Experience

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  U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

  • Boise, Idaho, United States

  • Contract Specialist

    • Oct 2022 - Present
    • Boise, Idaho, United States

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  Stafford Consulting Company, Inc.

  • United States
  • Information Technology & Services
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Junior Contract Specialist

    • Jan 2022 - Oct 2022

    Provide closeout / undisbursed obligation (UDO) support. Completed quick closeouts as well as closeouts with remaining funding. The main deliverables in this role are: Verify that all invoices have been submitted and paid before closing an order.  Obtain concurrences for closeout from the COR and vendor.  Draft a modification for contracting officer’s signature. Enter correct information into internal and extrenal financial and business manamgent (FPDS-NG) Ensure that work products comply with all contract closeout procedures provided for in the FAR.Achievements: Closed out as many contracts within 2 weeks of training as the most productive closeout specialists that had been there for years,

  • Procurement Technician

    • Jan 2021 - Jan 2022

    Managing and Coordination of procurement actions for the Veterans Affairs for the federal government in the Northwest (NCO 20). This area services Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Alaska. The main deliverables in this role are: Manage and coordinate requests for quotation and purchases for current projects. Maintain documentation of purchases and contracts, ensuring that all received documents are completed in accordance to regulations and guidelines.  Provide advice, guidance and support to customers and vendors regarding procurement. Educates customers on purchasing and contracting invoice procedures.Achievements: Became the Point of Contact and lead Procurement Technician within 3 months of being hired. Became the main trainer of other Procurement Technicians within 3 months of being hired. Did significant updates to the Work Instructions. Created new tools for a hard to train procurement tech, to become fully trained and productive.

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  PKG User Interface Solutions

  • United States
  • Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Executive Assistant

    • 2014 - Apr 2020

    - Managing information flow in a timely and accurate manner- Manage the member enrollment aspect of the Idaho Aerospace Alliance. This included managing their payments through Quickbooks.- Manage and set up the annual membership meeting for the Idaho Aerospace Alliance.-Manage our involvement of having a booth in the RSNA (Medical Device Trade show). This included, transportation of the booth, transportation of samples for the booth, employee and executive travel plans, management of give-away items inside the booth.-Automatizing aspects of the supplier scorecards for the purchasing department- Prepare invoices, reports, memos, letters, financial statements and other documents, using word processing, spreadsheet, database, or presentation software. - Conduct research, compile data, and prepare papers for consideration and presentation by executives, committees and boards of directors.

  • Account Manager/Project Manager

    • 2004 - 2014

    • Oversee of all phases of the product development process from Concept to Launch• Experienced at leading complex programs delivering milestones on time and on budget with quality per customer expectations. • Confer with customers by telephone or in person to provide information about products or services, take or enter orders, cancel accounts, or obtain details of complaints. • Keep records of customer interactions or transactions, recording details of inquiries, complaints, or comments, as well as actions taken.• Check to ensure that appropriate changes were made to resolve customers' problems. • Determine charges for services requested, collect deposits or payments, or arrange for billing. • Refer unresolved customer grievances to designated departments for further investigation.