Miranda Erlanson
Austin,Texas
Summary
Versatile Contract Management Specialist drives organizational improvements through leveraging expertise in research and system enhancement. Well-versed in collaborating with employees, leaders, and external stakeholders to resolve control and procedural problems negatively affecting business operations and contract management effectiveness. Dedicated to auditing, developing user experience training, and process optimization.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Contract Management Specialist II
City of Austin
05.2022 - Current
- Promoted from Training Specialist February 2023
- Contract management professional performing audits to maintain compliance with local, state, and federal regulations
- Develop sourcing requests, RQMs, and SOWs for procurement of Master Agreement (MA) on single and multi-vendor contracts
- UX design developed with Articulate to create highly engaging and immediately applicable synchronous, asynchronous, and instructor-led learning experiences guided by manuals, decks, and course curricula training sessions on financial software training to enforce contract management policies
- Optimize learning and contract management processes, monitor and manage living wage, deliverables, and audit compliance across city-wide contracts, auditing 17 departments, develop SOPs, train coworkers, vendors, and city staff on Living Wage and Wage Theft requirements, perform wage theft audits
- Procure, schedule and monitor staff training whether internal, vendor-delivered, update staff training records, deliver monthly reports on living wage, contract management effectiveness, small and minority-owned business enterprises
Instructional Designer
Proximity Learning, Inc.
09.2021 - Current
- Develop learning goals and metrics, design course instructional units aligned to the state and county year annual growth plan.
Educator
Austin ISD
08.2020 - 05.2021
- Responsible for instructional delivery, monitoring of special education services contracts, managing behavior, communicating with principals and parents.
Educator
Bastrop ISD
08.2019 - 08.2020
- Utilized innovative teaching strategies to effectively engage students in learning.
- Collaborated with colleagues to develop and revise curriculum, enhancing learning experience.
Teacher
Primrose Schools
08.2015 - 05.2018
- Teach curriculum, monitor behavior, communicate with parents.
Marketing Manager
STAY N’ PLAY Pet Ranch
05.2012 - 08.2015
- Developed HR protocols and social media accounts
- Managed vendor contract communications, negotiations, and fulfillment.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - English Language And Literature
Texas State University
San Marcos05.2018
Skills
- Audit Reporting
- Resource Allocation
- Training and development
- Technical Communication
- Management collaboration
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Data analysis
- Process improvement
- Project management
- Stakeholder engagement
- Performance monitoring
- Technical expertise
Affiliations
Texas Public Purchasing Association
Timeline
Contract Management Specialist II
City of Austin
05.2022 - Current
Instructional Designer
Proximity Learning, Inc.
09.2021 - Current
Educator
Austin ISD
08.2020 - 05.2021
Educator
Bastrop ISD
08.2019 - 08.2020
Teacher
Primrose Schools
08.2015 - 05.2018
Marketing Manager
STAY N’ PLAY Pet Ranch
05.2012 - 08.2015
Bachelor of Arts - English Language And Literature
Texas State University
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