Jennifer Hay

National design-build construction company including procurement services; industries include food service, hospitality, gaming, health, retail, educational and others

• Manage procurement for FF&E, OS&E, MRO and construction finishes across concurrent design-build projects, coordinating supplier and subcontractor selection, logistics, and installation to meet schedule and budget
• Produce, maintain, update and publish budgets, schedules and master item listings
• Identify and resolve specification discrepancies between architectural blueprints and designer specifications through RFIs
• Identify and assess potential risks, implementing strategies to mitigate project issues
• Source, qualify, and vet suppliers to ensure alignment with project requirements
• Negotiate contract terms with vendors, securing favorable agreements that align with project goals
• Issue and analyze RFQs/RFPs, producing bid comparisons and vendor recommendations that meet specifications and are within budget
• Coordinate approval for all material and finish sample Submittals for FF&E and construction finishes
• Manage project closeout documentation
• Manage supplier score cards

DoD Provider (Engineering & Design, Manufacturing, Navy Approved Welding, Testing)

• Expanded compliant supplier base adding hard to source suppliers for DFARS/NADCAP/ITAR-regulated components and raw materials, improving lead-time resilience and reducing single-source risk
• Procured DFARS/NADCAP/ITARDFAR- compliant commodities and outside processes
• Assisted with managing supplier score cards

Transit bus & motor coach manufacturer and parts distributor

• Managed requisition buying for assigned categories
• Improved supplier service levels through clear communication and relationship building
• Resolved cost and receipt variances by collaborating with suppliers on current orders and addressing unresolved discrepancies from previous years
• Oversaw part rejection management for assigned categories to ensure quality control
• Price requests for customer service contracts
• Parts database management

Global manufacturer / processor and supplier of value-added vegetable oils and fats

• Purchasing of materials and supplies for production and maintenance
• RFQs for Project Managers
• Vendor setup and maintenance

• Managed procurement for FF&E, OS&E, procurement for FF&E, OS&E, MRO and finishes across concurrent design-build projects, coordinating supplier and subcontractor selection, logistics, and installation to meet schedule and budget
• Produced, maintained, updated and published budgets, schedules and master item listings
• Identified and resolved specification discrepancies between architectural blueprints and designer specifications using RFIs
• Identified and assessed potential risks, implementing strategies to mitigate project issues
• Sourced, qualified, and vetted suppliers to ensure alignment with project requirements
• Negotiated contract terms with vendors, securing favorable agreements that align with project goals
• Issued and analyzed RFQs/RFPs, producing bid comparisons and vendor recommendations that meet specifications and schedule and are within budget
• Coordinated approval for all material and finish sample Submittals for F&E
• Managed project closeout documentation
• Managed supplier score cards