Project Management Senior Procurement
Resume:
Procurement and Contract Management Expert
Qualification, Highlights and Key Achievements:
Professional Engineer & Project Management certified Procurement and Contracts Expert in IT Technology, Construction, Facility Management, Financial and Government.
Strong communication & negotiation skills with solid technical background, analytical thinking and strategic development achievements in cost savings, planning and successful pre-bid to completion of diverse projects.
Experienced in procurement management for large scale contracts while developing internal practice improvement procedures as well as overall corporate agreements. Expert in conflict and stress management.
Leadership proficient inspiring many procurement teams & business unit directors to complete successful objectives by leading with example, taking strategic sourcing initiatives and optimizing spending.
Providing innovative solutions to maximize revenue and enrich vendors’ relationships through exploring new models, reducing costs, increasing efficiency while paying attention to all details within vendor management.
Excel at collaborating with cross functional teams while arranging work priorities for opportunities and risks.
Expert in problem solving, resolution of disputes and decision making with strong organizational abilities.
Goal oriented within prioritization and emergency response solid judgment as well as quick learning.
Excellent knowledge of Microsoft office, Excel/Pivot tables, Word, PowerPoint, Oracle procure to pay, SAP Ariba, SAP MM, VISTA, COUPA, JDEdwards, SmartSheet, Netsuite, SharePoint, ACONEX & Jonas.
Employment History
Government of Alberta- Ministry of Technology and Innovation (Jan 2021-Present)
The ministry is committed to delivering high quality, coordinated business, financial and technology services to government ministries. (www.servicealberta.ca)
Senior Procurement Specialist
Duties and Responsibilities:
•Develop procurement and contracting documentation most suitable to ensure business objectives are met through a transparent, fair and efficient open procurement process and according to Trade agreements.
•Responsible for approval documents and sign offs according to the delegated level of authority.
• Produce and package procurement deliverables for presentation to various internal support teams, steering committee, and other project stakeholders.
• Manage the procurement aspects of multiple projects, project managers and project governance.
• Collaborate with business and IT leadership to develop a well-defined project plan that clearly states the project’s objectives, scope, assumptions, timeline, resource requirements, risks, benefits and budget in relation to the procurement process.
• Document and report project status against established objectives, milestones, budget and resources and facilitate tracking and closure of issues in relation to the procurement process.
• Provide guidance to project resources in establishing work priorities and prompt delivery of project tasks as they relate to the procurement and contracting processes.
•Draft procurement documents: Request for Proposals (RFP), Pre-Qualification Requests (PQR), Statement of Work (SoW) etc.), and evaluation documents, Contract Risk Form, contracts and Amendments.
•Manage the procurement activities and aspects and meetings with all stakeholders as legal, Risk management, internal teams and external vendors.
•Create procurement plans and manage them against timelines and critical milestones.
•lead requirements gathering, evaluation criteria and terms of agreement activities with stakeholders;
Selected Projects & Accomplishments:
Modern Data Services PQR
Data and Analytics Professional Services PQR
Digital Exams NRFP
IMT Consultant, Data Storage, Data Strategist SOWs
Video Visitation System & Video streaming System RFPs/Addenda
Dexterra (August 2020-Dec 2020)
Dexterra provides quality solutions for maintenance and operations to clients in the aviation, financial, defense & security, retail, commercial, private industry, healthcare, education and government sectors. (www.dexterra.com)
Procurement Manager- Ministry of Defense Account
Duties and Responsibilities:
Develop procurement and contracting documentation most suitable to ensure business objectives are met through a transparent, fair and efficient open procurement process.
Responsible for contracts management, vendors’ compliance and quality assurance governance.
Assist with the development of recommendations including providing details of resource requirements, dependencies, and interdependencies, policy implications pertaining to the procurement and contracting methodology to be applied.
Produce and package procurement deliverables for presentation to various internal support teams, steering committee, and other project stakeholders.
Manage the procurement aspects of multiple projects, project managers and project governance.
Collaborate with business and IT leadership to develop a well-defined project plan that clearly states the project’s objectives, scope, assumptions, timeline, resource requirements, risks, benefits and budget in relation to the procurement process.
Document and report project status against established objectives, milestones, budget and resources and facilitate tracking and closure of issues in relation to the procurement process.
Support the development of project schedule plans and strategies, estimate resource requirements, develop and monitor work plans for completion of project tasks in relation to the procurement process.
Managed Contracts:
Defense Construction Canada - 10M
Scotia Bank (Oct 2019- May 2020)
The Bank of Nova Scotia, operating as Scotiabank, is a Canadian multinational bank. It is the third largest bank in Canada by deposits and market capitalization. (www.scotiabank.com)
Supplier Manger, Software and Cloud Services
Duties and Responsibilities:
Oversees/manages multiple strategic, high-profile and/or enterprise vendor relationships impacting stakeholders across many lines of business.
Manage cloud and software suppliers’ strategy including software end-user license agreements, maintenance-support agreements, managed services, hardware, and cloud-based services agreements.
Develop, recommend and implement policies, procedures, systems and standards for the procurement function.
Manage suppliers and contractors relationships to optimize financial and operational performance.
Prepare the RFP documents and comparative reports.
Direct communications with bidders, vendors, suppliers, subcontractors, specialty consultants on all procurement related matters.
Managed Contracts:
SAP – 200M
DELL, VMWare - 100 M
Open Text – 50 M
Dragados-Canada (April 2019 - Oct 2019)
Dragados is one of the leading construction companies which operates in 68 countries and has been classified as the world-leading infrastructure concession group. (www.dragados-canada.com)
Senior Procurement Lead
Duties and Responsibilities:
Manage the project procurement plan in accordance with approved policies, procedures, plans, strategy and budgets.
Develop, recommend and implement policies, procedures, systems and standards for the procurement function.
Manage suppliers and contractors relationships to optimize financial and operational performance.
Prepare the RFP documents and comparative reports.
Develop and prepare reports for the Management to give an update of the procurement process.
Selected Projects & Accomplishments:
Finch West LRT Project, ON – 2.5 B
SNC Lavalin (August 2018- Feb 2019)
SNC-Lavalin provides comprehensive end-to-end project solutions –including capital investment, consulting, design, engineering, construction management, sustaining capital and operations and maintenance – to clients across oil and gas, mining and metallurgy, infrastructure, clean power, nuclear. (www.snclavalin.com)
Project Procurement Manager
Duties and Responsibilities:
Plan, organize, supervise and manage all Procurement tasks: Subcontracts, Purchasing, Material Control, Expediting, Logistics.
Define KPI metrics to track and monitor Procurement progress and performance.
Participate in key management meetings, both internal to present Procurement’s performance and progress.
Develop the forms, templates, tools, processes to be implemented on the proposal/execution procurement.
Assist in drafting up the RFQ documents and identifying key suppliers/subcontractors.
Down flow the terms and conditions with Commercial and Legal teams from the project agreement.
Selected Projects & Accomplishments:
Trillium Line Extension, Ottawa ON – 1.6 B
North America Construction (1993) Ltd. (October 2012 – August 2018)
North America Construction is a national heavy industrial construction Company, self-performing for civil, mechanical process, electrical and controls disciplines, proficient in design-build,P3, water & wastewater treatment plants, roads, dams, mining and infrastructure/industrial projects. (www.nacsworld.com)
Senior Technical Procurement
Duties and Responsibilities:
Lead a team of procurement specialists, purchasing agents & buyers to maximize savings to issue agreements for the supply of engineered equipment, subcontracts, professional services & commodities.
Review bid documents and assist with risk/opportunities assessment during pre-construction phase. Support the estimating team for exclusive deals & value engineering and offshore opportunities.
Generate reports to the PMO with cost reduction opportunities, risk assessments, statistical analysis to augment revenue, market analysis, change management tracking, and methodology for ad-hoc projects.
Create & manage database for resources as well as document control process for tracking both estimates and awards in order to share valuable information and lessons learned.
Evaluate vendors’ qualifications, measure and create trusted relationships through a standardized process: Financial, performance, contract, risk and collaboration management.
Selected Projects & Accomplishments:
South End WTP, MB, 180M
P3 St John WTP, NB – 50+M
IGPC Ethanol Plant, ON – 120+M
Orascom Construction (February 2008-May 2012)
Orascom is a leading global engineering and construction contractor primarily focused on infrastructure, industrial and high-end commercial projects with approximately 60,000 employees. (www.orascom.com)
Senior Procurement Program Lead
Duties and Responsibilities:
Manage and provide all types of resources to the various projects within the Portfolio to increase productivity and optimize spending.
Reviewing technical specifications, drawings, bill of material and verifying with the bidders’ offers.
Estimating all new change orders and their cost and schedule impact on the current tasks.
Planning the procurement schedule for each project and closely follow-up ensuring it is timely executed.
Forecasting the inventory requirement and timely initiate the ordering process.
Cooperate with Finance and operations to maximize negotiated savings.
Technip-Techint CimiMontubi srl (January 2005-January2008)
Techint provides engineering, procurement, construction, operation and management for large-scale Energy projects at a global level: oil & gas, energy, industrial plants, oil refineries and petrochemical plants, and infrastructure. With more than 70years of experience and employing 20,000 people worldwide, it has completed more than 3,500 projects (www.techint.com)
Vice President, Procurement & Engineering
Duties and Responsibilities:
Manage quality control, finance, inventory and project managers to complete the documents cycle of invoicing.
Issue bi-weekly reports to all stakeholders for the procurement status and initiate internal meetings with all disciplines to ensure their needs are timely fulfilled.
Track all the procurement activities starting from the purchase requisition, budget allocation, request of quotation, price comparison, purchase order issuance, delivery, payment and closing.
Prepare contracts for all types of agreements: service, design, JV, professional services, blanket agreements labor and lead the negotiations of price, schedule, terms and conditions.
Selected Projects & Accomplishments:
Industrial Projects: EMethanex- Methanol Plant http://www.methanex.com/ourcompany/locations_egypt
Power Plants: 2 Combined cycle Power Plants with a capacity of 750 MW each. Facilities designed to include steam from 2 heat recovery steam generators to be fed to 250 MW combustion turbine generator supplied by GE, re-heater condensing steam turbine generator from natural gas.
Ideal Medical Products & Hospital Engineering (August 1996-January 2005)
The hospital engineering division of Ideal Medical Products offers its customers turnkey hospitals and supplies medical equipment units all over the world. (http://www.ideal-med.com)
Business Development/Commercial Manager
Duties and Responsibilities:
Cost estimation works during tendering for establishing and renovation of Hospital equipment.
Risk assessment and risk management for all project aspects: contractual, commercial and technical.
Collaborate with and influence suppliers, sub-contractors, designers and other external companies in the preparation of a most competitive tender solution.
Support bidding team with detailed knowledge of all aspects of front end and division 1 general conditions so as to effectively interact with Operations in developing a strong execution strategy for the work.
Education & Training
Professional Engineer licensed in Ontario with B.Sc degree in Engineering 1996.
Professional Project Management Program Diploma 2009.
Professional Contractual & Legal Aspects in Construction Industry Program Diploma 2011.
PMP Certified by Project Management Institute 2013.
Resource References
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Client Organization:
Government of Alberta
Contact Person:
Chris Evans
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Manager
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Client Organization:
Government of Alberta
Contact Person:
Leanne Heuman
Contact Role
Manager
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Client Organization:
Dragados
Contact Person:
Jose Acevedo
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