Benjamin Eldridge

NIGHTWING
Material Program Manager | May 2024 – Present

• Support material management and procurement activities across multiple large U.S. Government programs, serving as a key liaison between customers, procurement teams, and internal stakeholders.
• Currently support a government program valued at more than $1B, coordinating hardware, software, licensing, and material acquisitions totaling approximately $10M annually.
• Facilitate more than 85 procurement actions per year while ensuring compliance with contractual requirements, company policies, and procurement procedures.
• Partner directly with customers to define acquisition requirements, monitor procurement progress, and ensure material needs are fulfilled on schedule.
• Coordinate with procurement, contracts, finance, and program teams to resolve issues, mitigate schedule risks, and support successful program execution.
• Maintain procurement documentation and records to support compliance, audit readiness, and customer reporting requirements.
• Supported a government program from May 2024 through June 2026 by tracking procurement actions, analyzing procurement status, and providing stakeholders with timely updates regarding procurement progress and schedule impacts.
• Develop procurement reports and status updates used by program leadership and customers to monitor procurement performance and acquisition execution.

Costpoint Subject Matter Expert (Concurrent Responsibility)

• Serve as a primary resource for Costpoint procurement processes, supporting employees across the organization with purchase requisition creation, workflow approvals, troubleshooting, and procurement guidance.
• Review and assist with purchase requisitions to improve quality, reduce rework, and accelerate procurement processing timelines.
• Provide guidance on procurement procedures, approval workflows, compliance requirements, and Costpoint best practices.
• Assist employees in resolving procurement system issues and navigating procurement workflows effectively.
• Support process improvement initiatives through documentation, knowledge sharing, and cross-functional collaboration.

• Oversaw the development of an automated workflow to create a request form providing crucial support to customer engagements
• Developed a comprehensive Concept of Operations documents to ensure the company fully understands the scope of the business development sector’s line of business
• Collaborated in the development of training modules in order to enhance employees skills and knowledge, contributing to better professional development and an improved time of onboarding by 25%