Diana Valencia, Procurement Manager

Diana Valencia

Procurement Manager

Emicool

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, Industrial Engineering
Experience
15 years, 5 Months

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Total years of experience :15 years, 5 Months

Procurement Manager at Emicool
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since July 2021

1) Responsible for supervision of procurement of equipment, goods and
services, warehousing and transportation totaling AED 200 million in
spend.
2) Support 20 plants generating AED 500 million in revenues.
3) Business scope includes approximately 600 suppliers, 70 qualified
contractors, 30 transportation carriers and over 2000 procurement
transactions annually.
4) Implemented organization design of central procurement by centrally
aligning business requirements to maximize savings, functional
efficiencies and governance.
5) Created and implemented a supplier quality process which includes
pre-qualification, evaluation, monitoring, feedback and recognition.
6) Devise purchasing instructions and policies and ensure proper
procedure from both the company and vendors.
7) Development of internal service level agreements to provide the
business with a consistent level of service within all of facets of
Procurement.
8) Provide strategic consulting and analytic perspective to management
and key business stakeholders on procurement methodologies and
risks.
9) Drive cost reduction efforts through process improvements,
contractual efficiencies, and elimination of inefficient spending
10) Leading a team of 4 members to achieve overall procurement strategy
and objectives.
11) Led Supply Chain module for new ERP implementation and migration
and Digital transformation initiatives

Operations Purchasing and distribution manager at Aggreko UK Ltd
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since January 2023
Senior Procurement Specialist at Enquest
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • April 2018 to June 2021

Responsible for material and service contracts of offshore
platforms/drilling projects, project procurement, shipping and
receiving functions.
2) Involved in procurement of approximately GBP 36 million annually.
3) Compared and evaluated offers from various suppliers and negotiated
contract terms and pricing.
4) Developed Rate contracts and built in in the ERP system for
automated P2P process
5) Effectively managed and transacted purchase agreements,
maintaining a healthy an active purchasing vendor list, consistent
with the functions and activities required by the company.
6) Led the strategic sourcing activities for IT spend categories:
Maintenance, Client Service, Software Licensing with the goal of
achieving significant cost reductions and improving product quality
and supplier service level.
7) Analyzed supplier performance with relation to the quality, cost, and
delivery via QBR’s and provided Buyers support in the resolution of
complex agreement and service issues.
8) Conducted market research and sourcing analysis (Main categories:
EPC, HSSE, IT, drilling, logistics)
9) Delivering timely and cost-effective resolutions to MRO problems.
10) Responsible for post contract management and facilitate supplier
relationship

Procurement and Contracts Specialist/ Team Lead at PetroChina Halfaya Fze Iraq Branch
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • September 2012 to November 2017

Oversee the preparation of procurement plans and preparation of
procurement manual for the project.
2) Responsible for order placement timing, supply / demand alignment
3) Negotiated terms and conditions. Conducted a price analysis on all
vendor quotes to determine technically acceptable and cost‐effective
quotations.
4) Drafted and reviewed annual tender programs
5) Research new suppliers to verify product quality and compare price
lists with current vendor invoices.
6) Make recommendations about new vendors when necessary to
improve supply chain efficiency and meet budgetary goals.
7) Implemented and Managed SRM (Suppliers Relationship
Management), SSS (Suppliers Self Service), SLC (Suppliers Life Cycle
management) systems
8) Managed FPAL database of vendors and contractors
9) Maximum one-time management of 23 ongoing tenders with a
maximum individual contract spend of US$130m
10) Managed team of 10 team throughout Iraqization project

Procurement and Proposals Engineer at ILF consulting engineers
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • December 2011 to September 2012

- Preparation of Proposals for tendering major projects for Oil and Gas in Middle East
- Preparation of Reports of current status of all projects
- Cost Estimation for feasibility studies, FEED and PMC projects
- Request and follow up of long lead items enquiries done in the GCC market and International

Junior Procurement Engineer at Spec Energy DMCC
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • January 2010 to November 2011

Main activities:
- Purchase of all kinds of piping materials.
- Weekly reports providing actual status of deliveries and enquiries.
- Vendors’ evaluation, RFP issuing/releasing and follow up.
- Order and coordinate material deliveries locally and internationally.
- Expediting: securing the quality and timely delivery of goods


Special tasks:

- Materials take off (Instrumentation) from P&Ids.
- Working on a project, enhancing existing procurement policies & procedures and revising KPIs.

Sourcing Trainee at Central Hidroelectrica de Caldas
  • Colombia
  • July 2008 to December 2009

- E sourcing, tender cost analysis
- Market sourcing
- Supplier management

Education

Bachelor's degree, Industrial Engineering
  • at National University of Colombia
  • March 2010

Feb 2009 – Dec 2009 (INTERNSHIP) Marketing sales representative stationed in Manizales, Colombia with Talent Partnership, one of the Head hunters located in Colombia, Ecuador and Guatemala. Main activities: - Implementation of Balance Score Card. - Present the company to the Industry of Manizales, Antioquia and Coffee area. Special tasks: - Elaborate advertising campaigns to enhance the company publicity exposure and obtain new costumers.

Specialties & Skills

Materials
Industrial Engineering
Preparation
Quickbooks
MS Office( Excel, Word..)

Languages

English
Expert
Spanish
Expert