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Arlington, VA, US

Arlington, VA, US

• Build stronger relationships with the diversity office at the DoD and with the respective representatives of the branches of services
• Right size the small and diverse business and build better reporting to support competitive bids as the US DoD is putting more emphasis on diverse businesses as a gate to compete
• Develop BDS SC strategy for diversity in conjunction with the strategy team and the international strategy team for better alignment and a proactive approach

Arlington, VA, US

• The Boeing Company is an American multinational corporation that designs, manufactures, and sells airplanes, rotorcraft, rockets, satellites, telecommunications equipment, and missiles worldwide. The company also.
• Promoted to take on further ownership and ensure swift, efficient, and flawless operational activities.
• Accountable for an operational budget of $15.8M while managing a team of 9 direct reports.
• Delivered $18.5M worth of additional revenues by executing the plan for digital services.
• Leveraged lean methodology to improve productivity by 40% and headcount reduction by 20% while minimizing operating costs by 45%-50%.
• Transformed a heavy inclination to use manual inputs into an advanced approach of utilizing digital inputs.

Arlington, VA, US

• Spearhead the management of information technology functions while leading acquisitions and integrations that includes identifying, measuring, tracking and resolving risks of data breaches and securing sensitive.
• Evaluated M&A transactions from tech perspective – the viability, risks, and mitigation plans. Assessed 15 crucial deals worth >$2.0 billion in totality.
• Lead risk assessments on all potential options and ensured comprehensive risk mitigation plans are in place to prevent existing systems from potential threats.

Arlington, VA, US

• Served as a consultant to the Vice President while driving information technology organizational operations by integrating and implementing strategies and overseeing compliance through development and execution on get.
• Collaborated with the executive suite to form partnerships across the organization.
• Built dashboard and reporting roadmaps to calibrate risks and devise mitigation strategies.
• Championed staffing forecasting and recruitment processes. Decreased onboarding cycle time by 20% - 30%.

Arlington, VA, US

• Fronted the development and implementation of strategies for 30 suppliers, managed $250M+ worth of bid packages and contracts and analyzed proposals while managing a team of 18 procurement agents that involved.
• Formed robust networks with a pool of 30 suppliers. Strategized a spend worth >$250M.
• Ensured stakeholder requirements are met with the existing supplier roster and assessed if additional suppliers need to be onboarded.
• Followed compliant sourcing methods mandated by the company.

Arlington, VA, US

• Piloted the market research efforts and evaluated the capability of leading suppliers prior to consulting with senior-level executives to recommend companies that could substantially contribute to the growth of the.
• Played a pivotal role in shaping the category strategy and operational procedures to drive productivity across the value chain.
• Onboarded diverse suppliers to ensure business growth and community inclusion.
• Partnered with strategic suppliers to garner mutual growth – facilitated supplier development to augment Boeing’s expansion.

Arlington, VA, US

• Served as a consultant to 787 executive leaders by providing financial and program recommendations and performing business case development O&R and financial, competitive analysis, estimates and cost and price.
• Independently sufficed the requirements of a 12-member committee spearheading SOX compliance.
• Elevated production rates by 50%, slashed operating costs by 40% within 12 months by galvanizing a culture of continuous performance while improving processes and workflows.

Arlington, VA, US

• Oversaw the management of the incorporation of quality management systems for information technology projects, identified project resource requirements and project risks and provided input to determine project scopes.
• Led the integration of Quality Management Systems for IT projects.
• Identified project risks, resource requirements, schedules and budgets.
• Developed complex project plans and risk mitigation strategies for multiple projects.

Arlington, VA, US

Promote diversity and inclusion across the Potomac Region (6,000 employees)Serve as a diversity change agent across the regoing through the execution of heritage month events and cultural awareness training.Served as a liason to Global Corporate Citizenship to help promote volunteer activities across the region.

Arlington, VA, US

• Supervised all aspects and phases of supplier relationship and performance functions throughout all contract phases that included collecting and analyzing supplier performance data and providing technical and business.
• Enhanced supplier performance by analyzing performance data and identification of areas for improvement.
• Led difficult negotiations with key suppliers to successfully achieve operational and financial goals.
• Focused on supplier management activities by creating and proposing the supplier management plan to manage the work with suppliers to successfully fulfill client requirements.

Arlington, VA, US

• Acted as the division representative for business operations including communicating business policies, strategies and directions, responding to business strengths, weaknesses, threats, opportunities and cost analysis.
• End-to-end management of annual program budget of $75M and schedule performance for V-22 and Chinook UK Mk4 JULIUS modification builds.
• Automated workforce planning and scheduling efficiency by 100% through effective usage of project management tools.
• Developed essential programs required to meet functional goals and support sourcing strategies.

Gillingham, United Kingdom, GB

• Performed industry analysis of market trends to anticipate and shape customer requirements for future vehicle platforms.
• Lead multi-disciplinary project team through life cycle to evaluate comprehensive vehicle system and conduct competitive assessment exercises on Hybrid Electric Vehicles for the identification of best practice / best.
• Managed supplier relations, component ordering, and logistics through GSM and supply management.
• Provide qualitative/quantitative financial & business case analysis to corporate leadership for merger, joint venture, and acquisition activities.
• Technical customer liaison for new business sales and pursuits teams.
• Facilitated root cause and issue resolution workshops to eliminate costly line stoppages.

London, England, GB

• Implemented development and issue resolution efforts related to ESP, ABS, TCS and ACC.
• Member of Chrysler 300, Dodge Magnum and Charger vehicle launch and deployment teams.
• Led Project Team from project initiation through conclusion to conduct comprehensive vehicle system benchmarking exercise which identified best practices and best in class development opportunities.
• Identified supplier-resource opportunities and strategies.
• Developed and proposed cost saving strategies and opportunities.
• Spearheaded multi-disciplinary Value Analysis/Value Engineering workshops with suppliers to identify cost/weight saving opportunities.

Bachelors, Mechanical Engineering

Certificate, Project Management

Master, Business Administration