Experience

Houston-Galveston Area Council

• United States
• Government Administration
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Contract Specialist-HGACBuy

  • Jan 2014 - Present

  •Provide oversight of Coordinates and maintains department Contract Management system database and Goldmine database alongside•Works with developers to ensure system adequacies. Performs contract related research, summarizes and makes provides findings and recommendations to management.•Conducts Prepares preparations of contractors’ contracts and communicates negotiations with contractors’ authorized signatories.•Works with vendors and potential member end users during the contracting process. Gathers and analyzes data, including but not limited to: statutes, legal decisions, codes and makes as recommendations to management.•Assist in monitoring contract performance and eligibility determinations for compliance with terms of contract and policies; recommends cancellation of contracts when deviations occur.•Evaluates expenditure data and makes projections to ensure appropriate use of funds. Produces reports as required.•Works with other Team members on contract related issues for products and services.•Regularly participates in pre-bid/proposal conferences. Interfaces with contractors and end users on program policies and procedures. Show less

• Contract Specialist II-Human Services

  • Sep 2013 - Present

  1. Manage vendor agreements for program and fiscal compliance.2. Manage vendor agreements to ensure annual performance goals are met.3. Perform monthly desk reviews and annual on-site monitoring of vendors.4. Provide information and technical assistance to vendors.5. Conduct quality assurance calls to random consumers to ensure service delivery satisfaction.6. Assist with the creation and provision of training material for annual vendor orientation.7. Validate and process vendor monthly invoices and supporting documents for compliance and payment.8. Provide vendors with quarterly performance status reports and data submission success rates.9. Determine consumer eligibility, service needs, and service duration. 10. Use judgment to approve, deny, and/or terminate consumer applications and services. 11. Manage and maintain consumer records electronically.12. Enter and maintain consumer background and monthly service delivery information in State’s Consumer Management Information System. 13. Agency lead contact with State CMIS Coordinator; 14. Lead or assist CMIS Software Administrator; 15. Provide CMIS training to new agency staff; 16. Attend weekly State CMIS conference calls;17. Establish a good working relationship with service vendor staff.18. Assist with preparing reports for funding agencies. 19. Attend required workshops and training activities. and20. Perform other duties as assigned. Show less

• Client Eligibility Specialist/Vendor Management

  • Feb 2010 - Present

  Responsible for providing administrative support to various Non-Profit and For-Profit organizations, providing community resources to the elderly and general public, determining, processing, authorizing client eligibility for services, suspend and/or deny consumer applications based on local, state and federal guidelines, maintenance of consumer records, rosters, and waivers, consumer data entry into required Management and Information & System database, technical assistance and support to contracted providers, reconciling monthly provider financial invoices and maintenance of the provider monthly provider performance reports, monitoring provider budgets to ensure targeted spending is achieved, assess and complete annual provider performance reports and develop training materials for annual provider training. Show less



REDnews

• United States
• Leasing Non-residential Real Estate
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Analyst

  • Oct 2006 - Oct 2008

  Act as a liaison between receiving, shipping and sales departments to ensure that orders are processed and shipped in a timely manner REDNews Magazine, Bellaire, TX-Commercial Real Estate-Research Anal. (October 06 to October 08), updated Commercial Real Estate deals to the company database, heavy data entry, conduct updates & additions to the member’s database through phone, email, and web search in the company database, develop outstanding client relationships, route calls and answering customer’s questions about their account, maintain client files by keeping them organized and easily accessible after each monthly upload to press, responsible for implementation of all office needs, supplies orders, mailings and functions, proven history of attaining best price and best delivery, scheduled travel arrangements, compiled and maintained records of items purchased, prepared and sent purchase orders, communicated with vendors to ensure the availability and delivery dates of goods, interacting with suppliers on order confirmations, receipts, quotes, missing invoices, restocking fees, past due orders, quality issues and returns, reviews and processes requisitions in a timely manner in compliance with policies, procedures and requirements, expedite deliveries as needed with approved suppliers. Maintaining Database, Research for sales department, etc Show less