Rebecca Abeyta
Corona
Summary
Executive with 25 years of experience in procurement and contract management within K-12 education and local municipalities. Proficient in navigating public contract codes and California education regulations, including bidding processes and contract negotiations. Demonstrated ability to enhance supply chain processes through data-driven analysis and effective relationship management. Seeking to leverage expertise in a new role focused on detail-oriented project execution and technology integration.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
Work History
Contracts and Purchasing Analyst
City of Jurupa Valley
Jurupa Valley
12.2021 - Current
- Hired to establish City's contract and purchasing department. Responsible for all bidding, rfps, rfqs, contract negotiation, contract analysis.
- Responsibilities include contracts, bidding, FF&E purchases, all purchase orders, vendor management, DIR reporting and logistics.
- Current project Design Build for Construction of new City Hall Annex.
- Purchasing duties also include Emergency Management, First Responder, Law Enforcement and Fire.
Director, Purchasing, Warehouse Reprographics
Palm Springs Unified School District
Palm Springs
03.2012 - 12.2021
- Currently directing 20 staff members in purchasing, warehouse, mail, reprographics, & student records.
- Contract administration for Public Works, Bids, RFP/RFQ, Bid award, protests, and arbitration in regards to New School Construction, Modernization, Maintenance.
- Review and sign all purchase orders and contracts.
- Issue Notice to Proceed, stop notices, and notice of completions.
- Negotiate Pricing for the district, participate in ERATE.
- Evaluate relevant and improving products such as software, instruction supplies etc.
- Oversee all bids.
Director, Purchasing
Coachella Valley Unified School District
Thermal
08.2009 - 03.2012
- Managed a staff of 10 purchasing, warehouse, mail and reprographics.
- Contract Administration.
- Reviewed all contracts and purchase orders.
- Public Works Issue Notice to Proceed, stop notices, and notice of completions.
- Participated in ERATE & Microsoft Vouchers.
Self employed consultant
Independent Municipal Government Consultant
Corona
07.2006 - 08.2009
- Assignments included serving in interim positions, creating databases, end user training, software training, soft skills training, writing RFP and bid documents, creating RFP responses, instructing weekend courses in Microsoft Office and other various programs.
- Clients included, Riverside Community College, City of Riverside, Soft-Train, USMC at Twenty Nine Palms.
Purchasing System Manager
Riverside County Office of Education
07.1998 - 06.2006
- Automated the purchasing, inventory, warehouse and accounts payable processes which included document imaging of purchasing requisitions, purchase orders, contracts, and payables documents for the 27 school districts within Riverside County.
- Responsible for IT Procurement, Servers, Service, etc.
- ERATE.
- Conducted End User Training, hosted User Groups, created online interactive end user documentation and tutorials.
- Managed purchasing of furniture, equipment and supplies for new school facilities.
- Routine travel to 27 individual school district/clients.
- Daily Review of Call Center Data with Weekly Responsibility to Analyze and Report Call Center Data to Assistant Superintendent.
- Responsible for Server Development, Quality Assurance, and End User Acceptance.
- Created technical white paper, documented workflow processes, managed Technical Writing and Training Staff.
- Scripted On-line Batch Jobs to Perform 27 individual District Data Conversion.
- Developed System Interface and Conversion Requirements.
- Hands on Citrix & Oracle Server Security Administration for 3,000 user accounts.
Education
Business Administration
California Baptist College
Riverside, CAVocational Teaching Credential - Vocational Education
California State University, San Bernardino
Skills
- Tyler Munis
- Cobblestone Contract Management
- Galaxy
- OneSource
- Account-Ability
- Destiny (Follett)
- Adobe CS4
- Photoshop
- MS Office Suite
- Word
- Excel
- PowerPoint
- MS Project
- Crystal Reports
- Visio
- Citrix
- Oracle
- SQL
- Exchange
- Windows
- XP
Accomplishments
- 15 Years of Director, Purchasing
- Experience with Public Contract Codes, School Construction, Public Works and Bidding Procedures
- Member of CASBO Purchasing Professional Council - Eastern Section
- Project Manager for 45 Separate Purchasing System Implementations & Deployments
- 8 years of IT Management experience with Integrated Financial Systems for Public Schools
Technical Skill Set
Tyler Munis, Cobblestone Contract Management, Galaxy, OneSource, Account-Ability, Destiny (Follett), Adobe CS4, Photoshop, MS Office Suite, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Project, Crystal Reports, Visio, Citrix, Oracle, SQL, Exchange, Windows, XP
Timeline
Contracts and Purchasing Analyst
City of Jurupa Valley
12.2021 - Current
Director, Purchasing, Warehouse Reprographics
Palm Springs Unified School District
03.2012 - 12.2021
Director, Purchasing
Coachella Valley Unified School District
08.2009 - 03.2012
Self employed consultant
Independent Municipal Government Consultant
07.2006 - 08.2009
Purchasing System Manager
Riverside County Office of Education
07.1998 - 06.2006
Business Administration
California Baptist College
Vocational Teaching Credential - Vocational Education
California State University, San Bernardino