One of four senior staff members, reported directly to Commanding Officer (Admiral, two-star) regarding business development and resource management for a global contracting network. Managed a workforce of more than 650 personnel. Provided executive leadership and direction that affected seven main sites around the world comprised of more than 3,000 personnel. Enterprise consists of a global logistics and contracting network that provide a wide range of support services. Led staff in driving… Show more One of four senior staff members, reported directly to Commanding Officer (Admiral, two-star) regarding business development and resource management for a global contracting network. Managed a workforce of more than 650 personnel. Provided executive leadership and direction that affected seven main sites around the world comprised of more than 3,000 personnel. Enterprise consists of a global logistics and contracting network that provide a wide range of support services. Led staff in driving strategic initiatives across facilities, coordinating performance baselines with warfare enterprises, and crafting contract policy and procedure. Coordinated directly with comptroller on all aspects of the $64M operating budget, including multiple accounts and components. Managed labor and non-labor components through detailed site business plans. Provided ongoing financial planning and management to a workforce that processes approximately 89,000 transactions valued at $4.2B in annual obligations. Briefed and advised the Admiral (CEO) and Executive Director daily on a wide array of topics, including: productivity, human capital concerns, multi-layered service policy implementation and compliance, ongoing, office consolidations, production metrics, and contracting capacity and staffing. Conducted evaluations, audits, and inspections, then developed viable courses of action for improvement and compliance. Reviewed and approved all enterprise-wide policies and corresponding implementation instructions.As a executive advisor, attended briefings four times a month that spanned organizational Headquarters and included four CEO-level members. Served as chair of contracting corporate board, comprised of contracting office directors; board examined a myriad of subjects, including selection of Continuous Process Improvement (CPI) opportunities, and new policy implementation. Fostered open communications and advocated global workload brokering to improve overall cost effectiveness. Show less

Director of a cross functional activity that provides centralized logistics, transportation, and other business and supply-related support to the fleet and shore establishments.Crafted vision and provided direction to a cross-functional activity that provided centralized logistics, transportation, and other business and supply chain related support to Navy fleet and shore establishments. Departments included contracting, finance, cost estimating, security, legal, and logistics support… Show more Director of a cross functional activity that provides centralized logistics, transportation, and other business and supply-related support to the fleet and shore establishments.Crafted vision and provided direction to a cross-functional activity that provided centralized logistics, transportation, and other business and supply chain related support to Navy fleet and shore establishments. Departments included contracting, finance, cost estimating, security, legal, and logistics support services. As member of Board of Directors, helped steer organization’s vision through policy development and implementation. Revitalized the corporate culture through significant personnel initiatives; created a stronger emphasis on workforce development, mentor relationships and internal recognition processes; led to creation of teams that crafted the organization’s first Health and Wellness and non-monetary award programs.Proactively mentored staff personnel to new heights of professionalism while cultivating an environment of continuous learning and development. Recognized for outstanding and effective leadership. Recruited and retained peak-performing team with zero vacancies. Managed facilities maintenance and modernization that included offices, warehouse space, lay-down yards, material-handling equipment, and vehicles. Led a security department in ensuring physical, information, and material security. Show less

Directly supervised a department of more than 55 personnel, delivering acquisition support to more than 120 activities throughout the Navy’s Northwest region. Managed $200M in contracts for a multitude of customers, including 12,000 actions annually. Held unlimited procurement authority. Assisted numerous customers in maximizing efficiency and saving money; coordinated with testing lab, safety and environmental personnel, planners, and production shop to generate an end-to-end solution… Show more Directly supervised a department of more than 55 personnel, delivering acquisition support to more than 120 activities throughout the Navy’s Northwest region. Managed $200M in contracts for a multitude of customers, including 12,000 actions annually. Held unlimited procurement authority. Assisted numerous customers in maximizing efficiency and saving money; coordinated with testing lab, safety and environmental personnel, planners, and production shop to generate an end-to-end solution for critical operations. Incorporated contract requirements that met industry standards and government requirements, and eliminated significant duplicative testing.After a significant vacancy in the Contracting Director’s billet and a recent cut of 20% in the labor budget, challenged by Commanding Officer to refocus contracting department; partnered with Department Deputy and ED to draft a comprehensive improvement strategy that included process reviews, personnel training, and improved communication at all levels; resulted in improved professional relationships, both internally and with customers. Show less

Managed a department of 250 with 25 inventory sales points, 16,935 line items and 125K customer annual issues. Provided world-class logistic support for the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility, including all aspects of supply chain management from material requisition processing to delivery of material to the mechanic. Performed all aspects of inventory management for 228,000 stock items valued at $1.4B.Key member of the shipyard executive management team… Show more Managed a department of 250 with 25 inventory sales points, 16,935 line items and 125K customer annual issues. Provided world-class logistic support for the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility, including all aspects of supply chain management from material requisition processing to delivery of material to the mechanic. Performed all aspects of inventory management for 228,000 stock items valued at $1.4B.Key member of the shipyard executive management team, selected as one of the Lean Value Stream Champions. Sponsored an end-to-end value stream mapping of the logistic support processes.Led an extensive reorganization; communicated and collaborated with union representatives and individual employees on a continual basis. Developed major change management strategy to ensure successful transformation. Led development of a new suite of metrics to enable performance monitoring. Utilized LEAN events to refine processes, enabling new organizational structure to exceed requirements. Led a multitude of operations and services, including requisition processing, material expediting, inventory management, warehousing, and Hazardous Materials (HAZMAT) management. Directed management of industrial purchase card program comprised of 16 full-time buyers and executing $18M+ in support of maintenance requirements. Show less