Procurement Manager Purchasing

Career Objective:

Contracts Management, Contracts Administration, Contracts Specialist, and Procurement providing professional, high-level efficiency in all aspects pertaining to legal agreements and tasks in support of commercial and government infrastructure and industrial projects. Draft, red line reviews and negotiation of Master Services Agreements, Engineering and Service Level Agreements, NDAs, and Scope of Work. Project support in diverse locations and cultures to include Kuwait, Iraq, Libya, Saudi Arabia, and South America.

Core Skills:

Contract Management and Administration

Develop and maintain document logs and insurance renewables.

Review and support preparation of Single Source Justifications and Scope of Work documents

MS Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, SharePoint, SAP

Draft, review, and route letters for signatures

Lump Sum, Cost Reimbursable, Cost Plus, Time and Material Contracts Agreements.

RFP and RFI process

Contract planning and execution of Contract Negotiations, Formation and Compliance

Procurement and Purchasing, Change Order Management

Non- Disclosure and Master Service Agreement Negotiation, development

Red-Line Review, development and interpretation of legal terms and conditions

Diverse and excellent ability to develop and form client and vendor relationships.

Personnel Management

Claims and Adjustments and Risk Analysis

Professional Experience:

Purchasing

Tiber Capital Group

Arlington, VA, US

Remote

February 2021 – January 2023

Support Management in the review and negotiation of Master Service Agreements and Non-Disclosure Agreements.

Provide Contract Management using programs to store and transmit documents.

Maintain the Certificate of Insurance process.

Vendor Management

Negotiation of terms and conditions with subcontractors, recommendations to management, and execution/award of purchase orders.

Provide vetting of contractors and vendors

Contracts Administrator and Conformance - Consultant

EPC companies

Ocean Springs, MS, US

Remote

September 2019 – February 2021

Change Management through the review and development of Change Orders and potential claims.

Redline review and recommendations as it pertains to contractual terms and conditions, governmental regulations, and scope of work.

Issuance of Contract Change Directives and refining the technical development of Scope of Work.

Provide support to internal stakeholders, business development, finance, and engineering to negotiate legal agreements for services.

Evaluation of subcontractor proposals, cost and price analysis, negotiation of terms and conditions with subcontractors, recommendations to management, and execution/award of Subcontract.

Invoice attesting and approval.

Consultant – Temporary Support

Fincantieri Marinette Marine

Marinette, WI, US

June 2019 – September 2019

Contracts Management supporting Navy Shipbuilding facility & client, Lockheed Martin

Develop and operate strategies to maximize project revenues and cash flow in line with business polices.

Draft official company correspondence regarding contractual concerns.

Support internal stakeholders and business divisions in the development of scopes of work and Change Orders.

Maintenance of contract management processes, standards, metrics tracking and negotiation

Redline review and recommendations for contract legal terms and conditions for client and subcontractor documents.

Manage subcontractors’ contractual terms and conditions on site in support of daily operations.

Support development of contract Change Orders and Claims

Consultant – Temporary Support

Arkema Chemicals

Axis, AL/US

November 2018 – May 2019

Procurement and Contracts Management in support of chemical processing facilities domestically and internationally.

Redline review and negotiation of contractual legal terms and conditions supporting engineering scope of work.

Develop construction and services scopes of work.

Manage the Commercial responsibilities for capital improvement projects.

Redline review formulating strategies to maximize project revenues and cash flow in line with business polices.

Redline review and negotiate Non-Disclosure Agreements.

Development and execution of a contract management program including development, documentation, implementation, training and maintenance of contract management processes, standards, metrics tracking, negotiate and develop contract legal terms and conditions for subcontracts and the prime contract.

Manage the review and negotiation of all subcontractor agreements, the subcontractor on-boarding process and subcontractor relationship.

Oversee the client Change Order process, Review of the technical and commercial Statements of Work (SOW), development and issuance of Requests for Proposals (RFP), evaluation of subcontractor proposals, cost, and price analysis.

Sr. Contracts/Purchasing Manager

Welded Pipeline Construction

Pennsylvania/West Virginia, US

March 2016 – November 2018

Contract Management, Formation, Development, and Administration in support of projects in Pennsylvania/West Virginia

Redline review and negotiation of contractual agreements in accordance with standard legal business practices supporting stakeholders.

Function as Subject Matter Expert for contractual terms, change orders and closeout.

Develop financial and operational objectives within the commercial area and ensure operational plans are aligned with business objectives for both the client and the company contributing to functional strategy development

Manage and administer contracts formats such as Firm Fixed Price, Cost Plus and Lump sum

Initiates, negotiates, reviews, and executes contracts in support of all projects and services such as A&E services

Management and oversight for the Change Order process, review, negotiate and award contract change notices and manage claims process.

Responsible for the development and implementation of a (Sub)contract Management Program for the project consistent with the Standard Work Process Procedures and the Subcontract/Contract Management Manual

Analyze the (sub) contract general terms and conditions to highlight areas of risk such as ambiguities, conflicts or deviations from the scope of work. As work proceeds, make recommendations to the Site Manager on the mitigation of these risks; closely monitor and support remedial actions.

Previous Relevant Opportunities:

Sr. Procurement Manager

Kellogg Brown & Root

Power Generation Station (grass root)

Marshalltown, Iowa

Sr. Contracts Manager

Chicago Bridge and Iron (CB&I)

Oil Refinery Expansion Project

Cartagena, Colombia, South America

Sr. Procurement Manager

Bechtel Saudi Arabia

Mining & Mineral Project

Raz Al Khair, Saudi Arabia

Sr. Field Contract Manager

Bechtel Power Generation

Sirte, Libya

Contracts Manager

Chevron

Pascagoula, MS, US

Contracts Manager

Southeast Supply Header Pipeline

Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, US

United States Government Positions

Compliance Manager

FEMA – Fluor - Hurricane Katrina Project

Louisiana, US

Theater Procurement Manager

US Corps of Engineers - Kellogg Brown & Root

Kuwait & Iraq

Contracts & Purchasing - Shipbuilding

VT Halter Marine

Northrop Grumman (Litton/Ingalls Shipbuilding)

Pascagoula, MS, USA

References:

Billy Petelos – Bechtel Contracts Director (Retired)

Birmingham, AL 205-***-****

Email: ************@*****.***

Paul J. Albert – CEO – VT Halter Marine (Retired)

Grand Bay, AL 228-***-****

Email: **********@*****.***

Allen Helms – Contracts Director KBR & VT Halter Marine

Mobile, AL 251-***-****

Email: ******@***********.***

Charles (Chuck) Marsh – Contracts Bechtel, KBR, CB&I

Saraland, AL 615-***-****

Email: *********************@*****.***

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