Steve Orwick
Leander, TX ****1
Cell: 512-***-****
**********@*****.***
SUMMARY: 20 years of experience performing Material Management, Purchasing and Contract Compliance responsibilities in supporting Lower Colorado River Authority and City of Austin -water, maintenance, projects, and fleet operations
QUALIFICATIONS
•Developed and managed requirements for assigned contracts by monitoring and coordinating deliverables.
•Responsible for monitoring the supply chain by reviewing status of materials and identifying supply chain problems.
•Trained 4 employees at Austin Water Utility field operations and Warehouse Operations section.
•Interface with all levels of personnel from management to Technical Personnel
•17 years preparing Bid packages - (RFQ’S, RFP’S and IFB’s)
•17 years procuring purchases using Procard
•17 years working with MBE/WBE firms.
•20 + years managing Centralized warehouse and inventory operations.
•17+ years managing contractors and supplier relationships within the public and private sector.
CERTIFICATIONS
* Procurement: Legal Aspects & Contract Law - Ink the Deal - 2017
* Contracts: Reading, Writing & Negotiating - Ink the Deal - 2017
* Basic & Advanced Public Purchasing - University of Texas - LBJ School - 2016
Software:
•Inventory tracking system software - INFOR, Oracle, SAP, Maximo
•Purchasing Software - AIMS-Austin Integrated Management System – Peoplesoft
Education: Bachelor’s degree in business management – 1987 - Texas State University
EXPERIENCE
Lower Colorado River Authority - Austin, Texas - 2022 – Present
Senior Category Buyer
•Obtains quotes from vendors, compares pricing and awards purchases.
•Manage contracts by verifying specifications, invoices, and delivery. Track remaining funds on various contracts and corresponding with customers to make determination of extending contract.
•Verify the 3-way match of the Purchase Order, receiving document and invoice to process payment.
•Manage RFP evaluation processes and coordinates among evaluation team members and vendor
Procure purchases using a Procard & validating the monthly statement report to submit to
City of Austin Austin, Texas 2008 to 2022
Fleet Services Department
Contract Management Specialist – Responsible for monitoring 25 active contracts by developing requirements, scope of work and monitoring for compliance.
•Perform contract releasing for assigned contracts and follow up on overdue contract releases.
•Perform Spot Buying by soliciting and awarding quotes over $3000.00.
•Acts as point of contact for other City departments by facilitating the contract process.
•Monitors supply chain and subcontractors for assigned contracts by reviewing supply chain status of selected materials.
•Develops and manages requirements of assigned contracts to ensure effectiveness.
•Monitor and review spend analysis reconciliation on assigned contracts.
•Responsible for performing post payment audits on labor and commodity contracts.
•Material Management of 6 Fleet Service Centers.
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Austin Water Utility
Contract Management Associate
•Obtains quotes from vendors, compares pricing and awards purchases to lowest bidder based on City policy.
•Prepared complete bid/ submittal documents for all equipment, electrical, mechanical, security and instrumentation commodities and services. Selecting the proper commodity codes in Advantage
•Manage contracts by verifying specifications, invoices, and delivery. Track remaining funds on various contracts and corresponding with customers to make determination of extending contract.
•Verify the 3-way match of the Purchase Order, receiving document and invoice to process payment.
•Post material & service cost from purchase requisitions to TEAM software. Maintained all equipment purchases, assets, and specifications data in the INFOR database software.
•Manage RFP evaluation processes and coordinates among evaluation team members and vendor
•Procure purchases using a Procard & validating the monthly statement report to submit to accounting.
•Interface with technical personnel - Electricians & Mechanics for material and equipment purchases.
•Maintains stock levels from pre-defined reorder levels and transaction histories
•Responsible for monitoring and establishing several contracts for the Austin Water Utility
Modu slink (Contract position) Round Rock, Texas 2007 - 2008
•Performed Cycle Counts and material reconciliation and reported to Management
Powerhouse Electrical Austin, Texas 2007 - 2007
Junior Estimator
•Prepared pre-bid packages and material takeoffs.
Advanced 1 Communications Georgetown, Texas 2006 - 2007
Project Coordinator
•As-builts, map design and Excel spreadsheets established on each project.
Solectron - (Currently Flextronics) Austin, Texas 2004 - 2006
Inventory Analyst
•Reconciled material costs using cycle counts utilizing Oracle.
Cox Communications 2000 - 2004
Warehouse/Inventory Manager - Lafayette, Louisiana
•Managed warehouse and inventory for the fiber coax rebuild.
•Monitored material procurement and deliveries for timelessness for construction project.
Project Manager - St. Martinsville, Louisiana
•Managed 2000-mile fiber coax rebuild.
•Coordinated project schedules, placed purchase orders, and monitored deliveries.
•Quality Control of contractors work and sign off on invoices for work performed to specifications.
•Coordinated permits and utility locates.
•Monitor and review budget information to provide to Management.
Time Warner Cable 1989 - 2000
Warehouse Manager - Project Rebuild Houston, Texas
• Managed Warehouse & Inventory with 7 employees
• Responsible for the ordering, receiving, issuing construction material, material reconciliation.
Project Administrator - Project Rebuild Greensboro, North Carolina
•Managed warehouse & inventory with 5 employees for the fiber coax upgrade.
•Verify material reconciliation with contractors.
•Responsible for the ordering, receiving, and issuing construction material.
Installer & Warehouse Coordinator San Marcos, Texas
•Managed centralized warehouse & inventory for area - San Marcos, Seguin, New Braunfels
•Performed residential CATV installations and disconnects.