Patricia Fields
Purchasing Specialist
Middle River,MD
Summary
Experienced procurement professional with 10+ years of full life cycle procurement experience. Skilled in purchasing, market research, RFQ/RFP execution, evaluations, negotiations, and vendor performance monitoring. Highly proficient in ERP systems and Microsoft Office. Delivers high-quality service, provides procurement training, and maintains positive stakeholder relationships for successful outcomes.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Procurements Specialist
Baltimore City Dept. of Public Works (BDPW)
03.2024 - 07.2024
- Responsible for administering all construction and consultant projects
- Accountable for processing contractual documents for awards, invoice and work orders, construction audits, and minority participation compliance
- Receive invoices from vendors, verify complete compliance with BDPW policies
- Enter verified invoices into OnBase system for payment
- Maintain attention to detail to minimize project risks
- Liaise with and support the Project Manager to ensure the project is executed properly.
Procurement Consultant
GloverGlover LLC
07.2023 - 03.2024
- Provide comprehensive consultation to clients interested in becoming Federal Suppliers
- Provide help to identify gaps and opportunities
- Proved comprehensive reports that include a project plan with timelines, analysis, and a schedule.
Purchasing Specialist
SubCom
06.2022 - 06.2023
- Reviewed and approved transactions
- Physically purchased merchandise and equipment
- Maintained purchasing schedule
- Utilized the Oracle, AMOS, and Shipnet ERP systems
- Developed source strategies
- Identified multiple potential sources
- Reviewed quotations to identify sources of best-value proposals
- Resolved invoicing issues
- Preformed vendor management.
Invoice Specialist/Procurement Technician
Global Solutions Network (Contractor NIH)
07.2018 - 10.2021
- Assisted in the development of program materials and procurement SOP
- Experience negotiating complex contractual terms with multiple suppliers to mitigate risks and achieve preferred results
- Acted as customer service representative to end users
- Responsible for maintaining NIAID Oxygen account
- Demonstrated strong analytical skills to establish a price analysis
- Prepared purchase requests for a variety of equipment, supplies, and services
- Built and maintained vendor relationships
- Prepare SOPs on purchasing requirements and limitations
- Make recommendations for improving record-keeping, data tracking, and data utilization
- Maintained current and closed purchase order files and contract folders
- Reviewed submitted purchase-related documents for completeness and compliance with regulations and policies
- Ensured accuracy and completion of order requests in NIH in POTS
- Maintained invoice work logs and communication in the SharePoint Drive
- Served as agency administrator for the Purchasing Online Tracking System (POTS)
- Generated weekly and monthly reports.
Purchasing Specialist
No Veterans Left Behind
01.2016 - 07.2018
- Purchased merchandise and equipment
- Maintained purchasing schedule and vendor relationships
- Procured materials and services utilizing the Maximo ERP systems
- Developed source strategies
- Reviewed quotations to identify sources of best-value proposals
- Maintained direct relationships with customers requesting materials and vendor representatives to advise them of ordering requirements and discuss pricing negotiations.
Purchasing Agent
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
02.2009 - 12.2015
- Maintained direct relationships with customers requesting materials and vendor representatives to advise them of ordering requirements and discuss pricing negotiations
- Created and posted RFQs for high-dollar procurement requests
- Defined specifications in general terms for commodities and services
- Created purchase orders using ERP systems Prism and Oracle
- Identified and analyzed difficult-to-find sources for purchases of technical and professional services, laboratory and scientific support, commercial clinical analyses and collaborative study results, and analytical services
- Utilized personal judgment to interpret guidelines, adapt procedures, decide approaches, and resolve specific problems to ensure the highest quality of acquisition and purchasing orders
- Exercised discretion and understanding of disclosure policies and confidentiality requirements
- Served as a government purchase cardholder with strong adherence to the FAR
- Demonstrated ability in the operation of Microsoft Office.
Procurement Assistant
U.S. Coast Guard
02.2007 - 01.2009
- Advised management and staff on administrative matters and prepared a variety of financial and administrative reports
- Assisted with the creation of RFQs for FedBizopps
- Collected, tracked, and analyzed financial data; monitored expenditures, and worked within the boundaries of the agency's organizational budget
- Communicated orally by clearly presenting facts, issues, and positions that conveyed the intended information with appropriate emphasis and diplomacy
- Assisted in analyzing and recommending the resolution of problems affecting procurement processes
- Routinely maintained financial spreadsheets and reconciled accounts
- Contributed to division-wide initiatives to determine the impact on administrative matters identified problems related to administrative and purchasing issues and developed solutions
- Worked extensively with the Oracle and PRISM contraction software
- Completed contract closeout operations
- Assisted Contracting Officers by completing Purchase Orders for repetitious requests and assisted management in reducing delays in responding to complaints and in finding the resolution to issues.
Education
Information Technology -
Prince Georges Community College
Liberal Arts - undefined
Howard University Washington
Skills
- ERP Systems
- Procurement
- Purchasing
- Buyer
- SAP
- Account Reconciliation
- Vendor management
- Customer Service
- Microsoft Office
- Demand Planning
- Inventory management
- Accounts Receivable
- Process Improvement
- Microsoft Outlook
- Supply Chain
- General Ledger Accounting
- PeopleSoft
- Google Suite
- Employee evaluation
- Cost accounting
- Order Placement
- Proficiency in [Software]
- Supply chain planning
- Effective Communication
- Price dispute resolution
- Telephone and email etiquette
Certification
Certified Notary Public
Timeline
Procurements Specialist
Baltimore City Dept. of Public Works (BDPW)
03.2024 - 07.2024
Procurement Consultant
GloverGlover LLC
07.2023 - 03.2024
Purchasing Specialist
SubCom
06.2022 - 06.2023
Invoice Specialist/Procurement Technician
Global Solutions Network (Contractor NIH)
07.2018 - 10.2021
Purchasing Specialist
No Veterans Left Behind
01.2016 - 07.2018
Purchasing Agent
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
02.2009 - 12.2015
Procurement Assistant
U.S. Coast Guard
02.2007 - 01.2009
Information Technology -
Prince Georges Community College
Liberal Arts - undefined
Howard University Washington
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