Tamara Caesar, Mba Email & Phone Number

New York, New York, US

Houston, Texas, US

• Contract Manager for the Capital Expenditures (CAPEX) programs under the North America Major University Campus portfolio, which includes management of the full Request for Proposal (RFP) lifecycle through contract.
• Development of multi-year sourcing and contracting strategies that align with the goals and objectives of the Major University Campus leadership and Project Management teams 5 year CAPEX plan.
• Fostering relationships with internal stakeholders to ensure robust understanding of the project priorities and requirements, which allows for us to successfully execute the sourcing strategies.
• Creation of report templates for on-going communication to leadership regarding the status of all current and future sourcing and contracting activities.
• Implementation of professional service agreements utilized during the Business Development process (Independent Engineer, Owner’s Engineers, Lenders Technical Advisor, etc.) along with contracting support during the.
• Collaboration with internal Legal, Tax and Insurance departments to ensure favorable terms which minimize company risk are reached during contract negotiations; also working with the same departments on continuous.

Houston, Texas, US

• Ensure that all sourcing & procurement related activities are carried out in accordance with policies and procedures.
• Develop a local supply base that meet company qualification requirements and the manages the supplier relationship.
• Support the project development and execution teams within power generation with cost modeling, on time delivery and on-budget execution of projects.
• Conduct spend reviews across generation assets to identify spend optimization opportunities, including strategic sourcing strategies, supplier consolidation, and low cost solutions.
• Improve overall performance of Procurement and Contracts by deploying advanced negotiation concepts to maximize the potential for material cost savings, monitoring supplier performance in ongoing projects & optimizing.
• Ensure compliance with procurement processes across the Americas region and develop new processes & tools to improve efficiency & productivity.

London, England, GB

• Category manager for Wireline, Mud Logging and Drilling Tools & Rentals, which accounted for $20MM of the total regional spend. In addition to my primary services I also have been managing Cementing & Fluids from Q3.
• Utilized the Category Management Common Process to ensure supplier spend was properly managed during the entire procurement lifecycle.
• Led the development and execution of three (3) critical sourcing initiatives for assigned categories, and provided supplier award recommendations based off results of bid analysis and supplier evaluation criteria.
• Developed and managed relationships with strategic and key suppliers utilized for assigned categories. This included the facilitation of Performance Review Meetings (PRM) to discuss the importance of safety and.
• Counseled regional stakeholders (Wells engineering and operations, Petrophysics, New Well Delivery, and Technology) on market trends, commodity cost drivers and cost control strategies for Wireline and Mud Logging.
• Negotiated contracts with Wireline suppliers to deliver best value for region, which resulted in savings of $200,000 in 2013.

Houston, Texas, US

 Leading continuous improvement initiatives for manufacturing team Supporting & mentoring belts working on LSS projects for team

Houston, Texas, US

 Supporting/mentoring project leads with Lean Six Sigma initiatives within various functional departments, including manufacturing, sustaining, manufacturing technology, supply chain, and quality.

Houston, Texas, US

 Sustaining support for explosive product manufacturing. Lead continuous improvement projects for product line (Total Savings= $333.4K in 2008). Responsible for qualification testing of newly outsourced parts from suppliers in India and China.

Houston, Texas, US

 Production supervisor and Master planner for a product line. Site coordinator for Global Electrical Commodity activities. SECURE Task Force Leader: ensured supply of SECURE products to the field, managed day-to-day manufacturing activities, etc.  Supported multiple engineering groups with their procurement and planning needs.

Atlanta, GA, US

 Provided training and feedback to employees as needed.  Performed audits on various processes involved in package logistics. Time studied package drivers to improve their efficiency and productivity.

Bs, Industrial Engineering

Masters, Business Administration