Procurement

ACHIEVEMENTS

Project Manager providing project management and decision support for the systems development, procurement and life cycle management of 34 heavy truck and trailer systems managed by the client's procurement organization. Well versed in the Defense Acquisition System and has been certified as a purchasing management professional by the Institute of Supply Management for over 15 years.

CORPORATE INITIATIVE - REDUCE COST

Project Recovery

Turned around client's failing total ownership cost reduction initiative with top management visibility; uncovered $194 million in cost savings, reduced capital equipment TOC by 10% and accepted award from senior Defense Department executives at conference hosted by the Washington DC-area think tank, the Institute for Defense Analyses.

CAPITAL ASSET PROCUREMENT

Program Planning

Analyses credited with enabling $2.7 billion funding for the Army’s multiyear buy of new & remanufactured vehicles in the 10-ton, 6-variant HEMTT heavy truck fleet family of vehicles. Produced execution plan and cost baseline; guided plan through the Army cost audit to signoff by the Assistant Army Secretary for Acquisition, Logistics & Technology.

ACQUISITION DOCUMENTATION

Defense Acquisition System

Provided acquisition, logistics, and resource management support for defense system equipment acquisition and modernization programs from pre-Milestone A through sustainment. Prepared documentation for business systems moving through signoff phases in the procurement process from pre-systems procurement through incremental handoff.