Procurement consultant
Total years of experience :15 years, 10 Months
Laston Nsemwa
EXPERIENCE
McKinsey & Company Procurement Consultant, Purchasing & Supply
Management, Operations
Responsible for assuring compliance with all BP segment defined practices including the Code of
Conduct, Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption.
§ Led oversight and supervision of all aspects of the Procurement execution process within the
Rotating Equipment team across three major projects (offshore, onshore and pipeline), including the
issue of Requests For Information; Requests For Proposals, evaluation and Request For Approval
issue; approval of changes and issue of Change Orders; resolution of issues through to delivery and
close out. Currently focused on pipeline project.
§ Support of the Engineered Equipment Team Leader in Procurement by providing regular reporting;
input into key issues and risk management.
§ Provided supervision and motivation of the Rotating Equipment category team (8), located in
various offices, through regular meetings and ensuring that priorities are established and understood,
plus the correct allocation of work within the team. Currently focused on London office with
oversight for highly experienced procurement professional.
§ Responsibility for management and reporting of Mechanical Equipment procurement budget for
entire pipeline project.
Carried out numerous post-award contract management activities including developing contract
amendments.
§ Ensured delivery of Rotating Equipment category engineered equipment through working with the
Expediting, Inspections, Materials and Logistics team within Procurement, as well as with
Engineering and other project interfaces.
§ Carried out numerous aspects of the Procurement execution process, including the issue of Requests
For Information; Prequalification and Requests For Proposals.
§ Raised critical issues for assigned packages to the Category Lead as appropriate and carried out
resolution of issues.
§ Championed Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption due diligence implementation for AGT
Procurement. Conducted Anti-Corruption and Due Diligence process rollouts for Procurement team
in addition to proposing improvements to the process.
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§ Championed the implementation of the supplier Prequalification process for Procurement including
proposing improvements to the process.
§ Conducted gap analysis of the Strategic Sourcing process in line with BP Category Management and
developed process for Procurement.
§ Conducted a number of Procurement activities via eSourcing systems KBRS and MateriaLink.
§ Awarded a discretionary ‘Spot Bonus' for outstanding contribution to Procurement.
BP Contracts Specialist, Onshore Construction,
Major Capital Projects
Execution and administration of minor service contracts including drafting contracts; amendments
and variations; invoice approval; securing internal approvals and maintaining and archiving of
contract files/documents.
§ Developed Prequalification for Onshore Infrastructure and Onshore Terminal contracts.
§ Supported development of Request for Proposal and evaluation for Onshore Infrastructure contract.
§ Conducted market surveys for Onshore Infrastructure and Terminal contracts.
§ Supported contracting strategies workshops for Onshore, Offshore and Marine & Subsea Categories.
§ Conducted various aspects of contracting activities, including strategy development, prequalification,
tender list development, issue of invitations to tender, receipt as well as analysis of tenders and
contractor clarifications.
§ Implemented Supplier Management programme for a number of key strategic contractors in line
with BP Category Management common process.
§ Provided assistance to other team members on a range of issues including Category Management
common process compliance and Procon.
§ Conducted a number of Procurement activities via eSourcing system ARIBA.
§ Successfully project managed the implementation of Procon, contract management system for AGT
Contracts.
§ Awarded a discretionary ‘Spot Bonus' for excellent work and in particular the project management of
the implementation of Procon.
BP Procurement & Supply Chain Management
(PSCM) Specialist, Refining PSCM
Led contract negotiation and development for Fuel Additives contract including Prequalification;
Request For Proposal; evaluation and award. Ensured stakeholder agreement/alignment of supplier
selection and evaluation criteria.
§ Conducted Request for Information and Prequalification for a number of contracts within Chemicals
and Maintenance Services.
§ Supported implementation and development of PSCM Category Councils for Chemicals and Fuel
Additives for Refining, including carrying out market surveys and spend analysis.
§ Conducted market and spend analysis for input into development of market sector strategy for
Chemicals.
§ Conducted Environmental Services Market Sector Strategy review and provided recommendations.
§ Supported Environmental Services strategic contractor supplier management programme including
setting up and taking part in quarterly performance review meetings, issuing minutes and monitoring
of key performance indicators.
§ Conducted a number of Procurement activities via eSourcing system ARIBA.
Developed expertise in the field of regulatory reporting in order to assist the business, operations,
compliance and IT management in understanding of regulatory reporting on strategic business
initiatives.
§ Performed front to back analysis on product flows, to identify material inaccuracies and their root
cause and recommended infrastructure, process and control improvements to address issues found.
§ Acted as a risk manager for the firm through on-going assessment and awareness of the regulatory
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environment and the firm's adherence to its reporting obligations.
Undertook the investigation and resolution of post-trade client queries and other ad-hoc queries.
§ Processed equity trade confirmations into equity information systems, which required continuous
liaising with sales teams.
§ Trained and managed an Intern from China.
Level 6 Graduate Diploma & MCIPS
1st Class, Honours
International academic exchange for selected Bath students. Modules included: Strategic Management Consulting, International Business and International Marketing.
Economics (A), History (A), English Literature (B) & Business Studies AS (A). ACHIEVEMENTS & PRIZES Spot Bonus, January 2014, BP: Awarded a discretionary ‘Spot Bonus' for outstanding contribution to Procurement. Spot Bonus, September 2012, BP: Awarded a discretionary ‘Spot Bonus' for outstanding contribution to Procurement. ‘Exceptional' Performance Rating, December 2011, BP: Achieved an ‘Exceptional' performance review rating for 2011, the highest rating attainable in the company. Spot Bonus, September 2011, BP: Awarded a discretionary ‘Spot Bonus' for excellent work and in particular the project management of the implementation of Procon contract management system. Accenture Final Year Project Prize