Dixon Doblas

About Dixon Doblas

I’m a bilingual Project Manager and Procurement Specialist with 6+ years of experience…

Experience

1. Procurement Specialist

   The New York Public Library

   May 2022 — Present · New York, NY, US

   Leads purchasing for our Magic Grant Program, which gives 400+ students entering college the ability to secure resources needed upon starting university. • Manages The New York Public Library’s water accounts for 92 branches, ensuring the water machines, gallons, and bottles are properly priced, bought, placed, delivered, and serviced.• Steers Communication Initiative to ensure smooth process between budgeting, accounting, procurement and finance.• Manages multiple Requests for Proposals annually and obtains the most competitive bid out of up to 30 suppliers.• Manages stakeholders to choose preferred vendors for procurement to ensure cost savings.• Sources and procures 100+ goods and services a day, ensuring proper costs, work tags, spend category and supplier.• Approves 20+ requisitions a day, creating purchase orders to be delivered to library branches in a timely manner.• Processes 10+ requisitions a day for program management, ensuring our speakers, presenters and interviewers get compensated on time.• Acquires 10+ quotes a day from our vendors for best pricing on items.• Compares quotes from different suppliers for cost mitigation.• Negotiates prices with suppliers for the renewal of items rented.• Adds 10+ new suppliers and contracts a day into our database to expand our network for goods and services. • Introduces new ideas in weekly meetings to streamline procurement processes and increase efficiency of workflow.

Education

• NYU Stern School of Business

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Management

  2014 — 2018