Summary of Experience:

Extensive project and field heavy industrial construction, engineering procureme

nt mining, and MRO operations and maintenance experience, involving the purchase
of capital and process equipment, mechanical, civil, electrical, instrumentatio
n and various other commodities, contract & subcontract administration, and mate
rial control, with progressive career advancement. The last twenty-five years as
a Senior Buyer, Purchasing Agent, Procurement Specialist, Contract Administrato
r and Manager of Materials & Services within the power generation, Pulp & Paper,
utilities, mining, oil & gas upstream & downstream, petrochemical and lubricant
marketing and packaging industries. Demonstrated skills in profit improvement,
purchase order, contract and subcontract negotiation and administration, develop
ment of procurement polices and procedures, and implementation of computer based
purchasing and materials tracking systems. ISO 9000 oriented and SAP system use
r.
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WORK EXPERIENCE:
Senior Purchasing Agent
February 2006 - present
Kellogg Brown & Root | Houston, TX
Chemicals/Petrochemicals/Heavy Industrial Construction
Procuring all project, engineering, construction, process and capital equipment,
pipeline, mechanical, civil, instrumentation, electrical materials, services, r
entals, contracts and subcontracts, MRO and bulk chemicals, additives, catalyst
for several heavy Petrochemical, gas compressor station construction projects in
cluding plant operations / maintenance. Extensive use of data systems, MS Word a
nd Excel, ISO 9000 oriented and SAP R/4.6B
Senior Procurement Services Advisor
April 2004 - February 2006
ExxonMobil Global Services Co. | Houston, TX
Chemicals/Petrochemicals
Responsible for the Contract Administration of all Engineering & Consulting agre
ements involving ExxonMobils Chemical, Refinery and Lubricate plants and facilit
ies within the USA. Initiation and solicitation of bids and proposals, evaluatio
n, recommending and execution of contract agreements, contract administration an
d close-out. Experienced with SAP R/3, 4.68, MS Word, Excel, Spike 2.0 system us
er.
Senior Procurement Specialist
May 1999 - April 2004
Shell Oil Company | Houston, TX 77002
Chemicals/Petrochemicals
Procurement of goods and services, coordination of materials and various compone
nts of all company industrial packaging which include HDPE pails, drums, kegs, c
losures, labels, totes, pallets and adhesives . Additionally Responsible for the
inquiry, negotiation and development of contracts supporting the Packaging Grou
p within Shell Lubricants Co. This position reports directly to the Senior Strat
egic Sourcing Manager for Packaging. Experienced MS Excel, Word & SAP R3, 4.6B a
nd 610 systems User.
Senior Project Buyer
February 1996 - May 1999
Westlake Petrochemical/JE Merit | Sulphur, LA 77663
Ethylene/Styrene/LLDPE
Procuring all project, engineering, process and capital equipment, mechanical, c
ivil, instrumentation, electrical materials, services, rentals, contracts, MRO a
nd bulk chemicals, additives, catalyst for several Westlake heavy construction p
rojects and plant operations / maintenance. Extensive use of data systems and PC
, ISO 9000 oriented and SAP R/3 user:

Senior Maintenance & Project Buyer

January 1992 - February 1996
Montel Polyolefins | Westlake, LA 70669
Polyolefin/K Resins
Responsible for the acquisition of all MRO and capital projects materials and se
rvices for the Westlake Polyolefins facility. Including rotating equipment, comp
ressors, control valves, process equipment, structural, civil, electrical, instr
umentation, mechanical, PVF and various sundries materials. Extensive SAP R/3 da
ta entry.
Manager - Materials & Services
January 1987 - January 1992
American Ref-Fuel / Air Products & Chemicals | Hampstead, NY
Construction Waste-to-Energy Facilities
01/1987 - 01/1992 American Ref-Fuel / Air Products & Chemicals, Hempstead, LI, N
Y
Manager of Materials & Services
Responsible for the acquisition of construction and maintenance materials, servi
ces, contracts and material control for project construction and operations of t
he following cogeneration facilities. Managing and supervising the project and f
ield buyers and warehouse personnel. Responsible for initiation and implementati
on of procedures, optimizing the functions of purchasing, material acquisition,
warehousing/stores and inventory control including the implementation of the Ros
s/Champs (MIS) systems:
Essex Waste to Energy facility - Newark, NJ
Southeast Waste to Energy - Norwich, CT
Hempstead Waste to Energy - Hempstead, LI, NY
Senior Purchasing Agent
July 1985 - January 1987
Los Angeles Depart. Of Water & Power | Delta, UT
Construction & Operations of Power Plant Complex
Position functions and areas of responsibility included material and contract/su
bcontract specifications, solicitation of bids, evaluation of proposals, negotia
tion of price , terms and conditions and delivery, award and execution contracts
and purchase orders for all MRO commodities and services. Administration and ma
intenance of a computerized min/max purchasing, stores and accounting/financial
for the construction and operation of a 1600 megawatt power station for Los Ange
les Department of Water & Power at Delta, UT.
Project Materials Manager
April 1982 - July 1985
Stearns Catalytic Div. Air Products & Chemical | Denver, CO 80112
Heavy Industrial Construction and Engineering Projects
Responsibilities involved planning, organizing, managing and administration of p
roject materials management functions for field purchasing, subcontracting, expe
diting and material control with related liaison involving project management, e
ngineering, construction, project controls and the client for the following proj
ects:
Wisconsin Electric - Oak Creek Project - Milwaukee, W
Kerr-McGee Sequoia UF4 Site, Gore, OK
NASA Test Stand, Bay St. Louis, MS
ExxonMobil Manifold Sites, La Barge, WY

Senior Field Buyer

January 1979 March 1982
Bechtel Power Corporation l San Francisco, CA
Heavy Industrial Construction of Nuclear & Fossil Power Projects
Performing all duties in the purchasing and contracting of materials and service
s including bidder prequalification, bid solicitation, bid analysis, negotiation
and award of purchase orders, purchase contracts and construction subcontracts.
Participated in the planning, work-hour calculations and budgeting as it relate
s to field project purchasing activities. Train and guide other field purchasing
personnel in all aspects of field procurement. Procured process and capital equ
ipment and piping, electrical and instrumentation, construction supplies and var
ious civil commodities for various fossil and nuclear power plant projects:

Procurement Specialist
December/1975 - January/1979
Arabian American Oil Company l Dhahran, SA and Houston, TX
Upstream and Downstream Construction and MRO
Employed to procure Yambu Pipeline and Compressor Stations. Involved the procuri
ng of Trans-Arabian Yambu line pipe and all affiliated commodities, services and
materials. Initiated inquiries evaluated proposals and awarded purchase orders.
Extensive travel and vendor surveillance was required. Utilized Armco Material
Data Processing & Acquisition Systems.
EDUCATION:
University of Southern California (USC)
Geology - Major
Chemistry - Minor
Bachelor of Science (BS)
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HONORS & AWARDS:
Shell Oil Company Buyer of the Year 2003 & 2004
Houston Minority Business Council Buyer of the Year 2003