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Over 20 years of experience in fortune 500 companies. Provided leadership in procurement, global supply chain management, engineering project management, continuous improvement, manufacturing operations and quality management systems. Gained within the field of upstream & downstream oil & gas projects, powder processing, fine chemical manufacturing and process equipment manufacturing. Provided leadership in senior roles such as regional and global supply chain manager, senior process engineer, senior procurement consultant. Engaged with senior stakeholders and managed global project teams in the transformation of operational practices and technology enhancements. Responsible for global and regional procurement performance, identifying, mitigating and reducing $1bn of CoPQ. Managed the production of over 2M+ tonnes pa of fine chemical product. Project managed engineering resources +$20M with a category spend of between $20-275M. Responsible for over $1.4bn of service quality and regional supplier performance. Extensive experience in engineering, procurement and quality at both a strategic and operational level. Have developed global organisational policies, procedures, common processes, internal controls and governance mechanisms for sourcing, category planning, contract management, supplier quality management, procurement fraud prevention and engineering quality that reduce variability create standardisation and focuses on improving the bottom line. Created C-suite level real time visual dashboards focused on risk reduction, improving operational cash flow, reducing quality defects, identifying potential business continuity and compliance risk, resulting in better prioritisation and decision making within projects and operations management. Introduced AI, Data mining, Industry 4.0 & data analytics tools to improve operational performance within manufacturing. Key Skills: Procurement, Supply Chain, Strategic Sourcing, Category Management, Supplier Quality Management, Continuous improvement, Supplier relationship management, engineering management, Industy 4.0, AI, Neural Net, Data Mining, RPA, DoE, Statistics, UiPath, Blueprism, automation anywhere, Lean Six Sigma, Blueworks, SAP Ariba, Oracle, Intertex, Master control, Contract management, market sector analysis, spend analytics, procurement fraud prevention, manufacturing, process intensification, global deployment, powder technology. Feel free to message me via linkedin.