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* Purchase parts for hangar operations and customer aircraft, which require immediate delivery.* Complies with all CASL requirements.* Obtains price quotes from vendors as required by departments and/or facility customers.* Perform RFQ’s, RFP’s and contract negotiation for various customer and facilities projects.* Meets with and/or visits vendors to stay abreast of all buying opportunities and options available to the Facility.* Expedite orders as required to ensure that deliveries are received within appropriate timeframes.* Communicates daily status of all open purchase orders for production.* Researches and resolves all purchasing/receiving problems related to purchase orders that are initiated by the procurement department.* Processes purchase orders through a MRP system, to meet compliance by all DFAR and ITAR regulations.

* Responsible for all tactical and sourcing functions within a commodity team.* Lead a team of Buyers and Sourcing Specialists to ensure the safe delivery of quality parts on-time, every time.* Ensure supply chain operates in alignment with program budgets, documenting last price paid and ‘should-cost’ parameters when procuring parts/systems.* Leverage best-practice processes to achieve improved supply chain planning, visibility and performance.* Train and deploy basic commercial sales knowledge such as pricing, delivery, warranty, payment terms, and various legal terms to protect the business.* Drive communication and production readiness across the organization to provide excellent internal customer support to production teams.* Measure/track performance while developing individual and team capability.

* Develop and maintain strong working relationships with suppliers while bringing ICoE philosophies and Supply Management discipline to the process.* Generate project ideas by working with internal customers from Facilities, Operations, Engineering, IT, EHS, Finance, etc. and assist with developing sourcing strategy and cost savings initiatives.* Lead supplier contract negotiations, re-negotiations, and contract amendments and addenda in support of business unit strategy.* Understand and utilize Six Sigma and CPSM supply chain management strategies to drive breakthrough performance in current and future metrics.

* Customer and Channel Partner Management for Government Special Missions, Fleets, Africa, Middle East and the South Eastern United States.* Manage $500M+ of aircraft from contract signature, through customer delivery and into service. * Serve as primary interface between Customers, Sales, Production, Finance, Purchasing, Scheduling, Certification and Regulatory Support departments/agencies to bring contracts to successful conclusion with customer satisfaction. * Maintain and develop relationships with current and future piston aircraft, turbo-prop and jet customers.

* Managed all PTV/Off-Road parts dealer accounts for FL, GA, AL, and MS.* Team member in the APPTUS B2B Ordering System integration.* Assisted with the Bad Boy Buggy to Textron Off Road re-brand.* Managed the GPA Online Dealer Ordering System. Made sure orders were allocated properly and attempted to gain excess sales on lower yielding orders.

* Crisis Intervention Team member, certified in dealing with heightened psychological and emotional crisis.* Criminal Investigations certified.* Drove vehicles and patrolled specific areas to detect law violators, issue citations, investigated criminal activity, and made arrests. Acted as a witness for the State of Georgia in a court of law.