Commercial Manager executing IT contracts which includes managing, identifying and evolving best practices, and setting an overall strategy to be a high preforming IT supply chain group. Accomplishments include: Lead a team of 12 procurement professionals• Executed over 380 IT ($400M) contracts for new company creation• Negotiated with Oracle, SAP, Microsoft, RightAngle• Managed external personnel to execute start-up contractsManage IT contracts where responsibilities include but are not limited to:• Understanding the business and business demands for the various brands owned by Motiva with ability to appropriately challenge specifications through established creditability (knowledge).• Manages commercial aspects of the agreement and relationship with stakeholders and vendor(s) - lead commercial business reviews (internal Motiva) • Market knowledge (benchmarking, T&C reviews, competitive rate banding, manage change and confirm annual knowledge transfer sessions are held)• Creating cost models and determining should costs from external / internal sources• Coordinating and ensuring Business Process Reviews are held and value extracted (external with Motiva and Vendor, establish effective KPI's, etc.)• Implementing Contract Management for strategic and tactical agreements - responsible for driving process and value improvements• Leading a team executing negotiating all new SOW, updates, renewals, change orders with the business • Formulating strategies for strategic portfolio of contracts and communicating with CB's• Ensuring project work is addressed within commercial terms and conditions• Managing commercial disputes and working with authorized parties to resolve • Managing multiple strategic agreements and prioritizing work• Ensuring compliance with CP process and guidelines• Presenting contract summaries to stakeholders for day to day management, invoice review• Ensuring IT VP approves all commercial IT agreements

Global Deepwater Category Manager for Heavy Lift Vessels, Heavy Transport Vessels and Marine Contruction and ROV vessel for Shell projects. Working on a global level setting category strategies to deliver economies scale to Deepwater projects at Shell. Aggregating Demand funnels across Shell businesses developing Enterprise Framework agreements fit for niche suppliers.