Procurement, Contracts Specialist
Resume:
Eric W. Johansen
Anchorage, Alaska
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-johansen-4a647079
CAREER SUMMARY:
Greatest successes in my career have been in all aspects of Purchasing, as a Procurement Specialist, Sr. Buyer, Sr. Purchasing Analyst, Contracts, Project Management, Project Coordinator, Asset Management, Cost Avoidance, Inventory Control, and Vendor Management. Calculating Procurement lifecycle processes and data analysis ensuring the most efficient vendor performance, while utilizing the RFx processes to take advantage of cost savings methodologies and best practices to provide the greatest overall cost savings to organizations. I have worked in the Private Sector, City Government, and Federal Government, Healthcare, Information Technology, Oil & Gas Industry, Banking, Federal Construction Contracting, and Construction Traffic Control as a Certified Flagger, providing the highest level of service and support.
EDUCATION/ SPECIALIZED TRAINING:
Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, University of Alaska, Anchorage
Diploma, East Anchorage High School, Anchorage, AK
On-going computer based training
CERTIFICATIONS:
Certified Flagger, with the American Traffic Safety Association; CPM, Certified Purchasing Manager, First Aid/ CPR/ AED
PROFILE:
Strong aptitude utilizing methodologies in Purchasing and Procurement of Capital Assets utilizing sourcing and the RFx process, while gaining leverage through pricing to lead large multimillion-dollar contracts, while providing overall Contract Analysis. Experience in Suppliers companies with negotiated agreements and suppliers, mainly to Information Technology companies.
Certified Flagger, with the American Traffic Safety Services Association
Contract Administration, Vendor Administration, Negotiation, Logistics, Financials, and Asset Management, all in dynamic, fast-paced environments while adhering to project schedules and budgets.
Supported key departments of local City Government for Bids $50K and above, to Federal Construction MATOC’s and Task Orders, ranging from $25K to over $100M.The task of processing requests and issuing purchase orders involving Information Technology purchases and Procurement utilizing Procurement methodologies for sourcing and terms and conditions, while meeting the requirements of the specifications, drawings and designs.
Proficient using Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access)
Many years of experience as a Procurement/ Purchasing Analyst and Manager, while managing Purchasing, Contracts, Statement of Work, Vendor Management, SLA’s and Metric Reporting.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
Wolf Creek Federal Services, Anchorage, AK
Procurement Specialist, 03/19- Current
This position supports all aspects of Procurement and Contracts on JBER- Richardson CESS contract for the U.S. Army in support of HVAC, Electrical, Plumbing, Structural.
The FAR is followed for all purchases, contracts, subcontracts, and bids.
Documentation of all transactions, blanket purchase agreements, contracts is input into Maximo then compiled into Lawson.
Providing the greatest cost savings with proven contractors, vendors, and teaming agreements.
My current position has the sole support for the JBER- Richardson CESS contract for the United States Army Base at Fort Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska.
Servicing multiple Maximo Purchase Requests for Material and Service Purchase Orders daily.
Creating and maintaining Blanket Purchase Agreements.
Assisting as needed with Inventory Control, Receiving, Accounts Payable and Reconciling of Purchase Orders to create a three-way match.
Genesis Recovery Services Inc., Anchorage, AK.
Client Support Specialist, 04/17- 11/18
This position supports all aspects of client needs and services in an Inpatient/Out-Patient, Drug and Alcohol Treatment
Facility.
Medicare/ Medicaid Billing, verifying insurance.
Security monitor of camera systems and patrolling the grounds of the treatment facility.
Issuing medication to clients.
Documentation control, following state regulations and safety practices. Compiling reports from AK Aims for state reporting.
Customer Service.
Transportation of clients to court, parole, probation, medical appointments.
Doyon Government Group, Federal Way, WA.
Estimating Assistant II, 5/14 - 6/16
This position assisted multiple Estimators, Project Managers, and Superintendents across the country, completing tasks from, identifying subcontractors, obtaining price quotes and estimates, updating projects in our bidding system, posting drawings and specifications, and updating information, a Certified Flagger, Asset Coordinator, and Fleet Coordinator.
Administering the subcontractor database to ensure our subcontractors supplying proposals had the most current documentation, were registered with SAM, and met insurance requirements.
The federal bidding process in Estimating, consisted of responding to RFP’s for federal and military/DoD Task Orders, MATOC, IDIQ, MAC, Directed, etc. For USACE, NAVFAC, GSA, DLA, DOE, BPA, IHS, BIA, VA, USCG/DHS, NASA, AMTRAK, and the USFWS.
Working on multiple projects, making contact with subcontractors that will be submitting a proposal, creating the front-end review for the estimate, and applying for Bid Bonds as required were done daily for each estimate we submitted to the government.
Administering of our plans room system, SmartBidNet utilized in sending out Bid Invitations, and following up with phone calls to subcontractors to verify their bidding status.
Providing the greatest cost savings with proven subcontractors and Teaming agreements. Provide Contract Analysis.
Doyon Government Group, with its four Construction companies, CGC, DMS, DLS, and DPS reported two record breaking consecutive years with awarded Task Orders, MATOC’s and Contracts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Naval Facilities, Bonneville Power Administration and many others.
Volt Technical assigned to Real Networks Inc., Seattle, WA.
Sr. IT /Capital Buyer, 8/07- 10/07
The Capital IT Buyer position was a contracted short-term position, responsible for all aspects of Capital- Information Technology requests for hardware, software, services, and maintenance providing Information Technologies, Purchasing and Contracts divisions, support for the Corporate Headquarters, and all offices and subsidiaries worldwide.
Purchasing Department was represented in project meetings in order to ensure project efforts in other areas incorporating offices both in the US and overseas. By providing through contract analysis and project requirement review, the greatest savings were achieved
Vendor Management of our “Key Vendors”, in Global Supply Chain Management to deliver equipment to foreign countries utilizing Dell Computers, Logistics Team to capitalize on the cost savings in Tariff fees by delivering to a smaller island country and bringing the hardware valued at $3M for a fee of $10k when direct delivery would have been in excess of $300K.
The contract position required back-filling the Purchasing Manager, Capital Buyer, and Commodity Buyer positions on an interim basis while the positions were filled permanently, while keeping business operations flowing without any significant delays.
Microsoft software agreements based on the RFP process awarded to Dell were administered by me for Real Networks, Inc. Microsoft Select and Enterprise Agreements, were previously using the software assurance on the Enterprise and Select agreements, by removing Software Assurance from the Select Agreement as it was already included, and only paying for it on the Enterprise Agreement showed a significant cost savings of thousands of dollars to the overall annual spend.
A significant endeavor I was associated with was the integration of Rhapsody on to every Verizon phone worldwide. This rollout was a significant achievement; it included integrating ViaCom under RealNetworks and Wider Then Americas, all at the same time. Equipment delivery, scheduling, and coordination were key to the success of this endeavor.
City of Tacoma, Finance Division, Tacoma, WA,
Sr. Purchasing Analyst, 11/06 to 8/07
The position of a Senior Purchasing Analyst for the City of Tacoma carried the responsibilities of,
responsible spend of tax payer dollars, in the most cost effective manner. In this position, I created bids and contracts for $50K and above, in support of multiple departments, stakeholders and vendors.
Utilizing the RFx process, I developed RFP/RFB’s in SAP for the departments I supported; awarding contracts based on the winning Bid, then initiated the SOW. Amendments to existing contracts with modifications as required that initiated supplier discussions and operational decisions.
Analyzing contracts to provide cost savings in consolidation of vendor contracts utilizing Lean processes, while interacting with suppliers on a daily/weekly basis. Consolidating the cities Print, Copier, and Media contracts reduced the annual spend and provided greater service to the cities departments utilizing these services.
Following weather related issues, Emergency Declarations were created, when needed for Public Works for washed out roads, additional train car loads of salt for icy roadways. These were time sensitive contracts issued under the Declaration of Public Safety, providing the most efficient cost savings in support of all taxpayers in Tacoma.
Supporting the following departments, Information Technology, Public Works, Streets and Grounds, Tacoma Rail, Sign Shop, Click Cable TV Network, Print and Graphics, Media Relations, Historic Theaters and Stadiums.
Group Health Cooperative, Tukwila, WA.,
Sr. Technology Buyer, Materials Management, 01/05 to 11/06
Being assigned as the Information Technology Buyer, under the division of Materials Management, I worked directly with their finance team, project managers, receiving and logistics, and accounts payable, to ensure world-class service.
Providing the most cost effective savings for Purchasing, Contract Maintenance, Vendor Maintenance, Logistics Receiving and assuring a three-way match of all invoices to reconcile outstanding PO’s for Accounts Payable.
Information Technology, tasked me to provide the best service, savings, and vendors I could find to achieve the greatest cost savings, which I did with hardware and software standardization, consolidation of maintenance contracts for IT, and consolidating software to one primary vendor.
Materials Management integrated a new ERP system, Lawson ERP & Financials. This was deployed enterprise wide in all locations, hospitals, clinics, warehouse, Accounting, and Materials
I provided a cost savings for the delivery of new IT hardware, by utilizing the vendor to provide delivery of new equipment inside the IT Storage area, and providing asset tagging of the incoming equipment including a report, which was uploaded to Lawson.
Adecco Technical at Washington Mutual Bank, Seattle, WA.
IT Project Coordinator/Procurement Specialist, 12/02- 12/05
Technical Services Group- Infrastructure Project Management Office (IPMO), assigned to the Data Centers and Hosting Group, with the task of Project Management, including the Design, Layout, Power Distribution, Cooling, Scheduling, Security, Procurement, Logistics, Budget and Reporting of Building Enterprise Data Centers and Financial Centers.
Revision of the Receiving Process provided a cost savings of over $1Million, in lost or stolen Information Technology hardware at the Sabey Data Center and was implemented enterprise wide.
We built out an existing facility in Tukwila, WA, an old Boeing wing factory, which was known as the Sabey Data Center and became the flagship and model for all other data centers to follow at Washington Mutual Bank.
Power Distribution was the main factor at this facility, elevated floor was installed, and cable handlers run, server racks ordered and installed. Mechanical dealt with the issues of structural weight issues for tape robots, and shark backup units with additional steel plates having to be retrofitted. The NOC was engineered to make our job as simple as possible; another internal network program installed that portion.
Managing multiple smaller projects as well and in charge of all Procurement for the data center. I worked with Cisco, F5, Network Appliance, APC, Compaq, HP, Dell, Microsoft and many others to provide whatever was needed.
Computer Task Group contracted to Alyeska Pipeline Service Co., Anchorage, AK,
Desktop Projects, Service Delivery Coordinator, 06/98- 06/02
This position began as a member of the Desktop Projects Team covering the corporate
Headquarters in Anchorage, AK. I moved up to the Desktop Team’s, Service Delivery
Coordinator position, which was also located at the corporate headquarters business unit, which
was one of three business units spanning the 800 mile Trans Alaska Pipeline.
As the Service Delivery Coordinator, I was assigned to the Desktop Projects, Y2K Team
with the responsibility of coordination of the Desktop Projects.
Management of the part-time Desktop Project Pool, mainly from Elmendorf Air force Base,
were responsible for the hardware, lifecycle replacement covering, and three business units.
This position required travel up and down the remote Alaskan, Haul Road which followed along
the Trans Alaskan Pipeline to the twelve Pump Stations, with several trips to Fairbanks, AK, and Valdez, AK to assist the
Buyers with the purchase and deployment of equipment to ensure the project schedule
Simultaneously, Fiber Optic Cable was installed for a state of the art Security System for the
purpose of Intrusion Detection through some of the most remote areas in the world.
My other duties included IT Asset Administration, coordinating with materials. Maintaining
inventory/ deployment control and reporting for all IT equipment within Remedy Asset Modules
linking to Oracle Financials.
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