Senior Contracts Administrator

W.E. “Wil” Gonzalez **** S Michigan Ave Apt **** • Chicago, Il 60605 Cellular: 786-***-**** Email: *****************@*****.***

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS: Results driven Contracts Professional with experience working for a large health system. Outstanding knowledge of contract negotiation and procurement. Excellent skills in planning, analyzing, organizing, and problem solving. Experience in managing numerous projects concurrently. Very adaptable and works well in extremely challenging environments. Dedicated to teamwork and able to navigate multi-level relationships with internal and external customers as well as staff. As a Human Resources Consultant specialized in recruitment, employee dispute resolution, payroll, benefits education and workers’ compensation administration. Ability to manage, train and serve as mentor to staff. Fully Bilingual: English and Spanish, both verbal and written.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Baptist Health South Florida, Miami, FL 2010 – Nov 2013

Senior Corporate Contract Administrator

• Manage day-to-day activity of Corporate Contracting and Sourcing Department.

• Responsible for assessing and analysis of contracts, pursuing standardization, creating a competitive environment, and working with management to maximize purchasing power through an established negotiation and contracting process.

• Mentor and train six (6) Contract Administrators and (5) Buyers.

• Preparation and completion of Requests for Information (RFI) and Proposals (RFP), review and contract analysis, negotiations for Surgery, Endovascular, and Cardiovascular departments for six hospitals and over 30 outpatient and diagnostic centers.

• Reference multiple sources including GPO (Premier and Yankee Alliance) sources to identify benchmark and leverage opportunities for system wide savings.

• Successfully finding millions in savings for the organization through contract negotiations and building relationships with internal and external customers.

• Investigate pricing discrepancies within organization’s Surgery, Endovascular and Cardiovascular departments and assure that contract and invoice pricing are aligned.

Baptist Health South Florida, Miami, FL 2009 – 2010

Corporate Contract Administrator

• Managed day-to-day activity of Corporate Contracting and Sourcing Department.

• Activities included preparation and completion of Requests for Proposals for Facility, Engineering, Biomed, Environmental and Human Resources departments.

• Processed purchase order requests from internal customers and insured turn around in a timely fashion.

• Researched invoice discrepancies and assure contract pricing was accurate.

• Reviewed and negotiated contracts for multiple departments within the system.

• Successfully identified, targeted and negotiated savings and cost avoidance opportunities for the organization through building relationships with internal and external customers.

El Nuevo Herald, Miami, FL 2008 – 2009

Budget and Administrative Manager

• Managed and administered a more than $4-million budget for the leading Spanish-language daily newspaper in the United States, El Nuevo Herald.

• Directed efforts to ensure compliance with financial rules and managing the close of each month.

• Analyzed monthly financials and reporting concerns to leadership as needed.

• Provided Supervision of payroll, benefits, compensation and human resources activities, ensuring that appropriate forms are completed and submitted.

• Addressed policy concerns and issues for all newsroom staff employees.

• Handled the staffing and contracting of all freelancers, temporary workers for the newsroom.

• Managed all vendor relationships. Maintained equipment in the newsroom and acted as Facilities Manager.

The Miami Herald Media Company, Miami, FL 2005 – 2008

Human Resources Consultant

• Collaborated with client leaders and managers in communicating, training, and following up on performance management programs.

• Provided guidance to managers on how to optimize the company’s performance by exploring organizational scenarios that would be more efficient, cost effective, and/or provide opportunity for growth.

• Supported managers in employee relation issues by providing advice on company policy and labor laws.

• Managed the recruiting efforts for client divisions, determining the best recruiting strategy to ensure positions are filled in a timely manner with the best-qualified candidates from a diverse candidate pool.

• Advised employees on benefits plan inquiries, i.e. medical plans, vacation, STD, LTD, Workers’ Comp. among others.

• Partnered with consultants to provide company leadership training as well as other human resources programs.

• Worked closely with management team to identify employees with high potential, top performers and critical staff incumbents, and developed an integrated plan to ensure retention of valuable team members.

• Assumed leadership role in preparing the organization and its employees for emergencies, i.e. hurricanes, security and safety issues.

• Managed all Workers’ Compensation related claims and issues for the company.

The Miami Herald Publishing Company, Miami, FL 2003 – 2005

Sales & Marketing Sales Supervisor

• Supervised a team of 20 telemarketing sales representatives for the purpose of selling home delivery subscriptions by telephone.

EDUCATION:

Nova Southeastern University, August 2005 Masters of Science: Human Resources Management (HRM)

Florida International University, Dec. 1997 Bachelors: Visual Arts (Photography/Art History)

COMPUTER SKILLS:

Lawson, ImageNow, Proliance, Peoplesoft, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Alchemy, Kronos, and Fidelity.

REFERENCES: Reference available upon request

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