Tahia Choudhury Email & Phone Number

United States

Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

• Manage portfolio of multiple military and commercial contracts
• Proficient in all negotiation aspects including price, Terms & Conditions and lead times.
• Knowledgeable in US Government Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations (DFARS)
• Lead supplier management initiatives including evaluation of current and existing suppliers for strategic fit, preparing and issuing RFP’s, facilitating the bid evaluation, perform cost analysis techniques in support.
• Maintain compliance with all contracting regulations, industry standards and internal administrative requirements.
• Process development and improvement implementation

• Write detailed test plans. Review test cases to ensure all scenarios are covered. Perform User Acceptance Testing (UAT) using ALM testing tool.
• Completed several platform upgrades.
• Write test cases scenarios and acceptance criteria for requirements in the business requirement document
• Find defects, perform root cause analysis, and escalate quality issues for resolution
• Track defects and keep a record of workarounds. Provide reports to higher up management.
• Played a critical part in lowering the cost to company of the Checkfree Builder Upgrade project and saved 40% by applying my negotiation skills.

• Tested the individual functionalities of AAFCU Mobile and Online Banking application on various platforms including different browsers, Android, and iOS platforms.
• Leveraged ALM tool to design test plan, test scenarios, and test cases to meet business requirement
• Brainstormed ideas with stakeholders during project planning sessions to gather requirements to enhance functionalities in the OLB platform that meet business needs to deliver a smooth user experience
• Broad experience of working and leading cross functional teams to drive product and development and a demonstrated ability to influence the direction of design based on business needs
• Drafted Digital Service request for proposal and worked with various departments
• Prepare monthly budget variance reports including the research of balances and posting of necessary accruals

• Drafted proposals to manage contracts and negotiations.
• Collaborated with suppliers on improving quality and alleviate risks and focus on developing supplier performance.
• Developed cost saving database to compare pricing proposals between vendors which assisted in reducing material cost and achieved overall saving
• Effectively led the relationship of American Airlines with its suppliers in the amount of $28 million.
• Negotiated and sold new ideas to internal customers and suppliers with advanced business understanding in project management, commodity market and financial analysis.
• Analyzed problems, forecasting methods, and the effectiveness of quality improvement projects

• Researched risks and opportunities associated with the additional costs and time of relocating various manufacturing industries into Western China, along the Yangtze River with an emphasis on enrollment rates, poverty.
• Informed Cisco’s top management team on possible provinces that may lower manufacturing costs and time associated with transportation of companies in the High Tech Industry
• CISCO chose Chongqing