Phyllis Wright Email & Phone Number

Mclean, Va

Oversees and manages associated subcontracts; reviews of contractual progress; in addition to management of both financial and technical aspects of the contracts; negotiation with subcontractors for contract settlement as well as preparing any orders for changes to initial contracts or drawing up amendments; applies a firm knowledge of procurement and legal procedures, policies and regulation.• Facilitates every activity of a proposal from cradle to grave in the Federal government space.• Develops, negotiates and administers subcontract agreements of moderate dollar value, risk, and complexity, consistent with client requirements and procurement policies/procedures.• Creates complex solicitations, conducts price and cost analysis, and negotiates price/cost and price/cost-related terms and other subcontract provisions.• Analyzes and estimates costs and negotiates specifications/statement of work, price, date of delivery and other contractual and licensing provisions with suppliers and subcontractors.• Conducts negotiations of terms and conditions to various agreements including Nondisclosure Agreement, Teaming Agreement, and Subcontract Agreements.• Ensures compliance on performance.• Keeps tracks of day to day issues, concerns, pipeline RFPs, progressions of RFPs and responses.

Reston, Va

Subcontract Administrator for Unisys Federal Systems Procurement. Procured services, products and provided customer support to the Customs Border Protection (CBP) / Land Border Integration (LBI) Program. This entails sending request for quote, request for information, negotiating prices with vendors or suppliers, facilitating every activity of a proposal from cradle to grave in the Federal government space. • Facilitated request for information to procure technical parts, critical materials and services of a specific or specialize nature.• Facilitated request for quotation for construction work sites throughout the United States borders. Ensured vendor has the required documentation to perform construction work on a government site and the required legal documentation.• Facilitated request for quotation materials, reviewed quotation, negotiated prices, selected and recommended suppliers, analyzes trends, follows up on order placed, and verifies delivery.• Facilitated excellent communication between external and internal parties and executed necessary actions timely to prevent delays.• Negotiated of teaming agreement, proposal, subcontract price and provisions and terms and conditions. Used effective negotiation skills to communicate with vendors to acquire the best value, finest quality products, and rapid delivery. • Processed purchase orders through required approval process (Costpoint). Sort and code paperwork according to establish department guidelines. Maintained integrity and confidentiality by adhering to department policies and procedures. • Exercised a working knowledge or Purchasing Regulations and the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR). • Prepared and maintained CPSR compliant subcontract and purchasing files.• Uploaded all contract documents onto the internal share drive.

• Screen and route written and electronic mail and telephone calls, both internal and external.• Planned, organized, and scheduled assigned tasks and projects in an efficient and productive manner. Focused on key priorities. Effectively juggled multiple projects. Paid appropriate attention to details.• Team member of process improvement group. Provided coordination of project action list. Worked with internal and external parties to organize the various components needed to initiate, run, track progress, results and conclude major projects. • Managed electronic calendar schedule through MS Outlook to ensure efficient time management. Scheduled onsite meetings and offsite meetings; prepared agendas, took meeting minutes and ensured timely follow-up for tasks assigned. Proactively followed up on outstanding tasks and issues on behalf of senior management. Also, scheduled and executed video teleconferences across multiple locations.• Arranged domestic flights and international flights including some travels to multiple cities over a 3 or 4-day span. Managed itinerary, hotel accommodations, car rental reservations and other travel arrangements as required. Anticipated needs and reconciled monthly statement of accounts via tracking on Excel spreadsheet. Prepared and submitted expenses.• Prepared electronic correspondence in form of memos, letters, reports, charts, action items, presentations, or graphs in MS Office Word, Excel, or PowerPoint. Ensured data or information was accurate and received in a timely fashion. Followed up where required or until closure. • Maintained security of critical documents, sensitive reports, and correspondences. Provided analytical support in managing and maintaining a total budget of $10mm of 8 projects. Utilized a degree of research, analyze and present findings to the COO.• Processed, organized, and prioritized large volumes of personal, confidential, and critical data from multiple software applications and internal resources.

Performed and coordinated day-to-day administrative activities; stored, retrieved, and integrated information for dissemination on behalf of managing partner and 8 subordinate partners of a $300m/year federal homeland security practice.• Planned, organized, and delegated assigned tasks, projects, or meetings in an efficient and productive manner. Focused on key priorities. Effectively juggled multiple projects. Paid appropriate attention to details. Delegated assignment to other executive staff when needed.• Maintained security and executed critical documents, sensitive reports, and correspondences.• Executed independent decisions within established guidelines and policies and procedures to perform a full range of administrative services.• Supported other team members as needed. Made myself available to support other team members or delegated task to other executive assistants/receptionists. • Developed and administered policies and procedures pertaining to timecard reporting in compliance with FAR standards; performed internal timecard audits. • Handled many reporting functions: chargeability reporting and analysis; timesheet reporting; analysis and forecasting to ensure timely client invoicing; attrition reporting; and labor trend reporting. Reports were disseminated throughout practice to other partners and managers. • Participated in the interview and selection process for homeland administrative staff. Trained 9 executive assistants and administrative assistants then followed up with internal manager on performance management. Facilitated quarterly meetings; provided guidance and coaching that enhanced the development of the administrative staff; ensured that administrative support was adequately provided within the practice.• Interviewed, hired, trained, managed, and evaluated 3 receptionists; set yearly objectives, and conducted mid-year and annual evaluations. Ensured all functions of the receptionist desk were implemented.

Master, Business Administration (Mba)

B.S., International Business