Specialist for the L3Harris Space and Airborne Divisions

• Principal buyer for all purchasing aspects of the organization. Executed CPSR-compliant orders while upholding key contractual obligations, FAR and DFAR flow-downs, and requirements as defined by Government, Prime Contractor, and AAC Company polices. • Key Point of Contact to over 500+ vendors leveraging all stakeholder priorities. Developed and fostered impactful business relationships with the supply chain base. • Continuously managed a high volume of orders efficiently to meet urgent deadlines in support of the finance team, engineering activities, and program billing milestones, driving the purchasing department to exceed defined quarterly performance metrics. • Worked in the Contracts and Compliance Department addressing project adequacy compliance when issuing Purchase Orders (POs), including Prime Contract requirements, Cost Accounting Standards, Small Business Reporting practices, foreign trade, and export control regulations (ITAR/EAR). • Developed a working knowledge of the Federal Acquisition Regulations and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR/DFAR), putting this knowledge to practice when onboarding vendors, issuing POs, and spearheading terms negotiations.

• Functioned as a member of the Global Indirect Procurement Department, Specializing in procuring and negotiating materials, fixtures, and services that establishes and supports the build-outs and refurbishing of our entire (30+) Brands portfolio at Retail Stores/Counters and other physical sale locations. • Aligned teams and engaged stakeholders to adopt a new process for identifying total cost of ownership for materials and fixtures inclusive of landed cost to markets worldwide. Summarized results and feasibility study used by brands to communicate proposed procurement strategies to brand senior leadership.• Negotiated and developed terms for a global launch of Top brands fixtures per new design direction of flagship and priority stores. Worked with external suppliers and internal stakeholders to deliver a bulk purchase plan that reflected the need for global image consistency. Collaborated with Legal and shipping carrier stakeholders to assist in drafting the necessary documents and logistical data for brand presentation.

• Audited and maintained communications between ELC Office Services and 150+ preferred vendors on account status. Resolved over $10+ million in discrepancies through analysis of billing, payment logs, and service contracts. • Reviewed and overhauled the occupancy structure and space planning for all New York City Headquarters and satellite offices. Reclassified mislabeled room designations to the correct value to depict valid cost center and department affiliation. This provided a accurate basis for space allocations decisions by management. • Key liaison between Office Services and preferred vendors for account consolidation during Estee Lauder Companies fiscal year close.