Alan Coppin Email & Phone Number

Inverness, Scotland, United Kingdom

Johannesburg Metropolitan Area

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold is the world’s largest publicly traded copper producer, the world’s largest producer of molybdenum, and a significant gold, oil and natural gas producer.Duties:• Responsible for the management of all procurement, expediting, quality control, materials management, logistics and general admin activities for the Phase II Expansion project $800m and a second Acid Plant Project (greenfield) $300m• Day to day management of the EPCm procurement and owner’s teams to perform all procurement and materials control activities timeously and within budget.• Reporting to the Freeport director and the project director for Africa• Design, prepare and implement a procurement execution plan• Management sub-contractors• Staff training• Management of the Freeport local and international expediting, QC and logistics teams• Ensuring that QC staff work in accordance with QCP’s and specifications and report accordingly• Management of the Freeport materials control teams on the project site• Ensure compliance with site HSE policies and procedures for site materials staff• Ensuring that project equipment and materials are delivered in time to support construction requirements (Schedule Management).• Liaise with engineering and other discipline leads and management from Freeport, TFM (the mine) and the EPCm.• Liaise with suppliers, contractors and other service providers• Setting up and finalization of all the project processes and procedures• Approve the ordering of necessary goods and services• Load and maintain documents on the project document control system• Examine and re-evaluate existing contracts• Anticipate unfavorable events through analysis of data and prepare control strategies• Perform risk management• Control spend and build a culture of saving on costs• Problem solving• Act in accordance with company values• Follow company global policies and procedures• Building customer relations in a friendly and professional manner

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Amec Foster Wheeler is a British multinational consultancy, engineering and project management company. It is focused on the oil and gas, minerals and metals, clean energy, environment and infrastructure markets.Duties:• Responsible for the management of all procurement, expediting, quality control, materials management, logistics and admin activities for the Sasol Wax Expansion Project in Sasolburg R8.5 billion• Project setup including man power planning (MPP), execution and strategy planning as well as budget planning• Report writing• Stores management and ensuring consistent industrial relation practices with site staff• Forecasting and analysis of procurement related data• Daily interface with cost control, commercial, contracts, estimating, planning, engineering management (process, mechanical, instrument & control, electrical, civil, piping design), Project management, construction management, Foster Wheeler corporate office (accounts, human resources, quality, it), suppliers and client (project management, commercial & legal, engineering)• Change control management (procurement related)• Manage the complete P2P (procure to pay) process• Manage and maintain the Foster Wheeler South Africa e-procurement system• Problem solving• Handover

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Kentz Corp. Ltd. is an engineering and construction business serving clients primarily in the oil and gas, petrochemical and mining and metals sectors.Duties:Jun 2007 to Jan 2009: Commercial Manager (Projects Business Unit)• Budgeting and control of the business unit’s expenditure• Creating comprehensive monthly cost and profitability reports incl. verification of all costs• Supervision and training of buyers, quantity surveyor’s and cost controller’s• Liaison with clients, management, project managers, project planning and site personnel• Monthly client invoicing• Develop and monitoring of cash flows • Contract administration• Setting up of subcontracts in line with main contract• Writing, maintaining and implementation of work instructions and company procedures and systems• Asset management• Internal auditing in line with the company ISO quality management system• Carrying out internal and external quality audits to ensure compliance with the company’s quality management system as and when requested by the company quality assurance manager• Member of the executive committee working to better the company’s score card with regard to the soon to be published D.T.I. Codes of good practice for black economic empowerment with particular emphasis on preferential procurement

Vanderbijlpark Area, South Africa

• Procurement• Management and training of buyers, expeditors and materials teams• Vendor control and maintenance• Contract management• Negotiation and reporting• Budgeting and control of the business unit’s expenditure• Creating comprehensive monthly cost and profitability reports incl. verification of all costs• Supervision and training of junior staff• Liaising with management, project managers and site supervisors• Monthly client invoicing• Develop and monitoring of cash flows• Liaison with the business unit’s operational manager in respect of client contract documentation• Main stores including supervision and training of stores manager and stores assistant• Receipt and distribution of purchased products to site stores• Tools and asset management• Archive management• Materials management• Assist proposals team• Writing, maintaining and implementation of all work instructions and company procedures• Carrying out internal quality audits to ensure compliance with the company’s quality management system• Member of the business unit executive committee

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Supplier, installer and commissioning of overhead line reticulation and general electrification work.Duties:• Responsible for procurement, materials, stores and logistics function, companywide including Cape Town and Durban branches• Vendor control and maintenance• Contract negotiation• Project Purchasing Reports• Control of main and regional stores including supervision of stores managers• Receipt and distribution of purchased products to site stores• Head office occupational health and safety representative• Client liaison• Worked with the proposals team to prepare and issue tenders

Associate Member

(Pms)Dip.Pm; (Pms)Dip.Pmm; (Pms)Dip.Ip, Purchasing Management

Diploma in Purchasing Management - Procurement & Materials Management - International Procurement

Certification

• Computer and Software Courses - Various including Epicor, SAP & Solomon • ISO 9000 – 2000 - Implementation & Maintenance - Kentz •.