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• Retained on $4B Department of Energy prime contract from previous employer to oversee all procurement activities during transition and operations of Hanford Mission Essentials Support Contract (HMESC) supporting the.
• Fulfill contract obligations to provide direct support to DOE and its other contractors at the Hanford federal site with cost-effective, integral, and necessary infrastructure and site services.
• Oversee and manage centralized purchasing department comprised of over 50 staff to include procurement specialists, material buyers, purchasing card administrators, cost/price analysts, compliance and training support.

• Led organization to provide services to $3.7B federal Hanford Site Mission Support Contractor, including advanced procurement planning, sourcing, expediting, oversight, and training to the Procurement team and Buyer.
• Oversaw, mentored, and managed 50-person Procurement Department including Contract Specialists, Material Specialists, Compliance Specialists, and other support professionals.
• Reviewed and approved blanket order/master agreements, purchase orders, subcontracts, credit card procurements, real estate lease contracts, emergency procurement requests, sole source justifications, and make or buy.
• Oversaw and provided company-wide support for expediting of material, equipment, and services throughout all procurement processes—identifying, planning, soliciting, award, performance, documentation, receipt, and.
• Provided company-wide support for the procurement of materials and services from both U.S. based and international sources.

Richland, Washington

• Managed team of Contract Specialists supporting 12 project organizations in the area of service subcontracts and technical service procurements on a $7B contract with 2K employees as part of DOE project to store.
• Oversaw and improved procurement strategies ensuring service met requirements to supply quality goods and services at competitive prices on a timely basis.
• Effectively communicated with project stakeholders to help ensure successfully execute project, assess risk, review future strategy, and identify potential improvement opportunities.
• Utilized procurement experience to enable excellent business decisions/actions and develop a collaborative environment with customers and stakeholders.

Richland, Washington

• Performed key support activities for completion of the Plutonium Finishing Plant (PFP) project; non-tank farm waste disposal activities including groundwater monitoring and remediation; facility and waste site.
• Led contract change management team and negotiated with DOE for changes resulting from scope, costs, and schedule impacts.
• Served as primary point of contact for contract actions with DOE on River Corridor Closure Contract Transition scope, Balance of Site Decommissioning Project, and 100K Remediation Project.
• Helped develop performance incentives (PIs) and development of PI completion packages for submittal to the client.
• Worked closely with assigned project personnel to ensure awareness of all project activities that may affect the prime contract, identifying opportunities for revenue enhancement, schedule relief, and claim avoidance.

• Prepared, awarded, and administered complex real property lease actions and various complex subcontracts for DOE projects, in compliance will all directives and regulations.
• Provided training and guidance to senior management, industrial relations, facility and operations staff as well as the tenants of lease facilities as to what modifications can and cannot be perform to the facility by.
• Interfaced with various levels of management throughout MSA comprising different disciplines to provide customer support by helping with acquisition planning and advising on the contracting process.
• Served as lead specialist and subject matter expert for all real property lease actions.

Richland, Washington

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Contract Management

Masters Certificate, Acquisitions And Contracting

Bachelor'S Degree, Finance, General