Promoted to Team Lead/Base Medical Services:-Plans and organizes the activities of an acquisition section which include the full range of contracting support to installation organizations as assigned by the flight chief.-Ensures contracting actions comply with legal and regulatory requirements and meet customer needs.-Exercises supervisory personnel management responsibilities.-Represents the Contracting Squadron with a variety of installation and business organizations.-Participates in special projects and initiatives and performs special assignments.

Promoted to serve as a Contract Specialist performing work directly related to specific contract assignments such as contract solicitation, source selection, contractor/recipient proposal evaluation and pricing, negotiation, and administration.• Perform pre-award and post-award functions on a variety of acquisition projects.• Solicit, review, and/or administer a variety of contracts which frequently require special handling provisions or other specialized terms and conditions, including contracts which cover a period of more than one year.• Review acquisitions and the appropriate method of procurement.• Determine a variety of contractor pricing arrangements, such as Fixed-Price, Cost Reimbursement, and/or Special Purpose Contracts and Agreements.• Perform cost/price analysis of contractor proposals.

· My primary purpose is to serve as the DoD Standard Procurement system, manager, assuring that all installation level contracts are properly reported, trend analysis conducted, congressional reports are prepared and submitted on time; and automated process are in place to provide the most efficient procedures to conduct contracting activities; and that contracting employees have the knowledge and training needed to accomplish assigned procurement and contracting tasks using the automated procurement system.· Communicates and integrates the organization's strategic plan, mission, vision, and values into the team's strategies, goals, objectives, work plans, and work products and services.· Manages the Standard Procurement System, ensuring compliance with technical and regulatory requirements and that customer needs are met.· Represents the contracting office with a variety of installation and functional area organizations.· Participates in special projects and initiatives and performs special assignments.

I support the U.S. mining operations requiring knowledge, skills, and experience in communicating sourcing vision.Responsible for delivering contracts that cover the requirements of the user areas; identifying and developing suppliers in the market to support commercial and operational needsUnderstanding and implementing strategic sourcing methodology to support the development of the category strategy through ongoing management of the categorySetting strategic sourcing goals and strategy to support corporate objectives and site level commitmentsDeveloping and maintaining contracts register for end-user group and maintain currencyResponsible for the continuous improvement and execution of Barrick’s sourcing strategy, policies and guidelines for services categories and contracts; is accountable for value-addition, cost savings, and other performance metricsActively tracking and measuring demand/usage, identify and remedy supply chain inefficiencies associated with the Category for all sitesInterfacing with key client executives, build and maintain strong working relationships with internal clients, ensuring client satisfactionDeveloping and implementing new concepts in work simplification and cost reduction including life cycle costing, value analysis, and vendor analysis, information necessary to recommend regional solutionsExecuting the supplier relationship management process including but not limited to tracking supplier performance metrics, safety history and customer satisfaction metricsEnsuring timely and professional service to user departments in the preparation and evaluations of bids, negotiation with suppliers, and recommendation to management for approvals, preparation of contract documentation, issuance of award of contracts and regret letters, and, management and close out of contractsDeveloping skills and abilities of indirect reports and act as a champion and mentor for all resources in the supply chain organization

I was promoted to the Contract Specialist for this Fortune 500 industrial supply company with $9.4 billion in annual revenue. During this time, I contributed to revenue growth and profitability by drafting all customer contract documents; maintaining accuracy with contract specifications for pricing, terms, and conditions; and updating information in the SAP system. Some of my key accomplishments and responsibilities: • Maintain high levels of organization and efficiency in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment by preparing an average of 8 proposals and 7 contracts or contract amendments/reworks each month.• Demonstrate teamwork by working on an interim basis as a Proposal Specialist to write new proposals, answer RFQ/RFI's for customers, and hold conference calls to outline proposal specifications with other involved internal departments, life cycle project managers, sales managers, and customers. • Recognized by department management for fulfilling dual role as the Proposal Specialist and the Contract Specialist and received a bonus incentive for developing five bid proposals that landed $9 million in new business. • Extensively involved in working on a major State of Tennessee contract and was a key contributor to Grainger winning the sole source bid valued at $18 million. • Earned commendations from management for training a team of Life Cycle Project Managers on use and application of SAP 7.0 search and reporting functions that significantly increase project manager efficiency. • Work on a Continuous Improvement Project Team that analyzes and develops process improvements and strategies that have eliminated redundant processes and streamlined efficiency of the Contracting Department. • Certified to write NDA (Non-Disclosure Agreements) and DLA (Data Licensing Agreements).

This was a lateral move from Sourcing to Quotations (Sales Support) where I was servicing the Territory Sales, Pac-Mountain, and Major Account areas working with both large bids and standard quote requests for customer specific pricing. my results and contributions included: • Completed average of 105 quotes per day and 25 large bids per month averaging $100,000 with 200 line items. • Collaborated with multiple departments including Cross-Referencing, Lifecycle Management, Contracts, Proposals, and Implementation to more aggressively penetrate new accounts and maintain current market share of 6% in MRO. • Built and maintained strong relationships with suppliers resulting in obtaining additional cost support as needed.

I started with the company as a Sourcing Specialist with responsibilities including sourcing items for customers not available through Grainger's Red Book catalog, submitting Requests For Quotations, following up on quotes, and distributing pricing information to Account Managers, Account Relationship Managers, and Customer Service Associates. • Achieved "buy to quote" ratio of 56% from 2007-2010 which was well above the 48% department average.

Much of my time in the military involved managing, performing, and handling purchasing and contracting functions for commodities and services. Prepared, processed, and analyzed transactions and products; organized purchase request data; and advised users. In addition, I inspected and evaluated contracting activities; planned and scheduled contracting activities; and performed contracting functions and sealed bid procedures.