SUMMARY

Results - oriented, strategic team builder and leader with 27 years of demonstrated expertise in procurement lifecycle, policy development, strategic sourcing, contract negotiation, supplier management, quality and productivity management, leveraging strong organizational skills, creative problem solving, and cross-functional collaboration to strategically align programmatic performance to business profitability objectives across multiple industries.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

• CostPoint JD Edwards Oracle eadership
• Procurement Management • Team Building
• CPSR / DCMA / DCAA Compliance • Negotiations
• FAR / DFARS • Consulting
• Strategic Sourcing
• Mentoring & Training
• Ariba
• CHESS
• SEWP

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Sr . Procurement Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Provided quick reaction solicitation, negotiation and awards in support of 16 sophisticated laboratories and 2 animal management facilities l ocated at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Mary l an d.
• Developed program management tools and templates to promote standardization.
• Interacted daily with USAMRICD COR, Investigators, Initiating Officers and intermittently communicated with CO’s processing contractor responses including lab forecasts but not limited to contractor responses to vendors, budget status and delivery schedules.
• Active participant to strategically design a purchasing tracking system to capture the purchasing life cycle.
• This purchasing system uniquely permitted structured management and detailed activity and progress reporting of the cradle- to-grave purchasing cycle, vendor invoices, zCore’s invoices submitted to the government, project budgets and control mechanisms and real time automated notification alerts for invoice discrepancies.
• Maintained a highly successful track record, purchasing and expediting with suppliers for timely deliveries of animals, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, personal protective equipment, consumables and COTS supplies and services.
• Established 130 supplier accounts, often simultaneously while processing high priority and quick reaction purchasing requisitions across USAMRICD projects.
• Reviewed RFP’s and consulted with CEO and COO on proposed and follow on Acquisition Government contracts.
• Recognized by zCore’s CEO and COO as the “Face” of zCore for the USAMRICD contract.

Confidential, Columbia

Procurement Manager

Responsibilities:

• Introduction and implementation of a supplier evaluation tool that provided Sr. Management with performance-based metrics to facilitate approval/disapproval of continued business with supply base.
• Authored and introduced an adaptation of the “Procurement Rules of the Road”.
• A tailored overview of the cradle-to- grave purchasing processes to educate and guide DYRS stakeholders to increase effective communication and productivity within the DYRS Procurement team.
• Assisted Agency Fiscal Officer (AFO) with accurate annual year-end accrual reporting required by District of Co lumbia City C ounci l .
• Provided procurement strategy and policy consultation to D.C. Government leadership, as needed, to shape overall acquisition strategies for DYRS.
• Proposed solutions to quickly resolve urgent and complex programmatic needs.
• Authorized PASS user (Procurement Automated Support System) for District of Columbia Government.

Confidential

Procurement Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Provided critical procurement support to the US Army Corps of Engineers and Aviation Fuel industry prime contractors for major pipeline / infrastructure construction initiatives.
• Coordinated courier services for import/export of HAZMAT materials outside the continental US (OCONUS) to US Air Bases in Guam, Japan, Korea and Turkey.
• Prepared FAR/DFAR compliant file documentation packages to achieve on the spot CPSR audit readiness.

Confidential

Lead Buyer

Responsibilities:

• Provided critical procurement support to the US Army Biometrics on the Battlefield Quick Response Capability (QRC), from Preliminary Design Review (PDR) through Full Rate Production (FRP), resulting in New Product Introduction (NPI) and delivery of critical capability to the war fighter.
• Provided QRC Procurement support for Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF).
• Performance on OIF, OEF, and Biometrics on the Battlefield programs resulted in Procurement team inclusion in Rotating Quarterly Bonus Pool, the first time Procurement staff ever made eligible for cash bonuses at Confidential .
• Recognition for largest cost savings negotiation for a single purchase order award - $4.6M ( Confidential, 2012)
• Authored, coordinated, and facilitated a “Procurement Rules of the Road” presentation to Confidential Program Office personnel engaged in Base Realignment and Consolidation ( Confidential ) transition from Fort Monmouth, NJ to Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD. This presentation streamlined programmatic communications and requests for procurement support to effect FAR/DFARS compliant transactions in a rapidly transforming environment.
• Supported simultaneous DCAA and DCMA audits contributing to the successful audit completion, resulting in the approval of the Confidential procurement system.
• At the request of Confidential Executive Leadership, consulted on several procurement operations process improvement initiatives.
• Promoted to Lead Buyer ( Confidential, 2011)

Confidential

Senior Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Promoted to Sr. Specialist ( Confidential -AIS, 2005)
• Coordinated new hire orientation and acted as site lead for disbursed Procurement team.

Confidential

Buyer II

Responsibilities:

• Solicitation, negotiation and award of FFP Purchase Orders for moderate to complex commercial COTS, MRO, and IT goods and services for a start-up Fiber-Optic Telecommunications Company.
• Utilized MRP systems to purchase raw material requirements and coordinated with Planning, Engineering and Program Management to expedite change order requests for complex integrated systems.
• Performed all assigned purchasing functions, maintained procurement files, attended production team meetings and worked closely with Engineering and Manufacturing staff to ensure production schedules were met.

Confidential

Quality Coordinator

Responsibilities:

• Served as program point of contact for inspection and acceptance of C-130 aircraft and Avionics modular systems to US Government Quality Inspectors (DCAS).
• Participated in the implementation of a High Performance Work Organization that resulted in a 70% increase to work productivity, raising quality awareness and ownership of workmanship for production teams.
• Reviewed and revised quality procedures and processes in preparation for ISO 9000 certification.