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North America Global Category Buyer for Instrumentation, EEE, Process Refrigeration, Vacuum Pump Systems, Polymer Processing, and Filling, Dosing, Conveying and Packaging EquipmentNegotiate Terms and Conditions for BASF plant sites across Canada, USA

Oversee private label accounts and construction products Develop relationships with potential new customers throughout various business industries and areas.Identify current and future customer requirements by establishing personal rapport with potential and existing clients.Manage supply chain and 3PL relationships and networks

Houston, Texas Area

-Interfaces with business unit and manufacturing, Third Party Suppliers (raw materials, additives, etc.)-capacity management and production planning-Maintains MRP planning and scheduling parameters -Interfaces with production teams and customer care to prioritize the most critical items.

Houston, Texas Area

Work with Sales, Finance, Marketing, Supply Chain and Operations on Pricing and Profitability Management- Commercial Profitability Management- Develop Product Pricing & Profitability Strategies- Strategic Customer PricingProvide short- and long-term quantitatively-based price and market analyses.Translate fundamental research into buy/sell trading strategiesPrepare daily P&L and exposure reports

With a highly­ developed understanding of supply chain leading practices that drive productivity, cost, and efficiency improvements, I offered engineering and procurement recommendations to a broad scope of industry clients, running and managing E­Sourcing, RFx activities to reduce operating costs for small to mid size companies. A business builder, I worked with the Sales team to develop proposals and win strategic business alliances with Unilever and Sunoco to drive change management, improve procurement best practices and increase spend visibility.NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS:● PROCESS ENGINEER CONSULTING: While launching capital projects from conceptual design to building construction and start­up operations, I secured a $2M contract deal with a client when I delivered the project 2 weeks ahead of schedule with high quality results. power by saving 2000 man hours per project. ● SOURCING: Reduced internal costs and synergize purchasing power by saving 2000 man hours per project. Procurement Work Process Improvement­ Oversaw sourcing by driving change management, improving procurement best practices and increasing spend visibility.

Greater Philadelphia Area

In my role as Lead Process Engineer and Technical Advisor for Capital Projects, I was directly responsible for the commission and startup of a new $22M facility in Vietnam with added accountabilities for providing process engineering expertise, developing cost and capacity estimates and providing technical expertise for $100M JV Saudi Aramco Dow facility. This facility is projected to be world’s largest producer of plastic pellets and coating materials. NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS:product logistic issues. Delivered within $25M budget, met 20 month schedule with zero safety incidents. construction cost issues. Proposed alliance and synergy strategies. Presented plan to business managers/sponsors to save $75M by leveraging available utilities on site. ● Vietnam­-Coordinated Raw Material scheduling, supply chain activities, supplier quality issues, late shipments and other product logistic issues. Established targets,aggressive budget, schedule and sourcing strategies for projects resulting in project being delivered within $25M budget and meeting 20 month schedule and zero safety incidents.● Saudi­-Presented plan to business managers/sponsors to save $75M by leveraging available utilities. Provided creative solutions for overb​udget engineering construction cost issues. Proposed alliance and synergy strategies. Presented plan to business managers / sponsors, saving $75M by leveraging on site available utilities. Supply Chain raw material planning activities.●Vietnam­: Performed equipment, structural, mechanical safety and quality audits. Specified and developed quality check testing and work process standards for engineering contractors to implement. Performed root cause analysis and implemented corrective action. Improved Training, enhanced operations, improved morale.

Bachelor Of Science Degree, Chemical Engineering

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