Sr. Procurement Specialist Resume Woodlands, TX - Hire IT People

SKILLS:

Proficient in: Microsoft Word/Excel, Powerpoint and Outlook 21 years’ experience in SAP. SAP Navigation Systems, R2, R3, 1SAP, & SAP 4 Hana.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Woodlands, TX

Sr. Procurement Specialist

Responsibilities:

Manage the Procure - to- Pay (P2P) process for all project transactions and monitor accuracy of invoices to contract specifications.
Implemented sourcing plans with established milestones & anticipated completion dates to comply with Category Management.
Negotiated raw material & third party pricing with suppliers quarterly, as contracts allowed.
Insured that all efforts must be aligned in support of Gulf of Mexico Facility Topside and Subsea needs.
Drive for continuous improvements and innovation internally through asset / project teams and externally with suppliers.
Develop excellent supplier relationship management skillset with contractors and distributors.

Confidential, Houston, TX/Honolulu, HI

Sr. Procurement Consultant

Responsibilities:

Managed and actively participated in the deployment procedures to transition from SAP Legacy System to SAP 4 HANA system.
Assisted on a critical role in defining and maintaining processes related to the Procure - to Pay (P2P) function by working with business personnel & IT.
Acted as a liaison between managers, buyers, accounts payable and requisitioners at the Houston/Hawaii/Refinery on procurement initiatives.
Help bring in SAP Ariba to better manage financial supply chain management & contract management.
Created procedures on how to create requisitions, purchase orders, framework orders, blanket orders, how to properly close out purchase orders, and run reports in SAP.
Trained team members in the Houston/Hawaii offices on these new procurement initiatives. Also provided the team useful information on transaction codes.
Was instrumental in clearing back log of invoices from ECC SAP to SAP S4 HANA and assisted with adding new features in to S4 HANA to generate more detailed reporting.
Cut costs by developing and implementing a more efficient and streamlined P2P process.

Confidential - Houston, TX

Sr. Procurement Specialist

Responsibilities:

Managed, planned and directed Procure - to Pay (P2P) activities with drilling / completion engineers including the ordering and expediting functions to fully support the operations of the Gulf Of Mexico / NA Shale business units.
Reviewed, negotiated and approved procurement requisitions, obtained RFQ s and proposals for scheduled projects.
Achieved operating cost of procurement by 20% for onshore operations. Redeveloped the process for a per pad/per service purchase order and phased out activity based purchase orders.
Worked closely with the drilling and completion engineers to negotiate & implement contracts with strategic suppliers.
Developed relationships with internal customers to understand their requirements and implement processes/procedures.
Met with finance on a weekly basis to review budgets of drilling campaigns for both offshore and onshore projects.
Training new employees on requisition creation and purchase order functions.
Created and maintained the electronic cost book for each well that allowed for auto generated requisitions.

Confidential, Sugarland, TX

Procurement Specialist

Responsibilities:

Created and set up purchase orders, sales orders and department specific general ledger accounts to match up the bill of lading with fuel and delivery tickets.
Served as primary contact with buyers on all accounts payable invoice issues.
Communicated and assisted team members to ensure all non - posted invoices were timely reconciled.
Analyzed and troubleshooted goods receipts and invoice discrepancies (GR/IR).
Closed POs in a timely manner; liaised with vendors, stakeholders and peers to determine close-out requirements.
Trained new employees on how to key in purchase orders using the SAP R/4 system.
Monitored and reviewed material purchase orders to ensure on-time delivery of goods, and on-time payments to preferred vendors.

Confidential, Sugarland, TX

Accounts Payable Coordinator/Treasury Assistant

Responsibilities:

Scheduled payment batch for daily check runs.
Oversaw the transfer of cash balances from regional banks into GC s master account via ACH transactions accomplished using banking software.
Assisted with online banking, preparing wire transfers, setting bank accounts and developing key relationships with bank staff.
Processed domestic and international wires.