements.•Managed international agreements with numerous foreign customers and worked on global program teams with Israeli parent company.•Created company-wide contract and procurement policy, creating clear guidelines for contract document review, negotiation, approval and execution policies and trained entire management staff yearly of its implementation and execution.•Managed all data-entry and data-analysis in Microsoft General Dynamics ERP and Accounting System. •Designed and maintained a new orders spreadsheet that assigned new revenues to appropriate business units in order to track revenues by date received, company, amount, relevant project/program name and company department. •Ensured compliance to quality standards ISO9001:2008/AS9100C.•Coordinated proposal, purchasing and contract strategies, analyzed business value of specific opportunities, created company’s supplier portfolio, and managed all suppliers and subcontractors under contract with the company.•Assisted with export and import compliance by drafting and executing technical assistance agreements, manufacturing license agreements, export/import license requests, and ITAR/Commerce Department documents. •Worked on all proposal teams and served as Proposal Manager during position’s vacancy. •Customer point of contact for all procurement/contract related activities and coordinated all client relationship activities.

Washington, Dc, Us

•Administered and oversaw acquisitions throughout the entire contract life cycle in order to meet customer needs for the procurement of supplies, non-personal services, and research and development through both commercial and non-commercial sources.•Negotiated and managed various types of contracts, ranging from micro-purchases to multi-million-dollar contracts, competitive to sole-source contracts, and Fixed Price to Cost-Reimbursable contracts, all in both the unclassified and classified arenas. •Exceeded customer expectations while applying Federal procurement regulations and implementing best business practices during performance of duties such as proposal evaluation, contract management, and negotiations.•Worked within tight deadlines with average contract signing turnaround process of 14 days and coordinated efforts of various suppliers for numerous projects.•Coordinated procurement discussions for both domestic and foreign agreements between the Contracting Officer, Program Team, and Contractor to achieve program and contract goals in a co-located office environment.

Chicago, Il, Us

•Covered international and national corporate sales market for room blocks of ten to fifty guest rooms and managed annual budget of $1,260,000.•Oversaw contract process from the initial request for proposal, submitted bids and formal proposals to the client, received contract requests, under-went contract negotiations, and then signed of all required documents.•Negotiated the Hyatt standard group contract against major national and international corporate addendums.•Worked within tight deadlines with average contract signing turnaround process of two-to-three weeks.•Prospected new business and accounts by market research, comparison site visits, and building client relationships.•Worked with clients to create standard agreed upon contract templates and initiated contract negotiations.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Us

•Managed higher education retail dining facility that had annual revenues of approximately $660,000 and supervised fifty union employees.•Coordinated all ordering, purchasing, receiving, and inventory for all dining operations and maintained all supplier relationships.•Strategized, planned, negotiated, and administered all vendor and supplier agreements and performed analysis of costs to ensure best spending practices.•Developed and executed value chain cost savings opportunities, efficiencies and process improvements.•Calculated all weekly financials, food costs, labor costs and compiled weekly spreadsheets and reports for upper management and the Board of Visitors.

•Planned and coordinated private parties, corporate events and dinners, weddings, and wedding receptions for up to 300 guests with 10 different event space locations.•Managed and supervised event staff of fifty people and organized all day-of event vendors.•Conducted site visits and sales meetings with future clients and met with current clients to plan event details and itineraries.•Drafted, negotiated, and administered both vendor and customer contracts. •Compiled event files with event menus, bar sheets, equipment orders, decorations, linen rentals, and any other pertinent information.•Worked with a dynamic team of event professionals to ensure event success and customer satisfaction.

•Assisted Department of Events and Conferences with conference projection and planning.•Conducted market research to plan for university and enrollment increases.•Revised billing statements and planned budget for future conferences.•Planned, coordinated, and administered all summer camps and conferences held at JMU.•Drafted and negotiated all contracts for internal JMU agreements as well as external agreements with conference/camp attendees.•Coordinated all logistics with travel, housing, dining, and entertainment for both conference administers and attendees.•Managed all finance operations for the camps and conferences both internally with JMU expenses and externally for all attendees.•Worked with numerous campus departments to execute events.

•Managed outdoor dining facility of approximately fifty guests and supervised, trained, and scheduled approximately ten employees•Created monthly budget and managed weekly inventory for outdoor dining facility