Marlen Ramirez Email & Phone Number

Over 30 years experience:• Business Development Director for mental-health organization - Managing state, federal and foundational grant aquisitions for programs ranging $1M to $5M over 1 to 5 year programs.• Engineering Project Management – Managing Engineering portion of programs, working with cross- functional teams, project schedule, and budget ranging from $2M to $45M.• Continuous Improvement – Earned Six-Sigma Green Belt project; used Minitab tool for the Statistical analysis – basic statistical analysis, data histogram, normality test, multi-vitiate time series analysis, and Monte Carlo simulation. Process improvement to manufacturing by eliminating unnecessary processes, improving process flow, reducing cycle time and cutting waiting time by 50%.• Operations Program Management (OPM) – Management of cost, schedule and manufacturing performance of several programs. Interfaced with Engineering, Quality, SCM, Program office, cell managers and logistics for SLEP program across the country.• Proposal Management – Performed pricing and estimating, cost trade analysis, Design to Cost analysis, worked with multi-functional teams and made presentations to top management for review before submittal. Managed proposal costing efforts of $10M to $150M+.• Supply Chain/Procurement Management – Interfaced with domestic and international vendors, include price negotiations, review and finalize terms of contracts. Management of a team of buyers.• Quality Management – Development and maintenance of procedures at various plant sites; Statistical Process Control database development for use of various manufacturing cells; Initiated a Design of Experiments project.• DoD Clearance: Top Secret

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  Engineering Project Manager

  Northrop Grumman Corporation

  Jul 2003 - Dec 2010 - Baltimore, Maryland Area