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Tell Us About You/Your Company or What Type of Work You Do if Seeking Employment: Buyer, Procurement, Contracts, Logistic, Finance

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Experienced administrator with SAP and Oracle platform functions within the last 10 years. Excessive use of procurement ERP, data warehousing and financial systems. Used several databases in verifying accuracy and completeness of tracking documentation in several projects. Knowledge and user of extracting information to create Pivot Tables for reporting functions. Worked within escalations, cancellation, shortages, tracking, shipping, billing, expediting and deliverables. Provided RFID tracking/labeling to government operations. Excessive knowledge within RFP/RFQ bidding and quote preparations.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Hewlett Packard Houston, TX 09/2007 – 01/2009
Buyer (Contract)
· Acquired, purchases, and negotiates materials, equipment and supplies for on time delivery in a manufacturing environment.
· Prepares materials and supplies purchase orders, analyzes quotations and expedites deliveries and shipments using Ariba database.
· Processed change orders, notifying vendors of material and quantity requirement revisions, contacts vendors on rate adjustments and incorrect materials.
· Maintained inventory levels, verifying available stock, tracking deliveries, and insuring shortages are processed to determine fault loads.

BMC Software Houston, TX 01/2005 - 08/2007
Software Compliance Analyst (Contract)
· Reviewed and interpret domestic, and international software license agreements and contracts to ensure that contractual obligations are adhered to.
· Tracked, documented, and maintained software licensing agreements, contracts and purchase documents in hard copy files and soft copy in document management systems.
· Verified license fees and validate licensing for all software requests submitted, initiating requisitions and seeking approvals for additional licenses as needed.
· Ensure vendor invoice accuracy by comparing to items ordered on purchase order prior to completing goods receipt in SAP and routing invoices to Accounts Payable.

NextiraOne Houston, TX 04/2000 - 12/2004
Senior Contract Administrator
· Received and reviewed all requests for contracts, assisting legal in the drafting, negotiation, routing, implementation, and managing of master service contracts including amendments, change orders, exhibits, agreements, modifications and terminations.
· Ensured that approved terms and conditions and payment terms have been applied in all contracts and service orders to reduce liability of Company’s business transactions.
· Reviewed customer specifications and supporting documentation to prepare customer Request for Quote/Proposal (RFQ/RFP) including technical specifications, estimated cost, suggested resale pricing and delivery.
· Constant communication with sales, operations, logistics for timely communication of project deliverables and pre-approved vendors that met insurance requirements.

British Petroleum Houston, TX 09/1997 – 03/2000
Procurement Specialist (Contract)
· Researched vendors and evaluates their ability to provide, and the availability of quality materials, equipment and services.
· Analyzed RFP responses and provided recommendations to management on supplier selection., and reviewed ISDA/NAESB contracts.
· Placed purchase order with supplier in company procurement system.
· Maintained effective relationships with internal or external users, supplier and contractor of IT products.

NorthPoint Engineer Services Houston, TX 08/1995 - 08/1997
Buyer (Contract)
· Entered orders for electronic equipment and follow-up with vendors on scheduled project deliveries.
· Purchased and expedited the delivery of materials and services at value pricing and terms for the quantity and quality.
· Executed purchase orders to fulfill stock requirements for electronic parts, and expediting as needed.
· Conducted negotiations for the lowest possible cost for commodities balanced against the quality and scheduled needs.

US Army, United States/Europe/Korea 11/1979 – 06/1995
Admin Clerk/Contracts Mgr
· Developed subcontract specifications, work statements, and terms and conditions for the procurement of specialized materials, equipment, and services.
· Prepared bid packages, analyzes and evaluates proposals, negotiates subcontract provisions, selects or recommends subcontractors, and supplier selection.
· Negotiated and coordinates additions, deletions, or modifications to subcontracts.
· Managed legal staff that supported government contracts, and FEED contracts in accordance with DFAR and Federal Acquisition Regulations.

EDUCATION
Trinity University, Metairie, LA
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, 1999
Technical Writer, North Harris Community College, Houston, TX, 1999

TECHNICAL SKILLS (HARDWARE/SOFTWARE)
MS Word, Access, Excel, PowerPoint, MSProject, Adobe Frame Maker, Tech Write, DFAR, CMMS, FEED, JD Edwards, Argus, EasyLender, TigerTract, SAP Financial Module, Great Plains ERP, Real Estate Module, PeopleSoft Financials, Sarbanes Oxley, Primavera, Tract Manager, Siebel, SIMS.r4w, Ariba, Maximo, Workbench, Documentum, Remedy, Pivot Tables, V-Lookup, HP Asset Center 4.4, Lotus Notes, IMPAC; products support by Access, SQL Server and Oracle databases; Visio, LandPro, Tobin, Land Datamart, LeaseData, Powerviewer, ArcGIS 9x Desktop and AutoCAD Lite; product configured on UNIX, MS-DOS, Windows XP/ VISTA and AS400 platforms