Category Manager
Saudi Aramco
مجموع سنوات الخبرة :27 years, 11 أشهر
• Applying Category Management methodology for Strategic Sourcing of Drilling Materials and Services.
• The current entity is newly created in our organization and have been creating the processes, guidelines and tools for this group.
• Conducted study with Accenture to establish Supplier Relationship Management program
• Authored over 50 High Value Procurement Plans and Award Recommendations for review by the Company’s Executive Committee.
• Authored Saudi Aramco spend analysis covering areas detailed breakdown of spend by commodity with focus on spend with top suppliers/agents in-Kingdom.
• Lead Purchase Agreement Coverage initiative in Drilling Purchasing Unit, of which we added over 2, 500 line items under Purchase Agreements for an estimated annual value of $1BN.
• Concluded OCTG Direct Delivery Agreements for an estimated value of $3.4BN to cover Saudi Aramco requirements over 5-Years.
• Lead Procurement Team to develop 5-year Agreements for special Downhole equipment (material plus service installation) that also ensured the establishment of 4 local manufacturing facilities to ensure supply and promote the local economy. This action lead to cost savings over $60MM.
• Generated over $13MM in Cost Saving through other Price Negotiations and Discussions.
• Participated in Lean Event focusing on Procurement Integration of Services and Materials.
• Organized several workshops for Buyers with Downhole Equipment Manufacturers to build up on product knowledge and enhance communications and relationships with our suppliers.
· Oversee production scheduling in North American facilities to ensure customer needs are met and inventory velocity is improved out of each distribution center.
· Standardized scheduling and utilized Six Sigma tools to reduce inventory by $10 million. · Global supply chain function included scheduling and inbound logistics to supply North American facilities from Central America, Far East and Middle East.
· Assisted in supply chain design and metrics for European division.
· Analyzed and implemented new global mould build initiative for Wal-Mart resulting in a $6.5 million investment to generate $41 million in revenue or an increase of 39% of EBIT.
· Continual process and procedure development to ensure continuous improvement utilizing lean manufacturing principles and six sigma tools.
· Assisting sales and marketing teams to provide improved customer service to top accounts (Wal-Mart, Nordstrom, Gap, Ross, etc.).
· Providing logistical and supply chain support on new product introduction.
· Implemented target inventory levels by SKU in all North American DC’s to respond to customer delivery requests of 2 days.
· Maintained weekly global metrics for service, including on-time delivery, span, response time, order entry errors. Including backlog recovery plans.
· Reducing and eliminating slow moving and obsolete material.
· Responsible for Customer Service Dept. Ensure minimal customer service order entry errors, timely feedback to customer inquiries, constant training of staff of new products and market trends.
· Engaged in cross-functional teams on various process improvements projects. Worked extensively with finance, production, engineering and IT groups.
· Extensive use and knowledge of JDE / AS400 system.
· Managed Supply Chain interface with Cisco Systems ($1B annual revenue).
· Lead quarterly cost review with Cisco on all manufactured products. Managed over 10, 000 line items on BOM to improve Solectron PPV while delivering cost reductions to customer.
· Delivered quarterly cost reductions to Cisco by analyzing and executing different sourcing strategies.
· Analyzed and implemented strategies to assure Solectron’s margin requirements were achieved.
· Lead team on developing new system procedures that saved Solectron $1 million annually.
· Determined true cost of manufactured components.
· Provided budgetary control and forecasting on 50+ capital projects totaling in excess of $15 million.
· Provided CFO and Controller with detailed account analysis.
· Analyzed cost and process flow benefits of out-sourcing certain manufacturing processes.
· Developed training requirements for company on MRP system.· Fixed Asset Manager.
· Analyzed historical fleet maintenance records to produce a model to forecast expenses throughout lifetime of vehicles, namely tandem tractors and straight trucks.· Complementing the research, further analysis was undertaken to determine the optimum replacement cycle of the fleet and cost/benefit analysis of lease versus buy with heavy use of regression models.
· Developed a database program to manage fleet inventory over 13 states.
· Generated monthly, weekly, and daily cashflow forecasts in addition to monitoring daily cash movement. Other tasks included collection and transfer of funds between company and other Shell Divisions.
· Developed software for treasury department to feed management better information and maintain control within department.
· Improved accounts receivable by $3 million.
· Teamed with Treasurer, Financial Controller and Treasury assistants to implement new database program to maintain control on post-dated checks receivable function. Resulted in faster data entry, statistical output, and elimination of lost time due to manual search.
· Trained in IT department on network and user support.
· Developed financial models in retail department for feasibility studies on new projects, including post investment review.
