Responsible for raw material spend of $500 MM/year, growing talent and growing the business, supply resiliency, and Total Delivered Cost (TDC). Design and effectively implement long-term sourcing strategies, strategic partnerships, and supply chain process improvements. Lead the full RFP process from ideation, through internal legal and commercial approvals, and final contract lifecycle management and oversight. Coach and mentor others to elevate team performance and impact, stay in tune with market dynamics, drive compliance, and maintain communications with internal stakeholders on market intelligence. - Awarded for leading the team with the most Value Delivered in 2023 for Global Direct materials, $34 MM (11%).- Accomplished the largest hard savings impact in Direct Materials North America in 2022.- Mentored new hires and colleagues on TDC process to unearth new savings opportunities, resulting in a first-year ideation pipeline growth >$10 MM, and negotiated savings >$5 MM in 2021.- Partner with cross-functional teams to improve operational management of supply chain and procurement processes. Transformed SAP infrastructure and sourcing processes for 1-Octene, resulting in permanent protection of an $80 MM/year business, and cost avoidance >$500k annually.

Responsible for a total spend of $100 MM/year, security of supply, total cost of ownership (TCO), and cultivating strategic supplier relationships. Developed and executed global category plans, contracting strategies, final agreements, and long-term savings roadmaps. Maintained awareness of global market dynamics and created risk mitigation plans to enable the agility of the business before volatile market conditions were in effect. • Negotiated and successfully executed 14 agreements with a combined value of $700 MM.• Prevented a 200% price increase in 2019 by executing strategic sourcing plans, resulting in $30 MM cost avoidance.• Optimized global volume allocations and inventory levels resulting in a $9 MM hard savings in 2018. • Engaged key stakeholders to ensure sourcing and business strategies were aligned to achieve optimal cost and supply positions for each of the direct materials. • Support and mentor new hires and colleagues on tactical and strategic levels to improve team efficacy and results.• Managed SABIC’s Cutover project for the entire America’s region, to migrate all procurement data into a new SAP instance. The team was comprised of 100+ core staff for cutover execution, and up to 400+ employees during peak periods.

Responsible for developing new project proposals and business cases to justify new research directions. Influenced stakeholders to support new projects, and communicate key experimental findings in the form of papers, patent disclosures, and global presentations. Execute literature surveys, market analysis, capital cost estimates, technology selection, experimental designs, reactor troubleshooting, and catalyst development to accomplish project milestones.• Developed detailed techno-economic models, with estimated NPV values >$100MM. • Filed two patent disclosures for acetone-free phenol production, with estimated NPV values >$200MM. • Championed milestone delivery by aggressively troubleshooting barriers to experimentation. • Supported SABIC’s safety culture by managing SHEM 03 – Operating and Maintenance Procedures. Improved the the safety culture, and streamlined the paperwork process for experimentation. (100% implementation vs. 70% previous year)

• Managed SABIC-IP's VisualFX and Glass Fiber raw material categories. • Evaluated materials to mitigate business risk and stabilize sourcing streams. • Interfaced with procurement, suppliers, technology, product developers, and D1 (Market Facing) teams to ensure end product performance was maintained or improved.• ECM Power User for the Material Science group within T&I • Managed new product formulations for adherence to new UL 94V requirements, which included all product families within SABIC's Core and High Performance portfolios.

• Learned how to apply the principles and techniques of chemistry in an industrial setting. • Contributed to the success of the Sustainability program through innovation of new bio-polymers derived from natural materials. • Coordinated my research with the business and marketing representatives of the company to find a path for cost-effective, competitive products.

• Planned, designed, and executed experiments to aid in successful project completion.• Adapted with evolving science, discovering how to use new instruments and techniques to keep current in a cutting edge environment.• Analyzed experimental data and generated written reports for an audience of supervisors.

• Created multiple presentations geared towards informing students of proper laboratory technique, purpose, and principles. I organized and conducted approximately (90) presentations with lecture and oral discussions. • Generated quizzes for each experiment, inspected laboratory notebooks for quality and correct annotation in addition to creating final exams.