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• Maintain strong communication between the FX warehouse teams, quality teams, procurement offices, and program management to effectively support all program repair requirements and efforts. • Handle the procurement requirements of several different programs that require support.• Work closely with each team to ensure that the required work is completed in the necessary timeframe and manage each repair effort from the moment a PO is generated all the way to the moment it is received, accepted, and invoice paid. • Manage the repair effort for Pilatus Aircraft Engines as they need repair work, recertification, or overhaul effort. • Build folders that stand up to DCMA level audits and thoroughly document the logic behind pursuing procurement repair efforts with particular vendors that support our needs as a program. • Establish strong relationships within the SNC apparatus to ensure that an effective communication chain exists between the related parties and functions to my role within procurement at SNC. • Support multiple programs and work to address any need that may materialize with the repair side of our procurement office. Always willing to adapt, looking to learn, and attempting to grow in my role.• I work hard to document all efforts thoroughly in order to answer any potential questions that may materialize in pursuing repair work for materials.

• Proficient with Costpoint • Proficient with IBM Notes (Lotus) • Prepare folders to the internal standards of SNC and DCMA audit requirements for procurement efforts ranging from $10k to $700k depending on the scope and need of the material being worked. • Provide documentation to meet the sole-source, non-competitive and competitive requirements, FFATA requirements, as well as all export compliance documentation for material being worked outside of the US. • Provide detailed summary of each procurement effort to ensure that auditors can understand how each effort was well within compliance of regulations and the best “buy” in support of a variety of governmental programs. • Source out quotes to a large variety of vendors that have the capacity to handle needs of the program. • Make contact with potential vendors and work to get them setup in the SNC approved vendor’s list system to ensure that we have a wide array of reliable vendors to lean on during high volume procurement efforts.

• Proficient with SAP• Proficient with GCS Premier• Proficient with Asset Tracker • Prepare auditable folders for procurement efforts above and beyond 30k ensuring compliance with FAR standards and regulations.• Procure new buy items of aircraft parts in addition to repair services, part upgrades/modifications, software updates.• Provide documentation for sole source, non-competitive, and competitive orders for all processed POs.• Analyze previous purchase history and current market value of required material during the procurement process to identify which vendor/quote to utilize and establish additional ability to negotiate pricing.• Provide Price and Negotiation Memorandum with extensive written reviews of orders above the 30k threshold, providing sound reasoning for the procurement decision.• Maintaining strong relations with established vendors in addition to seeking out new potential vendors for future business and program needs.• Sourcing out quotes to multiple vendors in order to procure at the best value to the company and in an effort to leverage other vendor quotes for successful procurement negotiations. • Send out Material Estimating Requisitions to OEM’s, Authorized Distributors, and Brokers in order to provide program management estimated future costs to equip them with information to bid on Government and Commercial contracts.

• Works daily with extreme proficiency in GCS Premier system to support several program groups, pull reports as needed.• Coordinates with accounting and purchasing to delete out and re-receive POs to allow price adjustments• Organizes documentation for all incoming and outgoing items for the facility • Maintains updates in asset tracker, receiving log, shipping invoice log and move request log daily • Serves as out of office signing authority on any PRs that need a signature from the Logistics team• Coordinates with accounting and quality groups to ensure compliance• Maintain inventory within the Labs and Warehouse at an auditable expectated rate of accuracy of 96%• Certified SME operator and trainer of stand up forklift, use forklift on a daily basis

• Manages shipping and receiving of orders valued at $100,000/monthly for a variety of containers and customers • Operates Fork Lift and other heavy machinery (band saw, table saw, drills, etc) on a daily basis • Manage a variety of teams on floor including preparation, manufacturing, packaging and shipping

• Responsible for transporting, setting up, and troubleshooting new software and valuable equipment to variety of areas including secured areas within the facility • Monitored and prepared data to track movement of equipment and who pieces were issued to

• Assisted in putting on Alumni Relation events (planning, moving materials, setting up, running the event, and closing it down)• Worked with numerous computer programs such as Lexus Nexus on a daily basis inputting and keeping track of important/sensitive data