Alison Perry

About Alison Perry

Solution-focused certified procurement professional with over 20 years experience with the IT industry. Currently focused on public procurement of construction services for school buildings. Specialties: MS Office, MS Visio, MS Project, MS SharePoint, Adobe Acrobat, Lotus Notes, PeopleSoft, IASTA, Ariba, Helios, FileZilla, DocuWare;Strategic Sourcing Specialist, Experienced in Leading IT Projects; Telecom Experience; Public sector bid process experience;

Experience

1. Procurement Analyst

   New Jersey Schools Development Authority

   Jan 2015 — Present · Trenton, NJ, US

   Manage day to day fulfillment of public bidding process for SDA School districts and agency-wide contracts. Manage sourcing of contractors and designers for demolition, addition, renovation and new construction projects as well as Professional services such as Training, Actuary, Real Estate Services and MIS. Facilitating pre-bid meetings with internal SDA associates as well as intertested contractors, checking qualifications of contractors and consultants, evaluating Project Rating Proposals to determine Project Rating Limits, recording and posting RFI\'s from interested bidders, issuing Addenda, uploading files to FTP site, evaluating Technical Proposals for completeness while working with a team of Subject Matter Experts to determine ranking order for projects where \"price and other factors\" is key determination of award. Managing public bid opening, contract award and contract preparation through the Notice To Proceed phase.

Education

• Pennsauken High School

  College Preparatory High School Diploma, College/University Preparatory and Advanced High School/Secondary Diploma Program

  1980 — 1983

• Rutgers University - Camden

  BA, Political Science, English, History

  1983 — 1987

Skills

• Customer Service
• Training
• Customer Satisfaction
• Sharepoint
• Asset Managment
• Pricing Negotiation
• Budgets
• Project Management
• Forecasting
• Contract Management
• Business Analysis
• Business Process Improvement
• Computer Hardware
• Project Planning
• Sales
• Oral & Written Communication Skills
• Sourcing
• Management
• Vendor Management
• Performance Reporting
• Procurement Contracts
• Team Leadership
• Analysis
• Documentation
• Software Documentation
• Purchasing
• Process Improvement
• IT Strategy
• Procurement
• Technology
• Relationship Management
• Technology Maintenance Contracts
• Contract Negotiation
• Security
• Enterprise Software
• Networking
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Ms Project
• Communication Skills
• Leadership