Responsible for the bidding of material hardware costs for commercial, government and international proposals in the Ejection & Propulsion organization. Collaboration with operations, program management, procurement and engineering to prepare audit supportable cost estimates. Provide proposal variance analysis, highlighting risks and opportunities to leadership, and documentation support for customer fact-finds and government assist audits when required.

Avionics Procurement Bid & Proposal Team, Sr AnalystMarch 2023 - September 2023April 2018 - October 2021Responsible for all aspects of material bid and proposal research, supplier selection, pricing data analysis and negotiations, for completion of Government, Commercial and Legacy product pricing packages. Collaborated with all commodities of the company supply base, internal cost estimating, procurement and subcontract teams, engineering and Program Office to complete bid packages. Identified, mitigated and escalated risk, provided solutions to meet critical deadlines. Mentored and trained peers, provided audit compliant vendor and price analysis documentation when required, streamlined standard work, assisted in monthly metrics data to Leadership, drove positive change within the team.Avionics Procurement Direct Buyer, Sr AnalystOctober 2021 - March 2023Responsible for $12M annual spend for 670 parts, machine/sheet metal, ITAR plastics & rubber commodities. Executed the daily material activities of supporting production lines, ownership of the supplier relationship, schedule management, inventory, purchase orders, and mitigating and escalating risk. Carried out processes and standards for purchasing materials, while ensuring cost effective and on time material availability. Reviewed requests for material, evaluated bids, selection and recommended suppliers and negotiated prices, delivery, quality, and service for Collins materials. Previous experience in purchasing glass, optics, and ITAR electrical commodities.

Responsible for development, integration, analysis, documentation and presentation of process plans and schedules for the duration of a contract. Generate strawman IMP/IMS models independently from Proposals, Statement of Work and Supplier Data Requirements (SDRI). Monitored and reported performance against plans to ensure the contractual, cost and schedule objectives were met. Tracked plans and schedules, solicited regular updates, identified and resolved critical path and network logic conflicts. Utilized Gantt, milestone charts, earned value management, and other project management techniques to gauge progress and identify performance variances to facilitate focus and intervention on critical areas. Worked in parallel with the cost analyst of the program to ensure the cost and schedule were aligned. Addressed root cause and corrected misalignments.

Supported the Advanced Radio Systems department in the Advanced Technology Center. Provided support to Senior Engineering Management, engineering staff and department Director. Work included bid narrative reviews for audit compliance, tracking and scheduling of monthly program reviews and support in presentation materials, tracking internal and external pursuits, ordering material from internal and external vendors, submitting documentation for part number requests and releases, proofreading and editing White Papers and Documentation for compliance, routing documentation to Leadership for approval of publication of documentation and special projects as assigned.

Supported the Environmental Effects Engineering (EEE) department within the Engineering & Information Technology organization. Supported the EEE union technicians in the testing lab, the Lab Manager and EEE Leadership. Processed lab queue for programs to gain time in the lab. Provided daily tracking of programs entering and exiting the lab, working closely with technicians and Lab Manager. Provided weekly and monthly metrics to EEE leadership. Worked with Engineering and Finance to resolve time charging issues. Worked special projects as assigned.

(formally Yellowbook USA and McLeodUSA Publishing Company)2002 - 2014. Researched, verified and produced emergency, public school district and government (local, state and federal) listing content in the white and yellow pages for 194 telephone directories annually. Collaborated with outside customers setting up and verifying listing information. Collaborated with internal customers communicating completion of production processes. Utilized company calendars and schedules to meet internal production and external printer vendor deadlines. Other roles held include:2000 - 2002 White Pages Acquisitions Coordinator1999 - 2000 Administrative Assistant, White Pages Department