Procurement Manager

Ziv Marcus, P.Eng.

PROCUREMENT MANAGER

Thornhill, Ontario, CANADA

Mobile Phone: 416-***-**** Email: *********@******.***

Summary:

Over 20 years of comprehensive achievements with increasing responsibilities and leadership positions in procurement roles for large Engineering and Manufacturing companies.

Experienced Project Procurement Manager for projects in the Power, Petrochemicals, Process and Mining sectors.

Responsibilities included team leadership, training personnel, interfacing with senior management, clients and suppliers.

Proficient with Procurement Process and Procedures, Project Procurement Plans, Sourcing Strategies, Creation & Process of RFP's, Project Schedules, Status Reports, Commitment Reports, and Savings Reports.

Monitoring and evaluating the quality of work & ethics of the team members.

Promoting team work with Engineering, Project Management, Project Control, and all internal and external clients.

Maintaining excellent relations with the suppliers and evaluating their performance.

Specialties:

Results oriented and effective leader

Strong negotiator

Analytical

Global strategic sourcing

Extensive international experience

Global supply chain management & logistics

Materials management & inventory control

Contracts management

Project management

Suppliers management

Lean Manufacturing

Hands-on experience as Engine Room Sea-Officer

Work Experience:

February 2014 - Nov 2015 RCM Technologies - Pickering

Procurement Specialist

Project Procurement Management, Purchasing and expediting for Bruce and OPG Nuclear Power Plants. Engineered equipment such as; Nuclear Centrifugal Pumps, Crane, Piping equipment, Instrumentation as well as Consulting Engineering Services.

October 2011 – Nov 2013 HATCH - Mississauga

Project Procurement Manager

Project Procurement Manager for Kinross Gold Mining Project in Mauritania, Africa. Managing the procurement team of 9 Buyers and responsible for the purchasing of all the mine equipment: Mechanical, Electrical, Piping, Instrumentation & Controls, Construction camp, Mine infrastructure and facilities equipment. Activities and achievements included but not limited to:

Providing Leadership and Team building; Interviewing, hiring team members, training and motivating buyers and expediting the purchasing process.

Interfacing with Client Procurement Manager, Hatch Project Managers and Engineers. Attending the Project Procurement Meetings and reporting on the Project Procurement Status.

Supporting the team buyers in final negotiations of equipment purchasing and with global sourcing.

Strategic sourcing; Analyzing purchase requirements for the mine and selecting suppliers according to capabilities and logistics fit.

Responsible for maintaining and updating the project procurement procedures, forms and templates.

Implemented the Pre-Award / Negotiation meeting with the selected supplier for equipment packages and trained the team buyers on how to conduct the meetings.

Prepared procurement man hours estimates required for other projects' proposals.

March 2001 – September 2011 SHAW STONE & WEBSTER CANADA - Toronto

2005 - 2011 Project Procurement Manager

2001 - 2004 Senior Purchasing Agent

Project Procurement Manager for process, petrochemical and power plant projects. Managing procurement teams of Buyers, Material Expediters, Vendor Data Expediters, and QA Inspectors. Purchasing and expediting supervision, purchasing negotiations, global strategic sourcing. Activities and achievements included but not limited to:

Managing procurement of Plant Equipment, Construction Contracts, Site Services Contracts and Consulting Engineering Services.

Developing and issuing the Project Procurement Plans, Sourcing Strategies, Status Reports, Commitment Reports and Procurement Budgets.

Supporting the development of cost estimates required for proposals.

Interacting with clients, engineering, quality control, project management, accounting, and maintaining relationships with suppliers.

Excellent negotiation skills; consistently achieving very good negotiated savings such as $200,000 - 8%, off an evaporator order quoted at $2,500,000 - final price negotiated to $2,300,000.

Negotiated 5 large orders totaling $31,000,000 for the Dagu project with a total saving of $1,500,000 – 4.8%.

Managed the following Projects as Project Procurement Manager from 2005 to 2011:

Solvay - Polymer Plant Expansion, WV, USA.

Dushanzi,- Polystyrene Plant for PetroChina

Dagu - ABS Plant for Tianjin Dagu Chemical Industries, Tianjin, China

Sabic PK - ABS Plant for Sabic PetroKemya, Saudi Arabia.

1997 - 2001 SIEMENS WESTINGHOUSE INC. - Hamilton

Procurement Engineer

Purchasing and expediting of subcontract fabrication and machining of large Gas Turbine parts such as; turbine casings, blade rings, main bearings & supports.

Global strategic sourcing including Mexico and UK, evaluating quotations, negotiating, and issuing purchase orders on SAP system.

Achieved average savings through final price negotiations – 8%.

Successfully contracted with two new suppliers for machining of Inlet Casings and Blade Rings - lowering prices and improving deliveries.

1990 - 1997 BABCOCK & WILCOX INTERNATIONAL - Cambridge

Senior Purchasing Agent

Increased responsibilities from purchasing of engineered boiler systems such as burners, conveyors, pulverizers, gearboxes, and control systems, to purchasing of complex subcontract fabrication: structural steel, tanks, boiler pressure parts, and engineering services.

Global strategic sourcing including Egypt, Germany, Brazil, Venezuela, Israel, Taiwan, Japan, China, and India.

Achieved averaged savings through final price negotiations - over 5%.

Successfully managed the El-Kureimat structural steel contract with the Egyptian fabricator to achieve $1,000,000 (one million) savings from the budget - 10% of the contract value.

1988 - 1990 UNIFIN INTERNATIONAL - London - Materials Manager / Senior Buyer

Local & international purchasing of raw materials for fabrication of Heat Exchangers. Sourcing new vendors and continuously improving prices and deliveries.

Reduced cost of non-ferrous plates by 20% - sourcing new suppliers.

Responsible for inventory control; Reduced inventory by 15% - $600,000 during 1989, by implementing J.I.T., buying cut to size, and using excess inventory.

1985 - 1987 SOLAR TURBINES CANADA LTD. – Edmonton

Product Support Engineer

1982 - 1985 PEMBINA RESOURCES LTD. - Calgary - Research Engineer

Education:

University - Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel - 1981 Honors B.Sc., Mechanical Engineering.

High School combined with Navy Mechanical Trade School - Academy of Navy Officers, Acco, Israel - Honors Graduate.

Additional training: Leadership, Total Quality Management, Negotiations, Procurement Processes and Supply Chain Management.

Professional Affiliation: Member – Professional Engineers of Ontario.

Computer Experience: Microsoft Office, SAP, Marian, programmed in FORTRAN & Basic.

Languages: English, Hebrew, and Romanian.

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