Skills

  • Customer service
  • Management
  • Procurement

Experience

Randy Gardner Jr.

Work experience
  • Business Process Specialist (functional role: Procurement Plan Manager) at   Ellos Global
  • Managed procurement planning for the cybersecurity division within the Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS).
  • Managed budget execution for a $1 billion Level I investment program.
  • Led annual procurement planning for $150M in goods and services, ensuring strategic deployment of capital.
  • Assisted with post award contract administration.
  • Developed reporting tools and dashboards to track financial performance, leveraging Microsoft Office tools, for the purpose of producing financial impact reports.
  • Provided data-driven recommendations to senior leadership, enhancing budgeting and contract execution.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional partners in the enhancement of a Data Management System (DMS) leading to improved reporting capabilities.
  • Sought as a subject matter expert to provide education, interpretation, and communication of budgetary information and any changes.

Randy Gardner Jr.

Work experience
  • December, 2012 - October, 2020
  • Fulltime
  • Managed procurement operations and served as the Procurement Planning Team Lead for the cybersecurity division within the Dept. of Homeland Security.
  • Led financial analysis and budget execution as well as drove process improvements for contracting and budget tracking.
  • Developed a strategic procurement plan to standardize the way agency contracts are funded and awarded.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to design and implement a Data Management System, improving data accuracy and reducing report generation time by 93%.
  • Supervised scenario planning and risk analysis to enhance financial forecasting and investment decision-making.

Randy Gardner Jr.

Work experience
  • Senior Financial Cost Analyst at   XLA
  • Managed financial analysis and planning for a national student exchange visa tracking system for the U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement Agency.
  • Executed the calculation and analysis of burn rates to track labor and other direct costs of multiple vendors for high-dollar value contracts.
  • Complied, analyzed, and structured complex sets of financial data and reporting (funding variances, remaining balances, burn rates, etc.).
  • Provided financial reporting and updates for key contract activities to drive strategy and decision-making.