PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Experienced Supply Chain and Contracts Specialist providing over 14 years working in a global procurement environment in the Oil and Gas industry.
• Contract drafting and negotiation of contracts with vendors.
• Experience drafting, negotiating and executing Master Service Agreements and contract renewals.
• Intermediate level experience with ERP systems such as SAP and Oracle

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Microsoft Word, Excel
• PowerPoint, MS Project
• Outlook, Access
• SharePoint
• Live Link
• Emptoris
• PeopleSoft
• Zycus (spend analysis software)
• SAP (GSAP)
• Salesforce
• CMS (Contract Management System)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Team Manager

Responsibilities:

• Worked as active Team Manager of a team of 30 virtual agents who assisted customers in order placing for various Confidential products.
• Distribution of team work schedules and ensuring that team was on task and working per established Confidential Order Entry policies and procedures.
• Active coaching and mentoring to agents who needed assistance working with customers and ensuring that there was quality assurance and professional interaction with the ordering customer

Confidential, Houston, TX

Procurement Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Developed, issued and managed Master Service Agreements for Shell Louisiana and Texas plant sites.
• Interfaced with external vendors based on plant requirements and internal engineering staff based on requirements and best methods to source materials and services.
• Responsible for procurement activities of maintenance, repair and overhaul parts, components, and services for manufacturing refinery sites.
• Utilized SAP for analysis of category spends and made sourcing and cost reduction decisions.

Confidential, Houston, TX

Sourcing Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the sourcing and contracting of IT Software and Maintenance Licenses for Electronic Health Records department.
• Tracked and maintained the contract budget to ensure that spend for the software license was not over budget; contract spend was updated with each contract amendment.
• Managed contract burn rates and spend which helped to maintain the budget for software license purchases for the sourcing department.

Confidential, Houston, TX

Procurement Specialist III

Responsibilities:

• Sourced project materials for indirect procurement department (business consultants, IT software development and maintenance) and upstream (well site consulting and material services) with spend of $100+million.
• Utilized Salesforce and the Oyster system to draft and execute contracts for internal Engineering staff.
• Performed spend analysis for various IT consultant agreements which helped to make sourcing decisions based on which consultants would be needed per each project.
• Served as Indirect Procurement representative on projects which required input from various team member departments.

Confidential, Houston, TX

Sourcing Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for sourcing and contracting requirements for Pole Attachment and Fiber Optic Lease Agreements.
• Developed and managed internal contract database, working with IT to capture all active agreements in the system and which agreements needed to be terminated and which ones should be kept based on cost utilization.
• Utilized SAP to gather spend data and place pole attachment work orders.

Confidential, Houston, TX

Contracts Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for regional sourcing and contracting needs for specified drilling and production categories for the Petroleum Supply division.
• Created category profiles per each category responsible for (cementing, drilling fluids, artificial lift, shaker screens, etc.) which would determine which key suppliers were being utilized and where the category spend was being directed to.

Confidential, Houston, TX

Principal Contracts Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Drafted, executed and negotiated Master Service Agreements and Contract Renewals required for specified services within the Exploration and Production Supply Chain Management department. Spend Managed: $60+ million.
• Experience negotiating maintenance/repair, pricing agreements and sourcing for categories such as Workover Rigs, Rig Mobilization, Gas Compressors, Drilling Fluids and Cement and Wellhead Equipment for the Haynesville, Altamont, UT, Ark - La-Tex and Eagle Ford shale plays.
• Experience with drafting of Statements of Work, Master Service Agreements, Confidentiality Agreements, and Letters of Intent for specified projects.
• Collaborated with internal and external legal departments, tax, and finance and risk management team for contract reviews based on supplier exceptions to the Terms and Conditions of the MSA.
• Interfaced with internal stakeholders to provide contract commercial guidance and best sourcing value options based on drilling and production project needs.

Confidential, Houston, TX

Contract Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for strategic sourcing and contracting needs for plant goods and services at the CPChem Cedar Bayou Plant in Baytown, TX. Spend managed: $100+ million.
• Served as sourcing and contract management lead working with engineering staff on various project initiatives such as capital construction, plant turnarounds, general contracting, cooling towers, rail car distribution insulation, painting and scaffolding, pressure relief devices, and plant maintenance.
• Review of service contracts terms and conditions. Developed written agreements fit for purpose of the services offered to the specific plant site. Negotiation of supplier suggested language (non-standard language).
• Worked to prepare RFI’s, RFQ’s and RFP’s when needed to test the market for potential suppliers to bid on projects; mainly projects that were scheduled for completion during a plant (unit) shutdown or for plant maintenance initiatives.
• Collaborated with key contractors such as Mobley Industrial, Basic Energy, Triple S, Starcon International and Austin Industrial.
• Developed and implemented supplier management programs to evaluate performance and the health of the business relationship, including periodic reviews of supplier capabilities.

Confidential, Houston, TX

Senior Buyer

Responsibilities:

• Managed plant service contracts with spend of $100+ million, sourcing/qualifying suppliers for rental of heavy equipment, cranes, tools, painting, scaffolding and insulation, EPC, general construction and labor required for turnaround operations for Lyondell chemical plants.
• Conducted financial and business impact analyses; executed and reviewed complex local, regional and national purchase agreements.
• Developed valued partnerships with qualified suppliers.

Confidential, Houston, TX

Procurement Manager

Responsibilities:

• Served as sourcing lead for multiple-packaging commodities (corrugated, bottle labels, plastic bottles and closures) with a spend value of $60+ million.
• Managed and built relationships with suppliers such as Weatherford, Smurfit-Stone, International Paper, Seneca printing, Owens-Illinois, Calmar, Cognis and other packaging suppliers.
• Sourced Chemicals and Additives for various Domestic and International Shell locations which purchased 3rd party contract goods.
• Reviewed and evaluated various products by collaboration with Shell chemical brand managers.
• Sourced various product chemical formulations among two top global (Cognis and Axel) chemical providers for US, Canada, UK and other global regions.
• Analyzed market dynamics, product specifications, material/design and transportation options, vendor terms of sale and other factors from various manufacturers.
• Evaluated tenders to identify best in class cost options for commodities.
• Traveled to various international destinations such as UK, Southeast Asia (Thailand), Canada and Amsterdam to qualify potential packaging material suppliers or conduct negotiations and meetings with existing suppliers to continue adding value to the current state of business.
• Generated and evaluated supplier scoring surveys completed by internal customers; personally, inspected or reviewed reports from quality assessment team, resolving issues with vendors on defective or unacceptable products.