Cedric C. Tyndall
Procurement Specialist, Public transit
Sacramento, CA · (916) 555 0193 · name@example.com · linkedin.com/in/cedricctyndall
Key Qualifications
EXPERIENCE
Seven years in public sector procurement across services, facilities and fleet categories
INDUSTRIES
Public transit, municipal utilities and facilities services
SPECIALTIES
Competitive solicitations, contract award, supplier qualification, total cost of ownership analysis
SYSTEMS
Oracle, Coupa, Power BI and Microsoft Excel
CREDENTIALS
Certified Professional in Supply Management, Institute for Supply Management
EDUCATION
Bachelor of arts in public administration, California State University Sacramento
Executive Summary
Procurement specialist with seven years buying goods and services for public transit and water agencies. Runs competitive solicitations from request for proposal through award, negotiates multiyear service agreements, and owns supplier qualification for categories worth eighteen million dollars a year. Known for award files that survive audit without follow up questions.
Signature Achievements
- Awarded a five year fleet parts agreement that cut unit costs eleven percent and held pricing firm through both option years.
- Reduced average solicitation cycle time from ninety four days to sixty one by rebuilding the evaluation template.
- Qualified nine facilities and uniform suppliers, lifting average responses per request for proposal from three to six.
- Recovered forty one thousand dollars in overbilled freight by matching carrier invoices against awarded rate tables.
- Built a supplier scorecard tracking on time in full delivery, quality escapes and responsiveness for thirty two active vendors.
Professional Experience
Procurement Specialist
Sierra Valley Regional Transit Authority, Sacramento, CA 2021 to present
Category buyer for facilities, uniforms, fleet parts and professional services totaling eighteen million dollars in annual spend.
- Write specifications with operations leads, publish solicitations, chair evaluation panels and prepare board award packets.
- Negotiate pricing, delivery windows and service levels, then convert awards into blanket purchase orders with release schedules.
- Review purchase requisitions for funding, specification clarity and competition thresholds before release to bid.
Buyer
Golden Foothills Water District, Roseville, CA 2019 to 2021
Sole buyer for treatment chemicals, laboratory supplies and small construction services across four plants.
- Placed and expedited purchase orders averaging two hundred lines a month against approved supply agreements.
- Ran informal competitive quotes for purchases under the formal bid threshold and documented price reasonableness.
- Resolved receiving and billing disputes with finance using three way match evidence.
Purchasing Assistant
Delta Ridge Public Schools, Stockton, CA 2018 to 2019
Support role for a purchasing office serving twenty two school sites.
- Processed requisitions, maintained the vendor master file and tracked deliveries against promised dates.
- Assembled bid tabulations and supporting documentation for buyers preparing award recommendations.
- Answered supplier calls on order status and updated expected delivery dates.
Licensure and Certification
Certified Professional in Supply Management, Institute for Supply Management
Member, National Institute of Governmental Purchasing
Education
Bachelor of arts in public administration, California State University Sacramento, 2018
Core Skills
Request for proposal management · Supplier qualification · Contract negotiation · Total cost of ownership · Purchase order administration · Supplier scorecards · Bid evaluation · Specification writing · Coupa · Oracle · Power BI