Lori Tolzman Email & Phone Number

Saint Paul, Mn, Us

West St. Paul, Mn

• Develop and negotiate contractual documents in conjunction with Department program staff and vendors to ensure compliance with the terms and conditions established by Dakota County. Negotiate contract terms, including expected service provision with performance outcomes, budget and payment rates.• Monitor and evaluate contract compliance, utilize vendor analysis tools by contract service, research and build upon best practices, and develop and monitor corrective action and/or improvement plans as needed.• Utilize database systems to collect and analyze data, prepare reports, and present policy options.• Prepare Requests for Board Action and other documents to support contract and grant development and implementation.• Interface with County Attorney's Office and Risk Management and other areas within and outside of the County as required.• Help develop and analyze budgets, expenditures, and rates to achieve cost effective purchase of service in alignment with County policies and procedures.• Assist in grant development and management, as well as monitoring State master contracts.• Design, plan, and organize projects; conduct needs assessment and research; develop Request for Proposals (RFPs) and Letters of Interest (LOIs), and help monitor County-wide and Divisional projects.• Provide technical assistance to Department program staff and vendors, programmatic and financial, and facilitate meetings.• Represent the agency on assigned tasks, develop relationships with other units of government, schools, and community organizations.• Assist with Division's budget, program management, and strategic planning efforts, and County-wide contracting processes, system coordination, and improvement efforts.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Manage contract-related information flow to/from Sales, Marketing, Legal, Finance and Risk Management• Educate and empower National Sales Team to negotiate effective Client contracts• Review/Escalate exception and precedent setting issues and provide recommendations based on business objectives, long term impact, and marketplace conditions• Participate in Marketing, Finance, Legal and Corporate projects• Utilize Lean Principles to create business practices and policies as they relate to contracting

• Manage contract-related information flow to/from Sales, Marketing, Legal, Finance and Risk Management• Educate and empower National Sales Team to negotiate effective Client contracts• Review/Escalate exception and precedent setting issues and provide recommendations based on business objectives, long term impact, and marketplace conditions• Participate in Marketing, Finance, Legal and Corporate projects

Liaison between sales & various internal cross functional areas i.e. manufacturing, graphic design, delivery and customer service along with external vendors. Responsible for reports, training & creating consistent communication

Inbound call representative, customer service, order taking & up-selling to small business owners for sister company McBee.

K-8 Physical Education TeacherK-8 Computer Technology Teacher3-8 Health Teacher

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Level 4 EBD program, classroom sizes ranged from 7-27 students, subjects included math, history, computer science, reading, physical education. Worked on the behavior specialist team specializing in calming and isolating students that were in a confrontational or escalated behavior cycle.

 Managed 100 employees/sales representatives Tripled division revenues for each sales associate Expanded sales in several departments from a 1 million dollar level to upwards of 9 million dollars in 3 years Responsible for all levels of business including payroll, profit and loss, inventory and marketing, organizational development, training & communication.

Bachelor Of Science, Business Communications

High School, General