Construction Contracts Manager Datacenters
Resume:
James J. Collins
Alameda, California
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Summary
15+ years’ experience managing supply chain/negotiations for design, engineering, and construction contracts, sustainability and corporate consulting contracts supporting high-tech data center construction projects (for Microsoft, Meta, and Google) and general construction and capex projects for the University of California San Francisco and Grifols Diagnostics.
Education
1993 MBA Business Administration – San Francisco State University
1987 BA Rhetoric - University of California, Berkeley
Experience
Multi-family Apartment Management and Construction Manager Nov/24-Present
Manage daily operations including maintenance and construction contracts for 3 apartment
buildings in California and Oregon. Owner/builder and Licensed General Contractor State
of Oregon (2021-2023).
Microsoft through Disys (CW) June/24-Nov/24
Datacenter Infrastructure Buildout Contracts Manager
Datacenter high-volume/high-dollar supply chain construction contracts management and
negotiations, concentration on long lead equipment (LLE) and owner furnished contractor installed equipment (OFCI) for 15 master agreements and 5-15 SOWs and COs weekly.
Compass/Ariba, Icertis, Docusign: Six (6) months’ experience using Compass/Ariba during
migration from previous contracts management system and experience managing lifecycle contracts management process specifically for datacenter construction projects.
Managed data enter infrastructure buildout contracts post award for high-value datacenter infrastructure projects, including contract management, change order processing and reconciliation and vendor and client management.
Meta through Magnit (CW) May/22 – May/24 Datacenter Infrastructure and Sustainability Contracts Manager
High-volume/high-dollar construction, sustainability and consulting contracts
management and negotiations.
Managed $50M+ portfolio, including 30 master purchase and service agreements
including 20 SOWs and COs weekly.
Directed RFP development and vendor selection processes for sustainability and datacenter construction services, ensuring competitive and compliant bids.
Full construction contracts management lifecycle management using proprietary
CLM system.
Google through Scopus-IT (CW) June/21 – Jan/22
Datacenter Global Construction Contracts Negotiator
Managed RFx through award for over ten $1M-$20M+ construction contracts, including LLE and OFCI.
Negotiated national datacenter GC construction and infrastructure contracts.
Managed multiple RFP cycles for datacenter construction and infrastructure contracts, including requirements drafting, bidder Q&A, and evaluation scoring.
SAP/Ariba: Eight (8) months’ experience using SAP/Ariba contracts management
system and experience managing full lifecycle contracts management process
specifically for datacenter construction contracts management.
University of California, San Francisco San Francisco, CA May/18 – May/21
Sourcing and Contracts Manager – Construction Services and Commodities
Full-cycle construction contracts management, including planning, award, COs and
close-out in accordance with PCC, BUS-43, FAC MAN and other regulatory oversight.
Led team of seven (7) professionals in a high-volume public contracting environment.
Management responsibilities for team including workload, assignments, performance
evaluations and leave authorizations.
Oversaw competitive RFP solicitations for major construction and commodities projects, aligning procurement practices with public contracting requirements.
Developed and implemented contracts department Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
Grifols Diagnostic Solutions Inc. Emeryville, CA Oct/13 – May/18
Senior Sourcing and Contracts Manager – Global Capex / Construction – Contract-to-hire
Led sourcing process from RFx and negotiations through contract administration for
multiple projects including a $120M+ 70K sq. ft. manufacturing plant in Emeryville, CA
and a 30K sq. ft. manufacturing plant in San Diego, CA.
Managed sourcing for $70M national lab supplies from RFx through implementation.
Executed RFPs for multimillion-dollar capex projects and lab supply contracts, ensuring supplier competitiveness and achieving significant cost savings.
Delivered minimum 8% savings on all capex and opex spend.
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. San Francisco, CA July/12 – Oct/13
Project Management Assoc. Business Planner Contract-to-hire
Managed Electric Transmission construction and sustainability/green contracts.
Developed/reconciled annual Electric Transmission department budget.
Coordinated RFP processes for electric transmission and sustainability projects, driving supplier engagement and transparent award decisions.
Owner/Builder State of California Aug/10 – Jan/13
buildingequity LLC
Managed residential ground up construction projects in Santa Cruz, California.
Clorox, PG&E, Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics Oakland/San Francisco, CA July/08 – July/10
Contracts Manager – Resources Global Professionals (CW)
Managed indirect and material/service contracts, RFx through award.
Licensed Realtor/Broker in Oregon and California May/05 – July/08
Owner/Builder State of Oregon
buildingequity LLC
Managed multi-unit residential TI projects State of Oregon.
Licensed Real Estate Broker State of Oregon.
Licensed Realtor in the State of California.
Represented buyers/sellers in Oregon and California in the purchase and sale of
residential, multi-unit, commercial and distressed properties.
Lawrence Berkeley Lab / UCOP Berkeley and Oakland, CA Mar/04 – May/05
Senior Analyst/Contracts Administrator
Senior Contract Analyst – Managed Contract Analysts.
Sub-contract administration, award and closeout in SAP/Ariba.
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan/Hospitals Oakland, CA July/96 – Mar/04
Senior Contracts Manager
National contract management and negotiations for newly formed NPO.
KPIT – Negotiated application software contracts.
Strategic Contract Analyst/Senior Analyst/Contracts Administrator
University of California UCOP Oakland, CA April/91 – July/96
Negotiated and administered HMO contracts.
Managed Contract Analysts.
MetLife San Francisco, CA Mar/89 – April/91
Contract Analyst
Managed customer contracts for large medical plans.
Cost Plus, Inc. Oakland, CA and Fresno, CA June/87 – Mar/89
Store Assistant Manager/Store Inventory Manager
Managed retail store in manager’s absence.
Inventory management.
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