Michael W. Frost

713-***-**** Houston, Texas **095 adm04b@r.postjobfree.com

SUPPLY CHAIN PROCESS IMPROVEMENT

A highly effective Purchasing / Supply Chain Professional who meets challenges skillfully and creates positive impact. An energetic individual with a documented performance history of cost reduction and productivity improvement. A detail oriented and creative problem solver with a proven record of success, setting strategic direction, executing to plan, optimizing operations, and developing and leading teams to achieve outstanding results in fast-paced, rapidly changing environments.

Parts / Materials Sourcing

Quality Assurance Programs

Demand Analysis

Inventory Planning

Project Planning

NDT & NDE Processes

Inventory Variance Analysis

Maritime Operations

Manufacturing Technology

Engineering Specifications

Capital Equipment Purchasing

Contract Negotiations

Inventory Management

Operational Analysis

Asset Management

JIT Practices

Multi-Site Operations

Vendor Relations & Compliance

EXPERIENCE

Cameron Drilling/Schlumberger April 2019 – April 2020

Buyer/Planner (Layoff due to COVID-19)

Reporting directly to the Global Distribution Director to meet current JIT inventory levels, while maintaining highest quality requirements, meeting stringent specifications regarding Engineering standards in oil and gas environment.

Analyzed forecast Vs. current actual demand and revised supply plans with team members as necessary to prevent supply problems.

Process and monitor all material requirements from Quotation, to Requisition, to Purchase Order to receipt into inventory location of parts, raw materials and assemblies.

NCR Processing - QC department was creating NCRs, and closing them with incomplete status, missing information, without being dispositioned, and multititle other problems. I worked with Engineering, QC, and other departments to properly disposition and close NCRs. Number of NCRs over 180 Days (180+) decreased by 75% and overall number of NCRs decreased by ~60%.

Continually monitored and assisted with monthly supply plan for domestic and international suppliers.

Invoice Discrepancies There was a large volume of discrepancies that had not been addressed, causing a huge backlog of unpaid invoices to multiple suppliers. I took the list, researched it, contacted suppliers for documentation and processed in excess of $625,000 in invoices in the first attempt. Some of those invoices were greater than two (2) years old.

Adjusted inventory accounting for supplier constraints.

Improve Warehouse efficiency- Warehouse Receiving issues Receiving was found to not be reporting receiving issues to anyone other than their immediate supervisor. I worked with them to properly receive the parts, have them placed into QC if there were issues, and reduced the size of the “problem bins” by 90%, freeing up valuable warehouse floor space.

Improve Warehouse work flow, minimize inventory loss, and manage change.

Rapidly notified stakeholders in warehouse, Sales, Product Line Managers, Accounting, Marketing and Customer Service to advise of potential supply chain issues and communicate resolutions.

Improve supplier quality compliance related to Engineering thereby saving cost(s), lessening loss, minimizing waste. Partner with Sales, Marketing and Customer Service to advise of potential supply issues and communicate resolutions.

Unisource/TEP, Springerville, Arizona 2018-2019

Projects and Contracts Buyer (Contract Position)

Administer the processing of order entry and execution of orders into the Oracle system.

Ensure orders coming in through EDI are accurately entered in Oracle and stakeholders receive appropriate communication and updates on the status of their orders.

Procurement of services and goods, both recurring and non-recurring for the purposes of maintaining inventory and operational requirements for a state of the art four (4) unit power plant totaling 1,560 Megawatts (MW).

Interact with Engineering to ensure all parts, assemblies, materials, valves, piping, instrumentation skids, components and other consumables meet project specifications. Identify potential pitfalls

Interact externally with suppliers, and internally with cross functional teams including operations and engineering to develop collaborative and creative solutions.

Emerson/Daniel, Houston Texas 2017-2018

Supply Chain Buyer-Planner

Held accountability for purchasing, expediting and monitoring inventories and pricing of parts, assemblies, raw materials, and components for multiple locations to continually support purchasing efforts for a multi-national company.

Held responsibility for multiple product lines and associated inventory levels.

Handle domestic and international sample orders and raw material requests, tracking same.

Review order entry and assist with any discrepancies on the orders. Answer questions in regards to pricing, shipment status, and product availability. Tracked orders from inception to completion.

Work collaboratively with Centralized Planning, Supply Chain, Distributor Advocacy, Shared Services, IT,

Working with Excel reports generated daily, assured purchasing goals are met daily.

Ensured that the company was constantly aligned with the highest quality suppliers/manufacturers that provide the lowest total cost while maintaining quality.

Minimize delays by correcting possible problems as rapidly possible.

Identify potential suppliers/contract and manufacturing partners. Facilitate the qualifying process as well as lead supplier selection, and further development and management of procurement systems.

Initiate cost reduction/cost improvement programs, to improve the profit position of the Corporation.

Work with team to clarify and generate KPIs and Metrics to report results generated daily, assuring purchasing effort is consistently in line with management goals.

National Oilwell Varco, Houston Texas 2006-2016

Supply Chain Planner – Buyer/Planner

Held responsibility for purchasing and expediting commodities for Aftermarket and Capital Equipment projects used in Rig Solutions. Enforced and verified compliance with specifications and bill of materials (BOM).

Sourced components – While meeting all Engineering specifications related to stringent quality control levels requiring tight machine tolerances, difficult to machine materials and services from approved supplier list of ~1,000 suppliers, negotiated price, and delivery, selected supplier and placed Purchase Orders. Managed, return/disposition of out-of-date & discontinued inventories to free capital.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science, Hotel and Restaurant Management

University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi

Current APICS member – CSCP student

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Oracle, GLOVIA, SAP, CAMS, JD Edwards, Microsoft Office and other ERP systems. AutoCAD, Illustrator, Manufacturing, Intermediate to advanced Excel skills.

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