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Canada

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

- Achieved a 70% reduction in late purchase orders through proactive material management and vendor tracking, ensuring timely delivery and maintaining overdue lines below 10%, critical for global project timelines.- Established and maintained weekly material reports, providing data analysis that informed decision-making and enhanced project planning efficiency, reducing project delays by 90% compared to historical data.- Devised a chemical transition plan for water treatment plants, utilizing international suppliers to reduce shipping timelines by 50%, thereby accelerating project delivery and reducing yearly operational & freight costs by $30k.

- Designed and implemented Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) for all shipping related activities including sale of bulk product, retail shipments, and treatment of product. - Coordinates all outbound shipments of bulk and retail packaged products to multiple provinces across Canada achieving a 98% delivery in full on-time (DIFOT).- Implemented streamlined supply chain processes, including forecasting, profit leverage, and vendor management, achieving and sustaining operational cost savings exceeding 30%.- Led sourcing, approval, and purchasing of raw materials, packaging components, perishable fertilizers, and equipment, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards.- Negotiated contracts and master service agreements, resulting in a 20% reduction in procurement costs and increased operational efficiency.- Developed and deployed a forecasting tool in Microsoft Excel, achieving 100% accuracy in re-order points, supporting just-in-time production schedules, and enhancing supply chain efficiency.

Calgary, Canada Area

Edmonton, Canada Area

- Managed $260 million in materials across multiple North American sites, ensuring precise record-keeping, accurate invoicing, and engineering specification adherence through in-house ERP (Vanguard).- Produced detailed work packages with engineering-approved drawings and timelines, achieving a 98.5% accuracy rate from quote to invoice, supporting efficient project execution.

- Performed risk profiling on critical packages to ensure consumable trailers were placed at key locations and laid out a replenishment plan to efficiently allocate materials based on JIT delivery.- Facilitated seamless coordination of materials storage, consumables, and equipment transportation during a plant shutdown, minimizing delays and ensuring operational continuity.- Supported an initiative to optimize inventory management systems, resulting in a 15% reduction in surplus inventory and improved tracking accuracy.

Fort Mcmurray, Alberta, Canada

- Planned and executed a project to audit and resolve 100+ open Purchase Orders which if left unresolved, would have resulted in turnover delays, and missed production of 30,000 barrels/day ($2.3 million/day).

Alberta, Canada

- Updated and enforced the use of tool sign-out logbooks to enforce accountability measures reducing the number of claims for lost equipment by 70%.- Managed, purchased, and maintained all temporary materials, equipment, and services required during the commissioning and start-up of the SAGD plant.

-Scheduled, mobilized, and demobilized third party vendors and subcontractors to execute uninterrupted tasks in a sequential manner. -Drafted RFQs, selected and presented bids to management and issued rental contracts for equipment and services needed to execute the turnaround. Notable Vendors: Mammoet, United Rentals, Clean Harbors.-Compiled SOPs for execution activities during a planned plant shutdown to develop a turnaround manual that was implemented and is used when onboarding all contractors to site.