Supply Chain Manager

Oscar Guerrero

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Summary

Over 16 years experienced professional working the Supply Chain Role while establishing long term domestic and international strategic alliances for Sourcing, Logistics, Expediting, and Procurement of goods and services in the Oil and Gas industry. Praised with recognition for successfully presenting solutions while maintaining a safe and quality environment resulting in the increase of productivity and cost reduction while efficiently executing operations. Excellent self-motivator excels for success and strives for results while working well under pressure.

Professional

Experience

Surpass Industrial LLC – Director SCM (Procurement & Logistics) November 2014 – May 2016

Responsible for the development of all Supply Chain related activities for The Woodlands Office. (Sourcing, Materials, Expediting, Procurement, Contract Negotiation, and Logistics) emphasize on the support for execution of Company’s projects in Latin America and Mexico, developing & implementing operating procedures, while working well under pressure and stress to deliver quality products in an on-time demanding environment.

Coordinated project execution with our corporate office in China. Expedited logistics and documents for shipment. 85-90% of all projects are focused for Latin America clients.

Managed and responsible for the development of new vendors and suppliers worldwide. Increased vendor data base by 40%. Helped reduced costs for equipment and materials for at least 30%. Execution of all inquiries from Clients: RFQ, RFI, RFP, Shipment, and invoicing. Business Development on new project prospects within Mexico, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, Panama, and Paraguay. Tradequip Services & Marine –Director of Supply Chain June 2013 – November 2014

Responsible for the development of all Supply Chain related activities for the Houston Office. (Sourcing, Materials, Expediting, Procurement, Contract Negotiation, and Logistics) emphasize on the support for execution of Company’s worldwide projects, developing & implementing operating procedures, expediting results, and working well under pressure and stress to deliver quality products in an on-time demanding environment.

Managed and was team leader for a group of 6. Four Sourcing Specialists and two Customer Service Analyst. Created and implemented new department procedures aligned with ISO 9001 outline and requirements. Successfully passed five internal and two external audits with only a few minor observations being resolved immediately. Strategically sourced and established new business relations with vendors in international markets, offering high quality products, materials, and services, while negotiating a more affordable and cost-effective solutions to our company. Presented alternative vendors that would reduce cost by 30-35% in our materials and services making us more competitive in our international markets. Awarded strategic projects worth millions due to our pricing, logistics, and management strategies (EPCIC). Established new department procedures and policies making the flow of work to be more efficient. Developed strategies in order to improve performance (KPI’s), undertake high work volume, while in compliance with company and ISO procedures & standards. Increased the company’s international Vendor data base, increasing the number of new vendors up to 1000% within one year. Obtained prestige companies with worldwide exposure that would support our Latin American Projects. Successful in receiving company representations and exclusive representations for specific Latin American areas/regions. Processed an average of 2000 material and equipment requisitions per month for a diversity of clients in the Latin American markets. Supply Chain coordination between departments for proposal elaboration and presentation. Interface between Sales, Engineering, Project Management, Procurement, Operations, and Legal departments in order to obtain a complete package of information and develop the proposal international clients. Presented added-value developing strategies in order to reduce costs while working closely with all business units (Internal and external clients). References & Letters of Recommendation available upon request. Dragados Offshore USA Inc. – Project Procurement Manager/ SCMgr January 2013 – June 2013

Responsible for the development of all Supply Chain related activities for the Houston Office. (Sourcing, Materials, Expediting, Procurement, Contract, and Logistics) emphasizing on the support for execution of Company’s projects, implementing operating procedures, expediting results, and working well under pressure to deliver quality products in an on-time demanding environment. Developing and designing the US vendor data base, evaluating vendors, and qualifying them commercially for bid package proposals. Sourced and procured material for mechanical, electrical and civil projects, both locally and internationally for our company projects. Contracting major equipment and materials with vendors in the USA. Negotiating contract and establishing terms and conditions for current and future purchases.

Identified and implemented appropriate improvements/procedures to the procurement system. Main focal point of contact for all international purchases and contracts within the US and Canada. Effective cost & investment analysis for capital goods to achieve cost reduction. Daily data compilation, analysis and reporting. Dockwise USA LLC - Sr. Buyer/ Logistic Coordinator October 2010 – October 2012

Responsible for the development of all Supply Chain related activities for the America’s (Sourcing, Materials, Expediting, Procurement, Contract, and Logistics) emphasizing on the support for execution of Company’s operations, setting standard operating procedures, expediting results, and working under pressure to deliver quality products in an on-time required environment. With local (domestic) and international vendors, established long term committed relationships that were developed into standardized terms and conditions and established Master Service Agreements to ensure expedited materials and services were to be provided within our projects.

Responsible for the implementation of purchasing procedures and policies established within Corporate office. Responsible to ensure and implement procedures to be followed within the Supply Chain compliance requirements during project execution. These procedures were monitored on a quarterly basis by performance metrics (KPI) to ensure procedures are being followed and executed. Participated in the alignment of the procedures for our OKI division successfully giving this company ISO 9001 Certification status. Coordination between departments for proposal elaboration and presentation. Interface between Sales, Engineering, Project Management, Procurement, Operations, and Legal departments in order to obtain on time information and develop the proposal packages for external clients. Developed strategies in order to reduce costs while working closely with all business units. On boarded over 50% of required vendors within the Latin American markets increasing existing vendor supply base. The process required pre-qualification questionnaire, evaluation on the information given by the supplier, distribution of the information within business units, and giving the vendor feedback if they were approved, approved under certain conditions, or rejected. At the time of use of any of these vendors, was solely responsible for a vendor evaluation post operation for future reference and guidance on upcoming projects.

Develop and manage to determine an effective structure for shipping overseas (International logistics). Solely responsible for the coordination of Marine spread logistics: domestic and international. Successfully coordinated various logistical international movements via: Barge, plane, ocean, rail and air with a cost reduction and presenting a higher profit margin within the projects. Ventech Engineers International Corp. – Supply Chain Manager - Ops January 2007 – October 2010

Coordinated and re-structured the Ventech warehousing, established and developed a new inventory control within the shop under the company software EPIC acting as the leader in establishing all Supply Chain guidelines for the system. Implemented and established new procedures (SOP) for procurement, logistics, and receiving of materials/services. Developed new templates and documents to be used in the office and in the field. These new processes and procedures made performance more effective and reduced cost by 25% on materials required for fabrication and during logistics. My priority was to establish safety guidelines while operating or working at one of our shops or staging areas (Specific projects). Interdepartmental liaison between Legal, operations, engineering, and project management for the development of new proposals, RFP, project operations, and the execution of specific SOW. Was able to successfully manage a team of colleagues (25+). As responsible party, I was able to source, negotiate, and build a database of qualified and reliable local vendors during project execution. Efficiently was able to work well under pressure when it was required for urgent specialized parts and materials, working closely with local customs, agents, government leaders, and clients. Coordinated the logistics and was able to qualify and establish contract/agreements with transportation companies as well as freight forwarding agencies. Achieved an estimated cost-savings of 30% on logistics and transportation. Developed commercial bid tabs determining the best available vendor considering strict specifications and requirements, efficiently achieving 20-30% on project savings. (Under very competitive pricing).

Effectively and efficiently coordinated heavy haul logistics and transportation. Working closely with agents and freight forwarders coordinating multimodal shipments. Establishing contractual agreements and standardizing terms and conditions in order to facilitate References & Letters of Recommendation available upon request. and expedite logistics operations.

Responsible to develop a vendor database (Domestic and International vendors) with qualified vendors for our project executions. Established an internal procedure to evaluate the vendors post project execution in order to qualify them for future projects. Lead in logistics, effectively established Master Service Agreements with qualified export packers, trucking companies, barge companies, and freight carriers in order to optimize and make operations the most cost effective possible on each project. Global Industries L.L.C. - Corporate Logistics Manager / Supply Chain Operations Mgr May 2004 – January 2007

Responsible for the coordination of Global logistics of materials and equipment for our projects and operations. Liaison (POC) for all vendors, freight forwarders, agents, government agencies and offices, and final destination. Developed standard operating procedures for the shipment of materials and equipment. Also, responsible for the improvement and safety and quality for personnel when traveling abroad on specific projects.

Responsible for the coordination between custom brokers, agents, 3rd party logistic companies, and various logistic providers to ensure loading, shipment, and offloading of equipment was done in an on-time manner.. Established procedures which developed on strong inventory control of materials within warehouse. Coordinated with warehouse staff for on-time shipment and deliveries. Increase on inventory control by 25% within the first year Responsible for the coordination of specific projects well over $15 Million dollars in value from one country to another (Mexico). This coordination involved documents and a multimodal shipment of the equipment prior to its final destination. Effectively reduced late or detained shipments at the border between the USA and Mexico by 65% allowing a more fluent traffic of the materials and on time deliveries in Mexican destinations. All materials were pre-classified before arriving at the border; achieved by close coordination with our agent and freight forwarder. Released GOMEX (Global Offshore Mexico) Procurement Manager and represented this position for a period of 4 months. This position oversaw a staff of 20+ in office employees and about 10+ warehouse personnel. Took the role of Procurement and Logistics Manager in this office during this period, Developing the entire supply chain role within this office for local operations. Interfaced between project departments: quality control, engineering, procurement, legal, and accounting department, to ensure on time deliveries and payment of outstanding invoices, all activities according to Global Standards and procedures Participated on the building of offshore bid packages for proposals including but not limited to: Pipe lay, diving support, logistics support, purchase of equipment and materials. This would require the coordination between operations, diving, legal, project management, Procurement, Logistics, QA/QC, and Safety Management. Reduced costs by 40% by re-negotiating and establishing specific contracts with vendors and service suppliers for existing procurement and logistic services. Evaluations were done periodically to sustain high quality in service. Responsible for the writing and implementation, under legal review, various new contracts (MSA: Master Service Agreements) issued to new service providers for the freight forwarding business. Issued vendor evaluations every 6 months. This promoted and allowed us to monitor the market and establish best service available at a high quality and affordable price. Gardner Smith LLC; Houston, TX- Logistics/Export Administrator May 2002 – August 2003

Responsible for the creation and handling of documentation: Letters of Credit, Bills of Lading, Invoicing, Certificate of Origin, Certificates of Free Sale, USDA Health Certificates, Veterinary Health Certificates, and Payment Guarantee documents. Sole leader in handling the letters of credit issued and processing them efficiently and on-time for prompt payments. Responsible to develop a fluent channel of documentation and information between offices, clients, and vendors worldwide. Organized, executed and handled over $10 Million worth in letters of credit; ensured on time cancellation of the payments and coordinated making sure all documentation was issued on time and correctly to guarantee no delay on payments. Responsible party to coordinate all logistics involved on every sale (Bulk Material): rail, ocean or truck. Also, leader to coordinate with third party surveyors for services and additional required documentation as per contract instructions. These were standard procedures and requirements for transportation and shipping of the product. Expedited and maintained communication with clients to determine status of past due accounts and more precise date for closing these. Kept and developed a control log of invoicing and past due accounts. Responsible for the translation of technical and commercial data such as procedures, specifications, invoices, certifications, and other required documents. References & Letters of Recommendation available upon request. Vertek Industrial Supply, Inc., Houston, TX - Logistics Coordinator and Administrative Manager April 1999 – May 2002

As project buyer, effectively evaluated commercial bid tabs and established new orders for projects. Solely responsible for the evaluation of new vendors for new projects and market needs, increasing our database by 35% within the first year. Coordinated logistics & daily communication between the company’s’ five group offices within Mexico to ensure each office was up-to- date with compliance and received goods on a timely manner, this lead to a 20% on time delivery increase. Assisted on the purchase and coordination of logistics overseas worldwide. Dealt with custom agents, freight forwarders, and brokers for a prompt clearance and delivery of our materials.

Implemented new administrative procedures using accounting software and utilizing the Local Area Network. Achieved on time payment/collection by 25%. Developed and implemented a database for accessing historical prices, commercial data and procurement alignment system.

Obtained 15- 20% additional discounts reducing logistics costs Analyzed and solved customer complaints for such matters as product needs, product quality assurance, shipment delays, and any missing documents. Expediting previous orders originally issued improving delivery times and increased profit margins as it minimized any possible loss. Strategically sourced potential and diverse suppliers for materials and equipment; seeking for those with special products within the Mexican market that might offer diverse types of services or materials that would be of interest for our clients. Translation of technical and commercial data such as procedures, specifications, statistics, letters, brochures, catalogs and other required documents. (Spanish to English and vice versa). Education &

Skills

Bachelors Degree of Business Administration in International Business INSTITUTO TECHNOLOGICO Y DE ESTUDIOS SUPERIORES DE MONTERREY; Monterrey, Mexico. AUGUST 1994 – MAY 1998

Computer Skills: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, & Access), Adobe Acrobat, Nitro, Peachtree, AutoCAD V13-14 (basic), EPIC, SAP, and internet research and browsing. Language skills: Fluent in both English and Spanish (Bicultural and bilingual). Additional Achievements: Commissioned as Texas Notary (08-28-2010 to 08-28-2014). Conferences,

Seminars &

Workshops

April 1996 – Seminar of Industrial Property (Monterrey, Mexico) February 2005 – U.S. Export Regulations Seminar Program (New Orleans, LA) February 2005 – AESPCLink Certification Workshop (New Orleans, LA) May 2005 - Ernest&Young: Planning for Exploration, Production, and Oilfield Services Companies Seminar. (Houston, TX) June 2005 – Win – Win Negotiation Strategies Seminar (Houston, TX)

(Training by: Exxon-Mobil Supply Chain Manager, Jim Penn & PH.D Habib Chamoun-Nicolas) October 2005 – Break-Bulk Transportation and Conference Exhibition (Houston, TX) November 2005 – FCPA Workshop & Seminar (Houston, TX) September 2006 – Bargaining with Vendors and Suppliers (Houston, TX) September 2006 – Management Skills for New Managers (Houston, TX) October 2006 – Workshop and presentation on FCPA rules and regulations under Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. April 2011 – Incoterm 2010

September 2012 – Microsoft Office 2010 Workshop

October 2013 – FCPA Seminar (Best practices and business etiquette) September 2014 – FCPA Workshop (Refresher on the FCPA regulations and standards)

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