Suzanne Fitzgerald Email & Phone Number

New Milford, Ct, Us

Landenberg, Pa, Us

Essington, Pennsylvania, United States

• Supports and/or leads key contract negotiations, including completing costs analyses and negotiations on terms and conditions. Prepares contractual documents including purchase orders, master service agreements, subcontract agreements, nondisclosure agreements and statement of works. • Vets and onboards suppliers of aircraft parts, machinery, tooling, raw material, packaging materials, logistics, and other services and supplies in accordance with internal policies and procedures. • Manages inventory levels, receives and ships parts. Manages compliance with the QMS.• Monitors procurement financial performance and savings metrics and reports to leadership.• Led a sourcing exercise for a new ERP system. Vetted multiple service providers, organized meetings between procurement, leadership, and suppliers for demos, compared the pros and cons of each against our company requirements. After careful evaluation, successfully negotiated terms and act as administrator for the implementation team.

Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, United States

• Develop and negotiate highly complex contracts for architecture design and engineering services. Experience with FAR.• Proactively prevent problems during the execution of contracts by highlighting potential areas of concerns and promptly driving the company to solve issues.

Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, United States

● Assist in the definition of project scope and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technicalfeasibility● Develop a detailed project plan to monitor and track progress● Manage changes to the project scope, project schedule and project costs using appropriate verification techniques● Measure project performance using appropriate tools and techniques● Report and escalate to management as needed● Manage the relationship with the client and all stakeholders

Newtown Square, Pa

● Provided contract management services for strategic and major agreements with suppliers.● Lead indirect procurement sourcing events, RFI and RFP’s, utilizing the Ariba e-procurement system and drove bidevaluation process to completion.● Negotiated new supplier contracts or renegotiated existing contracts (professional services/staff augmentation, ITServices), and ensured appropriate signatory processes were followed. Created/managed new vendor set up in allsystems, SAP ERP, Ariba, & Fieldglass.● Created SOW’s and NDA’s.● Managed timely delivery and resolution of ad hoc queries from business partners and other stakeholders.● Supervised, mentored, and coached junior staff and lines of business on contract policy and procurement procedures.

Newark, Delaware

● Received contract requests through email inbox/inter-office mail and performed contract research and retrieval.● Interpreted contract information received to ensure contracts had all required information (e.g. all signatures present,dates entered, etc.)● Electronically stored all contractual agreements in accordance with the standard operating procedure into the contractmanagement system (JAGGAER) and ensured compliance with document retention guidelines.● Communicated with all teams to resolve contract queries or to obtain missing information.● Single point of contact for contract management system.

Newtown Square Pa

• Demonstrates capacity for sourcing, analyzing proposals, negotiating, contracting and evaluating suppliers in accordance with best industry and category specific practices. • Supports and advises line of business on procurement processes or strategies and related topics.• Assists the business owner in creating SOW’s, (Category 3rd party billable/customer facing/HR/Services) • Vendor management. Initiates and follows supplier set up including collection of COI’s.• Lead for data protection enablement process for all new suppliers and partners.• Builds business relationships and partnerships across the organization. Works with remote based teams.

Arlington, Va (Remote Work)

• Issued request for quotations & purchase orders. Evaluated bids, selected and recommended suppliers.• Managed and reviewed subcontracts with senior management. • Provided cost saving opportunities to customer. Responsible for regular PO follow up with suppliers.• New supplier set ups. Coordinated with Accounts Payable to insure uninterrupted payments.

Alexandria Va

• Managed calendars, scheduled meetings, made meeting arrangements, and coordinated changes in meeting schedules.• Prepared and distributed meeting agendas, captured action items and meeting minutes.• Coordinated domestic travel, prepared and submitted expense reports. • Compiled and/integrated information needed to complete reports and documents.• Reviewed documents to endure accuracy and quality, and revised as needed. • Managed office documents in accordance with enterprise records management procedures.

East Hartford, Ct

• Oversaw assigned customer accounts from RFQ receipt to delivery of goods. Identified and communicated customer requirements to affected functions within the organization and executed to customer satisfaction.• Verified accuracy and completeness of material orders to corporate policy and trained users of ERP system (SAP) to ensure business processes for purchasing and inventory were properly managed. Executed purchase requisitions and production orders.• Teamed with supply chain management to access and mitigate plans to recover delays. Performed go-look sees at suppliers/vendors to follow delivery, quality performance, and drive gap closure plans. • Accomplished in gathering metrics.• Key contributor to FT4000 War Room team which was instrumental in setting the framework for a smooth transition from development to production and delivered 1st production engine on time.• Followed departmental procedures, company policies, export/import requirements with a high degree of fidelity and accuracy. Ensured database consistency.• Member of process improvement team tasked with creating department standard work.• Working knowledge of FAR/DFARPrograms worked: A320, FT4000 Gas Generator, Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), GP7000, PW4000.

East Hartford, Ct

• Contractual and technical validation of claims. Provided exhibit disposition instructions to the customer.• Issued work authorizations/service purchase orders to P&W module centers and suppliers.• Managed government property/customer owned material for engineering and quality investigations and repair.• Administrated the domestic shipping of exhibits, including forecast material requirements to meet contractual turnaround times.• Financial cost monitoring and implementation of corrective actions to avoid costs overruns. • Recognized customer issues or changes in claims trends to initiate appropriate corrective action.• Ability to work independently on projects and assigned tasks, and participate in cross functional teams.

Windsor Locks, Ct

• Conducted continuous improvement activities utilizing lean management tools. • Coordinated supplier development plans for engineered items commodity with 20 buyers and over 50 domestic & international suppliers by evaluating performance and communicating with suppliers to facilitate improvements in delivery, quality, and cost. Results included improved quality of product and on time delivery performance increase of 30%.• Synchronized activities between production, quality, engineering, and other personnel for maximum operations effectiveness.

Bloomfield, Ct

Responsible for call center customer support activities pertaining to sale and returns of aftermarket spare parts. Executed monthly marketing flyer for product line. Request for quote preparation and purchase order entry.Provided timely and courteous responses to a broad range of technical questions regarding replacement parts and application.

Defined and processed customer inquiries, quotes and orders daily. Established new accounts, maintained records, files and prepared reports, contracts as required by client, sales or other internal departments.Served as liaison between clients and various internal departments - routed and monitored inquiries. Production coordination, including researching of copy issues and shortages, prepared change notices.

Account Manager for one of the worlds leading helicopter logistics support organizations. Provided service and logistics solutions for commercial and military fleets, both domestic and global.Client relationship contact for 20 global based customers.Developed pricing strategy and negotiated contracts with customers and third party suppliers on the purchase and sale of spare parts resulting in increased cost savings to our division and limiting inventory levels.Controled the flow of purchase orders, expedited shipments, and managed supplier selection.Analyzed and resolved procurement and AP/AR discrepancies by serving as liaison between internal and external customers.Identified recurring challenges impacting the ability to meet goals, and developed recommendations for corrective actions.Ability to effectively meet critical deadlines. Received 95% yearly customer satisfaction rating.

Shelton, Ct

Managed domestic relocation of household goods for corporate clients.