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New York, Ny, Us

Responsible for the development and implementation of Hess Inaugural Sustainability and Supplier Diversity programs. Develop and implement the Supplier Diversity program, and develop the broader Supply Chain Sustainability/Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) roadmap.

Small Business Innovation Research / Small Business Technology Transfer Research (SBBR/STTR) – Serving as a project management consultant for early stage STTR projects focusing on building sustainable ESG solutions on intelligent platforms to commercialize these innovative technologies. Building the framework for small businesses, universities and governmental entity integration and commercialization practices.

Served as a commercial project management consultant, created the project framework and plans for the sustainability digital for the B2B mining sector sales and marketing through the Oren marketplace. Oren is the first mining specific digital solutions marketplace with the potential to expand to other industries. Incubated within Shell Digital Ventures in partnership with IBM, we are looking to transform the B2B sector. Currently focused on decarbonizing and finding like-minded partners to tackle the industries sustainablilty challenges while enabling business growth, community innovation and digital transformation, Oren’s aim is to provide innovative and next generation solutions and services to the mining industry and other vertical markets using intelligent platforms that will make the difference for deep digital transformation.

London, England, Gb

Marketing growth projects including sustainability initiatives in electric vehicles, carbon offsetting, carbon credits, packaging and services. I provided project management support for sales using Teams, Planner and MS Project.

Developing commercial leads in plastics raw materials industry - buying, selling and trading polymers including low density polyethylene, polyethylene and linear low-density polyethylene.

Lead a team of four professional supply managers overseeing ~$1.5 billion spend with third party in Maintenance Projects; Static and Rotating Equipment; Maintenance, Reliability and Operations/Pipes, Values and Fitting; Catalysts; Chemicals; Additive; Energy; Industrial Gases; Metals; and Health, Safety, Security and Environment. Support manufacturing, distribution, fuel sales and marketing, and retail. Lead team in developing and implementing strategies and programs to support supplier diversity, e.g. local content.Selected Achievements:• Delivered ~$100 million in savings.• Led organizational design team, business and staff development for inaugural Contracts and Procurement organization. • Managed critical, bottleneck and license to operate category strategies linked firmly to Motiva’s goals and objectives.• Improving professional supply managers’ commercial expertise by recruiting and retaining top talent, training on business competencies and coaching during commercial engagements.

London, England, Gb

Managed $35 billion spend under influence for Enterprise Categories and Suppliers Framework Agreements utilization. Championed initiatives across complex organizations and organizational levels as change agent. Selected Achievements:• Exceeded Enterprise Categories and Suppliers Framework Agreement utilization target by 16% in 2013 and 34.6% in 2014.• Increased overall Framework Agreement during management by 168%. • Engaged and influenced key senior-level stakeholders in their interactions with suppliers, yielding effectiveness and efficiency impacts in technical, project, operational, Contracts and Procurement, Finance and Legal/Intellectual Property functions.

London, England, Gb

Managed the development and implementation of an integrated business operational plan for a $361 million Asphalt re-entry into the U.S Gulf Coast. Managed a change and project management full-time/part-time staff.Selected Achievements:• Converted established olefin feed prep refinery into an asphalt refinery.• Managed roofing flux introduction project for Shell Chemical, improving the quality of the vacuum tower bottoms.• Maintained safety for 467 days with no Lost Time Incidents.

London, England, Gb

Managed the cross-functional, cross-business Assurance, Core and Advisory teams in the North American Portfolio for the global Re-image initiative, introducing approximately 900 new products, while sun setting an equal number. Developed and managed the Lubricants End-to-End Process (new product development and commercialization plan, policies and activities for the business unit).Selected Achievements:• Developed and implemented disciplined program management, project leadership and stakeholder engagement during takeover to refocus and reset a project.• Managed the Lubricants new project portfolio to improve resource constraints by 30%.• Streamlined new product introduction and business management approach through focused portfolio selection and prioritization, communications, resource management and strategy development.• Achieved a 4.75 (5.0 scale high) post-training usability score on training developed and implemented to introduce Effective Project Management for Lubricants End-to-End Process.

London, England, Gb

Developed and managed the Shell Car Care new product development and commercialization plan, policies and activities. Led program strategy to integrate five business categories for approximately $500 million Car Care business. Led focused portfolio selection and prioritization, resource management and strategy development for holistic approach to new product development. Served as member of Car Care and Lubricants leadership teams.Selected Achievements:• Coordinated with Marketing, Sales to move Car Care from position of not meeting plan to exceeding plan.• Reduced non-value-added products, streamlining product development process from ~600 new products/year to ~300 new products/year.• Integrated eight plus processes into one Car Care Project Lifecycle Management.

Led new contract packaging, warehousing and distribution services company with account management responsibilities for a successful $10 million Health and Beauty Care sales account for Fortune 25 consumer products companies, including point of purchase displays, corrugated and film secondary packaging services.

Managed new product launch and product modification business, collaborating on marketing initiatives, including technical advertising management for product commercial shoots.Selected Achievements:• Designed and developed new and/or modified existing products (improved cleaning formulas for laundry detergents using eco-friendlier, no-phosphate formula; heavy-duty granular detergent modification; new laundry detergent product changes, such as formula, package, advertisement and perfume changes) to meet specifications, costs and quality standards.• Led project teams (comprising senior executives) for global multinational business integration, business acquisition and business divestiture initiatives.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Chemical Engineering

Executive Leadership

Micro-Program, Innovation And Entreprenuership