Director of Strategic Sourcing, Bid & Proposal, Material Estimating and SubcontractsLeonardo DRS 2018–2019Melbourne, FL

Senior Manager of Procurement, Subcontracts, Compliance / Small Business Liaison Officer L3 Technologies 2015–2018Melbourne, FLRecruited to lead a recalibration following a failed CPSR audit, I restructured the team and streamlined policies and procedures. As a result, we passed the audit within 8 months, and my team was regarded as procurement experts skilled in addressing the end-to-end, dynamic requirements of R&D and Production.Analyzing commodity spend across 20+ divisions – I developed sourcing strategies and identified key sources of supply to meet the company’s aggressive cost and performance objectives.HIGHLIGHTS:➢ Managed multisite procurement activities for Linkabit, one of several divisions for this supplier of command & control, communications, intelligence, surveillance & reconnaissance, avionics, ocean, training, instrumentation, aerospace and navigation products.➢ Led turnaround of an underperforming sub-contracts group – strengthening the acquisition process by introducing policy and procedure consistency. ➢ Saved millions in just 3 months as an invited member of L3’s corporate sourcing initiative – creating a database enabling enterprise-wide procurement communications, and capitalizing spend by negotiating MOAs and LTAs. ➢ Key contributor to sales and operations planning to achieve lean inventory goals including budget forecasting and management, and labor and material spend.➢ Reduced customer requisition processing turnaround time 50% – well below industry standard and Federal thresholds, by spearheading a shift to commodity- v. program-focused purchasing.➢ Served as Supply Chain Management lead throughout MRP transition from Costpoint to SAP.

Purchasing Agent to R&D and Commodity Purchasing Manager to Senior Manager of ProcurementSyracuse Research Corporation (SRC) 2005–2015Syracuse, NY

Solicited, awarded and administered contracts valued over $10M in support of the 341st Missile Wing. Extensive FAR and DFARS training/Air Mobility Command (AMC) Contracting Airmen of the Year/SRA Below-the-Zone/Contingency Contracting Officer