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St. John’s, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada

St.John's

• Manage and coordinate all freight forwarding contracts to ensure timely delivery of international and domestic shipments of various sizes, including (but not limited to) charter vessels, commercial vessels, airfreight.
• Conduct complete commercial evaluations for all logistics requirements including but limited to international purchases and leases of shipping containers.
• Collaborate with manufacturers to ensure contractual delivery terms and conditions, including shipping points, are adhered to.
• Collaborate with international suppliers to ensure all proper documentation is maintained such as applicable shipping documentation and invoices are provided to freight forwarder and / or customs broker
• Coordinate Third Party Inspection / Marine Surveys of international and domestic shipments at various shipping points
• Provide regular reporting and continual communication on shipment status’s to stakeholders.

St. John's

• Managed the procurement processes of multi-million dollar package for the supply of various transmission line components.
• Analyzed proposals and led commercial analysis from pre-qualification process to award.
• Collaborated with engineering to ensure technical specifications and delivery timelines are adhered to by supplier during commercial evaluation.
• Arranged and coordinated 3rd party Inspections at manufacturer’s and/or sub-contractors facilities
• Travelled to manufacturer’s and/or sub-contractors facilities to review and verify milestones and ensure reporting of manufacturing processes is documented and transmitted accurately
• Managed and coordinated the RFP, Change Request and Change Order process related to specific packages.

St. John's, Newfoundland

• Ensured timely deliveries of large-scale project packages, using various resources, including generating and utilizing reports on a daily, weekly and monthly basis.
• Worked with various manufacturers worldwide, including production personnel, QA personnel, and procurement and engineering personnel.
• Interfaced with project engineering to identify documentation requirements as set out in SDRLs and ensure timely submissions through Document Control (Aconex).
• Ensured unforeseen issues are dealt with in a timely manner.
• Ensured material data is accurately administered through material tracking database (PM+)
• Regular reported to management on critical issues; and preparing update/progress reports on a regular basis

Mount Pearl, NL

• Planned and managed various projects for offshore clients, including Suncor, Hibernia, White Rose and other offshore projects in the supply of piping and valve materials and other engineered products, in accordance to.
• Lead and supported all aspects of contract management including any amendments, clarifications, and correspondences.
• Prepared bids and lead contract negotiations with customers as well as suppliers.
• Expedited orders to ensure delivery processes are on schedule and to ensure that client’s contractual obligations are met.
• Coordinated client and / or third party witnessing at various manufacturing facilities
• Travel to various plants throughout North America and Europe to witness and closely monitor manufacturing activities as well as to work with them to negotiate solutions to potential risks.

Bachelor Of Technology (In Progress)

Electronics Engineering Technologist