Contracts Manager
Resume:
F MICHELLE LEWIS MOORE
PARALEGAL / SENIOR CONTRACTS MANAGER
CONTACT
Birmingham, AL 35206
EXPECTED RELOCATION SPRING 2025
*.********.*****.*****@*****.***
https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-l-7b0a8742/
PROFILE
Proven success in Contracts Management, achieving multi-million-dollar contract executions in telecom, clinical research, and alternative power. Highly skilled in contract negotiation, departmental administration, and Contract Library Audit with experience leading to multi-million dollar revenue realization. Credited with 11th-hour contract/ accounting reviews resulting in the revitalization of cross-functioning departments and associated revenue flow.
EDUCATION
Associate Degree: Paralegal Studies (52 of 60 credits acquired)
National Paralegal College Online – Phoenix, AZ
Bachelor of Science: Audio Production (145 of 128 credits acquired) Anticipated Completion 2025
State University of New York - Empire State College - Saratoga Springs, NY
Alabama State University – Montgomery, AL
CERTIFICATIONS
New York State Notary Public Commission Expires in 2025
Six Sigma Green Belt
KEY SKILLS
Contract Management
Legal Analysis
Contract Negotiation
Risk Analysis
Legal Writing
Operations
Critical Thinking
SOFTWARE
Microsoft Office 365 / Google Suite / Salesforce/Concur/ JIRA/ /Zoom/ Microsoft Teams/ Shelby Arena/ DocuSign/ Adobe Sign/ Adobe Suite/ Skype/Asana / SAP/ Oracle(goBalto) Activate / Veeva Vault / Monday.com / QuickBooks, C4, SAP, Air Table
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
COMMERCIAL CONTRACTS MANAGER/ PARALEGAL
Sungrow USA Inc. - Birmingham, AL(Remote)
•Review of MSA, CSA, SLA and LTSA documents
•Cross-division collaboration unique operational requirements for PV and Battery storage solutions.
•Collaboration with Internal and Outside Legal Counsel Teams
•Legal Writing inclusive of bespoke scope elements and/ or changes to standard scope language.
•Legal Template Authoring, Maintenance / Revisions
•Internal Subdivision collaborations to identify and implement best practices and recommended process changes.
•Key Decision Making/ Departmental Administration
•Create and Maintain Contract Catalog databases for Service: Warranty and Operations & Maintenance Divisions.
•Vendor & Client Contract Negotiations
•Spare Parts Facilitation
•Vendor Contract Litigation/ Amendments
•Compliance
•Total Division Finance Reconciliation exceeding 1B USD in Contracted Revenue
•Cross Division MSA/ Framework/ Service Agreement negotiations
REMOTE NATIONAL CLINICAL CONTRACTS MANAGER
October 2021 – March 2023
•AllerVie Clinical Research / AllerVie Health - Birmingham, AL
•Autonomous Department Lead
•Company Signatory – no fiscal limitation.
•Clinical research (study start up phase II - phase IV), sub vendor agreements and any associated amendments, study extensions, and renewals.
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•Collaborative creation of study contract templates for research projects in preliminary phases with smaller research firms to recruit other sites to sign on to phase 1 research.
•Review and negotiate existing and new fiscal budget offerings from CRO/ Pharmaceutical Sponsors.
•Operational Advisory and Recommendations.
•Works on difficult or complex assignments requiring considerable judgment and initiative to resolve issues. Understands implications of work and makes recommendations for solutions and new procedures.
•SharePoint re-organization and document compliance with contracted terms.
•Ongoing internal and external client-facing roles.
•Moderate travel
•Ad Hoc Merger & Acquisitions / Operations Support
REMOTE CONTRACTS SPECIALIST – NORTH AMERICAN CLINICAL OPERATIONS)
MAY 2021 - SEPT 2021
Talent Group – PPD (Contractor) – New York, New York
•Drafted, executed, and processed various company contracts, reports, and related documents with clinical study sites and principal investigators.
•Coordinated internal review and submission of recommendations to management in favor of company execution.
•Monitored contractual progress through the execution of all agreements.
•Negotiated contractual and financial terms.
•Partnered to reduce and/or eliminate company regulatory, legal, and financial exposures.
•Initiated and coordinated follow-up with clients and/or suppliers regarding the status of outstanding agreement issues.
•Proposed / Predicted timelines for client/supplier compliance.
•Worked on difficult or complex assignments requiring considerable judgment and initiative to resolve issues. Understood the implications of work and made recommendations for solutions and new procedures.
•As a skilled or highly skilled specialist, completed tasks in resourceful and/or creative ways and contributed to developing new and revamped concepts and techniques.
•Acted independently in determining methods and procedures on new assignments as a facilitator.
•Frequent interaction with individuals representing outside organizations, and/or individuals of significant importance within the company via remote video and telephonic tools.
•Contact involving planning and preparation of communications, requiring skill, tact, persuasion, and/or negotiation to accomplish the objectives of the communication.
•Contract assignments crossed domestic and global assignments requiring additional language skills.
CONTRACTS ADMINISTRATOR / WEB DEVELOPER / SHAREPOINT POWER USER
DEC 2019 – FEB 2020
Howard Sloan Services -Catalyst for Women (Contractor)- New York, NY
• Ongoing use of analytical and communication skills
• Consistent use of Business Operations and process knowledge
• Developed, negotiated, and evaluated company contracts.
• Ensured Contract Compliance and alignment with local and federal laws.
• Designed and developed the Legal Affairs SharePoint Intranet Page
• Compiled client technical requirements to determine and present project recommendations.
• Designed Intranet templates for Legal Affairs – later adapted to all departments.
• Determined data flow needs through investigation of processes and practices.
• Established, coordinated, and updated operations protocols.
• Achieved revised operational objectives by planning, preparing, and initiating implementation of recommendations.
• Identified risks and clarified contingency and recovery plans for anticipated and non-anticipated technology crises.
CONTRACT MANAGER AND CONTRACT ADMINISTRATOR - MANAGEMENT SERVICES - L3
JUL 2019
IT Trailblazers/NYCHA (Contractor)– New York, NY
• Supported multi-borough building rehabilitation projects via vendor management and contract compliance oversight.
• Oversight of building contracts for construction in the style of FARS averaging $250,000 or more in independent value.
• Supervision of teamwide work product.
• Vendor Onboarding Conferences
• Financial review and vendor invoicing
• Accounts Payable approvals
• Site Inspections to monitor all vendor contract work at multiple stages of contract execution.
• Vendor Work order tracking utilizing Maximo
• Site audit of materials to be ordered to match budget submissions.
CONTRACTS/FINANCIAL ANALYST
May 2019- June 2019
ETEAM– OPPENHEIMER FUNDS / INVESCO (CONTRACTOR)
NEW YORK, NY
• Contracts Processing and Administration LEGAL REVIEWS
•Document Storage.
• Understanding of Service Agreement Terms, Payment Models, Termination clauses, Legal Aspects, and Distribution Restrictions to ensure appropriate usage.
• Coordinated payment of “Hard Dollar” research and market data services.
• Invoice Management
•Budgets
• Assist with Research and Analysis on all existing market data products.
• Invoice Resolutions.
• Handled Priority Ad Hoc Projects and Requests.
• Ongoing use of mathematical, analytical, and communication skills.
• Consistent USE of Business Operations and Process Knowledge.
• Merger Transition Support
COMMERCIAL CONTRACTS MANAGER
(9/2018- 2/2019)
LATITUDE36 -WEBMD (CONTRACTOR)– NEW YORK, NY
• Responsible for Q3-Q1 Contract Authorship
• Online and Alternate Media Advertising – Professional Programs Divisions: Pharmaceutical, Education, and Healthcare
• Maintained and organized schedules to ensure contracts completion by established deadlines.
• Ownership of Contract Lifecycle from Start to Finish for renewals and new business.
• Facilitated contract changes, addendums, and amendments as requested by internal departments and external customers.
• Collaborated with Legal, Accounting, and other stakeholders to develop standard and standard, and complex contracts.
• Ensured compliance with internal and external client policies..
• Overflow and Ad Ho assignments in Commercial and Global Contracts Divisions as needed. Associated Foreign Language Skill usage.
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