Project Procurement Manager – EACOP Project
Worley, London, UK
Total years of experience :16 years, 1 Months
• Leading Project Procurement activities for the EACOP (East African Crude Oil Pipeline) Project (EPCM Scope). EACOP Project is a JV between Total Energies and their partners.
• Managing entire Project Procurement Functions of the EACOP project.
• Develop and maintain Project Procurement Execution Plan, to include all Purchasing, Expediting, Logistics, Materials Management and Package Management to achieve the project goals.
• Ensure Client requirements are identified and effectively addressed, pertaining to all procurement requirements, and act where required, as a single point of contact with Client for all the Procurement functions.
• Ensure the Procurement activities are in line with the Local content regulations.
• Ensure problems are identified on a timely basis and appropriate corrective action plans are developed to allow resolution; participate in resolving disputes, claims and performance issues.
• Analyse the root cause for any major overruns and propose steps to avoid such issues.
• Manage team of Buyers & Expeditors based in UK, India and Tanzania offices.
• Prepare and present weekly, monthly / ad hoc reports.
• Major PO’s are HV, MV & LV Cables, Pipe Line Valves, Various Pumps, Generator Package, Actuated, Control and Manual Valves, Fired Heaters, Chemical Injection, Tanks & Pr Vessels, Piping, Electrical and Instrumentation Bulks, Nitrogen Generation, Electrical Heat Tracing, Water and Waste Treatment Package, GRE Piping.
• Procurement team lead for Intel Ireland’s Air Separation Unit Project.
• Working closely with the Project Manager to plan and execute Capital Procurement Scope within projects, developing a procurement strategy aligned with the execution strategy.
• Prepare and issue inquires and purchase orders according to project schedule.
• Negotiate with suppliers to obtain competitive price, delivery, and contract terms, and lead the timely resolution of raised issues.
• Liaise frequently with Category Specialists, Sub-Contract Manager, Expeditors, Inspection Leads, and Transportation Specialists.
• Manage budget for Procurement scope of the project, including the equipment/materials costs as well as Procurement hours expended.
• Using SAP Material Management system, SMART Plant Material and SCOUT e-procurement system. (P2P Process)
• Major equipment’s purchased are Main Air Compressors, Heat Exchangers for Cold Box, Control & Manual Valves, Piping Items, Transformers & Motors, Power Distribution Centers, Skids & Vessels etc.
I represented Sadara Project owner team (Saudi Aramco & DOW Chemical JV) to manage EPC contractors (Fluor and Foster Wheeler) during the execution of (Offsite & Utilities and Packaging center) EPC stage. The Sadara Project will be an integrated chemical complex in Jubail Industrial City, in the Eastern Province of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Responsibilities:
• Coordinate and provide direction to the EPC contractors to establish, develop & implementation of the project procurement strategy.
• Establish and manage bid evaluation procedures, Negotiation strategy and project procurement administrative procedures.
• Participate and lead bid document preparation, bid request, bid evaluation, supplier selection and negotiations.
• Provide primary interface with the various Saudi Aramco & DOW Chemical JV teams to obtain various levels of approval and finalize purchase orders,
• Coordinate administration of purchase contracts, including review and input to; quality, expediting and logistics plans, claims mitigation, accounts payable, and purchase order closeout.
• Ensure all corporate compliance needs for purchase orders are satisfied including Export Credit Agency (ECA), forex, authority levels, approvals, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act etc.
Designation : Procurement Coordinator Petrofac is an Engineering, Procurement and Construction Contractor for Oil and Gas Industries. Responsibilities: - Managed project procurement function as a Procurement Coordinator for the LSTK Projects in Qatar, Azerbaijan, and India. The duties include formulating and implementing the Project Procurement Procedure, managing the Project Procurement team, and supporting the project bidding process.
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Duration : September 1995 to May 1996 Designation : Senior Purchase Engineer
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