Logistics Engineering Manager

BRENT W. JONES

*** ******* ***** **

MCLENDON CHISHOLM, TEXAS 75032

469-***-**** HOME

214-***-**** MOBILE

Summary:

A high level of analytical ability to analyze complex logistics supportability requirements and to develop a support strategy for various systems/programs.

A high level of communication skills to prepare and make formal presentations, participate in management/customers briefings, conduct technical training and provide work direction to assigned team members.

Exceptional leadership skills ensuring that all team members are trained to perform their tasking to be successful within the team environment.

Security Clearance:

Secret (Active) Dec 2012

Current Position:

July 2011 – Present (July 2007 – Present)

Logistics Engineering Manager – L-3 Communications:

In addition to all the responsibilities previous as a Sr. Logistics Specialist II:

Provide logistics inputs to the Business Development group for new and existing business pursuits.

Responsible for maintaining and reporting compliance to KPI’s as identified by the customer requirements.

Manage logistics relationships with internal and external customers.

Work with leadership to eliminate barriers to improve efficiencies and improve data development.

Manage cost and schedule for multiple programs to maintain ongoing adherence to budget and schedule constraints.

Travel both domestic and internationally to support logistics programs and customer meetings.

Work on a daily basis with imports/exports to ensure that all material that is being sent to customers is within compliance with ITAR regulations.

Work with the local government agency DCMA to perform inventory sell-offs of material that is being packaged and shipped to customers both domestically and internationally.

Develop all shipping invoices for both domestic and international shipments for logistics material being sent for repair or to customer locations for replacement.

Perform and establish site material requirements to ensure that operational availability for customer sites can be maintained upon initial operation.

Work with new and prospective customers to ensure that all their logistics concerns and needs are addressed within proposals.

Attend high level meetings with senior leadership and customers on new program pursuits as the logistics capture manager.

Interface with senior leadership and customers on logistics issues and concerns.

Manage logistic forecasting and budgets to ensure that manpower and budgets are maintained.

Work in SAP to ensure that document numbers are created to support multiple programs

Perform as the Cost Account Manager (CAM) for Earned Value Management on selected programs.

Develop and maintain customer inventory and planning schedules.

Manage multiple logistics programs to ensure that program schedules and deliverables are maintained.

Provide guidance, instruction; supervision and assistance to subordinate logistics team members to ensure they are successful.

Supervised team members on projects to ensure that data is developed in compliance with customer statement of work and statement of requirements.

Work with customers to ensure that their logistics products are supportable both in an operational concept and a cost concept.

Provide guidance to team members for task assignments as identified by customer Statements of Work and Statement of Requirements.

Work with the customers to help establish inventory minimum and maximum levels to ensure that programs are supportable and cost efficient.

Develop and maintain failure analysis reporting database for multiple programs.

Develop and maintain recommended spares modeling to ensure that updated requirements are incorporated to support the customer’s requirements.

Provide failure trend and root cause as well as cost analysis to provide to customers to help improve operational availability for their products.

Write logistics support plans and logistics statement of work for customers and sub-contractors

Develop Life Cycle Costing Models, strategic transport requirements, material cost modeling that incorporates transit time for purchases, repairs, and deployment as well as manpower requirements for customer programs to ensure that they have a total support cost for each of their logistics products.

Write sub-contractor statements of work to ensure that the requirements for logistics support deliverables are flowed down to sub-contractors to ensure that the customer support concept is maintained.

Performed Obsolescence Management for multiple programs to provide the customer with cost impact to their programs due to part obsolescence.

July 2007 – July 2011

Sr. Logistics Specialist II, L-3 Communications:

Analyzes system requirements in support of highly complex logistics efforts (e.g., logistics support analysis, economic and repair level modeling, requirements analysis).

Develop and support approaches, which ensure logistics supportability and optimize life cycle costs and resources required to maintain complex systems.

Perform highly complex logistic support analysis (LSA), including requirements analysis, and economic and repair level modeling.

Develop and evaluate, and support system alternatives and solutions.

Perform logistics studies on system use scenarios, comparative analyses, supportability and system assessments, functional requirements identification, and task analysis.

Develop system support requirements, specifications, and concepts for equipment and systems.

Determine requirements for procurement or manufacture of spare and repair parts, special and common tools, schedules task performance, coordinates resource availability, and document results for customer records.

Participate in proposal or concept development efforts to ensure logistic supportability considerations are incorporated into engineering design and comply with contractual and government requirements.

Established requirements for supportability aspects of the design based on government/customer requirements.

Act as a primary interface for internal and external customers regarding logistics supportability/maintainability issues in technical and program reviews and team meetings.

Provide technical direction on logistic support analysis strategy to program, engineering, and customers.

Developed a QC (Quality Control) plan and documentation and perform QC duties for formal training.

Developed technical manuals in accordance with ATA 100 structure.

Developed wiring diagram manuals in accordance with ATA 100 structure.

Previous Positions:

OCT 2002 – JULY 2007

Sr. Aerospace Logistics Engineer Bell Helicopter Textron:

Identify and documented of technological advances, analyzing aircraft systems and component designs to determine maintenance and support resources that provide optimum supportability, which complement the design requirements of fielded aircraft.

Analysis consists of detailed studies to identify logistics support alternatives, potential supportability problems, maintenance requirements and intervals; provide spares and support equipment hardware and facility resources recommendations; and develop maintenance and operator technical information to include personnel required to support newly designed or updated aircraft and systems.

Primary interface to the customer for coordination and agreement with maintenance concepts and support resource solutions.

Engineering discipline involving the design of inherent supportability into the analysis and the associated design, analysis and optimization of the customers' military and commercial support system.

Responsible for applying best practices and engineering tools to analyses and modeling of support systems, reliability centered maintenance analysis, and direct operating and life cycle cost analysis, trade-off analysis and resource requirements analysis.

Responsible for provisioning.

Responsible for supportability analysis.

Responsible for creating interactive technical electronic manual (IETM).

Tools utilized PDAT, IETM, SLIC, SLICWave, IPB, IADS and IMAPS.

Supported V-22 and ARH aircraft.

July 2001 thru Oct 2002

Sales for Roseco Findings:

Responsible for the sales growth for a designated territory.

Increased territory sales by 33 percent.

Responsible for customer relations between Roseco and the customer.

July 2000 thru July 2001

Spares Support Administrator/ Network Administrator FlightSafety International:

Tracked and control the entire inventory and repair that run through the facility.

Responsible for ensuring those expendables were reordered in a timely manner and to maintain a constant minimum on hand quantity.

Responsible for shipping and receiving.

Responsible for all purchases made this includes purchase orders and repair orders.

Responsible for network health and adding new users to the data network to include, e-mail, network authorizations, local Intranet and Internet access.

July 1999 thru July 2000

Addison Aviation Inventory Control Manager Addison Aviation:

Track and control Aircraft parts and repairs on a daily basis.

Implemented a tracking system for purchases and repairs, for a timely tracking and return.

Controlled over 4000 line items to ensure that all parts for aircraft use are properly tagged and certified for use on U.S. based aircraft per FAA regulations.

Ensured that sufficient stock of expendable parts are on hand and are reordered in a timely manner.

Assistant Purchasing Manger.

Assistant Shipping and Receiving Manager.

US Army 1996-1999

Unit Supply Specialist assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company 1-14th Inf. Schofield Barracks Hawaii:

Maintained communication between the TOC and the ALOC for supply convoys and readiness reports, utilizing the U.S. Army command nets.

Positive control of over 30 million dollars worth of weapons, vehicles and numerous supplies.

Compiled and processed status reports and inventory records quickly and efficiently for four companies.

Created and implemented an office procedure that ensures delivery of information in a timely manner.

Used a computer system to update and track company information files. (ULS-S4)

Prepared and maintained budget and inventory reports and statistics for upper level management.

Responsible for the shipping and receiving of equipment to and from deployments.

Kept status of all funds to and from the Battalion.

Received numerous awards and citations for outstanding job performance.

Proficient in MS Office including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and Works.

Supervised personnel performing support maintenance on weapons, vehicles, and communication equipment.

Maintained records and prepared work orders.

Preformed preventive maintenance checks and services.

Ensured adequate stock quantities of repair parts, supplies and technical publications were available.

Cross-trained personnel in job duties that resulted in reduced supervision requirement and a savings in man-hours.

Maintained training records.

Scheduled personnel for formal training sessions.

US NAVY1990-1994

Aviation Ordnance-man assigned to VA 95:

Responsible for accurate wiring repair of armament systems. Loading and unloading of weapon systems.

Trained personnel on aircraft safety and proper ordnance buildup per NAVAIR manuals.

Ensured that aircraft were flight ready at all times reducing the amount of down time the squadron experienced. Maintaining a ready status of 90%.

US Army 1989-1990

Power Generation Mechanic Assigned to 225 Maintance Battalion:

Responsible for maintance of field generators both in the field and in garrison.

Maintained generators from 2 KW to 50 KW both gas and diesel.

Troubleshoot electrical and mechanical malfunctions and correct deficiencies to maintain a 90% ready status.

Technical Skills

Integrated Logistics Support Management

Supportability Analysis (LMI)

Logistics Support Analysis Development

Provisioning Data development

Spares Analysis

Level of Repair Analysis Development

Proficient in computer material tracking and log keeping for supply receipt and shipments

Use of precision measuring equipment such as calipers, micrometers.

Blueprint reading

Schematic and wiring diagram reading

Customer negotiations

Additional training courses completed

LOGSA PowerLog J training course

SLICWAVE Provisioning training course

Export Compliance training course

IATA training course for documentation development for air transportation

D.O.T. training course for documentation development for ground transportation

IMDG training course for documentation development for ship transportation

Crucial conversations

Coaching for Superior Performance

Influencing for Win-Win Outcomes

Forklift drivers training course.

Leadership Development course.

Public presentation and speaking course.

Budget and Inventory control courses.

Education

Certificates of completion from the Unit Supply Training course in Ft. Lee Va.

Certificate of completion from Aviation Ordanceman training course in Millington TN.

Certificate of completion from Power Generation Repair in Ft. Belvoir VA.

Attended Cooke County College with studies in Computer Science.

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