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Omar K. Dado

Spring Valley

Summary

Experienced Contracts professional with over 10 years of Department of Defense contracting experience. Strong track record in the Defense Industry, with expertise in contract negotiations, compliance, and lifecycle management. Recognized for leadership, teamwork, and guiding teams to successful project completion within deadlines and organizational goals.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Contracts Manager

BAE Systems SDSR
11.2024 - Current
  • Manager and oversee the daily operations of the contracts department
  • Provide feedback and performance evaluation to the contract administrators and set their performance, including setting individual development goals.
  • Hold a signature authority up to $50Milion withing the delegated limits
  • Provide input for promotions, raises, and disciplinary actions
  • Develop and implement process improvement to enhance documentation practices and overall department's efficiency
  • Collaborate with executive leadership, including the general manager and vice presidents through regular weekly and monthly meetings
  • Prepare and present contract reports to leadership and sector stakeholders on monthly basis
  • Provide guidance to the contracts team to help resolve any issues
  • attend weekly meeting with the US Navy and the Government contracts team
  • Track contracts for management and issued regular tracking reports covering current status and upcoming milestones.
  • Mitigate business risks by analyzing contracts' potential impacts and avoiding unfavorable terms.
  • Analyze new laws and regulations to identify required changes and proactively adjust systems.
  • Interpreted contact terms and coordinated solutions to resolve disputes between clients and service providers.
  • Monitor contracts' performance to detect non-compliance with terms and deficient returns, and organize proactive resolutions.
  • Compile required documentation to keep contracts compliant with FAR/DFAR requirements.
  • Onboard and train new staff to keep the team efficient and prepare team members to effectively handle the demands of simultaneous and large-scale contracts.
  • Manage and supervise the execution of contracts ranging from $1,000,000 to $300,000,000.
  • Work with other departments to find new and better items to fulfill diverse needs.

Supervisor, Repair Contracts

General Dynamics NASSCO
03.2024 - Current
  • Oversee the daily operations of the Repair Contract Department
  • Currently have a signature authority of $500,000.
  • Evaluate staff performance, communicating feedback, and setting personal goals for employee growth.
  • In charge of a team of contract administrators and support specialists.
  • Communicate team priorities by leading meetings and giving presentations.
  • Attend and contribute to regular managerial meetings.
  • Attend weekly meeting with the US NAVY and the South Regional Maintenance Center (SWRMC) Contracts management teams to discuss any contractual issue and work on solutions.
  • Work closely with the finance and program finance departments to ensure that all funding and invoicing documents are accurate and up to date.
  • Review Government’s Request for Proposals (RFP’s) and work with legal and main estimating teams to ensure that all risks are covered contractually and financially.
  • Track employee performance to determine areas of strength and improvement.
  • Lead teams through onboarding process for swift integration into daily operations.
  • Review daily data reports for accuracy and addressed any discrepancies immediately.
  • Manage team schedules and delegate tasks to ensure efficiency.
  • Created positive work environment that fostered teamwork and encouraged open communication.
  • Resolve customer issues by finding appropriate solutions to maintain internal and external customer satisfaction.
  • Maintain positive team environment by recognizing and reinforcing individual and team accomplishments.
  • Identified areas of improvement in team performance and implemented necessary changes.
  • Train new employees on company policies, procedures, and software systems.
  • Coordinate with HR department in recruiting, interviewing, and hiring new staff members.
  • Provide support during audits by providing records and documentation as requested.
  • Assisted in developing training materials that contributed to ongoing education of employees.
  • Provide technical guidance and interpreted policies and procedures to assist employees in performing functional tasks.
  • Maintained confidentiality regarding sensitive information related to employee files or company matters.
  • Lead weekly team meetings to discuss updates, progress, and address any concerns or issues.
  • Utilize my administrative and operational expertise to help team meet deadlines and long-term objectives.
  • Improved processes to reduce bottlenecks, streamline workflows and optimize scheduling for business teams.
  • Track and analyze reports covering budgets, operational activities and department metrics.

Contracts Administrator

General Dynamics NASSCO
  • Responsible for the administration of FFP and Cost-plus Contracts/Delivery Orders (DO) and Government ship repair contracts with minimal to no supervision, while holding a $100,000 signature authority
  • Assist with the administration and execution of all NASSCO contracts, acting as the liaison between all NASSCO departments and the Government
  • In addition, performed the following tasks to support the department daily:
  • Post Award execution of FFP contracts and Delivery Orders
  • Terms and Conditions compliance and review
  • Directly interfaced with numerous Government customers and program managers
  • Provide contractual support and consultation to NASSCO leadership and ship management
  • Handled all contractual matters of a specific ship
  • Currently administering three Navy Contracts
  • Have the warrant to authorize change orders, Technical Direction Letters (TDLs), and modifications with values up to $100,000
  • Successfully managed to execute two contracts with no extension (USS ESSEX and USS JACKSON)
  • Work directly with the Repair estimating team to ensure change orders are covering all the risks and submitted in a timely manner
  • Negotiated pricing with the Navy/Government personnel to reach an agreement for any additional growth work
  • Work closely with production and try to accommodate all their needs to execute a successful contract
  • Received and verified funding mods from the government
  • Submission of contractual correspondence and letters
  • Assist program finance in award fee reconciliation
  • Assisted with Contract close out (CPAR) for the USS ESSEX FY19 PMA and USS COMSTOCK
  • Cost and profit tracking and review
  • Assisted the finance department in progress payment reconciliation for multiple contracts
  • Assisted with the travel invoice reconciliation for the USS JACKSON (LCS-6) FY20 DSRA
  • Schedule development and impact analysis
  • Have an extensive understanding of Contracts FAR clauses.

Cost Analyst

General Dynamics NASSCO
05.2017 - 02.2019
  • Generated weekly Cost Schedule Status Reports (CSSRs) used to evaluate and communicate production performance on concurrent U.S Navy ship repair contracts (Cost Plus and Firm Fixed Price contract types) with budgets ranging from 4 million to 200 million dollars
  • Analyzed the current actual and week-over-week changes to the CSSR and identify potential time and material mischarging, funding depletion, incorrect work progress, and other issues
  • Used Earned Value Management (EVMS) principles to identify cost and schedule patterns related to types of work and personnel involved, especially related to EAC, VAC, and ACWP versus funding
  • Accurately projected the end of availability’s budget/funding status
  • Helped create and defend award fee board (profit) presentations to customers for Cost plus contracts
  • Provided additional analysis of cost related to schedule for internal and external customers
  • Created summary slides for weekly Staff meetings
  • Assisted in new hire training
  • Worked closely with the finance department to reconcile project billings and incurred costs
  • Composed and submitted final cost reports (Departure Reports) in accordance with Government CDRL
  • Submitted all Government required CDRL’s (A011 and A009) through the government website (DOD Safe/AMRDEC)

Contracts Support Specialist

General Dynamics NASSCO
04.2015 - 05.2017
  • Checked all funding contracts from the Government to Nassco to make sure the funding matches all submitted quotes
  • Issued requisitions for Purchasing Department to pay the Subcontractors/Team Members
  • Organized and file all necessary documents
  • Help the contracts administrators in getting all documents needed for any meeting or scoping
  • Solved any budget and funding discrepancies
  • Processed Funding Contracts and distribute them to all Departments
  • Prepared all work authorization e-mails for the Contract Administrators to send out to other Departments
  • Helped the Estimating Department in uploading proposals to the system and submitting quotes to the government.

Education

Bachelor's degree - Art of Management, project management

National University

Skills

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills with experience giving group or individual presentations
  • Pricing Analysis
  • Terms Negotiation
  • Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, able to learn new software quickly
  • Project Management
  • Beginner in SAP and Open Plan
  • Risk Analysis
  • Document drafting
  • Contract process monitoring
  • Dispute resolution
  • Financial management expertise
  • Contract modification

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

  • Attended a 6-week Emergent Leadership Program (Hosted by General Dynamics NASSCO HR department).
  • Attended a 3-day seminar to learn more about Contracts FAR clauses.
  • Lean Specialist
  • Award Winner (General Dynamics Innovation Awards 2023 & NASSCO Impact Award 2024)

Languages

English
Arabic
Spanish

Timeline

Contracts Manager

BAE Systems SDSR
11.2024 - Current

Supervisor, Repair Contracts

General Dynamics NASSCO
03.2024 - Current

Cost Analyst

General Dynamics NASSCO
05.2017 - 02.2019

Contracts Support Specialist

General Dynamics NASSCO
04.2015 - 05.2017

Contracts Administrator

General Dynamics NASSCO

Bachelor's degree - Art of Management, project management

National University

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