Dynamic supply chain professional with proven expertise in contracting, procurement and financial management, honed at Shell Shared Services (Asia) B.V. Excelled in strategic sourcing and supplier relationship management, delivering $1.5M in cost savings. Known for exceptional negotiating skills and ERP systems proficiency, driving operational excellence and value creation in complex supply chains.
· Co-lead the Chemicals Category Workstream and manage the end-to-end supply chain.
· Work closely with Category Managers and key stakeholders to execute the end-to end- Category Management and Contracting Processes (CMCP).
· Develop and implement pragmatic procurement strategies and tactics based on regularly updated cost models, business requirement and supplier industry analyses.
· Drive total cost reductions and value beyond the usual beyond the usual (cash preservation/cost savings/process efficiency). Identify opportunities in the contract portfolio to create more value and eliminate waste.
· Deliver operational excellence in the development of contracting strategy to post award contract management.
· Connect with Market Intelligence team to determine the pricing trends of the assigned category to provide insights to the business in terms of demand forecasting based on the pricing trends.
· Identify opportunities to drive process improvements from executing the contracts to post award management.
· Manage operational and tactical contracts with total value of $100M.
· Delivered $1M cost avoidance and $500K cost improvement.
· Responsible for the sourcing of materials and services for Shell Philippines (Tabangao Refinery) for non-contracted purchases below 2.5 M pesos.
· Partnered with the business to drive cost initiative for high value transactions.
· Negotiated with the suppliers for competitive pricing of the materials and services.
· Created purchase orders and send them to vendors for approved purchases with negotiated terms and conditions.
· Managed the suppliers’ queries on payment of invoices, invoicing requirements and deliveries.
· Managed the amendment and closing of purchase orders once completed.
· Reviewed aging and new purchase requisitions.
· Collaborated with end users on site, Accounts Payable team, Procurement Specialists and Reporting Team by doing monthly calls to discuss issues and provide resolution.
· Worked with the Contracts team for some items that can be added to contracts in order to save costs for Shell.
· Identified and executed potential process improvement.
· Timely execution and resolution of workflows received in SAP.
· Cooperated in achieving Shell’s Operational Excellence in procurement.
· Acted as focal point for ARIBA supporting Catalogue Buying.
· Acted as Super User and assist end users to resolve their system and processing issues in GSAP system.
· Created purchase requisitions as requested by business counterparts in Netherlands, United Kingdom and Norway.
· Created purchase orders for approved requisitions and sent to vendors upon completion.
· Created service entries once invoices from the vendors have been sent for processing.
· Reviewed aging and new purchase requisitions, purchase orders and service entries.
· Collaborated with Accounts Payable team, business counterparts in Europe and Reporting Team by doing monthly calls to discuss issues and provide resolution.
· Identified potential process improvement.
· Acted as Super User and assist end users to resolve their system and processing issues in SAP Blueprint system.
· Handled issue resolution for the team regarding accounts payable (late payment to vendors, incorrect vendor data, erroneous workflows, etc.)
· Downloaded and assigned workload for the team that needs to be processed within the day.
· Maintained the team’s mailbox and answer all queries within the day.
· Responsible for parked and blocked invoices report, non-compliant invoices report and payment on time report for the team,
· Collaborated with Procurement Team, Controls Team, and business counterparts by doing monthly calls to discuss issues and provide resolution.
· Identified potential process improvement and act as team’s Super User.
· Processed vendors’ invoices in SAP in accordance with Shell’s standard operating procedures.
· Ensured workflows are dealt with service level agreement and processed correctly to avoid reworks.
· Answered all emails sent by the business counterparts within the day.
· Provided back up to team members in case of unscheduled leaves of other members and unusual volume of work.
· Investigated issues raised by business counterparts and escalate to team lead if necessary.
· Identified process improvements to assigned process.
· Provided support to Analysis and Controls team for resolution of some invoice issues.
· Provided support to Retail Territory Managers.
· Disseminated information to Shell retail dealers and update their databases.
· Gathered the distributor volume report.
· Prepared dialogue handouts to dealers.
· Prepared official receipts upon payment of dealers.