Holding an intriguing professional career as a buyer, Heather McSparron has been serving in DynCorp International since 2012. From 2012-2015, she has been working as a buyer at DynCorp International at Melbourne. Here, she prepared and solicited quotes to the selected brokers. Besides, she provided OEM or FAA approved repair facilities for aircraft and non-aircraft new and repair parts. While working in Kabul, she prepared and solicited the quotes to the local suppliers for the materials and services. She reviewed the items for orders and for the possibility of procuring more locally.

Working in Baghdad until June 2018, Heather prepared and solicited quotes to selected Brokers, OEM or FAA approved repair facilities for aircraft and non-aircraft new and repair parts, purchase items or services required for site or personnel operations. She also reviewed items for local purchase, research local suppliers for proper vetting, and additional local suppliers as needed. Moreover, she was involved in the vetting of local suppliers just to ensure the site personnel safety and security.

Well versed with the procurement regulations (FAR, DFAR, ITAR), Heather McSparron possesses an excellent internal/external customer relations and communication skills. These include effective negotiation, planning, multi-tasking and organizational skills. After all, these government-contracting rules help you to figure out how you do business with the government. The government not only actively seeks out the small business participation when it buys the products and services, but will also spend a lot of money in an attempt to find the good and qualified small businesses.

Regarding her education credentials, Heather McSparron is currently studying at Purdue University Global where she is pursuing Bachelors in Business Management. She also attended Everest University for 2 years while working and transferred the credits to Purdue. Thereafter, she started her online courses in Iraq.

About Heather McSparron

During her leisure time, Heather McSparron loves to do anything outdoor that includes fishing, camping, decorating house, painting and yard work. Currently, she lives in Florida, but she is planning to move back west for a daily mountain view. Besides, she is quite fond of crocheting and creating databases for work to streamline processes.