Led a team of 16 supply chain professionals responsible for developing and executing global sourcing strategies for the Baroid drilling fluids division of Halliburton. The 12 members of the category management team are responsible for over $1.2B in annual spend across a wide away of product including chemicals, minerals, specialty salts, biopolymers, agricultural products, equipment, and services. The contract team executes purchase and service agreements with domestic and international suppliers, and our tender support team in Aberdeen provides cost of goods data that is critical to winning multi-million dollar contracts around the world.

Led Halliburton’s global $255 million mineral procurement program as the subject matter expert and final decision maker on global sourcing strategies, including two direct reports. Responsible for developing strategic partnerships with suppliers from over a dozen countries representing five continents. These products are utilized by Baroid for drilling and completion fluids activities in over eighty countries around the world.

Managed a $32 million portfolio of mineral products including mineral asphalt, sulfonated asphalt, lignite, mica, and mineral toll blends

Collaborate in the development of inventory management strategies to appropriately align inventory with business growthDevelop methods to evaluate inventory performance at the country, region, and global levelsImplement ABC analysis and segmentation utilized in SAP-based forecasting tool to improve global forecast accuracyAdminister system rationalization process to maintain a global material portfolio that aligns with business needs

Performed intricate analysis of inventory data to assist in the development of short and long term supply chain strategiesEvaluated inventory processes to identify and implement solutions that maximized supply chain efficiencyAnalyzed data to determine trends in medical supply purchases and identify cost saving opportunitiesNegotiated contract pricing with suppliers and developed sourcing strategies to maximize supplier capabilitiesManaged the development and implementation of analysis suite that provided benchmarking capabilities for key stakeholders