JERILL COTTON
Summary
To seek and maintain full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Security Guard
Department Of Defense Army
11.2023 - 03.2024
- Receive, authenticate, and vet visitors entering an installation.
- Respond to and/or contain crisis or urgent situations including accidents; man-made, biological, chemical, radiological, or natural disasters; or other incidents that could result in harm to people, property, or the environment.
- Control access to the installation/Federal property and restricted areas, identify security risks, and provide traffic management.
- Apply requirements for equipping and securing government and contractor facilities to guard against unauthorized access, identify suspicious activities, and ensure continuity of operation.
- Operate security-related equipment (both manual and automated) or devices.
Sr. Contract Administrator
VECTRUS, INC.
06.2022 - 09.2023
- Communicate and organize assigned contracts actions for the program managers
- Establish relationships with all Technical and Business departments, management, and government personnel including the Administrative Contracting Officers (ACO), as well as contractor officer representatives
- Review and respond to government documents for completeness and errors (Modifications, PPRS, TDPs, etc)
- Respond to government inquiries RFI at all echelon, Procuring Contracting Officer (PCO), Administrative Contracting Officers (ACO), as well as other LOGCAP representatives
- Administered 45 services on contract; executed routine to moderately complex LTDs, MRS and Property Transactions
- Served as the technical expert on all contractual matters for LCV
- Is the single point of contact between the USG personnel and Vectrus.
Contracts Specialist
KBR, INC.
03.2022 - 06.2022
- Communicate and organize assigned contracts actions for the program managers and corporate staff
- Expertly manage and acknowledge general contractual matters
- Render high level of assistance to program controllers in monitoring resource management, funding, and other program financials through collaboration with Accounting and Business Integration departments
- Establish relationships with all Technical and Business departments, management, and government personnel including the Administrative Contracting Officers (ACO), as well as contractor officer representatives
- Administered 120 services on contract; executed routine to moderately complex LTDs, DMOS/PWOs and Property Transactions
- Served as a custodian of contractual and program records for assigned contracts
- Served as an LCV contracts specialist for the black sea sites (MK, NSTA and Site K) in the most dynamic and expending bases in Europe.
Contract Specialist
KBR, INC.
12.2016 - 02.2021
- Communicate and organize assigned contracts actions for the program managers and corporate staff
- Expertly manage and acknowledge general contractual matters
- Render high level of assistance to program controllers in monitoring resource management, funding, and other program financials through collaboration with Accounting and Business Integration departments
- Assume full responsibility in sustaining and monitoring internal contractual deadlines, disseminating incoming and outgoing tasks to respective program team members and administrative staff, and organizing and prioritizing large volumes of information
- Administered 69 services on contract; executed routine to moderately complex LOTDs, MRs and Property Transactions
- Served as a custodian of contractual and program records for assigned contracts
- Served as a LCIV contract administrator for the most dynamic and challenging base in Iraq; which included expansions of military personnel to a population of 5,000 (1,500 to 5,000) and services support over the course of eight months.
Contract Specialist (51C)
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
03.2015 - 11.2016
- Fulfilled contract administration tasks, including cost and price analysis, proposal evaluation, contract award, modification negotiation, and contract and progress payments validation
- Held responsibility in organizing procurement of supplies, construction, and services, as well as management of procurement logs and submitting required reports
- Offered effectual support to personnel in preparing justifications
- Thoroughly evaluated contract terms and technical specifications to identify any special requirements
- Spearheaded negotiation planning teams for proper documentation of all pre-negotiation planning
- Functioned effectively as the Contracting Office representative on acquisition planning stages.
Contract Specialist (51C)
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
07.2012 - 03.2015
- Provided oversight to civilian interns and military Contingency Contracting Team members
- Gained in-depth knowledge of solicitation and purchasing methods such as oral solicitations and calls against, as well as development of multiple contract types including blanket purchase agreements (BPAs), indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contracts (IDIQs), and purchase orders
- Gathered records and monitored all procurement actions on each requirement, as well as uploaded it in Paperless Contracting File (PCF)
- Determined requirement in releasing excess funds and issued modifications in completing the release of funds
- Played a vital role as a contact point of suppliers, as well as field procurement and management personnel
- Pioneered the development of contract wide area workflow (WAWF) documents and Contract Completion Statement (DD1594) to accomplish the closeout of PCF and procurement desktop-defense (PD2) files.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration
University of Management And Technology
Arlington, VA12.2015
Skills
- Army Federal Acquisition Regulation (AFAR)
- Army Single Face To Industry (ASFI)
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation (DFAR)
- Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)
- Market Research
- Proposal Evaluation
- Price and Cost Analysis
- Contract Closeout
- Purchase Requisitions and Orders
- Strategic Planning and Implementation
- Security procedures knowledge
- Firearms expertise
- Physical Stamina
- Vehicle inspections
- Physical Fitness
Other Experience
- UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY, VARIOUS LOCATIONS - Correctional Specialist (31E) | 40th Military Police Battalion Detention, Fort Leavenworth, KS, USA
- Sergeant of the Guard (SOG)| Camp Cropper Theater Internment Facility, Baghdad, Iraq
- Motor Transportation Operator (88M) | 530th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion (CSSB), Fort Lee, VA, USA
- Command Sergeant Major's (CSMs) Gunner | Battalion Personal Security Detail Team, COB Adder, Iraq
Professional Development
- Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) Level I Certification
- Certification: Army Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology
- Advance Leadership Course (ALC)
- Demonstrated Logistician (DL) Program
Timeline
Security Guard
Department Of Defense Army
11.2023 - 03.2024
Sr. Contract Administrator
VECTRUS, INC.
06.2022 - 09.2023
Contracts Specialist
KBR, INC.
03.2022 - 06.2022
Contract Specialist
KBR, INC.
12.2016 - 02.2021
Contract Specialist (51C)
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
03.2015 - 11.2016
Contract Specialist (51C)
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
07.2012 - 03.2015
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration
University of Management And Technology