The Purchasing Agent is responsible for safeguarding the company’s inventoryassets by developing and implementing policies and procedures relating to theprocurement and record keeping of the rehab and rental inventory. Responsiblefor monitoring inventory levels at all locations and purchasing replacement rentalequipment.

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Responsible for the procurement of Professional and Support Services in support of the Customer Energy Solutions Portfolio. Provide significant support to Senior and Leader Procurement team members. Work collaboratively with key line of business partners to develop and write contracts through negotiations and/or competitive bid processes. Work with other subject matter specialists, Law, Internal Audit and Insurance departments as required. Examples of contract related work products include: Master Service Agreements, Long and Short Form Contracts, Change Orders, Contract Work Authorizations, Request for Proposals and related reports, letters and correspondences. Ensure inclusion of effective supplier diversity language in all contracts. Provide support to the Supervisor in governance of contract approval process from contract creation through contract award. Review purchase orders and contracts as part of procurement approval process. Develop and maintain specific knowledge and expertise, as well as familiarity with general market conditions and trends. Conduct negotiations with contractors to establish contract terms, mitigate risk and reduce overall cost. Negotiates simple complex contracts typically under $10million. Engage in active coordination and communication with clients and partners to understand internal business needs. Identify new opportunities to improve the overall effectiveness and service excellence to clients. Develop and sustain mutually beneficial strategic relationships with suppliers. Process PO Change Orders, Extension and Compliance documentation on existing agreements. Secure and ensure implementation of contracts. Work with suppliers to implement continuous cost and quality improvements. Seek out and develop Women, Minority, and Disabled Veteran Business Enterprises (WMDVBEs) to meet or exceed supplier diversity goals. Identify new opportunities for managing existing and/or developing new suppliers.

West Valley Staffing/Infinera Corporation December 07 - CurrentSr. BuyerReview purchase requisitions, selecting reliable sources to request evaluate and negotiate quotations and award business. Draft purchase orders to maintain system integrity, ensuring purchase order terms and conditions are in compliance with agreements and all governing regulations. Ensure all supporting documentation is complete and maintain all purchasing related files. Provide guidance on the usage and requirements of purchasing legal documents including contracts, PO Terms & Conditions, leases, maintenance agreements, service level agreements, letters of intent. Negotiate preferable terms for Infinera and work closely with Infinera’s Legal support.* Created a procurement standard of Entering PO’s into ERP and manual to support training activities.

Task included, daily processing of MRO requisitions for all internal organizations, Engineering, Sales and Marketing, IT, Facilities, Security and HR Consultant and Contingent Labor. Additional Contracts Administration using Procuri, Ariba and Oracle ERP Software. Experience also included, Redlining vendor proposals determining contract status for Legal review when required. Routed all legal documents for approval to Corporate VP’s adhering to Procurement Policy. Developed necessary RFx’s and contract documents from established templates. Assignment 2: Contracts Specialist supported the marketing dept with PR entries.

Brocade, formerly McDATA CorporationResponsibilities included procurement of all goods and services required for internal BU’s, sale and Marking, IT computer and networking equipment, Engineering and all Facilities related projects including furniture and office supplies the entire west coast organization and nationwide locations. Enhanced requisition processing, RFP/RFQ’s for facility services including, construction projects, signs and furniture purchases. Negotiated sales and marketing procurement services for trade shows, events and promotional items. Implemented purchasing policies and procedures to procure indirect (MRO) goods and services while managing corporate procurement policies and procedures which, encouraged adherence throughout for the west coast operations and the entire organization. Worked well with all internal customers providing, sound procurement methodologies while sourcing for best-qualified vendors.

Responsible for bea west coast procurement of MRO goods and services, including procurement of computer and networking equipment. Also, implemented corporate a computer leasing for our nationwide locations, RFP/RFQ Computer laptop, and desktop standards. Interface with corporate Web Master to update the purchasing module. Assisted management in implementation of a company wide Purchasing Card Program to better streamline all small dollar buys.