TIM MORSE
adhald@r.postjobfree.com
CAREER SUMMARY Detail-oriented Senior Buyer with 14 years of purchasing
experience pursuing opportunity within supply chain department or customer service industry.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Seadrill, Senior Buyer, Houston, TX 06/2017-05/2020
International buyer for five rigs in Norway as well project buyer for one newbuild including expediting all service and material including medical equipment such as defibrillators, PPE, prescription medicine, etc
Coordinating Lunch and Learn with vendors to learn about new products
Past Lead Buyer for six rigs in Mexico and one rig in Gulf of Mexico
Handled startup job for drillship in Aruba, creating all PRs and POs for 40 day job
Yearly spend 50+million with monthly output of over 1000 purchase order lines
Day to day communications with operations for support with urgent items as well assisting with outstanding vendor invoices with AP on variance in price, currency, etc
ZPMC NA Houston Inc, Procurement Engineer, Houston, TX 06/2016-03/2017
Handle day to day procurement purchasing and expediting of materials, packing and shipping for commodities including air compressors, medical equipment and air conditioners
Assist with monthly bookkeeping records
Pacific Drilling, Procurement Specialist, Houston, TX 04/2013-12/2015
Ensured less than three-day turnaround from purchase requisition to purchase
order creation by expediting orders
Yearly spend of $2-3M with monthly output of 1500 + items
Purchased commodity items for original equipment manufacturers including
Rolls Royce, Wartsila and Kongsberg as well as hand tools, safety equipment and
all Japanese/Korea items for six drillships located in Gulf of Mexico and Nigeria
items also purchased including pumps, valves and motors from NOV Mission and
SW Oilfield
Partnered with AP to make sure vendors are paid in timely manner as well as
operations and maintenance on a weekly basis
Assisted with expediting to make sure material is received on rig on schedule
Ensco PLC, Senior Buyer, Houston, TX 04/2012 – 04/2013
Member of Rig Standardization Committee for marine/structure items for fleet
worldwide including hoses, towing and mooring
Completed two day negotiation course
Handled purchasing and expediting for three drill ships in Angola including medical equipment, pumps and motors
Negotiate savings with suppliers and expedite all rig orders
Keep daily communication with suppliers on current and future orders
Noble Drilling, Senior Buyer, Sugar Land, TX 10/2009 -04/2012
Traveled to Qatar for three weeks to help support Middle East Operations for two
jackups in the shipyard, handled all requisitions and POs for that time
Nominated team leader for two buyers with mentoring for assistance to manager
Handled the services, rentals and repairs for four rigs in the GOM prior to
commodity buyer for drilling equipment spares (spares for top drive, elevators,
drill slips, motors, pumps, etc.) as well as purchasing and expediting for five rigs in Brazil
Global SantaFe/Transocean, Buyer /Senior Buyer, Houston, TX 02/2006 -10/2009
Responsible for purchasing various rig supplies including: Communication
Devices and Instruments, Fishing Tools, Hand Tools, Medical, Pharmacy, Lab
Supplies, Fire and Safety, and Engines and Motors
Regularly communicate with multiple vendors to ensure rig supplies are ordered
on a timely basis by expediting orders.
Responsible for upgrades in the capital procurement group for
fleet of 137 rigs Assisted with purchasing for new builds, rigs including all
lifeboats, mooring equipment and water makers across the fleet
Member of Lifeboat SME Work Group, focused on upgrading or refurbishing
lifeboats.
Accountable for all purchasing aspects including commodity items, repair and
return and service POs for three jack-up rigs in West Africa
Kroger Company, Distribution Supervisor, Houston, TX 10/2004 – 02/2006
Supervised more than 40 order selectors in grocery department
Made sure they pulled daily case amount and kept up with policy and procedures
Led monthly safety meetings
Shipping supervisor for 60,000 on weekdays and up to 100,000 on weekends
Accountable for all purchasing aspects including commodity items, repair and
return and service POs for three jack-up rigs in West Africa
EDUCATION
Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX, Bachelor of Business
Administration in Marketing, 2004
Supervisor Training Course, 2012
Negotiation Training Course, 2009
SKILLS Proficient in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Oracle, SAP and PeopleSoft.