Contracts Manager

Angelika A. Plyler, MBA, CPCM

*** ****** **** ****, ********, SC 29229

Phone: 704-***-****

E-mail address: ****@***.***

www.linkedin.com/in/AngelikaPlyler

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY: Certified Professional Contract Manager with International MBA and a Juris Doctor in Russian Civil law; active member of the Charleston Chapter of NCMA with good knowledge of UCC, FAR, contract laws and regulations; proven problem solving and negotiation skills; strong ability to focus on corporate strategic objectives by working with all levels of management; successful in drafting, preparation, review, interpretation, negotiations, and administration of international and domestic commercial and military contracts; able to meet deadlines of multiple assignments, build good relationships with the customers and suppliers; experienced in review complex solicitations, project management, preparation of responses to IFB, RFP, RFQ, contracts administration, contracts review, risk mitigation and compliance issues, and representation of a company in challenging global environments. Seeking an opportunity to utilize knowledge of procurement and ability to work with international, domestic, governmental, and commercial contracts from start to finish.

EXPERIENCE:

HARSCO RAIL, LLC Current

Contracts and Proposal Manager

Oversee the proposal and commercial review process from pre-bid to contract signing to ensure all proposal and company requirements are understood and satisfied; Bidding and closing contracts in the amount up to $100,000,000;

Lead the process internal corporate reviews including legal, risk, tax, credit, compliance, and others as needed to ensure sales contract terms are in the best interests of the company;

Organize cross-functional teams to evaluate and review proposal requirements and ensure that all risks and risk mitigation strategies are understood and accounted for in the cost and risk assessments;

Prepare risk assessment matrices for senior management based on feedback from these reviews and preparation of lists of exceptions;

Facilitate technical review and costing process ensuring that all proper approvals and procedures have been followed;

Prepare accurate and high quality quotations/offers/bids;

Participation in contracts negotiations process;

Revision of contracts and proposals based on the recommendations received from cross-functional teams;

Work in CRM ensuring the capture of key data for each quotation and drive the proper approval workflows;

Oversee the hand-off of contracts to Project Management and Operations, including all flow down assignments to Purchasing;

Detailed contract review process in accordance with the company’s policies and procedures.

Manages the proper coordination of various types of agreements, subcontracts and other contract/legal documents with accounting, legal, Program Management and other organizations as necessary.

FN AMERICA LLC August 2016 - February 2017

Commercial and Military Contracts Specialist

Review complex DOD solicitations, contractual terms & conditions, SOWs, NDAs, LOAs, and MOAs to identify potential business opportunities, risks and develop appropriate strategies. Support of governmental and commercial contracts from start to finish.

Responsible for drafting policies and procedures.

Responsible for support of the M4/M16 military product lines and administration/modification of the governmental contracts.

Responsible for other Commercial RFQ, SO, PO, and contracts as well as participation of weekly Sales Forecast management meetings.

Ensure all contract reviews, pricing, approvals and execution are in accordance with Company guidelines.

Brief management clearly and concisely with regard to business/contractual risks and opportunities.

Lead multi-discipline negotiation teams on significant new business, follows up on opportunities, achieves results which meet or exceed Company objectives and simultaneously gives fair consideration to the customer’s interests.

Develop and maintains excellent relationships with the customer’s procurement community and works effectively with the customer to understand issues and develop solutions.

MEKRA LANG NORTH AMERICA January – August 2016

Contract Manager

Responsible for preparation, review, negotiation, administration and management of the OEM supply and tooling agreements, agreements with customers, confidentiality and lease agreements, and other contracts. Participated in settlement of contract-related problems including pricing, product recall, and warranty issues. Drafted and proposed for implementation the company’s Contract Policy and Procedures Manual. Developed the company’s library of contracts, and agreement templates. Successfully participated in contract negotiations with suppliers. Responsible for analysis and risk management, review of the miscellaneous legal issues and referral to the lawyers on as needed basis. The primary responsibilities of the contract manager are:

Participating, as necessary, in writing the draft documents, contract review and negotiations.

Contract administration planning.

Monitoring the contractor’s progress and performance to ensure goods and services conform to the contract requirements.

Managing any state property used in contract performance.

Monitoring contractor activity on a specified frequency to identify problem areas.

Meeting with the customers and contractors on a regular basis to review progress, discuss problems and consider necessary changes.

Authorizing payments consistent with the contract terms.

Identifying potential problems and solutions.

Exercising state remedies, as appropriate, where a contractor’s performance is deficient.

Resolving contract-related disputes in a timely manner.

Documenting significant events.

Maintaining appropriate records related to contracts.

AGFIRST FARM CREDIT BANK Columbia, SC, USA

Contracts Specialist / Paralegal June 2013 – October 2014

Work on Syndicated Credit Agreements/Contracts with involvement of international and national bank lenders. Drafting of Agreements with Participation or Sub-participation of AgFirst’s Associations involved in the commercial agricultural lending and risk management, communication with capital market officers, Associations and other involved parties regarding closings of the commercial loans. Preparation of other contracts and agreements as needed. Assist the HR Department with immigration issues, including permanent resident status for the bank’s employees and support the Compliance Committee with matters of security documents and loan origination. Legal research for different lending issues; review and approval of law firms in 16 states for potential referrals of the delinquent accounts.

Prepared and proposed to the legal department management policies and procedures on the work with syndicated and other agreements, participation and subparticipation of the involved Associations. The proposed policies have been approved and accepted by management.

Completed for the Compliance Committee a legal research project of the current laws requirements for 50 states regarding fees and late charges established for the banks.

Developed contract forms and templates facilitating the department’s work on participation and subparticipation agreements on syndicated loans resulting in saved time and more efficient preparation of participation documents.

Reviewed and analyzed the current SWAP inter-bank agreements and addressed issues related to the existing SWAP agreements to the management.

VARIOUS LAW FIRMS, P.A. Columbia, SC, USA

Paralegal October 2006 – June, 2013

Managed up to 150 litigated files from start to finish. Reviewed documents and agreements, drafted and filed the pleadings, communicated with the courts scheduling cases for the hearings, and prepared cases for the attending hearing attorneys. Reported to the Partner of the firm. Updated the clients on the status of the cases.

Aided attorneys attending scheduled hearings with the law research and drafted the proposed courts’ orders and other pleadings which resulted in significant reduction of litigation time on each file.

Received nomination for proposal of an electronic discovery responses, resulting in a significant savings of employees’ time, machine-time, materials for the firm and lower bills to the clients.

Conducted mortgage account investigations, including preparation of the payment history letters to the borrowers, and researched of the escrow and tax issues on the borrowers’ accounts.

Trained several new-hire employees and law clerks.

Developed forms and templates which made work on the preparation of documents more efficient.

UDMURTTELECOM Izhevsk, Russia

Lawyer and Supervisor of Legal Department May, 1994 – December, 2000

Managed work of the legal department. Responsible for managing critical contractual formation and management, obligations of high risk and visibility. Provided high degree of independent and creative judgment which applied to highest-level goals and objectives of the corporation. Established contract strategy and implementation of strategic contract opportunities with the most significant impact to the corporation. Provided contractual domain expertise in implementation, execution and administration of contracts. Participated in development of business alliance and partnering, acquisitions and divestitures, source selection procedures and process, make or buy determinations. Provided guidance and leadership to cross-functional business team members. Worked with the top management on corporate strategies, business development, risk management, compliance issues, and met with the board of directors. Represented interests of corporation in front of the governmental entities. Participated with the top management in negotiations of the international contracts with Siemens, Alcotel, Nokia, etc. Supervised preparation and review of other key-contracts and agreements of the branches. Handled the most complicated litigated cases. Prepared the annual and semi-annual reports to the president of the corporation and stockholders. Supervised work of the lawyers in the collection department.

Participated in the legislative work on the new Telecommunication Law with a number of recommendations. All recommendations were accepted by Russian Ministry of Telecommunication and Russian Legislature, and were implemented in the new Telecommunication Law.

Participated in the development of a new mechanism of mutual payment relationship between the providers of telecommunication services. Made a proposal base on the legal concept of servitude, which was implemented in the payment formula. The mechanism and formula were consequently challenged by the competitors in the courts, but was supported by the courts and Russian Appellate court.

The litigation practices of our department and obtained courts’ decisions were recommended for implementation by the Russian Ministry of Telecommunication to all others Telecommunication corporations in Russia.

CERTIFICATION: Certified Professional Contracts Manager (CPCM)

MEMBERSHIP: Member of the Charleston Chapter of NCMA.

EDUCATION:

MOORE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, University of South Carolina Columbia, SC, USA

Master in Business Administration with international specialization, May 2015

Golden Key International Honour Society, Delta Epsilon Iota, GPA 3.94

CENTRAL PIEDMONT COMMUNITY COLLEGE Charlotte, NC, USA

Paralegal, Lambda Epsilon Chi National Honor Society in Paralegal December, 2005

Studies, Phi Theta Kappa, President’s List, GPA 4.0

UDMURT STATE UNIVERSITY Izhevsk, Russia

Juris Doctor (J.D.) in Russian Law June, 1990

Note: Official Educational Credential Evaluation course-by-course is available.

LICENSE: SC Notary Public

LANGUAGES: Russian, English, German.

IT SKILLS: Westlaw, Nexus/Lexus, MS Office (Word, Access, Excel, and PowerPoint), CRM, QAD, PDS, MS Outlook; the other programs: Salesforce, Time Slips, Abacus, Adobe (Professional), and QAD. Typing speed 70 wpm.

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