Contract Manager
CurrentResponsible for strategic government regulated procurement, to include competitive procurement, contract drafting, and protest mitigation, document templates, and process controls.Handles all contract disputes to include overbilling, vendor performance failure, or quality concerns.Negotiated a $3.5M settlement, to a dispute involving a $12M contract for mission critical medication systems preventing litigation.Resolved a multi-year on-going dispute for commercial services, resulting in $800K savings over previous spend.Averaged less than 45 days from procurement assignment to completion.Documented savings in excess of $7M dollars, accounting for over 20% of entire departmental savings in 2015.Co-Lead legal internship development and recruitment for the Contracting Department.Serve as a subject matter expert in strategic procurement and contracting.