Robert Peña Email & Phone Number

The Woodlands, Tx

Heavy Civil, Waterworks, Infrastructure, and Energy.

Houston, Texas Area

• Oversee and plan all aspects of purchasing for over $1+ Billion dollars of Heavy Civil, Commercial, and Waterworks Projects across Texas. • Manage the qualification and evaluation process for vendors of materials and equipment, subcontractors and professional service providers.• Develop, strengthen, and maintain numerous professional relationships with strategic Suppliers and Subcontractors.• Provide employee cross training to ensure future growth of the procurement team.• Provide training to projects across all divisions on procurement processes and best practices.

Houston, Texas Area

• Procurement for South and Central Texas Regions. • Work with estimating to strategically source materials/contracts for Highway Construction prior to project bids.• Negotiate pricing, terms & conditions, scheduling, and escalation for vendor agreements• Assisted in the development of a procurement policy which was implemented throughout the company• Responsible for training all employees on procurement best practices, procedures, policies, and software• Actively involved with TXDOT Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program by soliciting new vendors and working with them on how to adequately bid heavy civil projects so they may have continued success• Provide procurement leadership for over $500M of heavy civil construction projects

Worked as a paraprofessional in the Special Education Program. Assist students by modifying the curriculumEnd of the year inventory

Worked directly with vending/purchasing departments to adequately price store itemsRan weekly reports to find the most competitive vendors in the Houston area

Ba Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Materials, And Supply Chain Management

Activities and Societies: Student Supply Chain Management GroupVice President of Student Supply Chain Management Association

Associate Of Arts And Sciences (A.A.S.), Business Administration And Management, General