Elizabeth Miller

About Elizabeth Miller

Experienced Contract Administrative Assistant with a demonstrated history of working in the Aviation & Aerospace industry. Skilled in Root Cause Analysis, Management, Continuous Improvement, Payroll, and Business Process Improvement. Strong administrative professional with a Master of Business Administration (MBA) focused in Business from Utah State University.

Experience

1. Principal Supply Chain Procurement Specialist

   Northrop Grumman

   Mar 2014 — Present · Promontory, UT, US

   Evaluate previous proposal to provide a basis of estimate (BOE) to Engineer Planning and PM. Request BOE, ROM, RFQ or RFE from Suppliers. •Manage contact performance per purchase order (PO), elevate and effectively communicate concerns and issues including schedule, design, and budget to Program Management, Process Engineers, Planners and the Cost Account Manager (CAM). •Coordinate with CAM, Planning, and Engineering on negotiated contract selection to meeting cost/schedule/technical performance for purchase order as needed. Work with partnering organizations to ensure all processes are appropriately followed and implemented to ensure smooth product flow throughout the life-cycle. •Identify, communicate, and resolve risks to create opportunities for program processes. •Conduct closed loop corrective action to include thorough variance analysis, monitoring of cost/schedule mitigation activities, and corrective action adjustment as necessary. •Establishes, maintains and monitors supplier agreements. •Support the selection, development and management of strategic and preferred suppliers to meet commodity cost and performance goals•Negotiate pricing using cost/price and best value analysis and track savings and cost avoidance. •Negotiate to ensure terms and conditions address provisions and risks of financial terms, acceptance criteria, delivery requirements, warranty, intellectual property, termination provisions, indemnification and all other potential risk areas•Establish delivery and payment terms that reduce stagnate inventory.•Apply security regulations concerning vendor visits or sharing information.•Apply government contract requirements such as FAR, DFAR, ISO, NASA, CPSR, MMAS, DCAA, SOX, etc. to appropriate agreements•Support auditing processes such as DCAA, CPSR, internal, etc•Ensure on-time delivery and quality product and service

Education

• UOP

  BSB/ACC, Business Accounting

  2007 — 2011

• Utah State University

  Master of Business Administration (MBA), Business

  2012 — 2016