Supply Chain Management

Leslie R Potter

***** *. *** ***** **. Tucson, AZ 85737 520-***-**** ***********@*****.***

Objective

To obtain a position on your company’s team that utilizes my diverse skill set, work ethic, achievements and negotiating abilities to achieve a common goal of success for your company and your many customers.

Profile

Motivated, results oriented professional with a diverse supply chain management and technology background.

Background includes subcontract management, complex negotiations, volume procurement, metrics management,

metrics development, E-procurement solutions, test equipment and training roles. Talent for learning new skills

quickly and applying them in new environments. Accustomed to dealing with multiple priorities at a time and still

ensuring individual customer success. Proven capability to manage team environments that includes a diverse

membership and provides results. Flexible, versatile and thrives in deadline-driven environments.

Professional Skills Summary

Supplier Management

Report Development

Communication Skills

Problem Analysis

Customer Service

Team Building Skills

Microsoft Office Suite

SAP proficient (Power

User)

Six Sigma Specialist

Change Management

Project Management

Professional Presentations

Employment History

RAYTHEON MISSILE SYSTEMS – Tucson, AZ

Senior Procurement Specialist, October 2010 to November 2011

• Manage 1 primary supplier in a dynamic procurement environment. Responsible for the

management of 12 million dollars worth of spend and 4 distinct Raytheon Missile System

(RMS) programs. Full contract/project management from development through production.

• Responsible for performing root cause/corrective action for the supplier when they are not

complying with contractual requirements.

• Strong Negotiating skills, focused on achieving the best value for RMS. Negotiated and

managed both cost plus and firm fixed price contracts.

• Focused team member who is constantly looking for opportunities to add value or mitigate

risk.

• Ensure that the purchase order is the vehicle in which Raytheon Missile System’s

requirements are communicated to the suppliers and the vehicle in which compliance to

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation

Supplement (DFARS) is maintained.

• Responsible for managing suppliers to cost, schedule and quality requirements.

• Liaison for the integrated product team comprised of members from engineering, quality, and

the program. Responsible for all supplier communication and served as facilitator when

requirements explanations were needed.

RAYTHEON MISSILE SYSTEMS – Tucson, AZ

Senior Procurement Specialist, March 2008 to October 2010

• Manage 4 primary suppliers in a dynamic procurement environment that is a mix between

high volume with rapid transaction demands and major subcontracts (million dollar +) that

require more complex price analysis, negotiation and subcontract management.

• Responsible for performing root cause/corrective action for suppliers that are not complying

with contractual requirements.

• Responsible for managing approximately 6 million in spend and simultaneously supporting

over 15 RMS programs.

• Ensure that the purchase order is the vehicle in which RMS requirements are communicated

to the suppliers and the vehicle in which compliance to FAR and DFARS is maintained.

• Responsible for managing suppliers to cost, schedule and quality requirements.

• Liaison for the integrated product team comprised of members from engineering, quality, and

the program. Responsible for all supplier communication and served as facilitator when

requirements explanations were needed.

RAYTHEON MISSILE SYSTEMS – Tucson, AZ

Supply Chain Specialist II, 2005-2008

• Responsible for the Database Development of the Supply Chain Management Metrics suite in

2008

• Responsible for the design, development and maintenance of all reports needed by supplier

management during my tenure in this position.

• Member of the Supplier Management Council

• Tucson Supplier Database (TSD – database which stores all common information needed by

supplier managers to place contracts with suppliers) administrator and responsible for all

design changes that occurred during my tenure

• Responsible for maintenance and future development of the Supplier Risk Cube (a database

used to evaluate supplier’s performance and calculate their risk to the company in future

procurements)- also primarily responsible for transitioning the Supplier Cube to SAS.

• RMS Business Warehouse Expert – (reporting tool for SAP) and SAP Power User for the

procurement leg of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) leg

• Liaison between Corporate and RMS for multiple projects including the Cube and reporting

development

RAYTHEON MISSILE SYSTEMS – Tucson, AZ

Supply Chain Specialist II, 2004-2005

• Exostar (online procurement exchange between RMS and supplier) Administrator

• Chub (communication link between SAP and Exostar) Administrator

• Worked with corporate on the following e-solutions in their beginning phases – e-req, webbuyer

and IXOS

• Learned to work with diverse teams to find common ground in which successful solutions

could be developed.

• Assisted in some PRISM (RMS’s SAP solution) early design teams – Power User

RAYTHEON MISSILE SYSTEMS – Tucson, AZ

Technical Support Engineer I, 2000-2004

• Database Design and Maintenance on the following systems:

o TEMRS – Test Equipment Material Requirement System – a MRP-lite system for

the planners in the Test System Design Center (TSDC) that helped them procure

and plan their material movement to the shop floor – also a bolt onto the

Engineering Acquisition System (EASy) system

o Parts Locator – a material location system for the stock room

o Shop Floor Forecast – a material planning system for the shop floor that level loaded

and planned work for the floor.

• Primarily responsible for all training and training documentation associated with these

systems. Successfully wrote a complete training manual for the TEMRS system

• Primary customer support point of contact for each of these systems

• Acquired the ability to read and interpret drawings in this position

Education

UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX – Tucson, AZ

Bachelor of Science in Information Technology, 2003 GPA: 3.92/4.0

Graduated Summa Cum Laude

NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY– Flagstaff, AZ

Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science, 2000 GPA: 3.62/4.0

Graduated Cum Laude

References

• Available upon request

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