SENIOR CONTRACT SPECIALIST PROCUREMENT
New Jersey Transit
Total years of experience :16 years, 10 Months
Reviews proposed SOWs, contract awards, creates change orders and
amendments. Develops contract terms and conditions and
solicitation documents. Conducts bid processes. Establishes and
maintains procurement schedules. Performs pre-qualification
appraisals. Communicates with vendors and contractors. Reviews,
analyzes and appraises contract changes, disputes and claims.
Evaluates entitlement and conducts price analyses. Negotiates
change orders and claim settlements. Assembles and prepares
justification documentation and recommends execution of contract
amendments. Prepares RFPs and IFBs solicitation packages, including
bid forms, special and general provisions to obtain bids or proposals
to award contracts for material, spare parts, and equipment contracts
with an estimated annual aggregate value in excess of $30 million.
Work within the Americas region Commercial Desk team to review
and approve standard and non-standard contracts including terms
and conditions, scope of work, liabilities/risk, etc., to ensure
compliance with International SOS internal guidelines and
requirements. Draft, maintain, and negotiate all contracts, including
addendum, amendments, statements of work and non-disclosure
agreements. Communicate with the sales force, legal representation
and customer contacts regarding contractual issues, changes and
revisions. Track contract history and maintain appropriate
documentation.
Vendor governance Provide oversight over the contact management
process to ensure that the contracts are consistent with the
requirements of Virtua Health, Inc. Duties include, but are not limited
to, contract negotiation, contract review and drafting, change
management, correspondence, litigation support, and legal research.
Provide on-site advice for contract management and policy
compliance matters. Clients include Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, Boston
Scientific, and DENTSPLY. Responsible for initiating, tracking, and
monitoring contract changes, deliverables, correspondence and risks,
and maintaining associated documentation. Enable the management
of government, international, commercial contracts, and subcontracts
in accordance with company policies and procedures, applicable
laws, and customer requirements.
Write, review, negotiate and approve sales contracts for Solar
Technology inclusive of but not limited to Terms & Conditions,
pricing alignment with negotiations/quotations, scheduling
constraints, etc.
Organize and facilitate processes for change requests & order; monitoring approval processes are followed. Monitor fulfillment of contractual obligations and assess impact to formulate appropriate risk. Maintain and track portfolio of change requests
• Ensure contract is maintained consistent with and reflective of the body of change requests. Documents and archives all contract documents and amendments.
• Documents issues and questions for Governance team and the client use related to the contract.
• Monitor services regarding quality, performance, costs and reliability.
• Together with Service Provider and in alignment with Client internal teams, define and manage governance process framework and ensure common standards and methodology.
• Establish templates and processes as needed to ensure service quality and compliance as needed.
• Ensure adherence to defined processes and standards across all service streams under the MSA.
• Ability to effectively communicate to a diverse audience, at multiple levels within the company through various formats, i.e., presentations, written correspondence, leading meetings, face to face dialogue, etc.
• Able to define and oversee/execute business analyses for dealing with complex issues relating to both business process improvement and sourcing opportunities.
• Researches best practices across a variety of industries and disciplines and translates into relevant actions for improvements within VMO.
• Demonstrates highly developed negotiation skills to achieve business objectives.
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 11/2014-2/2015
Contracts and Procurement Manager, Supply Chain Management (Consultant)
Performs core functions including but not limited to spend analytics, contract management and negotiation, vendor identification, price negotiation, RFP evaluation, award and contract implementation. Contract management of full contracting life cycle including but not limited to competitive bidding, maintaining existing contracts, contract renewals and vendor relationship management.
• Manages RFP process from bid development to award and post award review of vendor performance
• Creates advanced cost impact analyses for complex contracts
• Supports Value Analysis, Supplier Diversity, and other Supply Chain programs as needed with activities such as identifying alternate suppliers conducting cost analysis and communicating financial impact of new products or product conversions
• Conducts market research on requested products and technologies
• Monitors expenditures to verify service/quantity requirements are met and ensures rebates, credits, patronage fees are received
• Partners with suppliers to establish and maintain positive business relationships
• Seeks out new suppliers to engage in business
• Understands Supply Chain’s vision, plus participates in defining goals and objectives and coordinates efforts to achieve goals.
• Provides insight and suggestions for process and communication improvement between supply chain stakeholders
• Validates and documents savings for budgetary purposes. Savings goals to be determined on an annual basis.
• Develops customer service improvement strategies
• Mentors junior staff such as Contract Administrators and Sourcing Analysts in their job responsibilities
• Follows all hospital, regulatory and legal guidelines regarding contracting
• Works collaboratively with all levels of Supply Chain staff and management
• Reports progress on a monthly or as requested basis
• Participates in workgroups, forums, and/or professional societies to include participation in at least one Supply Chain improvement workgroup per year on negotiation, RFP evaluation, award and contract implementation.
Effectively and efficiently contract with commercial suppliers, hospitals, research facilities and domestic and global academic institutions, Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) and consultants to meet the outsourcing needs of the clinical research & development category in alignment with the pharmaceutical credo, healthcare compliance guidelines, procurement policies and procedures.
• Project Management
• Negotiating and executing a high volume of contracts that meet quality and cycle- time objectives.
• Creating, negotiating and completing various agreements including but not limited to clinical trial agreements, clinical trial steering committee agreements, clinical trial data safety monitoring board agreements, clinical events committee agreements, consulting agreements, material transfer agreements, confidential disclosure agreements, speaker agreements, sponsorship agreements, donations, educational grants, change orders, amendments, contract modifications, service agreements and supplier agreements
• Develop interdependent partnerships with other sourcing and procurement groups and supporting functions
• Works with client’s law department, as necessary to review, analyze, and advise business partners on contractual terms and conditions in order to reach acceptable language.
• Follows standard procurement policies and procedures for multiple departments, geographic areas, client groups or projects
• Utilize ariba and aravo
• Review of supplier scopes of work in partnership with internal business customers
Reviewed, drafted and negotiated numerous agreements including but not limited to, letters of credit, pro forma invoices, contracts of sale, confidentiality agreements consulting agreements, joint venture agreements, RFPs, , RFIs and RFQs. Sought out and identified trading opportunities. Interpreted financial information, integrates information from a variety of sources, detects trends, associations, and cause/effect. Built relationships, managed third parties and internal relationships, developed contacts and gathered relevant market information.
• Demonstrated extensive, in-depth understanding of a range of agreements.
• Identified, mitigated and resolved risks and issues.
• Managed and provided oversight from contract initiation to completion
• Negotiated contract pricing and provisions.
• Brought others to agreement on contract details, achieves optimal contract terms, understands compromise, and uses commercial dispute resolution
• Conducted market research and identified potential sources of vendors.
• Extensive business experience with West Africa.
Leveraged legal expertise to review numerous documents, agreements, e-mails, policies & procedures, marketing materials and contracts for breach of contract, fraud and noncompliance issues. Researched, analyzed, and coded documents and prepared reports. Utilized a variety of electronic document review applications. Ensured comprehensive documentation to support cases.
• Demonstrated extensive, in-depth understanding of a range of laws, regulations, and statues, including but not limited to, contributing to erisa, sec, securities act of 1933, antitrust, churning and fraud.
• Researched violations of regulatory rules, policies, and procedures, and reporting to legal as appropriate
• Responded to requests regarding noncompliance and violations of law.
• Identified legal and regulatory issues, analyzes potential outcomes and worked with legal, as appropriate, to propose solutions.
• Direct reporting with people management responsibility.
Served as legal representative for children in abuse, neglect, and termination of parental rights proceedings in the family courts of the state of New Jersey. Wrote legal briefs, devised strategy, prepared arguments and testimony, and presented cases in court. Communicated extensively with the division of youth and family services, the attorney general’s office, and court personnel. Conducted one-on-one visits with clients in homes and institutional settings.
• Ensured all prepared documents complied with applicable federal, state, local, and agency requirements.
• Collaborated with numerous professionals to build and present solid cases and attain judgments in the best interest of the child.
• Continually augmented knowledge of family law, the family court system, and the family services system.
• Successfully obtained legal status for non-citizen children involved in various legal proceedings.
