Experience

Valley Metro - Roanoke

• United States
• Urban Transit Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Procurement Services

  • Nov 2017 - Present

  Responsibilities- Provides technical assistance and supervises the Purchasing Agent; ensure procurement manual is updated; researches prices; prepares purchase orders, specifications and executes bid procedures; place orders; verifies shipments; codes invoices via computerized accounting system; and serves as primary contact with vendors; assures budget compliance; maintains company contracts; ensures inventory system and other accounts are reconciled to the general ledger; ensures the bi-annual inventory of the company’s assets is performed; ensures disposal of surplus property; developments and monitor of departmental budget; investigates and reports variances; provides oversight of the maintenance department’s Inventory Clerk with the quarterly vehicle parts inventory count; works closely with City Attorney’s office in the execution of contracts; coordinates and supervises the flow of the work; oversee all purchases involving the use of RFP; IFB and other competitive and sole source agents; ensures compliance with federal; local state requirements; resolves problems and protest of contracts and awards; approves requisitions and purchases; serves as the Disadvantage Business Enterprise Liaison Officer (DBELO), and reports quarterly to Assistant City Manager on status of contracts. Show less

• Purchasing Supervisor, VCA

  • Aug 2014 - Present

  Provides technical assistance to the Purchasing Agent and other department heads, ensures that the procurement manual is updated on an annual basis for compliance with federal, state, and local regulations, researches prices, prepares purchase orders, places orders, verifies shipments, codes invoices via computerized accounting system, and serves as a primary contact with vendors. Prepares specifications and executes bid procedures. Assures budget compliance, maintains all company contracts and the administration of contracts, reconcile inventory to the general ledger, ensures disposal of surplus property is in compliance, assist with development and monitoring of departmental budgets, supervises Purchasing Agent, serves as the Disadvantage Business Enterprise liaison (DBELO), resolves problems and protest of contracts and awards, and oversees all purchases involving the use of RFP's, IFB's and other completive and sole source agents. Show less

• Purchasing Agent

  • Mar 2001 - Aug 2014

  Ensured the parts inventory was reconciled with inventory software. Performed micro and small procurements. Ensured the disposal surplus was disposed of according to regulations. Conducted meeting with vendors. Created specifications for various items that the company intended to purchase.

• Information Officer

  • Sep 1996 - Mar 2001

  Provided customer service to customers that needed to ride the transit bus. Gave out ride guides, route information, sold bus fare tickets, answered phones, made change for customers, and certified the STAR customers to ride the para-transit service.

• Receptionist

  • Jul 1996 - Sep 1996

  Answered phones, directed calls to particular departments, gave out route information, and sold bus fare tickets to customers.