Experience

Complete Property Solutions Corp.

• United States
• Construction
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Manager

  • Nov 2022 - Present

  Commercial Real Estate Commercial Real Estate



ACCIONA

• Spain
• Utilities
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director of Supply Chain, North America

  • Nov 2021 - Nov 2022

  Spearheaded the evaluation, consolidation and implementation of 4 independently operated warehouses to 1 centralized warehouse, operations and distribution for a spare parts large and small components servicing current operational and under construction assets for the US and Canada. Y.O.Y projections of cost savings show a 20% increase in production uptime, reduction in transit time from 2-60 days, and reduction in domestic and international logistics cost by 15%. • Recruited, trained, and developed a team of 15 direct, indirect, and 3rd party estimators, project procurement leads, and logistics and inventory leads to effectively manage 11 operational windfarms in the US and Canada, 4 warehouses supporting spare part distribution to regional and global assets, and 4 projects currently under construction. This team supports a portfolio of Wind, Solar, and Battery Storage. • Lead the evaluation of the accuracy and efficiency of the onsite wind inventory technician roles. Took over the operations of the role under Supply Chain with a projected accuracy and efficiency of 30% increase per site with a target of 98% accuracy. • Conducted evaluation of local and regional suppliers and subcontractors per category and increased MSA partnerships with structured tiered discounts by 20% Y.O.Y. These partnerships will not only expedite the procurement process significantly but also reduce lead times, logistics cost and transit times. • Develops strategic and long-term planning for supply chain business process improvements and information technologies to include technical comprehensive roadmaps and governance models for business segments globally. • Partners with multi-departmental leadership both local and global with other key stakeholders to identify opportunities, evaluates new and existing tools/platforms, effectively articulates the business case for investments, and champions the implementation of industry best performance practices.



Streeter Consulting

• Kansas City Metropolitan Area

• Supply Chain Consultant

  • Sep 2021 - Oct 2021



Kiewit

• United States
• Construction
• 700 & Above Employee

• Project Procurement Manager

  • Feb 2021 - Aug 2021

  Leading the buyout and procurement efforts for the Food and Beverage Market.

• Project Estimating Lead

  • Oct 2020 - Feb 2021

  • Lead and manage estimates for pre-construction bid efforts across all scopes, systems, and assemblies for Electrical, Mechanical, Structural, Civil and Buildings. Manage 5 additional procurement estimators supporting each discipline. • Prepare estimate presentations, special studies, budget control reports and estimating documents for projects and client presentations.• Complete an in-depth evaluation of the cost of labor, material, equipment, and productivity in the unit costs used at each level of an estimate.

• Procurement Training Manager

  • Mar 2020 - Oct 2020

  Developed, implemented, and launched the Procurement Department Training program from the ground up. Provided development and training to almost 60 staff members under 3 years of service, along with 2020 interns. The program was originally scheduled for in person learning, then was revised to virtually, on Teams, after the pandemic. This program is now being distributed to all districts for use to development staff in other locations and markets.

• Procurement Department Manager - Estimating and Execution

  • Mar 2019 - Mar 2020

   Developed and executed new procurement strategies to support new emerging markets with drastically accelerated project schedules. In collaboration with key stakeholders, cross-functional teams, and vendors we were able to identify and qualify new sources of supply, developed and executed category management strategies across the entire project lifecycle per scope where qualified, negotiated dis-counts or rebates on a global level, and reduced the contract management support required for those suppliers unilaterally.  Spearheading the transformation for a department-wide cross discipline initiative to improve efficiencies for project support and drastically expediting the buyout phase of the project. This initiative is projected to reduce manhours by 13% and cut the buyout segment in half. Maximized total cost ownership on all active projects by using lessons learned from past projects to successfully manage scope, cost, and schedule. Key areas of focus were forecasting final contract value against control budgets and foreseen changes, foreseen risks, foreseen opportunities, scope growth, upcoming client and project milestone status, manhours earned vs projected, project constraints, project successes, and present viable solutions to risks or constraints. Negotiated and managed several global Master Purchase Agreements with key suppliers to be used company-wide, world-wide, and across market segments for targeted commodities and/or scopes of work. These are in alignment with project objectives for cost, quality, and schedule.  Assisted in the formulation of the vendor selection and management program with a view to give more vendor visibility and improve purchasing costs, expedite contract execution, quality, track schedule adherence, document control, ease of relationship management, the total cost management, and reliability of the supplier or Subcontractor to ensure the highest level of service delivery.

• Project Procurement Lead

  • Oct 2017 - Mar 2019

   Prepare, and lead procurement activities for project planning.  Lead/Prepare/issue Request for Proposals (RFP’s). Evaluate vendor/subcontractor proposals to identify who meet project constraints of budget and schedule at the estimating, execution and site purchasing levels.  Negotiate commercial terms and conditions with equipment vendors, material vendors, professional service providers and subcontractors; consult with corporate attorneys and senior management to minimize project and corporate risk while maintaining commercial competitiveness. Leverage vendors/subcontractors across multiple projects and/or procurements to create cost savings to project(s). Purchase the highest quality materials at the lowest possible cost in correct amounts per specifications and drawings with buyouts.  Actively develop budgets, schedules, and performance plans to meet customer and company goals and objectives. Research and evaluate suppliers based on price, quality, selection, service, support, availability, reliability, production and distribution capabilities and the supplier’s reputation and history.  Monitor shipments to ensure goods come in on time and manage any issue resolutions related to undelivered goods.  Assist in managing direct and indirect costs for overall project spend. Presenting and implementing cost savings to the project where available.

• Project Contracts Manager

  • Feb 2017 - Mar 2019

   Lead, manage, and support cross functional disciplines for the project’s Request for Proposals (RFP’s) on engineered equipment, commodities, aggregates and services. Evaluate vendor/subcontractor proposals to identify who meet project constraints of budget and schedule at the estimating, execution, and site purchasing phases. Collaborate and work in partnership with our electrical, mechanical, structural, civil, constructability, scheduling, and business departments to successfully lead and drive the execution of several small ($14M), mid-sized ($140M), and large ($3B) power generation plants, grain facilities, paper mills, transmission lines, distribution lines, substations, solar fields, and wind farms EPC (Engineer, Procure, Construct) projects, simultaneously, which were all at different points in the project cycle.  Negotiate commercial terms with equipment vendors, material vendors, professional service providers and subcontractors; consult with corporate attorneys and senior management to minimize project and corporate risk while maintaining commercial competitiveness. Maximize buying power, reducing manufacturing production lead times, and more favorable commercial term by leveraging strategic partnerships across projects or company wide volume with suppliers and subcontractors. Purchase the highest quality materials at the lowest possible cost, per the engineering technical specifications and drawings or constructability scope of work.  Actively develop budgets, forecast for direct and indirect procurement costs, schedules, and performance plans to meet customer and company goals and strategic objectives. Manage all supplier and subcontractor progress, compliance, cost, and performance in accordance with the contractual terms, schedule, and budget. This includes progress meetings, schedule adherence, quality, drawing submittals, delivery, invoicing, payment milestones, retention, claim management, dispute resolution, and close out.

• Field - Construction Manager and Engineering Job Shadow

  • May 2018 - Oct 2018

  Field rotations to learn hands on “how the work is built” while maintaining current role as the Project Contracts Manager.  Developed and piloted the Field Engineering and Construction Management field job shadow Program for Procurement staff, on site, to broaden understanding of the work and risk to better support the projects. Each rotation focused on a different role with corresponding learning objectives for the position. Field Engineer rotation learning objectives focused on Safety and Quality, material planning, material tracking, material receiving, engineering take-offs, drawing reviews, delivery coordination, offloading, and staging. Project Engineer rotation learning objectives focused on project mobilization, baseline schedule review, work plans, project initiation, Owner relationship management, design vs build and managing changes, permitting and regulations, labor and budget management, and right of way acquisition and coordination. Construction Manager rotation learning objectives focused on Safety and Quality, Civil (anchor bolts down), Erection and Installation (anchor bolts up), planning, scheduling, team coordination, subcontractor management, reading drawings and mapping for construction, demobilizationThis opportunity has greatly improved my understanding of the work. I am now able to be a heavy leader and contributor to the evaluation, negotiation, and management of our scopes and contracts.

• Centralized Contracting

  • Sep 2016 - Oct 2017

  Supporting Centralized team between project assignmentsNegotiate Master Service Agreements, Task Orders, Professional Service Agreements, Incidental Work Orders, Environmental Service Agreements and Project Staffing Agreements to support various projects for any site mobilization, start-up, maintenance and demobilization needs.

• Purchasing Agent II

  • Jun 2015 - Sep 2016

  • Prepare/issue Request for Proposals (RFP’s) and evaluate vendor/subcontractor proposals to identify vendors/subcontractors who meet project constraints of budget and schedule at the estimating, execution and site purchasing levels.• Research and evaluate suppliers based on price, quality, selection, service, support, availability, reliability, production and distribution capabilities and the supplier’s reputation and history. • Purchase the highest quality materials at the lowest possible cost in correct amounts per technical specifications and drawings with buyouts.• Work closely with materials management team onsite in monitoring shipments to ensure Supplier deliveries are on time. Expedite Supplier deliveries as required.Past and Current Projects:San Angelo Transmission Line RebuildBallinger Transmission Line RebuildAdams Reardon Transmission Line ProjectNaheola Mill Biomass Boiler & Fuel Handling Project St. Joseph Energy Center (Combine Cycle)Lackawanna Energy Center (Combine Cycle)G3TV Grain Export TerminalMAGIC Camp Volunteer-2016, 2017, 2018NAWIC Member 2016-PresentCamp NAWIC Committee Member (MAGIC Camp)-2016, 2017, & 2018



Ryan Transportation

• United States
• Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Cargo Claims Manager/Carrier Compliance and Risk Management

  • Sep 2012 - Jun 2015

   Developed and implemented the cargo claims team, disputes, and their processes from ground up.  Reduced cargo claims YOY by 78% on the largest meat producer client for T.M.S., $9M annually, by creating specialized OS&D procedures for their product and negotiating corresponding agreements with hauling carriers.  Evaluated all freight carriers interested in hauling shipments by analyzing their D.O.T. safety scores on D.A.T. Carrier Watch and Safer, all insurance coverage, carrier equipment profile, and other supporting documents against the safety matrix.  Spearheaded any investigation and recovery of customer freight due to identity theft, carrier compliance issues, double brokering against contract, recovery of abandoned cargo, or refused loads.



International Paper

• United States
• Paper and Forest Product Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Shipping and Receiving Supervisor

  • Mar 2011 - Sep 2012

   Guided and reconstructed a deteriorating shipping department in a corrugated sheet and box manufacturing plant, comprised of 13 forklift drivers and 3 bander operators over 3 shifts, to a highly efficient functioning department.  Capitalized on a cost savings to the bottom-line yielding $85k annually, by reducing backhauls, increased trailer utilization, more efficiently managing driver routes, efficient load planning, and significantly reducing warehouse transfers.  Influenced, lead, and drove the conversion and integration of the manufacturing and shipping facility to the Witron CPMS Integrated PLM warehouse management digital scanning system, a capital project, from the manual HRMS system over a one-year period.  Drastically improved on time deliveries from 82% in February 2011 to over 98.55% in June 2012.  Align with production planner to effectively plan, load, and ship an average of 50 loads a day of manufactured product direct to customers and warehouses while assisting in the management of a fleet of 100 trailers and 20 local and over the road drivers.  Slashed over run inventory and waste by 10% by aligning with the planning and production teams to report and track all manufactured goods accurately, perform root cause analysis and reporting, implementing new processes for cycle counting, reducing waste at machines centers, implementing FIFO inventory requirements, and selling inventory as seconds when allowable.



Freightquote

• United States
• Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
• 700 & Above Employee

• Cargo Claims Analyst

  • Nov 2007 - Oct 2010

  Implemented the claims process for 2 sister companies with rail, inter-modal, and freight forwarding divisions. Cross trained on billing dispute team. Filed disputes against carrier's for any Accessorial or re-weigh issues on L.T.L shipments. Implemented the claims process for 2 sister companies with rail, inter-modal, and freight forwarding divisions. Cross trained on billing dispute team. Filed disputes against carrier's for any Accessorial or re-weigh issues on L.T.L shipments.