Perry Herritz Email Address

Procurement Manager

Agility, precision, endurance, quality—The Insitu team holds these attributes as our highest priorities in delivering complete satisfaction to our customers. Since we started from humble beginnings in a small Silicon Valley garage in 1994, Insitu has aimed to become the gold standard in the unmanned aircraft industry and succeeded in doing so thus far thanks to our talented base of employees and the vision of our leadership.

• Instituted a procurement system, including some 60+ procedures to analyze and document procurements and establish a supplier rating system. • Led a procurement team to re-source a major international aircraft component from Australia to Turkey to transition work-scope and develop new manufacturing capabilities. • Led a division of the Boeing Corporation to analyze and implement a new ERP system. • Authored new commercial procurement procedures to reduce scope of work from pre-established military procedures including FAR and DFAR.  Education •BOEING LEADERSHIP CENTER ST. LOUIS, MO (2010) - GRADUATE •ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY TEMPE, AZ - BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (BS) – COMMUNICATIONS / BUSINESS • MILTON COLLEGE MILTON, WI - ASSOCIATE OF ARTS (AA) - PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT (HONOR GRADUATE) •PURCHASING MANAGEMENT PHOENIX, AZ – PURCHASING CERTIFICATE •DINFOS (DEFENSE INFORMATION SCHOOL) FT. BEN HARRISON, IN – BROADCASTING & JOURNALISM CERTIFICATE •JET ENGINE TECHNICIAN CHANUTE AFB, ILL – CERTIFICATION (HONOR GRADUATE) 1. INSITU, INC. (SUBSIDIARY OF BOEING CORPORATION) Washington State – Procurement Manager for startup program on two (2) new unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). Developing training and procedures for upcoming CPSR audit.. 2. MANAGEMENT DEVELOPERS, LLC (CONSULTANT) South Carolina (2008) – Manager for startup program for the new Boeing 787 “Dreamliner” composite fuselage assembly in South Carolina. 3.BOEING COMPANY Arizona - Subcontractors Manager: Managed teams to procure complex-high dollar assemblies for the US Army “Apache AH-64” Attack Helicopter. 4. WILLIAMS AIR FORCE BASE (USAF) Arizona: Sergeant (honorably discharged): Jet Engine Technician; Journalist Broadcaster – Hard news editor on the Base newspaper “Jet Gazette” which won 3rd place in world-wide competition; Broadcaster / DJ with 9 weekly public service radio shows in the Phoenix, AZ area. Specialties: Procurement & Supply Chain Managment in complex, high dollar aerospace manufacturing. Expert in developing SOW, legal terms and conditions, scheduling, supplier rating, etc.