Kim Rotella
Mount Sinai,NY
Summary
Purchasing and Contracts professional, prepared for high-impact roles. Proven track record in strategic sourcing, vendor management, and cost optimization. Strong focus on team collaboration, delivering results, and adapting to changing needs. Skilled in data analysis, contract negotiation, and supply chain management. Reliable and results-driven with keen eye for process improvement and efficiency.
Overview
33
33
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Contracts Analyst
Collins Aerospace, an RTX Company
02.2022 - Current
- Ensure compliance with FAR and DFARs, including Truth in Negotiations, Export Administration Regulations, International Traffic in Arms Regulations.
- Coordinate RFPs, configuration, estimating, draft proposals in accordance with customer scope, for customers including BOEING, l3Harris, Curtiss Wright, GDIT, NAVSUP, NGC.
- Attend Program Management/ Customer meetings to help ensure contractual obligations.
Senior Purchasing Analyst
Collins Aerospace-An RTX Company
08.2021 - 02.2022
- Source and procure materials in accordance with FAR/DFARS and customer contract flow downs.
- Commodities - electronic components, chemicals, hardware, services, equipment, tools.
- Work with QC to properly vet suppliers and ensure materials meet standards.
- Coordinate with Engineering, Program Managers, Planning and Customer service to ensure commitments are met.
- Assist in site special projects as needed including inventory counts and record storage.
Sales Account Manager
Vantage Air Support
10.2019 - 08.2021
- Create opportunities to support fixed wing, rotary wing operators and MROs customers within FAA , EASA, JAA, CAA regulations.
- Assist with material needs for routine inventory purchases, heavy check, and AOG part needs.
- Develop partnerships to include asset management services and agreements.
- Strategic sourcing, market evaluation, purchasing, vendor relations.
- Due to market conditions supported longstanding OEM and CEM customers with hard to find, obsolete board level electronic components.
Sales Account Manager
Emporium Partners
02.2009 - 07.2019
- Assist with BOM evaluation. Trouble shoot, support and resolve material issues involving shortages, hard to find, obsolete electronic component and related materials.
- Support last time buys with long term storage solutions Emporium Product Preservation (TM) - Intercept Technology
- Significant growth in repair, refurbishment market-Smart phone, tablet contract manufacturing.
Sales Account Manager
PartMiner Worldside Inc
07.1998 - 12.2004
- Joined PartMiner as a Sales Executive with a strong OEM and CEM customer base.
- Objective with IPO bound company to expand service to customers by introducing online component information.
- Assist with excess material management services
- Source hard to find, obsolete parts
- Identify alternative parts in CAPs (TM) data base
- transition to RoHS compliant parts
Sales Account Manager
ClassIC Components
09.1992 - 07.1998
- Sales support of OEMs and CEMs with hard to find and obsolete active and passive electronic components, and equipment.
- Team lead expanding international support with concentration in European market sales growth
Education
Hotel And Restaurant Management
Suffolk Community College
Riverhead, NY1986
Skills
- Document review
- Drafting agreements
- Verbal and written communication
- Contract performance monitoring
- Professional relationship building
- Dispute resolution
- Contract reviews and edits
- Cost estimation
- Procurement management
- Proposal preparation
Certification
National Contract Management Association
- Current Topics USG Contracting Government Relations: Congress & DoD
- Far 15/12 1&2
- Fundamentals of USG Contracting 1&2
Timeline
Contracts Analyst
Collins Aerospace, an RTX Company
02.2022 - Current
Senior Purchasing Analyst
Collins Aerospace-An RTX Company
08.2021 - 02.2022
Sales Account Manager
Vantage Air Support
10.2019 - 08.2021
Sales Account Manager
Emporium Partners
02.2009 - 07.2019
Sales Account Manager
PartMiner Worldside Inc
07.1998 - 12.2004
Sales Account Manager
ClassIC Components
09.1992 - 07.1998
National Contract Management Association
- Current Topics USG Contracting Government Relations: Congress & DoD
- Far 15/12 1&2
- Fundamentals of USG Contracting 1&2
Hotel And Restaurant Management
Suffolk Community College
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