Jerry AcostaPhone: 832-228-8448 E-Mail: jerry_acosta13@yahoo.com

Senior Procurement Manager

Extensive experience managing diverse procurement teams in developing and implementing innovative sourcing strategies using market and operational intelligence to ensure lowest total cost of ownership.

Proven ability to develop, optimize, and maintain supplier relationships resulting in reduced total costs, security of supply, and superior quality.

Considered a driver of change across organizations resulting in increased operational efficiency via streamlined processes.

Professional Experience

Proserv Operations – Houston, TX 12/2015 – PresentRegional Supply Chain Manager - NSAAccountable for all Supply Chain activities in supporting operations across North and South America.

Responsible for identifying and implementing category sourcing strategies across the region in line with the company’s business objectives and providing long term cost savings.

Collaborate with the various regional stakeholders to understand demand requirements and realize opportunities for cost optimization and supply risk mitigation.

Responsible for implementing numerous cost saving initiatives resulting in substantial reductions in cost compared to previous years.

Consolidated MRO category spend to one key supplier, which provided operational efficiencies as well as 15% cost savings over previous years.

Negotiated fixed price agreements with performance KPIs for logistics category, which improved overall performance while providing cost savings.

Led inventory reduction initiative across the region resulting in an inventory reduction of approximately $6MM and 40% reduction in inventory volume.

Developed and implemented a vendor managed inventory (VMI) program for all shop consumables and PPE equipment. The program successfully eliminated outages by ensuring surety of supply on key items and streamlining the entire ordering process, which ultimately improved project completion times and reduced overall project costs.

Developed and implemented functional KPI’s to measure and monitor supply chain team performance.

Afren Resources USA – The Woodlands, TX 11/2013 – 7/2015Supply Chain ManagerAccountable for a Supply Chain organization with an annual spend exceeding $400MM.

Developed and implemented the category sourcing strategy for all capital project investments. Many resulted in significant total cost savings (>30%).

Accountable for managing all tenders and commercial evaluations in line with business objectives. Developed and implemented key performance metrics (KPI’s) to monitor, manage, and optimize the supplier

base for performance against business requirements, safety, and contractual obligations. Responsible for generating and presenting various reports to all levels of management regarding project(s)

status, spend, and supplier performance.

BHP Billiton Petroleum – Houston, TX 12/2007 – 11/2013Supply Chain ManagerAccountable for a supply chain organization responsible for the strategic negotiations and sourcing of all materials and services with annual spend exceeding $600MM.

Responsible for developing and delivering against a multi-year category-sourcing plan, ensuring alignment with stakeholder objectives and requirements.

Managed tenders and commercial evaluations in support of the category-sourcing plan. Developed and implemented a Supplier Quality Management System, included hosting and leading quarterly

supplier performance review meetings to discuss safety performance, contract management, and progress against various performance metrics.

Led an implementation team, which was responsible for the successful integration of newly acquired assets onto the Company’s ERP system (SAP).

Contracts SupervisorAccountable for the leadership and management of a team of contract specialists in support of all Gulf of Mexico Production Operations

Developed a multi-year category sourcing strategy to support continued production operations in the Gulf of Mexico. This included categories such as production chemicals, equipment maintenance, logistics, and MRO.

Procurement Supervisor – (Perth Australia)Accountable for a team of procurement specialists in Perth Australia supporting all Australia Production Operations.

Put in place numerous key material contracts, which resulted in 10-15% cost savings over previous years, ensured surety of supply, and added procedural efficiencies.

Hess Corporation – Houston, TX 9/2005 – 12/2007Global Supply Chain Senior AdvisorResponsible for coordinating exploration projects from start to completion. This included developing optimal sourcing methodology, tendering, negotiations, and project award.

Education

University of Phoenix - Houston Graduated 2004MBA – Business Administration

University of Houston – Houston Graduated 1998BS – Mechanical Engineering Technology

Additional Training & Skills

Bilingual (Fluent in English and Spanish) Extensive knowledge and use of SAP; Comfortable and able to learn new ERP systems very quickly. Extensive knowledge and use of Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio and Project) Completed numerous Senior & Executive Leadership Training Courses while at Hess, BHP, and Afren.

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