A team-focused chief executive with a passion for uniting functional leaders and their teams in infrastructural, manufacturing, union, “blue collar”, industries into high performing teams that build businesses which exceed customer expectations, provide shareholders outsized returns, and meet the increasing public efficiency and energy demands. 1. Delivers remarkable value- and supply-chain performance from cross-functional teams by building the business case and delivering as promised on new technologies, communicating openly and broadly across the organization, establishing clear expectations of functional leadership and measuring results then coaching people and removing obstacles to exceed self inflicted expectations2. Bi-annually and at other times ad-hoc meeting with CITGO Lubes’ customer advisory board on results, strategy, initiatives and personnel. Use this body as a board of influencers on how best to compete in the lubes market. Our mutual collaborations and strategic planning have grown CITGO and all customer business relative to my taking helm of the CITGO Lubes Marketer Council in 2021. 3. Demands close, collaborative relationships within the business’ supply chain, S&OP, technical, engineering, manufacturing, financial, sales, marketing, project, back office, and trade personnel by creating a culture of purpose, honest engagement, shared personal development, and integrity; unafraid to make the hard decisions4. Called upon in several occasions across multiple companies to successfully turn around different business units and lead wholesale change of control initiatives5. Hardened operations person whose experience is supplemented with more than enough commercial and finance opportunities to put in front of the toughest stakeholders. 5. Analytical and deliberate MBA skilled at strategic planning, negotiation, risk mitigation, valuation, and team building and understanding when to call in external resources that can expedite the transition Resulting in 25 years of continually expanding responsibilities in commercial, operational and P&L roles in the oil & gas, manufacturing, and construction sectors.
Listed skills include Procurement, Contract Management, Petroleum, Offshore Drilling, and 30 others.