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JOY WILLIAMS

Douglasville,GA

Summary

Contract Administrator driven to manage costs and establish strategic, mutually beneficial partnerships and relationships with users, vendors and service providers.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

Grant Reviewer

Performance Excellence Partners, ETA, Grant Review Panelist
05.2014 - 05.2018
  • Project Management: Initiated Ability One projects; U.S.
  • Attorneys' Office of the Southern Region and National Weather Service in Peachtree City, Ga.
  • Which resulted in administrative support and grounds maintenance jobs for disabled veterans.
  • Led the development of new financial reporting methods to measure productivity and efficiency.
  • Increased cost-effectiveness by 15% through compliance enforcement and implementation of a new quality control system.
  • Human Resources: Spearheaded Social Security Administrations Ticket to Work Section 503 Program, which will increased the number of disabled workers hired to perform Recruited 30 disabled Veterans to perform as Contract Closeout Specialist for U.S.
  • Army contract.
  • Revamped the orientation process for all new hires, which was implemented company-wide.
  • Operations Management: Managed House of Joy Transitional Programs Handled all functions related to housing youth ages 18-24.
  • Wrote and edited documents to keep staff informed on policies and procedures.
  • Staff Development: Launched well-received program of professional development courses for all staff.
  • Mentored and coached employees resulting in a 12% increase in productivity.
  • Organized staff development for hard to place workers; disabled, at-risk youth, re-entry population and Veterans.
  • Implemented an ADP recruitment module to streamline recruitment and onboarding processes.
  • Process Improvement Created new departmental procedures manual.
  • Assessed organizational training needs.
  • Evaluated fairly, and competently the merits of grant applications while remaining consistent with the programs purpose and published review criteria.
  • Identified operational processes inefficiencies and recommended necessary improvements.
  • Analyzed utilization and capacity against performance goals.Executed and reported variance and gap analysis.
  • Monitored and analyzed Key Performance Indicators (KPI) and financial ratios.
  • Reviewed legal documents, 501c3's, insurance policies and corporate contracts.

HOJ Industries, Inc
03.2010 - 12.2014
  • Generated new accounts by implementing effective networking and content marketing strategies.
  • Managed budget forecasting, goal setting and performance reporting for all accounts.
  • Identified strategic partnerships and gathered market information to gain a competitive advantage.
  • Delivered performance updates, quarterly business reviews and planning meetings.Delivered performance updates, quarterly business reviews and planning meetings.
  • Targeted new long-term business partner prospects and closed two deals in 6 months in the transportation industry.
  • Negotiated rates to cut costs and benefit corporate partnerships.
  • Tracked RFPs and bids to develop new business opportunities.
  • Optimized current revenue streams by networking for additional business prospects with established clients.
  • Negotiated contracts with outside providers to minimize costs to the company and customers.

Startup Founder

House of Joy Transitional Programs
03.2004 - 02.2012
  • Provided business analysis of companies with revenues of $700,000 to $10,000,000 to determine the financial impact of potential investments.Identified "bottlenecks" and implemented new and improved processes and policies.
  • Developed metrics used to determine inefficiencies and areas for improvement.Documented process flows and developed requirements for functional improvements and enhancements.
  • Conducted activity-based analysis of business processes and made recommendations based on the findings.
  • House of Joy Transitional Programs, Key Leadership Position-Strategy Management and development of community programs serving at-risk youth.
  • Director of organizational performance of nationwide Federal Administrative Services contracts.
  • Grant/Proposal writing focused on diversification of funding sources to ensure agency feasibility.
  • Facilitated collaborations between local/state/federal government and community organizations with mutual objectives to accomplish specific missions.
  • Wrote and presented documents for Individual Education Plan conferences.
  • Defined project deliverables and monitored status of tasks.
  • Drafted action plans and led meetings with department executives to review project status and proposed changes.
  • Delivered status reports to stakeholders for budgeting and planning purposes.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to draft project schedules and plans.Served as the single point of contact for project scheduling and changes.
  • Monitored team progress and enforced deadlines.

Education

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Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
2013

Select One: Contract Management Fairfax, VA CON 100 and CON 110 Contract Management coursework - undefined

Defense Acquisition University
2010

Certificate: Management Development for Entrepenures Sacramento, CA Coursework in Marketing and Advertising. Coursework in Finance and Accounting - undefined

UCLA-Anderson School of Management
2007

Management

Fisk University
Nashville, TN
1988

Skills

  • Project management and leadership
  • Communication skills
  • Market research and analysis
  • Client account management
  • Budgeting expertise
  • Grant writing and reviewing
  • Government contracting
  • Legal document assistance
  • Problem solving
  • Quality control
  • Strategic government initiatives

Timeline

Grant Reviewer

Performance Excellence Partners, ETA, Grant Review Panelist
05.2014 - 05.2018

HOJ Industries, Inc
03.2010 - 12.2014

Startup Founder

House of Joy Transitional Programs
03.2004 - 02.2012

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Harvard University

Select One: Contract Management Fairfax, VA CON 100 and CON 110 Contract Management coursework - undefined

Defense Acquisition University

Certificate: Management Development for Entrepenures Sacramento, CA Coursework in Marketing and Advertising. Coursework in Finance and Accounting - undefined

UCLA-Anderson School of Management

Management

Fisk University

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