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Spring, Tx, Us

The Woodlands, Texas, Us

Houston, Tx, Us

The Woodlands, Texas, Us

• Manage the supply portfolio and contract lifecycle, collaborating with stakeholders to generate and implement sourcing and category management strategies, develop KPIs, analyze procurement costs, recommend methods to decrease expenditure, ensure contract compliance, and manage vendor relationships for global oil and gas drilling solutions company• Lead the selection process, RFP and RFQ analysis, and quarterly business reviews with contracted and major suppliers at $1M+ in spend using the Seven-Step Strategic Sourcing Process, reducing total cost of ownership (TCO) • Spearheaded and implemented a vendor management and scoring system, leading a team to design a system that leveraged existing SAP capabilities using quantitative data to measure vendor KPIs• Chaired the lithium battery RFP as category manager, involving coordinating with stakeholders, completing the analysis, facilitating meetings, preparing and delivering presentations, evaluating bidders, and selecting a supplier, ultimately reducing TCO and improving product quality • Drove an immediate cost reduction project by requesting quotes for reduced pricing from every supplier, conducting analysis, and consolidating vendors, achieving savings and reducing supply disruption risk

The Woodlands, Texas, Us

• Oversaw and improved machined material supply chain operations in collaboration with stakeholders, presenting sourcing solutions, analyzing RFP and RFQ data, presenting supplier recommendations, negotiating, and tracking TCO, quality, logistics, and customer service in order to lower cost and lead time• Analyzed category performance, to include quality, delivery, and customer service KPI data, and presented at quarterly business reviews • Managed the analysis and prepared the lithium battery RFP, achieving TCO saving and lead time reduction• Facilitated the freight forwarding/trade compliance RFP, reducing TCO, improving delivery time, customer service, and quality, and mitigating international trade compliance risk• Led the VMI-MRO RFP, which led to a consolidation of suppliers, lead time reduction, and reduced TCO.• Headed the reline elastomers RFP project, acting as primary stakeholder contact, resulting in the consolidation of suppliers with a reduction of TCO and lead times

• Provided supply chain and procurement support, to include price negotiations, lead time and cost expectancy, general ledger, and contract assistance, as well as AutoCAD drafting and design support for oil and gas consulting company

• Performed contract work at Lanier Theological Library, including donated book reconciliation, rejection, and organization• Provided volunteer operational work at Ecclesia for homeless ministries, Emmaus, and new building construction

Houston, Texas, Us

• Managed supplier relationships, and served as liaison between wireline planning and procurement, communicating with vendors regarding invoicing, goods receipt, new drawings, and quality issues for North Belt plant with annual spend of $100M• Developed and delivered supply chain procurement analysis and maintained vendor metrics and reporting, ensuring key vendor KPI deliverables such as lead time, pricing, and quality goals were met• Led a Kaizen event and completed process mapping for the production of downhole antennas, a critical material, achieving cost savings and decreasing lead time from 330 to 90 days• Identified and analyzed stranded inventory companywide by collaborating with domestic and international stakeholders to conduct due diligence, determine the best disposition, and reallocate materials, reducing inventory worldwide by $1M

Houston, Texas, Us

• Assist the many stages of the manufacturing floor as a full-time intern, including the testing, programming, and insulation of PCB boards, the development of an optimization algorithm for the testing center, the complete transfer of all parts into SAP parts numbering system, the complete organization of all part diagrams on the floor, repairing the testing area heaters, creating of the insulation for some of the batteries, and inventory reconciliation and counts

Malvern, Pennsylvania, Us

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Economics

Mathematics