SUMMARY

• Highly skilled contracts administrator wif over 20 years’ experience in drafting and negotiating various transactional contracts diligently guarding company risk profile, while maintaining internal and external relationships and processing records in an organized, efficient and timely manner.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

• Drive contracts lifecycle
• Negotiating terms of sales and purchase
• Engaging senior management
• Identifying cost reduction
• Dispute resolution orientated
• Evaluating and communicating results

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Contracts software: Adobe Pro, SharePoint, DocuSign and Documentum.

Administrative software: Windows and PowerPoint.

Finance software: SAP - Weaver, Oracle and Oyster.

Procurement tools: Arabia, and SalesForce.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Houston, TX

Contract Administrator - Service Department, Sales

Responsibilities:

• Negotiated and drafted various Service Agreements.
• Point of contact, cradle to grave contract negotiations securing commercial and legal terms under tight schedule.
• Point of contact managing Insurance requests for ISNetworld and certificate of insurance wif vendors and customers.
• Worked closely wif Sales to achieve a successful PO on service calls.
• Coordinating comments from Legal, Risk and HSE, subject matter experts, facilitating approvals maintaining company objectives. Uploaded secured contract to SharePoint.

Confidential, Houston, TX

Contract Specialist - Procurement Supply Chain Management

Responsibilities:

• Negotiated and drafted various Service Agreements.
• Point of contact, cradle to grave contract negotiations securing terms under tight schedule.
• Worked closely wif Engineers and Buyers troubleshooting modifications in order to achieve schedule.
• Work vigorously coordinating wif department subject matter experts facilitating approvals maintaining company objectives.
• Uploaded secured contract to SharePoint and SAP - CLM.

Confidential, Houston, TX

Contract Analyst - Supply Chain Management (Contractor)

Responsibilities:

• Negotiated and drafted Service Agreements.
• Point of contact, collaborating wif plant Project Managers to ensure cradle to grave service contracts to accomplishing company standards while coordinating approvals prior to extending offers or reaching secure terms.
• Implemented contracts compliance into Oracle.
• Identifyed contract risk and interfacing wif off-shore procurement team to develop and implement contracts solutions to organization. Engaging Category Managers and Suppliers managing and implementing Confidential ’s (end-to-end) sourcing event and negotiating services ensuring supply chain best value results through to final execution of contract.

Confidential, Houston, TX

Contracts Administrator (Permanent)

Responsibilities:

• Primary contact to negotiate and prepare modifications of confidentially agreements, RFQ’s, and PO terms and conditions of sale of engineered equipment, products and services worldwide.
• Committed to ensure contracts in accordance wif corporate guidelines related to both legal and commercial issues involving: payment, warranty, limitation of liability, insurance and indemnification clauses.
• Conducted follow-up on contract status and updated contracts log on SharePoint.
• Built and mentored TEMPeffective partnerships wif sales team encouraging corporate risk thresholds. Interacted wif senior-level executives to resolve issues.
• Coordinate wif risk department amicable insurance terms.

Confidential, Houston, TX

Senior Contracts Administrator (Permanent)

Responsibilities:

• Primary contact to review, revise and draft RFQ’s and PO’s of contracts of sale for approximately 14-20 various types of contracts weekly ranging from master service agreements, material terms, confidentially, non-disclosure agreements, procurement terms and fabricator agreements.
• Identified and implemented fast track negotiations process by evaluating risk associated wif product. Empowered sales team fostering business model of "Think Customer" and coaching contract solutions. Interacted wif senior-level executives to resolve contract issues.
• TEMPEffectively lead and secured negotiations of project teams and conditions ranging from $1,000 to $20,000,000. Dedicated to capturing restricted insurance endorsements together wif limitation of liability and comparative indemnity clauses. Exposure to export compliance regulations averting anti-boycott practices contractually. Point of Contact for all ISNetWorld related matters.

Confidential, Houston, TX

Paralegal (Contractor)

Responsibilities:

• Electronic review of HSSE documents, safety reports and risk-management assessments of company offshore assets for identification of hazardous operations and engineering recommendations. Migrated HSSE documents into SharePoint.
• Legal intermediary to marketing personnel, designers and content producers concerning new product and packaging development from inception to shelf. Reviewed vendor agreements in accordance wif company objectives. Analyzed, identified and resolved copyright and trademark issues. Monitored and ensured FTC and CARU regulatory compliance on all assigned brands.

Confidential, Burbank, CA

Paralegal (Contractor)

Responsibilities:

• Drafted and negotiated master use, synchronization and mechanical rights of music licenses. Researched and secured music licenses for media advertising campaigns. Handled payments made to music vendors utilizing SAP.
• Point of contact in teh legal department integrated approach in cost reduction of outside counsel. Drafted over two thousand license agreements, working closely wif prescribed company guidelines exclusively wifin teh Indemnification, Representation and Warranties provisions.
• Negotiated licensing rates of clients’ marks wif 3rd party media distributors and advertising agencies maintaining forecasted revenue and worked collaboratively wif President of company. Thorough follow-up concerning modifications made to contracts and payments. Assisted attorney in cease and desist matters by drafting initial cease and desist letters.
• Supervised personnel on various assignments wifin teh legal department. Prepared client status reports, compiling information generated on a monthly basis. Maintained contracts records management. Analyzed and reviewed royalty reports in compliance wif licensing acquisitions.