Acquisition Specialist

●Excels at multitasking, problem solving, attention to details and performing well under pressure.

●Seventeen years’ experience in acquisitions, logistics, supply chain, contracting, and management in government, private industry, and armed services.

●Results driven leadership and supervisory skills coupled with strong analytical abilities directing, developing, and performing management operations.

Procurement Project Management Negotiation Training Financial Acumen Supplier Relationship Management Inventory Management Purchasing Contracting

Supply Chain Demand Management Inventory Management & Optimization Integrated Business Planning Sourcing and Supplier Selection/Management

Software: SAP MS Office Suite Oracle EBS

Mission Support and Test Services- Washington, DC 10/2022-Current

Acquisition Consultant

●Provided contracting procedures, types, and methods, including formal advertising, fixed-price, cost contracting, and use of special provisions and incentives to enable the buyer to plan and carry out contracting assignments.

●Established industry furnishing requirements to determine availability of sources and to analyze the effects on agency requirements of industrial developments, seasonal price trends, economic factors affecting supply and transportation costs.

●Conducted contract life cycle support ranging from day-to-day administration to program assistance and acquisition planning, and performance metrics.

●Conducted contract management, and/or project support management.

●Managed level of effort, support services contracts, and coordination of technical and business management between organizational entities.

●Performed contracting techniques including management principles ranging from conceptualizing, planning, design, project development, and understanding of cost, scheduling, and control measures.

●Performed cost and price analysis techniques to perform a variety of computations relative to labor and other direct costs, indirect costs, specification requirements and charges for preparation and dissemination of contract deliverables to determine the best value for the Government.

●Negotiated with contractors in resolving such problems as reducing costs, adjusting delivery schedules, and negotiating insole source environments.

●Performs other related duties as assigned.

Bosch/BSH- New Bern, NC 07/2021-04/2022

Buyer Specialist (External)

●Primary Buyer of materials that were consisting of plastic and metal for Bosch Dishwashers and high-class Kitchen Stoves for new or legacy projects.

●Prepared the planning of raw materials to ensure availability of components for production.

●Monitored and maintained SAP parameters for raw material and finished goods.

●Conducted strategic sourcing utilizing Request for Quotation/Request for Proposals to current and supply vendors and new vendors within the Organizations global catalog.

●Executed daily reports of requisitions, contracts, inventory orders, and new project item change request.

●Executed order placements and verification of delivery with vendors.

●Supported configuration changes for ramp-up and ramp-down of products to minimize excess & obsolete stock.

●Developed Price/Cost Analysis reports.

●Conducted Price and contract negotiations for new or existing parts.

●Conducted Source Selection Reviews to determine vendor’s price, proficiency, requirements specifications, and delivery dates. Notifies selected vendor of contract award and notifies all other departments of established vendor.

●Mitigates and rectifies issues with suppliers regarding damage claims, rejections, losses, return of materials, over-shipments, cancellations, and engineering change orders.

●Monitoring vendor delivery performance (ie: on time delivery and packaging)

●Established raw material inventory monitoring and analysis and Forecast planning towards vendors.

●Analyzed, reviewed, and conducted changes in supplier releases/vendor waterfall.

●Assessed logistics targets are met (ie: inventory, delivery performance, premium freight)

Creative Innovation Corp.- 04/2020-07/2021

Procurement Specialist

●Provided contract support for Prince William County, VA Education Department

●Conducted Cost Estimating at the bidding stage on projects.

●Conducted data entry to update pricing in the system.

●Communicated with vendors, ensuring that products are delivered in a timely manner, and that the quality of the goods received is satisfactory.

●Executed a given budget to purchase goods and services for our organization.

●Negotiated with suppliers regarding credits for damaged products or items missing from deliveries.

●Collaborated with internal customers and suppliers to resolve issues related to purchased materials, including product/material/service quality, invoicing and returning.

Naval Sea Systems Command- Washington, DC 01/2020-04/2020

Acquisition Specialist

●Logistician for PEO Unmanned Small Combatant Systems.

●Produced confidential weapons data system analysis provided strategic recommendations to leadership officials day to day.

●Conducted research analysis and generated recommendations for the acquisition strategy.

●Ensured alignment on acquisition strategies, cost estimates and contracting outcomes.

●Provided support in the execution of contract action meetings, briefing materials, and development and maintenance of acquisition schedules.

●Provided recommendations and assisted in the development of program and milestone documentation; acquisition strategies, acquisition plans, E-Milestones, Statement of Work, RFP Sections (A-M), Source Selection Plans, and related documentation.

●Coordinated and supported successful execution of RFIs, Industry Days, etc. as required.

●Performed Cost Analysis for both the Operational and Information technology departments to efficiently achieve operational objective cutting cost by 25% synchronously.

●Negotiated terms and pricing with suppliers and monitored their performance while maintaining cost- effective practices.

●Crafted staff programmatic documentation in an accurate and expedited manner to support program office milestones.

●Utilized statistical techniques to evaluate repair and/or replace cost for weapon systems.

Systems Planning Analysis- Washington, DC 07/2019-10/2019

Program Analyst

●Provided contract/contractor oversight, program/project risk management, briefing internal and external stakeholders, spend plan development, monitoring for assigned contracts.

●Provided technical advice and guidance to subject matter experts and functional leads on contracting and acquisition matters, not limited to acquisition policy, evaluation methods and contract oversight procedures.

●Developed and implemented plans through Agile/Scrum and Visio that may affect the production, distribution, and inventory of finished products to enhance product flow.

●Conducted weekly/bi-weekly coordination meetings providing agenda, action items tracker updates, and developing meeting minutes.

●Developed and formulates a major segment of a Defense Health Program (DHP) or OMA budget for the coming fiscal year.

Marine Corps Systems Command- Quantico, VA 09/2014-07/2019

Acquisitions Specialist

●Supported ACAT Level 3 & 4 programs within MARCORSYSCOM Intelligence Program as the Lead Acquisition Specialist.

●Instrumental in the development of the acquisition strategy, acquisition schedule planning, cost estimating, price analysis, technical evaluation criteria, and contract management activities.

●Performed market research for acquisition of commercial of the shelf items, government of the shelf items and services for the procurement of IT Hardware (HW) and Software (SW) of GCSS-J 6.0 and Red Hat Linux and the implementation of new laptops and accessories.

●Lead the administration of Pre-award functions include conducting market research, coordinating with stakeholders (e.g. Small Business Government Representative), publicizing contract actions, soliciting requirements, and drafting evaluation of offeror’s proposal(s), and drafting awards. Post-award functions include contract administration, contract actions and contract closeout according to FAR/DFAR.

●Identified and determined all contract compliance issues, change orders (modifications, amendments, renewals, extensions, assignments, notations, etc.), handling disputes, cure notices, liquidated damages, and, if necessary, contract cancellation according to FAR/DFAR.

●Proactively leaded procurement tasks within an Integrated Project Team (IPT) to develop and meet established procurement timelines.

●Proactively leaded procurement tasks within an Integrated Project Team (IPT) to develop and meet established procurement timelines.

●Cohesively worked alongside the IPT to develop a Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL) to ensure proper scheduling are aligned between the Program and Vendors.

●Produced Statements of Objectives (SOOs), Statements of Needs (SONs), Statements of Work (SOWs), and/or Performance Work Statements (PWSs), Requests for Proposals (RFPs), Requests for Quotes (RFQs), Request for Information (RFIs), Quality Assurance Surveillance Plans (QASP).

●Structured the collect, draft, review, maintain, and retain contract file documentation.

●Provided recommendations and developed documentation for acquisitions during the development, production, and sustainment phases of the lifecycle for HW/SW.

●Proactively involved in the Analysis of Alternatives that consist of COTS/GOTS/NDI components being considered for the insertion/replacement within several systems.

●Conducted property accountability of all legacy and new equipment being utilized to improve procurement and contract acquisition lead times, on-time award rates, achieve quality requirements documentation, improve performance and drive efficiencies for acquisitions.

Averett University – Danville, VA January 2014

Bachelors of Arts- Business Administration

University of Management & Technology – Alexandria, VA May 2016 Masters of Science- Acquisitions and Contract Management

●Project Management Professional Certification (PMI# 3447871)

●DAU Acquisition Corps Membership

●DAWIA Lifecycle Logistics Level 3

●DAWIA Program Management Level 2

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