Global Supply Chain/Procurement Manager

Focus of Interest: Leadership Role in fast-growing company

Experienced Global Supply Chain professional with over 19 years of experience in Oil and Gas, Telecommunications, OEM, and Manufacturing industries. Major strengths and expertise include strategic project procurement, strategic inventory planning, cost reduction, procurement project management, sourcing, planning, supplier development, and contract negotiations. Works well with cross-functional teams to align specific priorities with company objectives and an effective cross-cultural communicator. Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment. Possess excellent organizational, time management and communication skills. Expert at reengineering processes to comply with goals and policies while controlling costs, minimizing redundant work, and increasing profitability. A consistent superior leadership record including Chairperson for the FMC Technologies American Heart Association fundraiser raising $110,000+.

Summary of key contributions

SQDC Award 2009 for exceptional performance on Safety, Quality, Delivery and Cost

Top Flight Award 2009, 2010, & 2011- Recognized for being one of the top five fundraisers in the City of Houston

2010 Buyer KPI Gold Award- Outstanding professional effort for individual category buy

2001 Exceptional Performance and Leadership award

Professional Experience

Reams Enterprise, INC.

Sourcing Manager December 2017 Present

Managed all aspects of product status to meet customer order requirements and accurately tracked each product through the supply chain process. Provided weekly and monthly updates to the executive team.

Built and lead a team providing training and mentorship for direct reports.

Estimated, negotiated and agreed to budget and timescales with clients and executives.

Developed process maps, cycle times and assisted in cycle time optimization to increase inventory velocity and ensured standard operating procedures, metrics and measures were in place.

Determined quality control standards, created production and inventory management processes.

Created process to maintain awareness of material lead times and changes in price, quality and delivery.

Ensured that the entire Operations team was supporting wider company goals and constantly raising the bar for operational excellence.

Trulite Glass and Aluminum Solutions

Supply Chain Category Manager September 2016-November 2017

Conceptualized and oversaw top to bottom sourcing initiative, which generated 8M in true savings during my first 6 months of employment.

Implemented global commodity and supplier strategies to achieve challenging year –over-year cost reduction.

Forced early sourcing involvement in New Product Development.

Worked collaboratively with product development, research, marketing, and regulatory.

Created global project plans, implementation strategy, and executes plans in coordination with all sites.

Internal/External customer focus to address complex issues.

Investigated and analyzed supplier financial condition, and technical competence.

Developed contingency plans for assigned commodities and/or strategic suppliers.

Developed ongoing negotiation strategies and managed against short and long-term market forces.

FMC Technologies 2008-2016

Global Sourcing Procurement (Sub Category Lead) May 2010- July 2016

Established strategic sourcing strategies for Manifold Pipeline Systems Core Components.

Lead Sourcing Projects incl. negotiating, establishing and updating agreements, qualifying suppliers and on-boarding new suppliers.

Reviewed agreements for convergence and leveraging opportunities.

Collaborated with the engineering team to redesign our connector kit, along with overhauling the Supply Chain to achieve over $7M true savings on the Shell Appomattox project.

Senior Buyer May 2009- May 2010

Achieved PONC reductions by maintaining quality systems to comply with API and ISO standards.

Purchasing of all topside equipment and mange delivery dates for the projects they are associated with.

Created and plan measurements and metrics to integrate quality systems with business drivers.

Develop contingency plans for late deliveries to enable realistic delivery dates to be transmitted to production for manpower and shipping requirements.

SQDC, BP Thunder Horse Sub Sea Project April 2008- May 2009

Coordinated day to day expediting activities based upon Purchase Orders/Work Orders/Sales Orders and delivery criticality in conjunction with the Procurement Departments.

Provided interface between Suppliers and the Project Teams to ensure all documentation and requirements that are specified in the purchase order are delivered in accordance with the agreed schedule (documentation includes signed PO acknowledgements, Engineering, Procurement, Manufacturing, Fabrication and Drawings).

Developed and modified an expedition plan based on the criticality ratings of the parts in relation to the project schedule.

Critical item 12” Production Tee failed mechanical test, this pushed our finish date out 4 months. I created a plan that saved 90 days from forging alone. Early delivery to the machine shop and expected on time delivery to project saving over $100,000 in delays.

Specialized Training

Training and Workshops

MPower Strategic Sourcing (Houston, TX)

Contract Management (Houston, TX)

Contract Negotiations (Kongsberg, Norway)

Metallurgy (Malaysia)

Computer Skills

Oracle, Dynamics AX, ManMan

PeopleSoft, Calyx, Microsoft Office Pro, Social Media

SAP, BI, ERP, Spend Radar

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