Procurement Lead
Current● Spearheaded the placing of a US$90 million single purchase order for CRA line pipes.● Achieved cost savings of over US$6 million and US$4.5 million in financial years 2018 and 2019 respectively.● Awarded the ExxonMobil Nigeria project leadership team award for recognition of outstanding performance in 2017.● Managed more than 10 projects including: EAP IGE Replacement Project, Idoho BP-QIT CRA Pipeline Replacement Project and QIT Produce Water Discharge Upgrade Project, Idoho BP Platform Integrity Restoration Project and Oso-QIT Gas Pipeline Project.● Managed subcontracts for complex procurements. This included the management of SFD2 and other projects procurement activities, pressure vessel fabrication and pig launcher barrels.● Designed and established line pipes procedures at the beginning of new projects.● Developed procurement, strategies, and processes including best price negotiations, procurement templates delivery, terms of payment and purchase conditions, tax exemptions, price escalation, and other factors impacting costs.● Managed the project buying team. Supervised buyers (senior buyers, buyers, associate buyers and expediters), assigned and reviewed their work, and provided purchasing activity training including computer programs.● Mentored and coached junior staff.● Conducted progress review meeting with buyers for effective workload management and liaised with clients, project support groups and other functions to ensure potential snags were minimized and ongoing issues were understood and properly communicated to safeguard the project schedule.● Provided cross functional support and advised to other units within the project team.● Procured complex major components and subassemblies, in support of various programs. Commodities include but are not limited to Injection Skid, Metering Skids, Manifold Skids, Instrument Power and Gas Skids, Sump Pump Skids, Closed Drained Skids, Vent Scrubber Skids and Pedestal Crane.