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• Monitors ERP/advice releases to determine when order should be placed, and to determine most economic order quantity based upon future usage and price.• Quotes suppliers in compliance with Government regulations.• Awards PO’s following proper signature guidelines based upon proper criteria (e.g. quality, delivery price), or as source directed, or per existing Blanket Purchase Agreement.• Reschedules or cancel orders as necessary to meet factory requirements.• Interfaces with supplier base to insure on time delivery, expedites past due orders and manages facility priorities at supplier base.• Resolves quality issues concerning supplier’s material (MRB/RTV).

Williamsport, Pennsylvania, United States

• Lead IPT teams on multiple programs assigned to a product line.• Manage technical aspects, quality issues, cost, schedule, and associated risks.• Conduct program reviews and prepare written reports to management or customer on current status and actions necessary for the successful completion of programs.• Assure adherence to all terms and specifications of assigned program contracts and to pertinent facility and government policies, procedures, and regulations.• Coordinates with manufacturing and engineering operations to achieve program objectives and ensure high quality products are delivered on time and within cost parameters.• Implements practices that maintain solid program management in the areas of non-recurring engineering, recurring tasks, risk management, and financial control and review including earned value, integrated schedule, and contract compliance. • Determine and initiate alternate strategies and plans relating to program risks, problems, and opportunities related to schedule, cost, and pricing.• Advise management on overall program matters as they affect manpower, facilities and financial plans to assure that program requirements are met.• Monitor the financial status, budgets costs to complete estimates and schedules, in order to prevent, detect, and correct out of program conditions.• Assist in negotiating quotes and proposals for assigned programs and the timely preparation of follow-on actions.• Represents facility in technical and overall management matters with the customer. Travel to customer facilities as required.• Measures program performance and expenditures and suggest corrective action and cost reduction initiatives when program goals and commitments are in jeopardy.

Muncy, Pennsylvania, United States

• Communicate with customers to help develop what equipment is required for their needs.• Prepare and provide quotation to customer along with terms and conditions, etc.• Continue coordination with customer for project details and timeline to ensure all out of the ordinary materials or equipment is on track to meet deadline.• Work with Engineering as required to obtain additional drawings or details during proposal phase.• Test various product lines as required to ensure the application is correct for the material specified. • Enter order into system, communicate with customer until equipment is installed and properly working on customer job site.

• Sole Engineer for a specific business unit within the company, supporting all internal departments from pre-sales through manufacturing. • Completed root cause analysis and corrective action initiatives in both office and manufacturing environments.• Defined project plans and timelines, managed workflow and personnel to achieve milestones on time.• Supervised the (2) person Technical Support Team and scheduled Customer site visits as needed. • Assisted sales with custom designs or modifications to existing product to meet project requirements.• Improved customer satisfaction by developing creative solutions to problems both pre/post sales.• Managed documentation for each product: drawings/specifications/QA standards/testing. • Recommended solutions, built custom proposals, prepared supporting information and delivered presentations to boost sales and/or save costs. • Communicated with vendors and key suppliers to select project materials that meet customer needs.• Coordinated in person the manufacturing of a new product at our Mexico facility.

• Utilized Sales quotes and Customer specifications to create detailed CAD product drawings for submittal, then managed the project through to release of all material required.• Managed multiple projects simultaneously and prioritized to ensure all deadlines were met. • Consulted with architects, contractors and customers to ensure all projects met requirements.• Worked closely with all internal departments from estimating through manufacturing.• Trained junior staff on codes, best practices and processes, which enabled individual development and confidence. • Key participant on the Continuous Improvement and internal ISO auditing teams.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Business Administration And Management, General

Associate Of Science (A.S.), Computer Aided Drafting

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