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Ft Benning, Ga

Ft Benning, Ga

Fort Benning, Ga

Execute the planned logistic transformation and reception of the Armor School to become the U.S. Army Maneuver Center of Excellence (MCoE), as directed by the Senate 2005 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Commission from Ft Knox, Kentucky to Ft Benning, Georgia.- Provide analytical products to Maneuver Center of Excellence Commanding General on dining facility plans and operations resulting in cost savings of $1.3M for Installation Management Command (IMCOM).- Represent DOL during Installation Facility Planning Office meetings in order to coordinate and conduct 40 tenants’ move for completed facility projects for a cost less than $1M, a 65% cost savings to IMCOM.- Manage the DOL Enterprise Transformation to Army Materiel Command by developing plan of action and milestones that provides internal and external tasks required to complete.

Arifjan, Kuwait And Ft Mcpherson, Ga

Provide direction to a 258 member team, implementing, synchronizing and integrating effective staff and logistics management strategies, policies and procedures in global setting. - Supervise the gathering, review, and analysis of logistic operations critical to strategic planning by providing Humanitarian Aid to Pakistan with over 100,000 meals and 25 Humanitarian Assistance Tents. Oversaw a diverse team in managing reduction of supplies for Southwest Asia by 38% over 10 month period; 3.3 million items worth $413 million.- Coordinated with over a dozen other Commands to regulate New Equipment Fielding, Operational Needs Statements, retrograde of material from Theater, redistribution of equipment between core teams, rebuild of Army Prepositioned Stocks, and oversight of Theater Provided Equipment by management of asset visibility of more than 4.4 million items and material readiness valued at $42 billion in Southwest Asia. - Represented USARCENT’s 13 down trace units at several Departments of the Army G8 Army Enterprise and Equipment Reuse Conferences at the Pentagon resulting in fill rate of critical equipment shortages from 68% to 93%.

Fort Meade, Maryland

Directed logistical operations and facility plans in over 40 locations spread across the U.S, Pacific, Southwest Asia and Europe. Provide feedback of logistical operations to senior executives in support of armed forces, secrets and technologies.- Manage the execution of an operational program budget in excess of $42 million and developed a plan that recovered $13 million in equipment following a $38 million facility fire displacing 335 personnel. - Assembled and directed a team for the federal construction of a $165 million, 380,000 square foot facility which required detailed Staff analysis of unit operational, information systems structure and logistical requirements. - Developed and implemented systems, procedures, and training programs to correct deficiencies in supply programs, personnel training, and property accountability management.

Fort Stewart, Georgia

Principle advisor for logistics operations by providing the commander with assessments of the Groups logistics posture, finance, food service, maintenance and command supply discipline programs in support of over 2,500+ personnel spread across the U.S and Southwest Asia.- Managed a budget of $7 million and oversight of expenditures. Able to recoup over $4.3 million for contingency operations spending through retrograde and turn-in of repair parts.- Implemented an automated report and tracking system that resulted in the recovery of $1 million worth of equipment and reduced processing time by 150%. - Saved $2.6 million in direct purchases by the re-distribution of 318 pieces of equipment to other units.- Orchestrated the rebuild and reset of 250 pieces equipment from Operation Iraqi Freedom through various maintenance programs that resulted in equipment readiness increasing from 85% to 94%.

Various Military Army Installations Across U.S. And Abroad

Planned and executed various strategic and tactical logistics operations. Developed plans for concept of support and operations to support units in various deployments and major training exercises. As a multifunctional logistician planned logistics support packages, identified and solved maintenance related issues between customer units and maintenance support elements.- Initiated and established a service contract for High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) and Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck (HEMTT) equipment fleets throughout the Korean Theater and coordinated a Republic of Korea Army depot refurbishment program for US equipment. Initiatives improved the readiness of the equipment fleets to over 93%, provided cost savings of over half million dollar in travel funds and reduction in overhaul costs.- Led 70 soldiers in support of Operation Desert Thunder in Kuwait by providing necessary mission execution and training. - In recruiting command, converted a collective group of low performing recruiters that ranked in bottom 10 into a high performing team that later ranked in the top 10 amongst 52 recruiting companies across 13 states. Created a formal partnership with two community colleges that instituted the first ever partnership for US Army Recruiting Command. The partnership enabled my recruiting team to have unlimited on-campus access and reduced tuition opportunities.- Accountable for maintaining $3 million worth of mission ready equipment with no losses. - Reduced maintenance backlog by 60%; received recognition for achieving the highest readiness rate and managing the best Direct Support maintenance workload of any support battalion in the division. - Planned and executed unit operations and logistical support to several North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) deployment exercises and managed over $1.5 million in Joint Chief of Staff funding in support of these exercises.

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