Robert Tibbs

Experience

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  United States Marine Corps

  Jul 1997 - Oct 2014

  Directed Aviation Logistics Department responsible for Supply Chain, Maintenance, Vendor Sourcing Management and Contract Support of 500 aircraft deployed worldwideOrchestrated Logistical Planning of four subordinate business units in support of contingency operations of forward deployed forcesApproved performance based Statement of Work and facilitated with Procurement Contracting Officer for $40M contract award of aircraft maintenance services resulting in a 22% reduction in overall contract costManaged critical supply chain operations ensuring continuity of supply and 100% in-transit asset visibility Show less Led JSF Logistics Integrated Product Team for the Marine Corps’ Transition Task ForceResponsible for establishment of the Performance Based Agreement, Supply Chain Management, Maintenance Training Device Development and Shipboard IntegrationDirector and Senior Aviation Supply Leader responsible for Policy, Procedures, Funding and Manpower Management across the entire Marine Corps Aviation Supply CommunityDeveloped and championed funding for contingency supply support packages for the MV-22 Osprey valued at $96MSupply Team Lead that negotiated with UK for aviation supply components and sustainment of industrial vendor base for critical AV-8B Harrier components and support equipmentTeam Lead for the establishment and development of Earned Value Management Metrics for Marine Corps Aviation platformsDrafted Statement of Work for Naval Aviation Enterprise support contract and served as member of the Technical Evaluation Board for the $25M contract award Show less Led, managed and directed 1500 men and women responsible for logistic sustainment for a 200 aircraft fleet to include Supply Chain, Engineering, Quality Assurance and Contract Maintenance.Squadron was recognized and awarded Marine Corps’ Logistics organization of the Year for 2007Implemented LEAN concepts and conducted 22 Process Improvement Events resulting in an 18% reduction in maintenance turn-around repair timesManaged over $400M supply inventory and warehousing operations while achieving a supply effectiveness rating for customer satisfaction of over 90% Show less Led Supply Chain Department of 120 members responsible for vendor sourcing, material management and inventory control of a $300M account and an operational execution account of $150M annuallyEstablished and managed robust kitting operations for high usage material resulting in the reduction of warehouse processing time by 32%Implemented Performance Based Logistics support for F/A-18 tire rubber resulting in increase in availability and reduction in disposal costsDirected exercise support for 8 major training evolutions to include contract support, $1.6M budget execution and remote supply support for distributed operations Show less Director of the largest Marine Corps Regional Procurement Office comprised of 58 procurement specialists responsible for contract actions worth $72M annuallyResponsible for SOW, RFQ and RFP development, solicitation, negotiation, award and cradle to grave contract administrationManaged $28M in Basic Ordering Agreements for supplies and material in support of Marine Corps Base operationsManaged multiple sub-contractor plans and approved various tier two and three supply vendor agreementsArchitect of complete $12M provisioning of newly established Chemical Biological Response Unit. Show less

  • Director, Program Logistics

    Dec 2012 - Oct 2014

  • Deputy Director, Material, Logistics, and Cost Analysis

    Aug 2011 - Dec 2012

  • Deputy Director, Logistics, JSF Logistics Lead and Senior Supply Officer

    Aug 2007 - Jul 2011

  • Commanding Officer Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron-11

    Jul 2005 - Jul 2007

  • Supply Chain and Financial Manager

    Jun 2001 - Jul 2005

  • Regional Procurement and Contracting Director

    Jul 1997 - May 2001
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  ViaSat Inc.

  May 2015 - Jun 2023

  Program Manager

  Worked within the Government Services Division providing Program Management Support for Global Mobile Broadband platforms to include VIPSAM, ISR and GenAv.

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  Specialty Systems, Inc

  Aug 2023 - now

  Logistics Analyst

  Supporting PMA-266 with the MQ-9 (MUX/MALE) introduction into Marine Corps Aviation and establishing organic capability sustainment.