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Houston, Tx, Us

San Ramon, Ca, Us

• Responsible for the Procurement, Logistics, and Material Management functions for the fabrication of a new $550MM offshore natural gas production facility; ex-patriate resident position based in Luanda, Angola• Ensure $90MM of capital equipment and materials are procured and delivered per schedule; communicate regularly with suppliers to ensure material delivery dates are achieved• Develop and execute logistics plans for the international transport of procured materials and equipment to Angola• Control and monitor project procurement and logistics spending against approved budgets and funding• Manage the performance of Contractors’ procurement teams to ensure deliverables are completed on time and with a high level of quality• Provide management with status reporting of supply chain performance, risks, and areas for improvement

San Ramon, Ca, Us

• Manage a diverse 24 persons team responsible for procurement, logistics, material management, and contracting functions for $15 billion energy Project; based in Tengiz, Kazakhstan.• Ensure $2.5 billion worth of Project materials and equipment sourced internationally from over 140 suppliers in 31 countries are delivered safely and on time.• Implement tools and processes to drive reliability and standardization across the supply chain function.• Grow partnerships with strategic suppliers/contractors and create new relationships to optimize the supply chain.• Identify and execute supply chain value creation and continuous improvement opportunities to maximize cost savings and delivery performance, achieved over $33 million cost savings in last two years.• Develop metrics to track and analyze progress and performance and report status to senior management.

San Ramon, Ca, Us

• Lead the development and implementation of procurement, logistics, and material management strategies, plans, and processes for the Project; ex-patriate residential position based in London, United Kingdom. • Oversee vendor selection, qualification, evaluation, and performance capability assessment of global supply base to minimize total cost of ownership for the Project.• Responsible for procuring over $240 million of capital project materials and equipment for the $1 billion total installed cost capital Project.• Manage a team of buyers, expeditors, supplier quality engineers, logistics planners, and material coordinators in England and Kazakhstan; member of Project Leadership Team.• Ensure that all procurement and materials management activities are in compliance with Corporate and Business Unit policies and procedures; provide all required information for annual audits.

San Ramon, Ca, Us

• Provide guidance to Major Capital Project teams and contractors on logistics processes and procedures.• Facilitate the importation of major equipment and materials in compliance with local operating company standards and governmental regulations.• Perform logistics capability studies and analysis to identify and optimize transportation routes to meet project specific requirements and minimize delivery costs.

San Ramon, Ca, Us

• Provide global logistics support to major capital projects to ensure material and equipment arrive at international project sites on-time and within budget.• Developed a Traffic and Logistics strategy engagement model to increase the effectiveness of early project phase logistics planning.• Monitor performance of global logistics providers and drive continuous improvements and ensure alignment with company and project goals and metrics.• Created a Logistics Awareness Workshop for use with projects in early planning phase to identify project specific risks and determine appropriate mitigation strategy.• Participate in global freight forwarding sourcing initiative and ensure alignment of requirements and providers’ capabilities between supply chain management and major capital projects.

Round Rock, Texas, Us

• Manage the 16 persons inbound logistics operations team responsible for the international delivery of production materials to Dell’s manufacturing and merge center locations in the United States.• Oversee third party logistics provider managing over $400 million of dedicated vendor owned inventory in multiple warehouse locations maintaining a 99.99% inventory accuracy level and a transportation fleet supporting over 5,000 inbound deliveries per month with an on-time performance exceeding 98%.• Conduct monthly business reviews with logistics providers to ensure established performance metrics are met and drive continuous improvement projects.• Rated a “Champion Manager” based on corporate employee survey results.

Round Rock, Texas, Us

• Responsible for developing, implementing, and overseeing the global commodity strategy for all wired communication products across Dell’s client and enterprise product lines.• Directly managed over $250 million in annual spend with global supply base.• Performed an in-depth capacity analysis of the semiconductor industry to ensure projected supply will meet Dell’s demand requirements for the next three years.• Actively negotiated cost reductions with suppliers and achieved over $30 million in identifiable savings in a six-month period.• Present quarterly to Senior Executive Management cost, quality, and continuity of supply performance metrics quarterly for the wired communication’s commodity. • Achieved $65 million in savings on indirect services spend of $158 million through strategic sourcing initiatives and negotiations.• Received the Dell Technologies WorldWide Procurement Global Excellence Award for negotiating Dell’s largest ever seat management outsourcing services contract.

Round Rock, Texas, Us

• Represented Procurement on new product development and sustaining product project leadership teams for High Volume Servers.• Responsible for worldwide material readiness for new server product launches.• Managed server platform worldwide material supply and life cycle costs that included identifying and driving platform commodity cost reductions and managing product life cycle to minimize material excess and obsolescence.

• Founded an environmental consulting and training company.• Hired by a Big Three automotive company to write an environmental clean-up plan for a plating plant.• Worked with State air permitting agency to obtain an air emissions permit for an automotive supplier’s new coating facility and established record keeping and monitoring system to ensure ongoing State and Federal regulatory compliance at the company.

Costa Mesa, California, Us

• Managed a 14 person staff responsible for program management, manufacturing and product engineering, cost estimating, and continuous improvement for Company’s $150 million interior trim business.• Led team of engineers and production associates in the redesign and re-layout of three manufacturing plants that led to increased production capacity and reduction in material transfer time within the facilities.• Implemented value engineering/value analysis, lean practices and principles, and bench marking programs resulting in annual savings of $500,000.• Maintained company compliance with all safety and environmental regulations and policies.

Detroit, Michigan, Us

• Managed installation of plant automation equipment including Corporation’s first robotic windshield installation system.• Coordinated projects with central engineering, plant maintenance, and production operations departments to be completed during new model plant shutdowns.• Maintained facility compliance with applicable environmental permits and regulations and ensured proper disposal of plant’s hazardous waste.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business

Master Of Science In Hazardous Waste Management, Hazardous Waste Management

Bachelors, Electrical Engineering