Robert Bowen, Senior Consultant

Robert Bowen

Senior Consultant

BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON

Location
Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
Education
Bachelor's degree, General Studies
Experience
37 years, 10 Months

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Total years of experience :37 years, 10 Months

Senior Consultant at BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON
  • United Arab Emirates
  • My current job since September 2010

Lead Instructor for Advance Logistics Program in support of Royal Saudi Navy Forces (RSNF) Supply and Logistics organizations, responsible for training Senior Officers of the RSNF in all aspects of supply chain management.
•Site Manager - Responsible for the leadership of 12 employees including managing all aspect of logistics, utilities and transportation.
•Trained up to a total 118 Senior Officers of the Royal Saudi Navy Forces.
•Selected by BAH, although the most junior team member of 11-man team, to become the local Site Manager, responsible for supporting all BAH operations in Jeddah, KSA.
•Mentor for the (RSNF) Supply and Science School Commodore and Staff, providing technical leadership to the staff and 20 instructors.
•Subject Matter Expert in the areas of Supply Chain Management, Configuration Management, Provisioning, Centralized Inventory Control, Integrated Allowance Document, Repairable Management, and Financial Management for all Supply Activities.

Accomplishments
•Increased student graduation rate from 66% to 95%.
•Restructured employee housing contract, saving Booz Allen Hamilton $150 thousands dollars.

Principal Training and Development Specialist at RAYTHEON WARFIGHTER TRAINING ALLIANCE
  • Iraq - Baghdad
  • September 2008 to September 2010

Supervised a team of 21 personell and handled all the supply transactions for 14 different sites.

Project manager
  • March 2010 to September 2010

for training and development, responsible for developing and implementing a newly created training course for the Saudi Ministry of Interior, with over 30 contract instructors.
•Managed the curriculum development of a Trainer Instructor Course, Basic Soldier Leadership Course, and a Basic Officer Leadership Course.
•Designed and delivered classroom instruction, lectures (classroom and hands-on), practical exercises, and examinations.
•Developed and administered selection process to identify the best qualified students to attend Trainer Instructor Course.

Accomplishments
•Implemented three career development courses, resulting in a cadre of more than 800 instructor trainers.
•Trained, mentored, and advised 15 Raytheon employees on the intricacies curriculum development.

Logistics / Supply Chain Staff at Raytheon
  • Iraq - Baghdad
  • September 2008 to March 2010

Responsible for advising the Iraqi Army Director of Logistics and managing the infrastructure reconstruction projects throughout the entire Iraqi theater of operations.
•Managed a staff of 18 Logistic Facilitators working at nine different sites throughout Iraq including 21 different containerized warehouse locations..
•Established standards in commodity and materials management, warehouse operations, property accountability, Level 3 maintenance operations, and Level 2 medical operations.
•Established entire supply chain management process and developed a methodology to determine an Operational Assessment of these processes for multiple Iraqi Army Divisions.
•Management of the full spectrum of military commodities including Class 1-10: substance, individual equipment, fuel, construction materials, ammunition, personal demand items, medical material, and repair parts.

Accomplishments
•Oversaw the issuing of 880 HMWVVs, 1800 M16s, and $108 thousand dollars worth of uniform items.
•Supervised the contraction of 21 Iraqi military operating bases valued at $66 million dollars.

Logistics Manager / Warehouse Manager
  • November 2006 to February 2008

Directly supervised a staff of 60 expatriates and 100 host nationals including multiple site locations as large as 48 acres..
•Oversaw a Fair Ware & Tear (FWT) operation that processed in excess of 2000 items and $16 million in six months through Plant Clearance Automated Reutilization Screening System (PCARSS).
•Direct responsibility for the operations of 40 storerooms throughout the central Iraqi theater, covering support for 69, 000 square miles.

Accomplishments
•Managed an inventory consisting of 26, 000 line items with a value of $63, 000, 000 dollars.
•Direct responsibility for the operations of 40 storerooms throughout the central Iraqi theater, covering support for 69, 900 square miles.
•Managed a Fair Ware & Tear (FWT) operation that processed in excess of 2000 items worth $16 million dollars in less than six months.

Material Controls Supervisor
  • February 2006 to November 2006

Supervised a staff of 12 personnel including two subordinate supervisory staff in the performance of shipping and receiving at the Area Hub, providing support to eight sites and sub-sites across the central Iraqi theater.

First Sergeant at US ARMY
  • Kuwait
  • January 1986 to January 2006

Over twenty years of leadership, management, supply chain and logistics experience, during both peace and wartime.
•Attained the rank of 1st Sergeant and was responsible for the training and welfare of over 150 personnel.
•Supervised the operations of organizations performing supply and logistics support.
•Was selected ahead of peers to attend the Sergeant’s Major Academy.
•Developed and implemented a comprehensive preventative maintenance program
•Implemented a statistical process control program for quality control operations
•Implemented a new OSHA Fire and Safety program

Education

Bachelor's degree, General Studies
  • at American Military University
  • May 2014

(Working towards my BA in Business.

Bachelor's degree, Business
  • at American Military University
  • January 2014

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Specialties & Skills

Transportation Management
Reverse Logistics
Supply Chain Management
Logistics
CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
INSTRUCTION
LEADERSHIP
LOGISTICS
PERSONNEL
QUALITY CONTROL
STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL
SUPPLY CHAIN

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