Robert Trapani, Cpcm, Ccmp Email & Phone Number

Nellis AFB, Nevada, United States

Promoted to Team Lead/Base Medical Services:-Plans and organizes the activities of an acquisition section which include the full range of contracting support to installation organizations as assigned by the flight chief.-Ensures contracting actions comply with legal and regulatory requirements and meet customer needs.-Exercises supervisory personnel.

Nellis AFB, NV

• Promoted to serve as a Contract Specialist performing work directly related to specific contract assignments such as contract solicitation, source selection, contractor/recipient proposal evaluation and pricing.
• Perform pre-award and post-award functions on a variety of acquisition projects.
• Solicit, review, and/or administer a variety of contracts which frequently require special handling provisions or other specialized terms and conditions, including contracts which cover a period of more than one year.
• Review acquisitions and the appropriate method of procurement.
• Determine a variety of contractor pricing arrangements, such as Fixed-Price, Cost Reimbursement, and/or Special Purpose Contracts and Agreements.
• Perform cost/price analysis of contractor proposals.

Nellis AFB, NV

· My primary purpose is to serve as the DoD Standard Procurement system, manager, assuring that all installation level contracts are properly reported, trend analysis conducted, congressional reports are prepared and submitted on time; and automated process are in place to provide the most efficient procedures to conduct contracting activities; and that.

Las Vegas, Nevada Area

I support the U.S. mining operations requiring knowledge, skills, and experience in communicating sourcing vision.Responsible for delivering contracts that cover the requirements of the user areas; identifying and developing suppliers in the market to support commercial and operational needsUnderstanding and implementing strategic sourcing methodology to.

Greater Chicago Area

• I was promoted to the Contract Specialist for this Fortune 500 industrial supply company with $9.4 billion in annual revenue. During this time, I contributed to revenue growth and profitability by drafting all customer.
• Maintain high levels of organization and efficiency in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment by preparing an average of 8 proposals and 7 contracts or contract amendments/reworks each month.
• Demonstrate teamwork by working on an interim basis as a Proposal Specialist to write new proposals, answer RFQ/RFI's for customers, and hold conference calls to outline proposal specifications with other involved.
• Recognized by department management for fulfilling dual role as the Proposal Specialist and the Contract Specialist and received a bonus incentive for developing five bid proposals that landed $9 million in new business.
• Extensively involved in working on a major State of Tennessee contract and was a key contributor to Grainger winning the sole source bid valued at $18 million.
• Earned commendations from management for training a team of Life Cycle Project Managers on use and application of SAP 7.0 search and reporting functions that significantly increase project manager efficiency.

Greater Chicago Area

• This was a lateral move from Sourcing to Quotations (Sales Support) where I was servicing the Territory Sales, Pac-Mountain, and Major Account areas working with both large bids and standard quote requests for customer.
• Completed average of 105 quotes per day and 25 large bids per month averaging $100,000 with 200 line items.
• Collaborated with multiple departments including Cross-Referencing, Lifecycle Management, Contracts, Proposals, and Implementation to more aggressively penetrate new accounts and maintain current market share of 6% in.
• Built and maintained strong relationships with suppliers resulting in obtaining additional cost support as needed.

Greater Chicago Area

• I started with the company as a Sourcing Specialist with responsibilities including sourcing items for customers not available through Grainger's Red Book catalog, submitting Requests For Quotations, following up on.
• Achieved "buy to quote" ratio of 56% from 2007-2010 which was well above the 48% department average.

Chicago, Illinois

Scott AFB, IL

Much of my time in the military involved managing, performing, and handling purchasing and contracting functions for commodities and services. Prepared, processed, and analyzed transactions and products; organized purchase request data; and advised users. In addition, I inspected and evaluated contracting activities; planned and scheduled contracting.

Bachelor'S Degree, Communication

Master'S Degree, Communication

Associate'S Degree, Contract Management

High School, General Studies