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Luz M. Flores

Ridgecrest,CA

Summary

Highly collaborative and detail-orientated logistics principal with over 13 years of experience in expediting asset support and supply chain management for military programs. Proficient in operating across diverse mission platforms, ensuring accurate, strategic, and versatile coordination which enhances the state of readiness for operational and test programs within complex, cross-functional environments.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Expeditor | Subject Matter Expert

PKL Services, Inc.
01.2017 - Current
  • Guarantees strategic movement of prioritized Non-Mission Capable/Partial Mission Capable (NMCS/PMCS) item delivery between multiple government stakeholders for squadron maintenance
  • Validates daily material status' with AOG reports critical for senior military leadership to strategize F/A-18 and EA-18G asset availability
  • Initializes end to end supply chain delivery which sustains long range operational planning for yearly fiscal budgets valued over $105M
  • Principal for supply systems, policies, and methods that drives the acquisition of aircraft support equipment and corresponding hardware
  • Resolves logistical/operational discrepancies leveraging salvage requisitions, priority cannibalization requests, and procurement of unmatched, non-ready for issue (NRFI) assets

Lead Logistics Specialist

USN Patrol and Reconnaissance Squadron Two Six (VP-26)
01.2013 - 01.2016
  • Executed over 1,800 (NMCS/PMCS) requisitions that overhauled the repair of critical maintenance discrepancies which assured full mission readiness for eight P-3 surveillance aircraft in El Salvador, Bahrain, and Japan during Operation Inherent Resolve
  • Managed inventories of repairable parts and general supplies that directly supported the squadron and their shore-based operations
  • Developed on-the-job curriculum for peer/junior group sailors that led to agile support elements at unilateral locations abroad
  • Individual Material Readiness List (IMRL) program manager for over 450 internal Metrology and Calibration (METCAL) assets

Supply Technician

USN Air Test & Evaluation Squadron Nine (VX-9)
08.2011 - 12.2013
  • Led three major, operational test detachments for Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) and Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) initial flight sorties that correlated successful movement of over 60 essential personnel with 400+ critical parts, supplies, and support equipment
  • Responsible for requisitioning, receiving, validating, and shipping all NMCS/PMCS materials in support of 23 aircraft from six separate type/model/series (TMS) platforms
  • Utilized supply chain integration to orchestrate the acquisition of detachment assets via ground, air, and freight
  • Streamlined quality oversight of inventory in newly acquired test and developmental aircraft with 13 internal work centers

Education

Bachelor of Science - Biology

Arizona State University
05-2027

Skills

  • Project Management
  • Asset Management
  • Procurement Processes
  • Supply Chain Processes
  • Data Analysis and Reporting
  • Shipping and Receiving
  • Logistics Material Readiness
  • Technical Problem Solving
  • Strategic Planning
  • Military Supply Knowledge
  • Inventory Control
  • Training and Development

Certification

Aviation Logistics Management, Naval Technical Training Center (NTTC) Meridian - Aug 2011

Timeline

Expeditor | Subject Matter Expert

PKL Services, Inc.
01.2017 - Current

Lead Logistics Specialist

USN Patrol and Reconnaissance Squadron Two Six (VP-26)
01.2013 - 01.2016

Supply Technician

USN Air Test & Evaluation Squadron Nine (VX-9)
08.2011 - 12.2013

Bachelor of Science - Biology

Arizona State University

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