Supply Chain Procurement Specialist

KENNETH M. OLIVER

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

Suite *, Box 564

Mission Hills, CA 91345

818-***-**** ad7wo7@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

A true professional with demonstrated strengths in motivating and interfacing with vendors, customers, and the Federal Government in auditing (DCAA), negotiating procurements & contractual terms and conditions (FAR and DFAR), Long Term Agreements, and JIT deliveries. Liaison with quality, engineering, contracts, sales, and end users. Will draw upon Procurement, Supply Chain and Program Management, JIT, Total Quality Management, Lean Manufacturing, Cost Reduction Programs, Production Control, and Supervisory Experience within major aerospace and commercial manufacturers. Familiar with ITAR and other regulatory restrictions. Management background within the military and aerospace.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORP 2/2022-Present

Staff Procurement Specialist

Procure ground support equipment in support of the government MISCX program. Procure hi Rel electronics, connectors, cables, and other misc. hardware. Negotiations with suppliers, solicit quotations, perform price analysis, research new parts to a drawing. Maintain long term agreements. Negotiate NDA agreements with suppliers. Procure repair orders with OEM manufacturers. Procure parts made to drawings. Work with engineering to solve mechanical issues. Place purchase orders, train younger buyers in various management procedures.

Help program with pre-procurement solicitations. Work with suppliers to maintain contract delivery dates. Use S/4 computer system. Approve invoices. Perform purchase order follow up to maintain contract delivery dates.

AEROVIRONMENT

Contract Administrator (Contractor) 9/2021 – 1/2022

Maintain contracts and prepare contract briefs for the international side of the Contracts Department of the company. Make contractual changes to existing contracts consisting of pricing, repair orders, date modifications and more. Work with the program office for approvals and finance to make sure all financial changes are made. Update the contract to include spare orders, repairs, and any other identifiable items to be added to an existing contract. Used the Oracle MRP system. (Maternity Leave)

RAYTHEON SPACE SYSTEMS 9/2020 – 4/2021

Senior Procurement Spec. (Contractor)

Contract Senior Procurement Specialist for the Space and Systems Group. Procured Hi-Rel electronics from suppliers such as Kemet, State of the Art, Amphenol, Vishay, Avnet and others. Negotiated contractual terms and conditions based on specific contract requirements from programs such as Blackjack, NextGen OPIR and others. Had to find suppliers to meet specific UCC codes per material code requirements. Purchased cables, connectors, rare ceramic microchips, and more. Worked with the legal team and program office to settle contractual negotiations to allow for modifications to customer Terms and Conditions. Worked with approved supplier listing to allow for parts to meet program requirements. Expedited due dates, updated purchase orders with new contractual delivery dates. Wrote contract analysis reports to justify pricing and met FAR and DFAR government requirements. Worked with the business office in preparation of RFP’s, and RFQ’s to turn over to the business office in support of new business. Supported ITAR and EAR requirements.

L3 HARRIS – DATRON 9/2019 – 7/2020

Senior Buyer (contractor)

Contract Buyer for L3 Harris Datron. In this role, I purchased both machined, some complex, and sheet metal manufactured parts. I take engineering drawings, break them down and decide which supplier would be best qualified to make a particular part. As a buyer, I also help this company qualify new suppliers to perform these roles. I do supplier follow up, assist them in reaching a better supplier delivery rating. I help suppliers solve engineering deviations by working with the engineer so machined items can pass inspection and become a deliverable to the end customer. I find Suppliers who can replace obsolete casting patterns used for various types of raw materials. Work with inspection to clear rejections either by returning parts to suppliers for repair or securing "use as is" approvals. Solve accounting issues. Assist contracts by preparing RFQ’s and RFP’s in quoting various vendors with quotes so the company can compete for future business.

CONFIDENTIAL 4/2019 – 7/2019

Asset Protection Specialist

Protection of retail and personal assets for a confidential customer. Dealing with people

On a one to one basis on security issues and dealing with theft and other security issues.

THIRD PARTY INTERNATIONAL (TPI)* 4/2018 – 12/2018

Senior Consultant (Contractor)

Onsite vendor surveillance for major aerospace manufacturer. Surveillance consists of purchase order verification, point of manufacture, purchase order delivery to schedule and more.

HONEYWELL AEROSPACE (DAKOTA MOON ENT.* 8/2017 – 12/2017 Inventory Analyst (Independent Contractor)

Review over 15,000 part numbers for verification within Long Term Agreement or VM Programs. Verify that they are tied to the proper location and that they are actually called out On the contract mentioned. If not on contract, then the proper buyers needed to be contacted for amendments to be written to cover that part number.

ROBERTS TOOL CORPORATION, CHATSWORTH, CA** 4/2016 - 9/2016

Senior Buyer

Responsible for purchasing raw materials for all machining requirements for in house Production. Materials consisted of castings made from aluminum and steel, bar stock made From carbon steel, titanium, aluminum, stainless steel, and a few other specialty items. Also was responsible for handling of RTV items, and accounting issued so vendors could get paid.

CRANE AEROSPACE, BURBANK, CA 3/2016 – 4/2016

Buyer II (Contractor)

5 Week temporary assignment as a Buyer II responsible for purchasing Kanban metal item and raw materials in bar stock and castings. Checking Oracle MRP system, on a daily basis, to See what requirements were needed to be placed for continued on the shop floor. Handled Returns for non-conforming items, getting up-to-date quotes for raw materials and other bar Stock. Doing purchase order follow up for other buyers.

SELF EMPLOYED – RETAIL 3/2015 – 3/2016

Back to work as an Estate Sale Consultant to lawyers, Realtors and Estate Planners regarding Liquidation of their client’s personal property from their private estates. Negotiate contractual requirements for future business requirements with lawyers and trust companies.

SENIOR AEROSPACE, BURBANK, CA 7/2012 – 3/2015

Senior Buyer

Purchase sheet metal machined parts for several major aerospace and OEM customers. Quote And develop new sources for machining of sheet metal items. Assist engineering with Development of new products. Maintain purchase orders and purchase order reschedules to Meet company demand via MRP using AS400 and InforXA. Worked accounting discrepancies To allow for timely payment of vendors. Negotiated Long Term Agreements with suppliers To gain best price and availability for procured parts. Assist vendors in reducing past due items By research of production and scheduling problems. Plan and schedule procurements based On manufacturing lead times. Provide future forecast to allow machining vendors to plan their Most efficient cost and machine time of manufacture. Use of alternate approved second Sources to back up critical needs when original production source couldn’t produce.

Negotiated LTA with 4 major suppliers resulting in a cost savings of 3 to 8 percent

($100K to $250K) per year over two years

Placed on time purchase orders for over 2000 individual items

Improved one supplier’s delivery performance from 38% to 96%

PPV Savings of $200,000 per year for two years

Traveled Out of State to Expedite and Negotiate Deliveries

Resolved titanium material issues by introducing an additional penetrant

Inspection process looking for cracks

Purchased machined oil pumps made from forgings to be used in either aerospace or automotive use

Regenerated purchase order messages from 1200 down to 300 so that reschedules and cancellations could be handled in a timely manner.

PRIOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS

WORKED ON 737 SPEED BRAKE PROGRAM

NEGOTIATED $4M COST REDUCTION ON THE A320 AIR CONDITION PROGRAM

PARTICIPATED IN THE R&D PROGRAM C130 GUNSHIP CONVERSION

MADE 1ST ALUMINUM LANDING GEAR FOR THE STEALTH FIGHTER

PROCUREMENT AUDITOR ALLIED SIGNAL (HONEYWELL)

BUYER FOR: ATLAS/DELTA ROCKETS, SPACE SHUTTLE MAIN ENGINES, B1 BOMBER PROGRAMS

PRIOR EXPERIENCE

Abex Display Systems, Purchasing Mgr, 1 yr

Allied Signal, Torrance, Sr. Buyer & Team Leader, Purch. Auditor 3.5 yrs

Hughes Aircraft, El Segundo, Subcontract Administrator, Software, 1 yr

Rockwell Int’l, El Segundo/Canoga Park, 12 yrs, Sr. Buyer

Lockheed Ca. Co., Burbank, Buyer, Warehouse Mgr, 3 yrs,

Menasco Mfg., Receiving, Production Control, Purch. Exp, 4 yrs

EDUCATION

AA Degree, Los Angeles Pierce College

Kaisan Training (2012)

Green Belt Training (2005)

*Contract ended early

**Left work due to hand surgery

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