Christina Sandoval

Houston,TX. *****

ad4ewq@r.postjobfree.com

+1-281-***-**-**

Summary –

Christina is a professional with 10+ years of progressive experience in purchasing and program management; specific areas of expertise include material expeditor and logistics in industries like Energy, Oil & Gas, Chemical, Refining, Power Generation etc.

Experience working with clients like Lyondellbasell, Enerflex, National Oil Varco, Granite Services International, Techpower International etc.

Expert in develop and maintain positive vendors and/or customers relations; expert in coordinating with various areas within the company to ensure customer requests are handled appropriately and in a timely manner.

Experience reviewing bid proposals; negotiate contracts, resolve purchasing issues with vendors, negotiate the purchase and acquisition of all oil drilling supplies and materials.

Detailed oriented, bilingual, proactive, encourages, teamwork, and strong negotiation skills.

ERP/MRP experience (SAP, Oracle, Syteline, Peachtree, Ariba, Fairmarkit).

Certification - Certified Purchasing Professional (CPP), Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP).

Skills –

100% Bilingual with great analytical skills, excellent negotiator and communicator, strong negotiation skills, collaborative and peaceful team environment, interaction with all levels of the company.

Software Experience; Microsoft Office Advanced, ERP/MRP experience (SAP, Oracle, Syteline, Peachtree, Ariba, Fairmarkit).

Professional Experience –

Lyondellbasell - Houston, TX June 2022 – Current

Senior Buyer

LyondellBasell is one of the largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies in the world.

Delivers chemicals, polymers, fuels and technologies that advance solutions to a world’s biggest challenges.

Requisitions and bids review.

Request for quotes and pricing analysis review.

Management and clarification of goods receipts material and monitoring import documentation

Strong analysis in delivery lead times from purchase orders to achieve or ensure the timely and accurate arrivals.

Strong approach with internal clients to inform priority tracking shipments.

Monthly on-time delivery metric OTD analysis.

Hard Account Payable verification to active suppliers.

Enerflex - Houston TX Mar 2018 – June 2022

Purchasing Agent

Enerflex is a premier integrated global provider of energy infrastructure and energy transition solutions, covering gas processing, compression, power generation, refrigeration, cryogenic, and produced water solutions.

Coordinates the purchasing of all products and goods for drilling supplies at best cost to ensure the best purchases are made. Negotiate the purchase and acquisition of all oil drilling supplies and materials.

Identify suppliers and qualify vendors and execute vendor audits on a regular basis

Prepare purchase orders and bid requests; ensure accuracy of orders

Review bid proposals; negotiate contracts

Resolve purchasing issues with vendors.

Review delivery schedules to ensure timely delivery of materials and products

Maintain vendor price list.

Partner with Manufacturing to ensure quality and quantities of supplies are accurate.

Account Payable verification and weekly profitability metrics

National Oil Varco - Houston, TX Oct 2017 – Mar 2018

Senior Buyer / Expeditor

NOV is a Technology-driven solutions for more than 150 years, NOV has pioneered innovations that empower the global energy industry, enabling their customers to safely produce abundant energy while minimizing their environmental impact.

Managing RFPs, RFQ, and RFIs for purchase orders submittal for production materials, floor stock items and any other purchases to support business.

Completing proper paperwork to purchase materials or supplies needed in addition to acquiring appropriate level of signatures prior purchasing the materials.

Generate reports related to assigned commodities and materials, queries reports from procurement SAP modules.

Collaborate with engineering, production, quality, vendors and other departments regarding problem resolution.

Hard Account Payable verification to active suppliers.

Granite Services International INC Houston, TX Jan 2015 – Oct 2017

Buyer

Granite Is an affiliate company of General Electric. That provides Engineering & Technical Services to the power generation industry in over forty countries around the world. Their services include power plant commissioning, start-up, installation, maintenance, project controls, operations and craft services.

Responsible for review, evaluate and monitor requisitions and RFQ for proper authorization to purchase.

Specifications, and compliance identify and select vendors from AVL to procure materials and services meeting criteria of price, quality, availability and delivery dates.

Establish and maintain supplier relationship for monitoring performance on prices analysis and best delivery service.

Research and resolve receiving and accounts payable discrepancies.

Coordinate with vendors to ensure on-time delivery of products and services.

Ensure compliance with sourcing policies and procedures.

Cotemar International LLC Houston, TX May 2013 – Jan 2015

Buyer / Material Expeditor

Cotemar International is a private equity firm that provides services to PEMEX for more than 30 years focusing in the development of offshore oil fields utilizing specialized vessels.

Requisitions and RFQ management.

Request for quotes to provide best option for active vendors and pricing analysis.

Management and clarification of discrepant material through technical specifications.

Development, dissemination, and implementation of OTD (On Time Delivery) based on KPIs practices.

Directed suppliers to ensure material availability and readiness for product build to meet lead times and supply chain specs.

Strong analysis in delivery lead times from purchase orders to expedited materials to certify timely and accurate arrivals.

Strong approach with internal clients to inform priority tracking shipments.

Hard Account Payable verification to active suppliers/vendors.

Tech-Power International Houston, TX. Jun 2012 – May 2013

Purchasing Coordinator.

TPI is a drilling supplier in the oil and gas industry with a strong presence in the Mexico since its products and services satisfy the demands of PEMEX within various oil regions of the country.

Coordinated the purchasing of all products and goods for drilling supplies at optimal cost to ensure best purchases.

Negotiated the purchase and acquisition of all oil drilling supplies and materials.

Identified suppliers and qualified vendors to prepare purchase orders and bid requests to ensure accuracy of orders.

Reviewed bid proposals and negotiated contracts to maintain vendor's price list.

Resolved purchasing issues with vendors related with onshore materials technical specifications.

Reviewed delivery schedules to ensure OTD of materials and products.

Partnered with manufacturing to confirm quality and quantities of supplies are accurate.

Account Payable verification and weekly profitability metrics.

Education –

GED High School Diploma

Colegio Enrique de Osso. Guadalajara, Jalisco Mexico.

Certificate in Business Administration

College of Marin Kentfield Campus. San Francisco, CA. United States of America.

Certificate –

Certified Purchasing Professional CPP,

Certified Supply Chain Professional CSCP.

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