MONIQUE BELL

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Stockbridge, Georgia 30281 Cell: 770-***-****

acvi53@r.postjobfree.com

Contracts Management/Logistics/Procurement Professional

An Accomplished Professional experienced in developing and implementing strategies to deliver multimillion-dollar global purchasing initiatives. Detail-oriented Contracts Management leader with expertise in quoting, sourcing, and negotiating contracts for supplier prices and terms for domestic and Global markets within Operations, Commercial, Government and Non-Profit agencies. History of aggressively challenging and improving vendor pricing, delivery and payment terms. Experienced at effectively delivering broad cost savings within both centralized and decentralized programs. Precise and accurate data entry/ data management. Also possess a proven ability to build client relationships through effective contract compliance, negotiations, and marketing initiatives; excellent communication skills with the ability to promote procurement, acquisition negotiations and revenue goals.

Areas of Expertise

Contract Management

Task Order Management

Contract Negotiations

Contract Compliance

Vendor Sourcing & Analysis

RFP Process, IFB & RFQ

Logistics Management

Acquisition

Cost Analysis & Reduction

Process Improvement

Strategic Planning

Procurement

Purchasing Management

New Supplier Development

Government Contracting

Purchasing

Buyer Performance Metrics and Reviews

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science Degree in Technical Management Focus in Operations Management

DeVry University, Atlanta, Georgia

Date of Graduation: June 2010 • GPA: 3.4/4.0

EXPERIENCE

American Cancer Society 09/2015 – Present

Buyer III Atlanta, GA

Work closely with Division and Event Managers, Corporate Center Business Units, and other members of the Supply Chain team to acquire goods, services, and events in ensuring they are properly delivered in a timely manner.

Create, manage, and issue quotes, purchase orders and invoices.

Create and Award contracts in accordance with policies, procedures for local regional suppliers.

Procure a wide range of supplies, equipment, materials and services, process cradle to grave contracts, from pre-award to post award functions.

Assess agreement terms and structure based upon criteria issued, make recommendations for potential resolution, and assist buyers and suppliers with interpretation and application of specific contractual matters.

Critically evaluates Statement of Work, Pre RFQ, and Pre Award requests for nature of work, terms and conditions qualification, structure of work, stated project scope, work direction, deliverables, acceptance clauses, etc.

Initiating and managing local, regional, and supporting nationwide bids.

Serve as a Divisional and/or category expert for one or more Divisions and/or categories within the American Cancer Society Network.

Competitively identify appropriate local or regional suppliers when an established nationwide supplier solution does not exist.

Responsible for selecting and negotiating with approved suppliers and placing orders in response to product or service requirements established by various departments.

Provide guidance and direction to other buyers.

Manage bid process for local or regional solutions.

Create required reports, communications and status updates.

Interact with cross-functional team members.

Work closely with other Supply Chain team members to provide and analyze purchasing data around products, trends, seasonal spend, etc.

Gather, create, and analyze statistical data to generate reports in Excel in addition to creating Powerpoint slides for presentations.

Professional Products Unlimited (Temporary Assignment) 05/2015 – 08/2015

Purchasing and Procurement Manager Atlanta, GA

Speak with Clients on a weekly basis to discuss business, packaging and purchasing goals.

Promote strategic sourcing and tactical purchasing execution that support on-time delivery and superior quality.

Manage daily purchasing and provide overall purchasing administrative tasks.

Manage the Chemical supply.

Create Chemical and Component Bom’s(Bill of Materials)

Handle Inventory and Purchasing Management.

Create and maintain inventory levels based on stockholding rules and needed critical spares

Heavy utilization of Excel in creating and updating spreadsheets, creating pivot tables, formulas, V-look-up, macros, Excel add-ins and mail merges.

Created Inventory and Production reports, created purchase orders and invoices, in addition to managing warehouse inventory through daily SAP utilization.

Support inventory reduction goals with pull systems, cycle counting and lead-time reduction programs.

Develop new sources for existing materials supporting on time delivery, and inventory reduction

Assist in developing a strategic supply base.

Expedite purchase orders in order to maintain material flow to support operations and customer service.

Plan and negotiate long-term contracts with favorable impact on inventory goals, quality, and continuity of supply and corporate cost objectives.

Negotiate and facilitate the return of rejected and obsolete materials.

Analyze supplier risk for financial health, single/ sole sourced and overall supply interruption risks.

Perform and execute with little supervision on routine work and with only broad instructions on new assignments in heavy utilization of SAP.

S&K Aerospace 11/2012 – 05/2015

Procurement Specialist/Buyer Stockbridge, GA

Evaluate suppliers based on price, quality, and delivery.

Manage and operate a cost effective procurement process to all external and internal customers.

Analyze price proposals, reports, and additional information to determine reasonable pricing.

Negotiate agreements and purchasing terms for efficient procurement of materials.

Manage relationships with suppliers to support current and future requirements.

Review bid proposals and negotiate purchase orders within budgetary limitations, contract terms and scope of authority.

Responsible for the preparation, audit, and advisement of the Statement of Work, RFQ, RFP, and other contractual documents for full life-cycle contracts to include Firm Fixed Price (FFP), Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF), Time and Material (T&M), and Indefinite Quantity/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ).

Determine procurement method, prepare requests for quote, purchase orders and invoicing in utilizing SAP WMS.

Monitoring inventory through cycle counting process.

Evaluate and monitor purchase orders to verify vendors comply with the terms and conditions.

Operate computerized procurement system and maintain records on procured items.

Discuss defective or unacceptable goods with quality control personnel, vendors, and others to determine source of deficiency and corrective actions.

Provide support and data as requested for administrative purposes and in support of the Quality Management System.

Gentiva Health Services (Contractor) 01/2011 – 8/2011

LMS Technical Administrator Atlanta, Georgia

Provided ownership of support related customer issues, contacts, and communications.

Provided daily operations support to users on application and technical issues related to the LMS (Learning Management System).

Conducted LMS data entry and updates.

Successfully responded to request and inquiries from users in addition resolving issues within the pre-determined timeframe.

Participant in solution development directly with learners, administrators, and CE&D teams.

Submitted recommendations for Knowledge Base updates and maintenance.

Documented and tracked case histories, issues, support policies, and procedures.

Performed quality assurance testing on new software releases and courses for on-line learning.

Norfolk Southern Railroad 08/1999-05/2008

Atlanta, GA

Assistant Manager 11/2003 – 05/2008

Managed and trained 25+ new and existing employees of procedures and software utilization.

Managed accounts for largest automotive customers, Ford, Toyota, GM, and Chrysler.

Provided customer service to external and internal customers through reactive and proactive measures.

Monitored all railroad/shipping operations in order to meet contractual requirements and scheduling through downloading and updating information from Brio to download in excel spreadsheets daily.

Updated Bill of Ladings to ensure traffic met correct destinations; in addition to updating tariff codes.

Updated embargo notifications on rail traffic/shipments which would prevent traffic meeting committed timelines.

Provided corrective actions to escalated problems and/or issues by implementing root cause analysis.

Coordinated special train movements or alternate transportation to protect time sensitive shipments.

Utilized ISO 9001 standards and measures on a daily basis in addition to performing safety audits in different departments within the company.

Service Management Specialist 08/2000-10/2003

Interpreted contractual service provisions in order to design contract specific performance reports.

Utilized Integrated Transportation Management System (ITMS) to maintain traffic database by inputting new and modified commitment lane data.

Met and interacted with the most critical customers and upper management while preparing and conducting presentations to discuss contracts and committed traffic situations.

Generated ad-hoc analytical reports that measured and reflected the current state and/or condition of the company.

Used statistical quality control process methods to interpret and produce pareto charts, control charts, histograms, and scatter diagrams to include in reports for proactive and corrective analysis in Excel utilization.

Customer Service Representative 08/1999 – 07/2000

Traced movement of railcars and relaying information to customers.

Monitored intermodal and merchandise (chemical, metal, paper, and agriculture) shipments to ensure customer inquiries and issues were handled expeditiously.

Handled shipment diversions, re-consignments, weigh request, railroad handling errors, and billing issues.

PROFESSIONAL SKILL-SET

oMicrosoft Office Suite

oMicrosoft Project Management

oElectronic Data Interchange

oAdobe Acrobat

oData Warehouse

oQuality Assurance Knowledge

oOperations Management

oLean Operations

oSQL

oSharePoint

oPentagon

oSAP- Inventory Management

oPeoplesoft

oSix Sigma

oJ.I.T Operations

oMRP Knowledge

oWMS Knowledge

oITMS

oJava

oSAS

oPILT

oDeltek

oSAP - Purchasing

oe-Procurement

oe-Invoicing

oBrio

oOracle

oVisual Basics

oVisio

oTyping Speed 60 WPM

o10 Key Skills – 10,000 KPH

oVarious Office Machines

oHTML

oQuickbooks

oLearnFlex

oLogiquest

oe-RFP

oe--Sourcing

Accomplishments

DeVry University - Deans List 2006-2010

Norfolk Southern- NS Exceptional Employee Award – 1999

Safety Committee – 2006-2008

Toyota President’s Logistics Award 2005-2007

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