Jason Eric Becker
White City,United States
Summary
Dynamic procurement analyst with extensive experience at the National Cemetery Administration, excelling in contract negotiation and compliance auditing. Proven track record in developing effective procurement strategies and training programs, enhancing operational efficiency. Strong analytical thinking and stakeholder engagement skills drive successful outcomes in complex acquisition environments.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Procurement analyst
National Cemetery Administration
Eagle Point, OR
07.2023 - Current
- Have conducted safety and health inspections of operations to ensure compliance with industry standards.
- Have worked with management and employees on the implementation of safety and health concerns.
- Have worked with supervisors and employees to investigate safety issues.
- Have developed a safety plan to ensure OSHA and federal standards are met.
- Have put on training for safety issues.
- Ensure that safety procedures are met by doing inspections and proper training in place.
- Have been part of a near miss investigation and inputted standard to eliminate hazards.
- Ensure that the proper safety tools are in place to ensure safety standards are met.
- Interviewing candidates for positions; recommending appointments, promotions, or assignments for positions; hearing or resolving complaints from employees; referring group grievances and more serious unresolved complaints to higher level officials; and effecting disciplinary measures.
- Ensuring personnel management actions are in accordance with merit principles and Equal Employment Opportunity program guidance.
- Plan work to be accomplished by subordinates; making assignments based on capacity and expertise; evaluating work performance of subordinates; developing performance standards; giving advice or instructions to subordinates on work and administrative matters; and identifying developmental and training needs of employees, and/or providing or arranging for needed development or training.
- Develops procedures, policies, and supporting artifacts to ensure procurement activities are consistent with Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), Conducts analyses and recommends courses of actions to ensure that considerations such as construction, budgeting, supporting manpower and other factors.
- Train the facility CORs on procurement policies and new processes procedures related to procurement within the Federal government.
- Establishes, expedites, and reviews consolidation of, all procurement packages, including unique, emergent, and complex requirements, to meet timely and technical needs of assigned acquisitions.
- Independently develops performance work statements and objectives, cost benefit analysis, gap analysis, sole source justifications, past performance, quality assurance surveillance plans (QASP), market research, independent government estimates, evaluation criteria, options, funding, delivery schedules, lead times, and reporting requirements.
- Reviews procurement documents for accuracy, adequacy, and completeness, and assists service line managers as needed to ensure the final documents are acceptable.
- Develops sole source justifications in relation to cost, limited availability or unusual nature, implements processes and procedures as changes are made to the Procurement Manual.
- Develops and implements processes and procedures as changes are made to the Procurement Manual.
- Reviews procurement documents for accuracy, Facilitate the performance work statement, sole source justification, performance review, market research, and independent government estimates.
- Prepare packages for awards, monitor packages from pre-award to final delivery of requirements.
- Work with contract specialist/contract officer on negotiations as needed.
- Conduct Quality assurance to ensure contracts meet the facilities needs and expectations.
- Conduct meetings with contractors and project managers to resolve contractual issues.
- Verify invoices are accurate so payments can be made.
- Supports the integration and alignment of acquisition, delivery and management of supplies, equipment and services to ensure successful delivery for customers.
- Utilize extensive knowledge of supply chain systems and requirements necessary to provide direct support to the customer and assistance to all organizational logistics personnel pertaining to logistics.
- Analyze equipment and supplies to help coordinate information and requirements within the facility, involved in providing the needed logistics support to include capital asset planning, strategic sourcing of commodities through vehicles such to ensure satisfactory levels of service.
- Conducts audits, compliance reviews and program efficiency reviews of all logistics activities to ensure they provide satisfactory levels of service and meet compliance.
- Facilitate the development of training programs, curriculum and training opportunities, and supports the development of tests designed to enhance the skills and abilities of subordinate staff.
- Reviews requisitions to ensure proper utilization of government property and screening for the appropriate use of sources of supply, vendors, classification and oversees inventory management and accountability for all materials and commodities including capital and non-capital equipment.
- Works closely with the financial organization to ensure goals are realized.
- Plans, organizes and assigns work to subordinates engaged in logistics and property management across organizational lines.
- This is a federal job
Acquisition Utilization Specialist
Veteran Affairs
Medford, OR
06.2022 - 07.2023
- Develops procedures, policies, and supporting artifacts to ensure procurement activities are consistent with Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), VA Acquisitions Regulations (VAAR) and other federal procurement laws and regulations.
- Coordinates with Network Contracting Activity (NCA) and VA HCS leadership, clinical service customers, Contracting Officers Representatives (CORs), logistics staff, and other stakeholders to develop and execute acquisition strategies.
- Conducts analyses and recommends courses of actions to ensure that various clinical and administrative service requirements have addressed considerations such as construction, budgeting, supporting manpower and other factors.
- Train the facility CORs on procurement policies and new processes procedures related to procurement within the Federal government.
- Establishes, expedites, and reviews consolidation of, all procurement packages, including unique, emergent, and complex requirements, to meet timely and technical needs of assigned acquisitions.
- Independently develops performance work statements and objectives, cost benefit analysis, gap analysis, sole source justifications, past performance, quality assurance surveillance plans (QASP), market research, independent government estimates, evaluation criteria, options, funding, delivery schedules, lead times, and reporting requirements.
- Reviews procurement documents for accuracy, adequacy, and completeness, and assists service line managers as needed to ensure the final documents are acceptable.
- Develops sole source justifications in relation to cost, limited availability or unusual nature, implements processes and procedures as changes are made to the Procurement Manual.
- Develops and implements processes and procedures as changes are made to the Procurement Manual.
- Reviews procurement documents for accuracy, Facilitate the performance work statement, sole source justification, performance review, market research, and independent government estimates.
- Prepare packages for awards, monitor packages from pre-award to final delivery of requirements.
- Work with contract specialist/contract officer on negotiations as needed.
- Conduct Quality assurance to ensure contracts meet the facilities needs and expectations.
- Conduct meetings with contractors and project managers to resolve contractual issues.
- Verify invoices are accurate so payments can be made.
- This is a federal job
Warehouseman
USACE
Lowell, OR
05.2012 - 06.2019
- Supports the integration and alignment of acquisition, delivery and management of supplies, equipment and services to ensure successful delivery for customers.
- Executes standardized business processes to recommend performance measures and analyze the supply chain.
- Develop recommendations as a result of analysis results, metrics, quality assurance.
- Utilize extensive knowledge of supply chain systems and requirements necessary to provide direct support to the customer and assistance to all organizational logistics personnel pertaining to logistics.
- Analyze equipment and supplies to help coordinate information and requirements within the facility, involved in providing the needed logistics support to include capital asset planning, strategic sourcing of commodities through vehicles such to ensure satisfactory levels of service meet compliance as the Medical/Surgical Prime Vendor (MSPV) contract and other contract vehicles.
- Conducts audits, compliance reviews and program efficiency reviews of all logistics activities to ensure they provide satisfactory levels of service and meet compliance.
- Facilitate the development of training programs, curriculum and training opportunities, and supports the development of tests designed to enhance the skills and abilities of subordinate staff.
- Reviews requisitions to ensure proper utilization of government property and screening for the appropriate use of sources of supply, vendors, classification and oversees inventory management and accountability for all materials and commodities including capital and non-capital equipment.
- Works closely with the financial organization to ensure goals are realized.
- Plans, organizes and assigns work to subordinates engaged in logistics and property management across organizational lines.
- Competitively selected for a 120-day detail in the Rogue Valley Project as a warehouseman, purchase card holder, Property Technician.
- Taken the Lead role to streamline the Purchase Requisition process, warehouse process, and the monthly credit card reconciliation.
- As the Inventory Manager, I planned and implemented the reorganization of the main warehouse and Bulk warehouse locations.
- Use the Facility and Equipment Management System (FEM) to create Purchase Requisitions, adjust Inventory, input company information for vendors, set high and low stock counts, create new locations in warehouse, and input material information.
- Maintained stock and stock records of maintenance supplies, equipment and tools necessary for the efficient maintenance of facilities.
- Maintained records and maintenance schedules in accordance with manufacturer's recommendation or BPA directives.
- Reports and records deficiencies found.
- Performed cyclical facilities condition assessments and annual inspections; collects data on building components, structures, and systems (assets); identifies current conditions of facility systems; verifies information; and provides information to assist in developing requirements and priorities in support of the Facilities Asset Management (FAM) program.
- Followed all safety rules and regulations for hazardous waste disposal and storage.
- Maintained safety records, both electronically and paper files.
- Conducted safety inspections and training to ensure we stayed within compliance.
- This is a federal job
Maintenance worker
USACE
Lowell, OR
05.2012 - 06.2016
- Competitively selected to be Part of Task Force Power in Puerto Rico for 60 days, as a QA I successfully helped restore power to over 100,000 residents.
- Have successfully helped in the restored population of endangered Salmon in the Willamette, Santiam, and McKenzie River as the lead driver.
- Taken the lead to ensure environmental mowing is complete staying on task and within compliance of Fire and OSHA.
- Support Thirteen dams of which nine are flood and Hydro dams, the other four are mainly flood control.
- Complete monthly dam safety inspections, piezometer checks, piezometer locates, keep log of readings via computer and paper file, complete dam safety mowing, fix and install dam safety booms.
- Coordinate equipment between shops to ensure proper usage and needs are met.
- Work with environmental stewardship to ensure all environmental needs are met.
- Maintain multiple facilities, equipment, camp sites, and recreation areas.
- Have construction, plumbing and concrete work skills.
- Operate and maintain electric, battery, and pneumatic tools.
- Operate and maintain cutting torches, welding machinery, and other fabricating equipment and machines.
- Operate and inspect multiple heavy equipment and boats.
- Load and inspect equipment on trailers for travel.
- Successfully overseen contractors on project to ensure safety and job tasks are met.
- Repair and maintain machinery to prevent breakdowns.
- Test machinery according to manufacturer’s manuals to diagnose and fix malfunctions.
- Operate machinery and equipment and verify necessity of repairs.
- Schedule and repair maintenance tasks in a manner that do not hamper production.
- Keep records of daily work performed and new parts replaced.
- Train others in order to complete tasks assigned to the job.
- Work successfully with Rangers to ensure needs were met for day use sites, campgrounds, waste facilities and visitor centers.
- Performed painting of building structures, build shelves and make repairs to building structures.
- Done remodeling and maintaining of existing facilities.
- Perform plumbing repairs, modification to facilities, and maintain water systems.
- Perform work incidental to the installation of concrete.
- Service and make repairs or replacement to heating and air conditioning equipment, which includes changing filters, greasing and lubricating.
- Have greased and lubricate, hoists, and bridge cranes.
- Performed maintenance and repair of alarm systems.
- Performed maintenance of fuel dispensing facilities, which includes adjustment to, testing, and the changing of hoses and filters.
- Maintain and replace windows and doors, including adjustment of hinges, locking mechanisms, and lubrication of doors and hardware.
- Repaired, installed and adjusted various types of fencing.
- Performed maintenance and repair of various roofing systems, performed maintenance of grounds, including application of pesticides and fertilizers.
- Performed maintenance of roads, walks, and parking areas including snow removal, sweeping, leveling, and grading.
- Performed maintenance of floors, including waxing, stripping, and replacing of flooring.
- Maintained stock and stock records of maintenance supplies, equipment and tools necessary for the efficient maintenance of facilities.
- Maintained records and maintenance schedules in accordance with manufacturer's recommendation or BPA directives.
- Reports and records deficiencies found.
- Performed cyclical facilities condition assessments and annual inspections; collects data on building components, structures, and systems (assets); identifies current conditions of facility systems; verifies information; and provides information to assist in developing requirements and priorities in support of the Facilities Asset Management (FAM) program.
- This is a federal job
Education
High school diploma or equivalent -
Hidden Valley
Murphy, OR, United States06.1991
Some college (no degree) -
Lane Community College
Eugene, OR, United StatesSkills
- Procurement policies
- Contract negotiation
- Market research
- Cost benefit analysis
- Quality assurance
- Federal regulations
- Supply chain management
- Logistics coordination
- Stakeholder engagement
- Compliance auditing
- Problem solving
- Effective communication
- Team collaboration
- Attention to detail
- Supplier relationship management
- Training facilitation
- Purchasing strategies
- Microsoft Excel
- Strategic sourcing
- Forecasting techniques
- Budget planning
- Interpersonal skills
- Problem-solving abilities
- Cost analysis
- Knowledgeable in [software]
- Decision-making
- Materials management
- Invoice verification
- Supplier liaison
- Problem-solving aptitude
- Analytical thinking
- Multitasking capacity
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Written communication
- Contract tracking
- Time management
- Time management abilities
- Active listening
- Contract management
- Records management
- Persuasion skills
- Team building
- Quality control
- Vendor relationship management
- Financial analysis
- Procurement software
- Supply chain forecasting
- Strategic planning
- Telephone and email etiquette
- Teamwork
- Multitasking
- Forecasting
- Product knowledge
- Adaptability and flexibility
- Cost calculation
- Logistics management
- Purchasing
- Paperwork management
- Operations management
References
- Jake Jones, VHA, Acquisition Specialist, 541-622-5943
- Ron Cain, NCA, Mechanic, 458-220-4678
- Jeremy Kappes, 541-415-9997
- Eli Turner, BLM, Ranger/Maintenance, 541-890-2495
Job Related Training
- 2013 competent person fall protection
- 2013 CPR certified
- Crane certified
- Confined space qualified
- 2015 Leadership and communication course
- 2016 dam safety course
- Forklift certified
- DAU overview of acquisition ethics 2018
- DOD govtwide comm purchase card overview 2018
- DAU purchase card online system 2018
- Defense performance mgmt. & appraisal prgm 2018
- Contract officer representative II certified
Timeline
Procurement analyst
National Cemetery Administration
07.2023 - Current
Acquisition Utilization Specialist
Veteran Affairs
06.2022 - 07.2023
Warehouseman
USACE
05.2012 - 06.2019
Maintenance worker
USACE
05.2012 - 06.2016
High school diploma or equivalent -
Hidden Valley
Some college (no degree) -
Lane Community College