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Contracts & Procurement professional with 18 years of progressive “CP in the Business” experience, including 14 years as Category Manager overseeing strategic portfolios in Heavy Oil and Gas supporting Operations, Maintenance, Turn Around, and Onsite Capital Projects lines of business. Experienced with establishing key stakeholder relationships, defining business demand, developing scopes of work & deliverable expectations across multiple sites & business stakeholders, and establishing productive working relationships (i.e. Business Units, peer-to-peer and third parties including contractors and labour providers). Developed and implemented sourcing strategies & presented business cases to governing executive boards for endorsement. Expert at negotiating commercial terms, creating noiseless strategic contracts, and managing strategic portfolios with a focus on top quartile value delivery and post award contract management. Mastery at scope writing, formulating large commercial agreements, market analysis, supplier prequalification’s and assessments, and creating top quartile RFI, RFQ, RFP templates. Strong commercial acumen with expert level analysis in data analysis, forecasting, should cost modeling, competitive benchmarking and total cost of ownership models to assess value. Proficient in labour, labour law standards and labour relations. Sought out by business stakeholders for labour and commercial advice for complex situations.Proficient in transition/ change management, and mastery at post award contract management, including establishing Key Performance Measures and overseeing Business Performance Reviews to align & drive top quartile performance. Reputation for leadership, interpersonal and communication style that establishes productive working relationships among diverse groups and cultures.Capable of chairing meetings, identifying key elements and negotiating to resolve a problem or achieve a suitable agreement.

Listed skills include Procurement, Management, Forecasting, Negotiation, and 25 others.

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  The University Of Calgary

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