Experience

Red Deer Polytechnic

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Purchasing Specialist

  • May 2016 - Present



Nabors Industries

• United States
• Oil and Gas
• 700 & Above Employee

• Purchaser/ Service Coordinator

  • Aug 2009 - Aug 2015

  Sourced and procured MRO supplies and services for the Ramshorn Canada plant, north of Fort Nelson, BC. Responsible for expediting shipments and tracking status. Completed monthly accounting records. Played and intregal part in integrating Ramshorn into the Nabors purchasing system. Worked with suppliers to reconcile shipping discrepancies and provided support to vendors for online invoicing. Sourced and procured MRO supplies and services for the Ramshorn Canada plant, north of Fort Nelson, BC. Responsible for expediting shipments and tracking status. Completed monthly accounting records. Played and intregal part in integrating Ramshorn into the Nabors purchasing system. Worked with suppliers to reconcile shipping discrepancies and provided support to vendors for online invoicing.



Nabors Production Services

• Administrative Assosicate - Accounts Payable

  • Feb 2009 - Aug 2009

  Covered a term position within the company for the accounting department. I was responsible for coding invoices, employee expenses, and company visas. Was also responsible for completing new vendor adds with the Houston office, and for tracking and coding fuel card lock expenses per rig. I exercised problem solving skills by researching and following up on vendor inquiries and provided a high level of customer service both internally and externally for the company.

• AFE ( Authorization for Expenditure ) Buyer

  • Aug 2006 - Feb 2009

  I worked in close communication with Project Managers on Capital AFE Projects over $20,000. I prepared and tracked purchase orders for the mechanical managers, project managers and rig managers. Also had some procurement involvement on non-capital AFE's. I assisted tracking of spend vs. budget for the project managers. I worked as a relief district buyer, purchasing MRO supplies for the rigs. I worked closely with the QA department to track asset ID's on Capital Equipment.



Dynatech

• Red Deer, AB

• Production Coordinator

  • Mar 2000 - Jul 2006

  Created purchase orders based on demand, historical data and projected sales forecasts by customer. Organized import shipments by full container and less than container load shipping. Managed inventory flow for 3 warehouses ( Red Deer, Mississauga and Los Angeles). Collected and distributed import documentation to the freight forwarder and customs brokers. Created purchase orders based on demand, historical data and projected sales forecasts by customer. Organized import shipments by full container and less than container load shipping. Managed inventory flow for 3 warehouses ( Red Deer, Mississauga and Los Angeles). Collected and distributed import documentation to the freight forwarder and customs brokers.