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    Procurement

 

  • Drafting, reviewing, negotiating, administering and interpreting procurement contracts using proprietary templates and third-party templates, and original drafting for new or unique transactions.

 

  • Experience with various types of procurement-related contract formats, such as cost plus award, commercial, cost plus fixed fee (CPFF), cost plus incentive, construction management, design bid build, design-build, domestic building, firm fixed price (FFP), fixed price plus incentive, fixed price with economic price adjustment, general contracting, guaranteed maximum price (GMP), lump sum, net cost, percentage rate, subcontract, unit price.

 

  • Drafting, reviewing, negotiating, administering and interpreting a wide variety of direct and indirect technology procurement contracts, such as for consulting, equipment purchasing, equipment leasing, local and municipal governments, manufacturing, professional services, real estate, research, software licensing, software purchasing, supplies, technology purchasing, transportation.

 

  • Drafting, reviewing, negotiating, administering and interpreting procurement contracts for common commodities used in a research environment, such as animal research supplies, capital equipment, chemicals, consulting services, furniture, janitorial products and services, life science consumables, maintenance and operating supplies, outsourcing services, professional services, safety supplies, technical services.

 

  • Drafting, reviewing, negotiating, administering and interpreting procurement contracts for materials and services related to architecture, capital equipment acquisition, capital improvement projects, engineer/procure/construct (EPC) projects, engineering, facility maintenance, plant turnarounds and transportation (such as carrier, marine, rail).

 

  • Authored a procurement playbook, with templates and negotiating strategies (optimal for enterprise, neutral, mediocre for the enterprise, and call for support when dealing with obstreperous third-parties) keyed to the various sections.

 

  • Performed procurement training for relevant personnel.

 

  • Compliance with European Union (EU) Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on public procurement (repealing Directive 2004/18/EC).

 

  • Familiarity with the procurement laws and policies of Brazil, Canada, the People’s Republic of China (PRC), the EU, India, Japan and the Russian Federation.

 

  • Typical procurement tasks, such as bid protests, business development, claims preparation, Contract Disputes Act (CDA) compliance, Contracting Act (CA) compliance, confidentiality agreements, Federal procurement guidelines compliance, Court of Federal Claims consultation, development of an effective procurement strategy, export control compliance, facility clearance applications, False Claims Act (FCA) compliance, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) issues, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) compliance, government contract and solicitation review and interpretation, government contractor defense, internal corporate policies and controls for the procurement process, International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) compliance, non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), requests for information (RFIs), requests for proposals (RFPs), requests for qualifications (RFQs), Small Business Administration (SBA) issues, statements of work (SOWs), terminations for convenience, termination for default, whistleblower defense.

 

  • Legal support for business and functional support units, such as compliance, environmental health and safety (EH&S), finance, information technology, intellectual property, litigation, regulatory, risk management, tax, risk management.

 

  • Established and managed cross-functional teams to ensure complete and efficient resolution of all types of transactions.

 

  • Supervised all activities of in-house procurement staff.

 

  • Prepared, reviewed, and approved specifications, negotiated contracts and managed the procurement process for a variety of departments, products and services.

 

  • Served as subject matter expert (SME) for all procurement and sourcing activities throughout the enterprise.

 

  • Interfaced directly with vendors while leading the contract review and negotiation process in conjunction with the cross-functional teams such as business, compliance, financial, management, operational and technical.

 

  • Background checks, investigations and research on consultants, contractors, subject matter experts (SMEs) and vendors.

 

  • Consultation for the procurement staff and internal clients regarding established corporate policies and procedures.

 

  • Training and guidance to procurement staff on best practices and applicable procurement standards and requirements.

 

  • Development and implementation of aa enterprise-wide procurement contracting program, including new clause libraries, forms, playbooks, procedure manuals, templates, training materials, process maps and written policies.

 

  • Interacted with management and cross-functional business leaders throughout the enterprise, advising on legal risks, business strategies and other issues related to procurement contracts.

 

  • Legal support for the procurement function, for the financial controller and the IT department.

 

  • Primary responsibility for IT purchasing for all technology-related equipment, invoice tracking, and asset tracking throughout the life cycle.

 

  • Established and implemented policies, procedures and inventory controls to ensure that the enterprise obtained the best pricing on technology purchases.

 

  • Assisted in financial budgeting and reconciliation of financial reports for such budget.

 

  • Tracked hardware and software licenses to ensure compliance with requirements in vendor contracts.

 

  • Planned and finalized innovative purchasing and procurement strategies.

 

  • Acquired assets within a given budget and facilitated communication between the enterprise and vendors in order to deliver products and services according to plan.

 

  • Researched, cultivated and maintained key vendor relationships.

 

  • Replied to vendor inquiries, resolved issues and disparities relating to purchases of goods, services and payments.

 

  • Communicated effectively with all levels of staff and vendors regarding purchase requests.

 

  • Obtained bids and negotiated pricing on all information technology equipment and services.

 

  • Provided relevant personnel with updates on delivery and inventory status

 

  • Legal support for locating and obtaining emergency equipment.

 

  • Experience with business automation, customer service, eProcurement, financial management, inventory management, and software platforms, such as Jaggaer SciQuest and SAP Crystal Reports.

 

  • Experience with enterprise resource planning (ERP) software platforms, such as abas ERP, aACE Enterprise Resource Planning, Acumatica Cloud ERP, Aquilon, BatchMaster ERP for Process Manufacturers, Brightpearl, E2 Manufacturing System, ECi M1, Ecount ERP, EXEControl ERP Software, Foundation 3000, Genius ERP, IQMS ERP Software, Lift ERP, MIE Trak Pro, Minotaur Business System, MRPeasy, One System ERP Solutions, Oneir Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Oracle NetSuite, PENTA ERP, Pilot ERP, ProShop, PolyPM, QT9 ERP, REALTRAC, Sage 300cloud, Sage X3, SAMPro Enterprise, SYSPRO ERP, SyteLine, VISCO, VISUAL ERP, Visual EstiTrack, Wherefour, WorkWise ERP.

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   Last updated 200200721_1504

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