Wide ranging international experience in procurement, category management, process design, Materials Management, logistics and effective sourcing and deployment of commercial card products.Skilled at leading and enabling virtual teams to deliver success from complex, unique or untried business opportunities. Keen data driven commercial skills, and ability to identify and resolve key issues in complex stakeholder or business environments. A quick learner who applies his subject matter expertise effectively.International experience• Lived in UK, Norway, Netherlands, Brunei, Lithuania & USA. Worked in 40+ countries.• Extensive experience in N.A., EU, FSU & AsiaPac.Procurement / Category Management • Upstream oil & gas top 20 Opex categories.• Category mgt for co-brand credit card issuing / acceptance for largest retailer in the world by outlets. • Commercial Card program sourcing, implementation, and expansion in IT, Home Health Care, FMCG, Automotive, Chemicals, FinTech, Public Sector and Waste Mgt. verticals• Procurement and Cat. Mgt. optimization using Channel Management including via SAP HANA.Logistics• Warehouse & logistics optimisation.• O&G Supply base mgt including supply vessel & helicopter operations.• Supply & Distribution Manager for retail petroleum network.• Automotive lubricants distributions network development• Oil products rail distribution in the Former Soviet Union.• Downstream refinery procurement & inventory management optimisation.Multinational/Global Project Management• Requisition to pay process optimization.• Materials management incl. inventory mgt, warehousing & logistics• SAP & JDE Oneworld process design & implementation.• eProcurement: Buy-side/Marketplace/SAP integration/Virtual CardsSpecialties: procurement, logistics, category and supply chain management, contract negotiation, process analysis and design, commercial card programs.