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Click here or scroll down to respond to this candidateCandidate's Name , Jr.d/b/a Omni-Source, Inc.Street Address E. Michigan Avenue, Suite 213EDearborn, Michigan Street Address USAEMAIL AVAILABLELINKEDIN LINK AVAILABLEPHONE NUMBER AVAILABLEEDUCATION: MASTER OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION DEGREE - Public Management (June 1997)Troy University, Troy Alabama With HonorsBACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE Public Administration (May 1989)Benedict College, Columbia, South Carolina cum laudeTECHNICAL SKILLSTFS (Team Foundation Server) TableauSAP SQLSalesforce VISIOPeoplesoft JaggaerMS Sharepoint MS ProjectOracle Central Reservation SystemAriba MS 365Infor M3 ERP Systems NovatusProcessing and Review Interface Total Contract Manager (TCM)for Strong Motion (PRISM) LeanCorp Technologies (aerospace)PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:OMNI-SOURCE, INC./ J. B. JOHNSON & ASSOCIATES, Columbia, SCPrincipal Consultant/ Chief Buyer/ Senior Contracts Manager/ Senior Program Manager/ PresidentJanuary 2005 to PresentLeads capital contract negotiation, execution, implementation, evaluation, closure, and renewals.Manages combined contract portfolio total of $915,000 in awarded projects, to date, as Senior Contract Administrator.Provides change management consulting services improving enterprise protocols, and workflow, administrative, production, sales and financial efficiencies.Provides procurement management, contract management, project management, budget administration, payroll management, hospitality management, entertainment management, and human resource management pursuant to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.Prepares technical bid response documents (e.g. Request for Proposals, Request for Quotes, Request for Qualifications, Invitations to Bid) in response to formal customer solicitations.Provides customer-driven consulting Central Reservation System analytics and related services (e.g. event planning).Provides cradle-to-grave contract management of fully executed supplier contracts awarded from government, for-profit businesses, and nonprofit organizations, including, invoicing and deliverables, contract amendments, compliance administration (e.g. FAR, OMB Circulars, State and federal law, policies, procedures, system protocols) and reporting.Utilizes and administers Visual Studio in customer, HIPPA-configured case management service support.Develops deliverables and provides professional services (e.g. project management, program administration; policy research, development and planning; HR management, marketing management, curriculum research and administration, training and instruction, financial management, grants management, information systems analytics and management) per fully executed contract.Provides both executive- and field-level management of contracted projects.Recruits, screens, hires, trains, supervises and evaluates corporate and project team personnel.Utilizes Oracle, PeopleSoft, MS Sharepoint, Salesforce, Infor M3, SQL, Maximus, Workfront, VISIO, Total Contract Manager, MS Suite Word-Excel-Access-Powerpoint-Publisher, MS Project applications and such like in the planning, developing, organizing, implementing and managing of contract projects.Researched, developed, wrote, and submitted successfully awarded bid responses and negotiated, managed and executed Contract agreements, on capital contract awards for Omni-Source, Inc. and J.B. Johnson and Associates, respectively.Conducts market research utilizing Infor M3 reporting and various Market Resource applications in the development of capitalizing, competitive bid responses, and performance evaluation.Successful Sales Recapture/ Contract Awards: 1) State of Georgia USA - Georgia Department of Education, Division of Curriculum and Instruction, Innovative Programs, 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program (21st CCLCP)--Project: 21st CCLCP East Region Consultant. July 2005 to June 2006. $45,000.00. 2) State of Georgia USA - Georgia Department of Education, Title 1 Programs, Technical Assistance Unit--Project: Schoolwide Title 1 Funds Flexibility Pilot Project Education Consultantresearched, reported and made policy recommendation relative to accessed, hotel and motel CRS travel expenditure data. October 2005 to June 2006. $49,000.00. 3) State of South Carolina USA - South Carolina Department of Social Services, Family Independence, Job Readiness, Economic Services, Employment Preparation Program--Project: EPP Program Instructor - Lead Instructor and EPP Curriculum Administrator (prime contractor). February 2008 to July 2009. $700,000.00. 4) State of Georgia USA - Georgia Department of Public Health, Medicaid Services, Babies Can't Wait Program--Project: Tiered Coordination of Services Program Evaluation--Consultant Program Evaluation, Training and Policy Analyst. August 2011 to October 2011. $70,000.00. 5) 22nd Century Technologies, Inc. and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services--Project: COVID Contact Tracer (JBJA Subcontractor) - December 2020 to January 2021. Contract Award: 5,000.00. 6) Corestaff, Inc. and the Arizona Department of Economic Security--Project: Adjudicator/Validator, Unemployment (JBJA Subcontractor). April 2021 to July 2021. $17,000.00. 7) Lyft, Inc.--Project: Rideshare Driver Contractor, April 2021 to December 2021. Contract Earnings: $20,000.Reviews, drafts, negotiates and manages IT business consulting contracts in corporate capital recapture.WAYNE COUNTY, MICHIGAN (USA), Detroit, MIGrants & Compliance Officer (Remote Contractor)/ OSI Grants & Compliance Program ManagerMay 2023 to October 2023Monitored federal, state and local compliance on grant recipient departments;Monitored funded awards and projects to confirm objectives, deliverables and award requirementsare met timely;Monitored funded projects to prevent over-expenditure of revenue, audit disallowance and to ensure that grant awards are fully expended as agreed;Monitored prime and sub-recipient activity for grant compliance;Interprets grant-related regulations and policies for County line departmentsEvaluated grant expenditure agreements for proper differentiation between sub-grantees orContractors;Utilized M3 Infor Financial Accounting, Oracle, SQL, Workfront, AirTable and MS Excel in performing revenue and expenditure account reconciliations, and performance analytics per project and required reporting.Provided Lean 6 mapping and integration support for improved financial management, grants management and budget management interface;Partnered with initiating and operating award owners to evaluate and to monitor Statement of Work and Project Plans;Monitored SOW and project plans including Gantt charts to track and to report award milestones, tasks,dependencies, deliverables descriptions and dates;Provided notice to all departments receiving federal revenues regarding required report submissions,deadlines and that the grant expirations and extensions are pending;Developed, evaluated and monitored project plans and tracking mechanisms;Developed and administered grantee follow-up letters and conducts on-site visitsPrepared and analyzed internal and external financial reports, including the Schedule ofExpenditures and Federal Awards and footnotes;Created and maintained electronic reports from collected, compiled and analyzed data;Performed audits and special project reviews as requested by the CFO or other County Departments;Reconciled award activity;Performed other duties as assigned by the Director or Division Director of Grants and Contracts.THE BOEING COMPANY, Arlington, VAProcurement Agent II (Remote Contractor)February 2023 to May 2023Provided oversight and management of supply and demand, schedules, supplier quality, delivery and financial performance on global/international aerospace and aviation manufacturing data and print procurement.Managed complex vendor that supplied public and publishable branding materials for corporate aircraft design, development, integration, testing, fight control and propulsion manufacturing divisions.Led negotiation of pricing and contract terms and conditions.Drafted and implemented negotiation strategies resulting in fully executed contractual documents and binding agreements, utilizing Maximus integrations.Interpreted and enforced contract terms and conditions.Consulted with external customers to resolve supplier performance issues.Led supplier performance teams to develop strategic supplier solutions across programs and commodities.Provided vendor performance analytics utilizing Agile project management strategy to improve implemented quality assurance measures on complex, long-term service contract.Participated on supply chain process improvement teams and identifies improvement opportunities for potential integration into supplier contract strategies.Performed continuous review and analysis of demand and supply.Utilized LeanCorp photometric testing app knowledge on vendor deliverables QA.Infor M3 ERP System application used on aerospace indirect supply logistics and contract data analyticsdeveloped and retrieved reports that provided vendor program and financial real-time status.Utilized, proficiently, wireframe and Team Foundation Server technologies in ongoing, international team collaborations as well as Workfront integrated applicationsMaintained successful completion of IT Security training.Prepared and executed proprietary information agreements.Supported sourcing strategies, negotiations and documenting of contracts and agreements.Communicated performance expectations and metrics to evaluate and monitor supplier performance.HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE, Palo Alto, CAContract Administrator/Customer Development Specialist (Remote Contractor)November 2022 to February 2023Managed the contracting process by responding to RFPs and contractual requests with HPE standard templates.Reviewed, drafted, negotiated, and managed retail IT purchase solicitations and agreements.Interfaced with customers and legal, finance/revenue recognition, business unit, sales, and other stakeholder teams to close business or to develop templates or program requirements.Confirmed approvals and signatures and prepared data for system entry and agreement archiving.Managed financial reporting requirements (e.g., Infor M3, Ariba, Workfront, Sarbanes-Oxley) and audit compliance (e.g. IRA) at the deal or program level.Interfaced with outsourcing partners and off-shoring entities and workflows.Researched existing agreements and programs for customer reporting and internal requirements and assisted in resolving post-contract modification requests, inquiries, and data management.Applied intermediate level of subject matter knowledge to solve a variety of common business issues.Worked on problems/projects of moderately complex scope.Evaluated and recommended problem areas into parking lot of Lean 6 Sigma environment to improve contract sales processing for hardware and software procurement.Exercised independent judgment within defined practices and procedures to determine appropriate action.Acted as an informed team member providing analysis of information and limited project direction input.Followed established guidelines and interpreted policies.Evaluated unique circumstances and made recommendations.NTT DATA, INC., Greenwood Village, COInformation Technology Management Consultant/ Procurement Lead (Remote)June 2022 to October 2022Supported the project manager to develop planning & procurement phase deliverables;Ensured procurement is aligned with the State and Federal standards;Used the applicable standards to complete project tasks;Supported coordination and delivery of all identified deliverables in accordance with timeframes;Participated in project tasks as necessary;Acted as liaison with State project lead and other State procurement staff;Established process and formats for collection of documentation to include in the procurement library;Reviewed executed contract for collaborated mapping and data conversion in procurement phasing on a state-level Medicaid IT modernization project.Established and supported the procurement evaluation process;Educated State staff related to process and standards for procurements;Led Procurement activities;Utilizing Scrum methodology in researching and recommending procurement policy approach on statewide Medicaid Modernization Project.Maintained successful completion of IT Security trainings.Applied working knowledge of GAAP in State and federal Medicaid procurement processes.Supported status report development and project plan updates.Utilized Microsoft 365, Ariba, Sharepoint, Workfront, Maximus, Infor M3 and SAP in providing direct professional services and completing various development tasksmigrations, mapping, and iterations.UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, M.D. ANDERSON CANCER CLINIC, Houston, TXSourcing Specialist (Remote Contractor)March 2022 to May 2022Proactively identified contracts, quotes, and orders requiring review/renewal using PeopleSoft notifications.Worked closely with stakeholders and vendors to ensure compliance with non-clinical agreements, and price competitiveness.Developed and managed business relationships, gaining a comprehensive understanding of business requirements, by working closely with stakeholders, team members, and vendors to execute new and renewal agreements.Negotiated and processed, in partnership with Legal and other internal teams, moderately complex and lower-risk contracts and SOWs executed against existing Master Service Agreements and aligned with defined sourcing strategies and plans.Facilitated joint meetings with internal business clients to assist in procurement forecasting, requirements development, supplier selection and identification of possible purchasing channels and sources.Contributed to the collection of data and ongoing analytics for the improvement of archivable document life cycle quality within the Procurement and Contracts Division.Participated in cross-functional teams through gathering requirements, category strategy development, strategic sourcing, and supplier negotiation, contracting and on boarding processes, to include Request for Proposals (RFPs) and e-auctions for various products / services.Supported the Strategic Sourcing team on major RFPs and significant Procurement engagements.Participated in periodic performance reviews with management of suppliers and business stakeholders across the Clinic, as based on an understanding of the Total Cost of Ownership over the lifecycle of both products and services.Reviewed, amended, negotiated, and managed non-clinical, IT Master Service Agreements.Ensured compliance to state and federal law, regulations and procurement policies, procedures and processes using such apps as Jaggaer, Sharepoint, Infor M3 reporting, SAP, and Salesforce.Maintained appropriate technical and industry knowledge of Procurement Best Practices.ACCENTURE, Dublin, IrelandOSI Contract Manager Maryland State Unemployment Customer Care Representative (Remote Contractor)June 2021 to February 2022Provided administrative assistance to customers who were initiating Unemployment Insurance Claims through telephone and/or internet, utilizing Maximus in case management functions.Spoke with and interviewed clients filing claims, entering personal and work history information into the computer systems.Provided basic information regarding requirements for filing a claim, penalties for fraudulent claims, reemployment services, eligibility status and appeal procedures.Verified citizens status, lawful alien registration, and documented issues related to barriers to employment.Processed or troubleshooted internet and/or telephone claims, and responded to e-mails using Microsoft Outlook about unemployment insurance services.Created and composed documents in Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel.CITY OF DETROIT, Detroit, MILead IT Buyer, Supervisor/ Contracting and Procurement Specialist IV/ Program Manager/ Contract Administrator December 2018 to November 2019Managed a unilateral threshold of $1,000,000 maximum official purchasing authority.Managed, according to GAAP, an active contract portfolio of more than $50 million in local, state and federal-funded goods, services, programs and projects.Supervised, inspired, and evaluated a seven-member, highly skilled team of professional buyers.Coordinated, planned, drafted, executed and managed complex IT solicitations and contracts, to include administering Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) compliance measuresFormulated, proposed and presented recommendation to senior management (i.e. City Chief Buyer, Chief of Finance, The Mayor and City Council) on final vendor selection.Complied proposed contract data, as needed, from the successfully awarded prime contractor (e.g. Scope of Work, Scheduling, Deliverables, Invoicing, Project Budget, Service Level Agreements) for drafting of contract.Conducted on-boarding vendor pre-qualifying compliance verifications.Negotiated contract content with onboarding, successfully awarded suppliers for final signature and execution.Performed analytics on submitted Central Reservation System Data in determining travel management solutions supplier fair market rates.Managed fully executed contracts, administering in the spirit and intent of contract content, respectively, applying management technologies including integrations of Oracle, BidSync, PeopleSoft, MS Office Suite, Ariba, Sharepoint and MS Project.Administered Purchase Orders retrieving Infor M3 financial reports to determine initial revenue and expenditure levels and thereafter to record and to file each PO per project and activity.Administered contract amendments, budget amendments, project reporting, invoicing review (monitoring budget burn rate), regulatory compliance, contract/project close-out.Made policy and funding recommendations on and evaluated receipted, grant-based homelessness applications within a Lean 6 continuous improvement environment. Fielded a dynamic, suspense of sponsored IT purchases from across City department lines.Utilized LeanCorp substation and Power system design specifications in procurement planning on downtown airport security camera upgrade and expansion project.Applied automated internal controls in the processing and maintenance of IT Purchase Order Agreements for Public Safety, Police Department, US Homeland Security, Emergency Management Services, Fire Department, US Department of Justice, Health Department and other line agencies. Researched, developed, drafted, executed and administered solicitations on IT purchases.Selected, assembled and facilitated a technical committee of knowledge experts in the review and evaluation of receipted bid responses.SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Columbia, SCContract Administrator, Supervisor/ Grants Administrator II January 2017 to August 2017Assisted in the research and development of vendor performance measures.Mitigated emergent contractor issues.Retrieved financials on onboarding $100 million pharmaceutical management system upgrade project supplier via Infor M3 financial reports to verify requisition, PO, approved budget, allowable costs compliance, mandated state and federal percentage splits, chart of accounts, and revenue sources.Planned the design and content of tools for contracted suppliers to collect and to submit corrective action data in mitigating problems that emerge under contract.Analyzed prospective final contract content (e.g. deliverables, compliances, Service Level Agreements, invoicing, IRA, scheduling, and specifications) for update to the States Medicaid Pharmaceutical Management System.Provided technical support in supplier on-boarding for Medicaid Pharmaceutical Management System upgrade.Administered Medicaid Procurement and Grants Management regulations, policies, and proceduresReviewed and made improving policy recommendations within Departments Lean 6 continuous learning environment.Completed Lean Six Sigma Preparatory, Associate Public Manager Certification and MS Project studies.Drafted Statement of work, Service Level Agreement and Deliverables contract content in collaboration with Department CIO, Legal Counsel, Business Partners and other internal and supplier stakeholders on digital upgrade of the pharmaceutical management component of the State Medicaid Management System.RICHLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT TWO, Columbia, SCFulltime Substitute Teacher November 2015 to December 2016 and August 2017 to November 2018Designed, developed, administered, implemented and taught from daily public high school, middle school and elementary school lesson plans (i.e. English, Math, Science, Music, Social Studies and History) during extended absences of regularly assigned faculty.Engaged students in academic reinforcement, recreational enrichment, social skills development and academic achievement orientation.Applied classroom technologies in tooling teaching and learning concepts, techniques and methods.Administered organizational, local, state and federal attendance, disciplinary, food and nutrition; health, hygiene and safety law, policies, rules and procedures.ALLIED UNIVERSAL SECURITY, INC., Columbia, SCArmed Security Contractor April 2015 to November 2015Defended and protected property and personnel of contracted customers, enforcing applicable law and corporate policies, rules, protocols and procedures.Reported daily, real time, on-site security control data, per corporate, industry protocols, as part of the US Department of Energy-regulated and monitored nuclear plant quality management system operations.Served on internal Corporate Executive Security Detail. Verified access point security system operability, HAZMAT compliance levels of system security operations, to include site combatant engagement procedures.Maintained State Armed Security Officer Licensure.US DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY, IRS/BANK OF AMERICA/TELEPERFORMANCE USA, Columbia, SCElectronic Federal Tax Payment System (EFTP) Financial Analyst September 2013 to June 2015Reconciled citizen business and individual taxpayer accounts.Fielded inbound callers via VPN, web-based, technologies.Administered the Federal Tax Code as amended and other applicable law, regulations, policies and procedures.Provided real time FR Y-9C data for on-site inspection compliance, as well as daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly assets reports on tax collection accounts for FR Y-14 and FFIEC 031 reporting.Applied and maintained Generally Accepted Accounting Procedures within Agencys fiscal control policy.Managed the Customer Response System (CRS) in receipting tax payments, interfacing with taxpayers located within the United States and US territories and properties.GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH, Atlanta, GAProject Manager/ Contract Administrator/ Contract Specialist Senior April 2002 to December 2004Managed $3.5 million in grant-based procurement USDHHS Small Rural Hospital Improvement Program contracts, pursuant to GAAP, federal and state law, local ordinance, federal regulations and Agency solicitation documents, policies, procedures and best practices.Reviewed, drafted, negotiated, and managed more than 100 active Agency-mission IT and medical equipment and facilities construction contracts.Red-lined program announcement, solicitation and contract documents on medical equipment, IT and personnel goods and services purchases.Incorporated, strategically, binding State and federal law, regulations, policies and procedures, within content of technical documents.Provided architectural, engineering and construction acquisition support on hospital capital improvement construction projects to grantees.Managed site prep Transmission & Distribution (T&D) utilities projects ensuring engineered integrity--technical design: budgets, cash flows, timelines and progress reports on hospital construction expansion projects.Completed NIGP Contract Administration Certification, State Procurement Code training.Negotiated technical, mission-driven contracts with statewide hospital executives, while, successfully, protecting State of Georgia and Department interests.Conducted cradle-to-grave procurement on goods and services per applicable federal regulations, state policies and procedures and binding law.Administered project budgets (i.e. amendments, invoices, eligible costs, charge accounts, revenue and expenditure splits) as an internal check and balance of applied Department fiscal policy.Coordinated contractor corrective action(s) unto efficient and effective resolve.WATEREE COMMUNITY ACTIONS, INC., Sumter, SCProject Director October 1999 to July 2001Provided project management for three (3) anti-poverty projects: i. Project Right Start After school pilot program for at risk middle school students; ii. Project Brokering A pilot Social Brokering, one-stop-shop referral program in underserved rural community of Southeast Richland County, South Carolina; iii. Project Trans-Aid HUD-funded transitional housing project serving Sumter, Lee and Clarendon counties of South Carolina USA.Reviewed, drafted, negotiated, and managed proposed Statement of Work on project renewal contract documents.Utilized Total Quality Improvement in program/project management and evaluation.Planned, developed, implemented and evaluated project financial management system of accountability comprising a combined $480,000 in US Department of Health and Human Services Community Services Block Grant and US Department of Education 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program funding as well as $63,000 in HUD housing programs.Researched, designed, developed and implemented grade-appropriate after school curriculum.Administered prime contract to include reporting, contract amendments, regulatory compliance, invoicing, deliverables, matches, leverage and sustainability.DESA, INC., Columbia, SCConsultant Business Development Specialist June 1998 to October 1999Provided technical support to corporate end users in the procurement of highway, road and bridge construction goods and services under the US Department of Transportation and South Carolina Department of Transportation Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program.Improved the operational, marginal utility value of strategic planning documents of eligible certifying and re-certifying small businesses through research, development, drafting and presentation of more than fifty (50) strategic SBA/FHWA-compliant business plans.Performed monitoring field visits on T&D construction Disadvantaged Business Enterprises in highway, road and bridge construction projects to collect and to compiled real time project data (e.g. field time lines and cash flows) that generated plotter-sized, administrative and field schedules, reports and other support documents.Reviewed prime agreements, sublet project scopes, deliverables, SLAs and regulations, in counseling re-certifying DBE- and SBA-eligible businesses on State highway, road and bridge construction procurements.Counseled corporate executives on key operational improvement areas, e.g. marketing, finances, project and corporate budgeting, cost estimating, pricing, compliances, personnel, contract administration. Provided architectural, engineering and construction procurement support to certified DisadvantagedBusiness Enterprises in relation to the Prime Contractor on letted, federal and Stats highway, road andbridge construction projects.BETHLEHEM COMMUNITY CENTER, INC., Columbia, SCExecutive Director/ Projects Manager (contract) April 1997 to December 1997Crisis executive management and fiscal control of a total $190,000 annual agency budget.Researched, developed, wrote and presented some five (5) successfully funded grant proposals totaling more than $100,000 in new, expanding program services revenues within a nine-month.Reviewed, drafted, negotiated, and managed human service contracts.Led streamlining organization restructuring, advising a 23-member governing Board of Directors.Recruited, screened, hired, trained, supervised and evaluated a 13-member Agency staff.Promoted Agency mission via print, TV, radio and, online social media advertisements as Agencys chief spokesman.Negotiated and entered contracts to provided Americorps, SSI Disability, Reading and Literacy; Wellness, Food and Nutrition, Low Income Energy Assistance Program, and Legal Aid services to needy individuals and families of the Midlands Regional Area of South Carolina USA.SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Columbia, SCState Planner III/ Section 5303 Project Manager/Contract Administrator September 1992 to March 1997Managed $500,000 in grant-based procurement USDOT, Federal Transit Administration and Federal Highway Administration Section 5303 (formerly Section 8) Public Transportation Planning contracts.Red-lined program announcement, solicitation and contract documents on public long-range and short-range transportation planning professional services purchases.Reviewed, drafted, negotiated, and managed IT contracts of the US Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration Section 5303 (Public Transportation Planning).Audited design-build, mass conveyor manufacturer procurements in the implementation of State grant-in-aid policy, wherein I evaluated operational system performance as a condition for awarding the successful vendor.Performed as Division Project Lead serving on the departmentwide Continuous Improvement Steering Committee that |
