PURCHASING / LOGISTICS / EXPEDITING
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
„« Thirty nine years in materials handling, purchasing and management with a proven record of reliability and progressive advancement.
„« Experience includes purchasing, expediting, piping package and logistics for multiple construction and maintenance projects, buying for (EPC) engineering and construction firms, administrative business procedures, and personnel supervision/training.
„« Proven ability to transform a chaotic department into a smooth running efficient operation.
„« Strong Commitment to Engineering, Maintenance, Vendors and most of all, the Client.
„« Implementation of new centralized purchasing systems.
„« Identified all Major Equipment, Long Lead Materials, Major Rentals & third party contract services for
the site preparation plan.
„« Prepared and approved vendor list for the project.
„« Negotiated Commercial terms and conditions with vendors.
„« Maintained Purchasing Department policies and Procedures
EXPERIENCE
Purchasing
„« As senior project buyer on the largest semisubmersible platform ¡§Thunder Horse¡¨ I was responsible for all research, procurement and pipe fabrication during the construction/commissioning phase of the platform, also maintained an inventory of all spare parts stored on the platform and on the site in Ingleside, TX.
„« Shop for the best, quality, price and delivery. assist engineering or the Client in any technical specifications for major & critical purchases
„« Coordinate requisition, purchasing, logistics, distribution and inventory control of material.
„« Maintain extensive vendor communication regarding logistics, shipping negotiations and time constraints in order to achieve economies of scale
„« Approve invoices for payment. Improved purchasing procedures & practices in order to enhance effectiveness & efficiency of the purchasing dept. supervise purchasing, expediting and logistics
„« Managed project equipment and material, including receiving, storage, issue & surplus
„« Issued Procurement Reports on a timely basis throughout the project life.
Accomplishments
„« Responsible for all DSIDA (Round Up) procurement of (electrical, instrumentation, mechanical and all engineered items. This project was fast tracked to reduce construction time from 10 months to 6 months.
„« Managed entire purchasing department consisting of four buyers and one clerk ¡V procurement average for one Month from $4 To $5 million ¡V supervised the maintenance warehouse consisting of 8 full time employees ¡V Maintained inventory of $12,000,000 + responsible for all import and export shipments and dealing with US Customs. (Virgin Islands Alumina Corp.)
„« Solely responsible for the purchase, rental, pipe fabrication and expediting of materials for as many as 25 Industrial construction and maintenance projects at any given time.
„« Implemented inventory arrangement in Georgia-Pacific computerized catalog system (SCIMP) containing over 55,000 items. Assisted with the implementation of new purchasing software
Invista Chemical Victoria, TX. (Contract) 2011/2011 Senior Project Buyer
Celanese Chemical Bishop, TX. (Direct) 2009/2011 Manager of Purchasing
International Matex Tank Terminal Geismar, LA. (Direct) 2007/2009 Manager of Purchasing
(BP) NGL, Gas Plant Turnarounds Crane & Sunray TX. (Contract) 2006/2007 Senior Project Buyer
British Petroleum ( BP ) Thunder Horse /FPSO/GoM (Contract) 2004/2006 Senior Project Buyer
ExxonMobil , EPC Baton Rouge, LA (Contract) 2001/2004 Senior Project Buyer
Celanese R & D Tech. Center Corpus, Christi, TX. (Contract) 1994/2001 Manager of Purchasing
Virgin Islands Alumina Corporation St. Croix, US Virgin Islands (Direct) 1989/1994 Manager of Purchasing
Payne & Keller Construction, Inc. Baton Rouge, LA. (Direct) 1977/1989 Manager of Purchasing
Barnard & Burk Construction Inc. Baton Rouge, LA. (Direct) 1975/1977 Senior Buyer
Georgia-Pacific Pulp, Corporation Port Hudson, LA. (Direct) 1969/1975 Senior Stores Clerk
Attended Louisiana State University ¡V General Studies (TWIC CARD / US Passport)
Barnard & Burk Construction ¡V Trained in Industrial Construction Procurement
Offshore Water Survival Certificate & GoM HSE License to Go Offshore, OSHA Basic plus Card
Microsoft Office, QuickBooks, ROSS, TOPAZ, ORACLE, J.D. Edwards & SAP
Detailed Project Responsibilities
2001/2004 Senior Project Buyer
ExxonMobil , G-Line EPC Project.
As Sr. project buyer I was responsible for all procurement, this was a EPC
Project, all material equipment rentals, pipe & steel fabrication, also managed office staff, I also continued to procure during start up, MRO. RFQ package prep, bid solicitation, bid evaluation, process PO
Supervisor, Tomohiro Oshio Baton Rouge, LA (Contract)
Grass root EPC project, engineered by American & Japanese
Firms, purchased equipment from USA,
Japan, Korea & Germany.
$250 million project
1100 vendors
2004/2006 Senior Project Buyer
British Petroleum ( BP )
As Project Buyer I was responsible for all inventory on the Thunderhorse platform and at the Kiewit yard in Ingleside , TX, satisfy all material request for construction & start up, . RFQ package prep, bid solicitation, bid evaluation, process PO. I was also a resident on the platform, I have the following, offshore water survival Certificate & GoM HSE license to Go Offshore, OSHA basic card plus
Supervisor, Jerry Booker Thunder Horse /FPSO/GoM (...
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