PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Springfield, IL

Procurement Compliance Monitor

• Monitor, oversee, review, and suggest best practice procurement processes to ensure that contracts, procurement activities, procedures, and processes are devoid of improper influence and comply with all government regulations.
• Identify possible abuse, misconduct, waste, inefficiencies, or procurements not in the best interest of the State.

Supply Chain Compliance Specialist - Small Business Liaison Officer

• Developed, trained, and managed ITAR, EAR, DOE, FAR, licensing, UCC, DFARS, contracts, standards, ethics, and government regulatory compliance.
• Developed and managed all supply chain business processes and procedures.
• Prepared and lead all government audits, commercial audits, and reviews of the supply chain compliance system.
• Complete and pass SBA, CPSR, TS16949, Sarbanes Oxley, DCMA, DCAA, CTPAT, FCPA, Conflict Minerals, Corporate Information Protection, Specialty Metals, and all other internal and external audits.
• Created and presented review metrics to senior management.
• Participated in all government contracting definitization audits and proposals including cost and price analysis and source and price justification.
• Inspected and approved all Hazmat (DOT, IATA, IMDG) shipments.
• Identified and promoted small, MBE, SDB, WOSB, Vet, and HUBZone spending in both US Government and Commercial purchases.
• Prepared, tracked, and reported small business and diversity spend to the US Government in the eSRS system.
• Managed sourcing, costing, tooling, and first article project plans for all new product introduction and resurrected legacy programs.
• Reviewed and approved material forecast, Estimate at Completion, Budget at Completion and variances from forecast.
• Approved to sit for the Project Management Professional (PMP) exam by the Project Management Institute (PMI).

Defense Compliance Officer - Purchasing Program Manager - Small Business Liaison Officer

• Developed and managed all government regulatory compliance processes, procedures, and audits for global supply chain.
• Acted as sub-Export Compliance Officer for global purchasing.
• Acted as supply chain representative on the offset review and steering committee. Prepared and reported on all relevant international purchasing offset activity.
• Served as the program manager for global purchasing on all engineering changes for three low volume, high revenue product lines (off-highway, defense, service).
• Determined impacts of product changes on purchasing activities, product cost, budget, and program timing.
• Developed and maintained sourcing, costing, tooling, and timing plans for all new programs.
• Former member of the Indiana Aerospace and Defense Council, Procurement Technical Assistance Council Taskforce.

Supplier Compliance Manager

• Designed, built and implemented the companywide supply chain management and compliance system.
• Implemented an ISO quality system throughout the distribution warehouses and business offices.

Supplier Quality Engineer

• Implemented companywide REACH compliance from the supply chain through the customer base. Managed ITAR, DFARS, and NADCAP compliance throughout the supply chain.
• Six Sigma Green Belt Certified. AS9100 certified lead auditor.
• Evaluated potential suppliers and approved or deactivated existing suppliers based upon quality system audits, process audits, production capacity, quality metrics, delivery metrics, responsiveness and pricing.
• Integrated quality data into relevant metrics and supplier scorecards.
• Worked with purchasing to ensure proper and timely flow of supplier product throughout the supply chain. Worked with manufacturing and inspection to disposition all supplier related floor issues.
• Maintained and limited the approved supplier list. Approved production suppliers dropped from 2100 to 450.
• Managed the supplier root cause corrective action program.
• Worked with suppliers to ensure that all FAIRs were correct and initial part submissions were accepted. Trained and developed existing suppliers that had quality, documentation or delivery issues.
• Introduced, implemented, and trained suppliers on PPAP, FAI, and Six Sigma Tools.
• Reduced receiving inspection workload through development of certified supplier and certified piece part programs.

Claims Liability Unit Adjuster

• Rendered initial liability determinations for property and bodily injury claims against the City of Chicago through independent investigation and interpretation of the Tort Immunity Act.
• Conducted discovery ranging from photographing and diagramming loss locations, recreating and simulating losses, interviewing interested parties and assisting with post-claim litigation.
• Averaged caseload of approximately 105 cases.

Process Engineer

• Quoted, designed, sourced, implemented and supported all machinery on multiple program lines.
• Researched and implemented new welding and production techniques on existing and incoming program lines.
• Maintaining budgetary limits on all vendor supplied tooling and equipment.

Quality Engineer

• Coordinated, designed and managed design verification, process verification and in process testing for programs from initiation to closeout. Utilized Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing techniques to improve and streamline quality and production times.
• Generated and maintained process analysis plans, DFMEA, FMEA, control plans, flow charts, continuous improvement projects and all related APQP documentation and procedures.
• Responded to all customer related issues and corrective actions.

Production Supervisor / Manufacturing Engineer

• Supervised and coordinated 25 - 35 unionized production and skilled trade employees in assembly, welding and machine repair.
• Prepared work schedules, assigned work and managed the quality and quantity of work product.
• Managed payroll, inventory, vacation schedules, shipping schedules, union grievances and discipline.
• Responded to engineering issues for the division on third shift while supervising two departments.

Process Engineering Intern

• Analyzed and interpreted part and machine prints, troubleshot and repaired mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, electrical and programmable logic control (PLC) systems.
• Conducted time studies, capability studies and engineered improvements to existing machinery to improve quality and reduce direct labor.
• Ability to operate mills, lathes and most other common machining equipment.