Hi, I’m
CHIKA OFOEGBU
Wexford,Ireland
Summary
A focused procurement professional with teamwork ethics and strong multitasking abilities.
Works with integrity, excellence, confidence in job execution and successful in meeting KPI and increasing profit margin by strategic sourcing techniques.
Skilled at understanding client expectation and managing stakeholder (internal and external) expectation.
Highly motivated, team player and a go to person in supply chain, materials management, procurement and last mile logistics technique.
Dependable and diligent professional with experience analyzing and developing procurement plans and strategies.
Collaborates well with technical experts to manage successful vetting processes for issued tenders.
Proactively seeks cost-effective solutions to business requirements.
Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.
Overview
12
years of professional experience
3
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Triumph Power and Gas Limited , Lekki, Lagos , Nigeria
Supply Chain Manager
2023.05 - 2023.06 (1 month)
Job overview
- Accountability for adherence to supply chain and cost reduction targets, overseeing demand planning activities, monitoring progress, reviewing schedule, and resolving customer's problems.
- Establish key programs or projects that target specific improvement opportunities to reduce costs and lead times, resolve quality issues, or increase supply dependability and flexibility.
- Ensure sourcing, procurement and materials activities, policies, processes, and procedures are focused on highest standards of quality, continual improvement, and customer satisfaction.
- Ensure, manage, and oversee establishment of reliable global supplier base through implementation of strong partnering relationships and strategic sourcing alliances.
- Lead, manage and oversee negotiations and establishment of applicable supply agreements, contracts and purchase order terms and conditions.
- Ensure and maintain integrity of processes in place for supplier communications, analysis and selection, procurement and outsourcing activities and sourcing strategies for commodity categories.
- Ensure compliance with all applicable regulatory requirements.
- Responsible for developing high-performance team including training employees, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
- Estimating and establishing cost parameters and budgets for purchases.
- Review Quotations, Purchase orders and invoices to customers and PO to suppliers and send to management for approval.
- Perform profit analysis on all quotes and purchase orders for management approval.
- Follow up with vendors/suppliers/forwarders for purchase/services contracts.
- Review and analyze all vendors/suppliers, supply, and price options for best value.
- Negotiate best deal for pricing and supply contracts when assigned.
- Maintain and update lists of suppliers and their areas of expertise, delivery times, and other added value to company.
- Managed over 25 RFQs from different clients and increased proposal submission rate to 10%.
VURIN Limited , Victoria Island, Lagos., Nigeria
Project Procurement Manager
2019.04 - 2023.05 (4 years & 1 month)
Job overview
- Created Purchasing strategies for major project procurement plan, negotiate contract terms, pricing, and service levels, managing vendor relationship.
- Deliver procurement security risk analysis, risk assessments of current project procurement, and
- Client Procurement requirements identification.
- Responsible for annual project procurement review of all project's procedures, Standards and documentation of changes recommended for approval.
- Conduct comprehensive reviews of procurement procedures, authorization of documents to ensure appropriate procurement guidelines used during assessment and selections of vendors.
- Introduce Key performance indicators (KPIs) on procurement service levels to raise vendor onboarding and performance.
- Delivered 10% cost reduction in project procurement spend and direct saving in RFP by subsequent pricing and contract negotiations.
- Sourced and managed approximately 148 million Dollars SLA procurement of Deep offshore Crane Spares.
- Coordinating of entire bidding process, including bid evaluation, ensuring internal approvals, award, contract drafting, negotiation and execution.
- Timely preparation of bidding package with technical and commercial stipulations for diverse services, including drilling services, field services, production well and facilities.
VURIN Limited, Victoria Island, Lagos., Nigeria
Material Management Coordinator
2017.07 - 2019.03 (1 year & 8 months)
Job overview
- Coordinate project material requirements planning, inbound shipping, and management of project spares and equipment
- Maintained 100% on time delivery for any project material scope for supply and operational support
- Lead MRO procurement fulfillment in defining product specification, inventory management, vendor selection, contract administration, procurement closure and maintaining 10% margin on project delivery
- Collaborate with QA/QC team to ensure required specification is delivered to avoid redo or material rejection
- Manage several million dollars SLA /SAA crane Purchase order material for Exxon Mobil, Chevron, Total
- Developed and delivered all project and supply chain budget while directing and safely delivery on quality and client excellence
- Ensure materials delivered has proper operational, maintenance, inspection records, such as MSDS, test certificates, spares lists, Datasheets, and manuals where applicable
- Developed and executed multiple materials management solutions and processes to reduce nonmoving inventories, decrease past due order
- Expedite both vendors and export hub freight forwarders on Advance delivery notification (ADN) approval for material delivery process
- Ensure protocols are adhered to for goods in transit operation.
HONOURA ENERGY LIMITED, Victoria Island, Lagos., Nigeria
Procurement/Expediting Specialist
2014.06 - 2017.05 (2 years & 11 months)
Job overview
- Supervise and forecast Client Requirement Listing.
- Maintain Established supply chain procedures for requisition, processing, validation, payment, delivery, and invoicing.
- Ensures Client material Requirements are to Specification/ Standard and in line with company specifications.
- Supervise Material Handling and proper delivery protocols.
- Ensure Client Satisfactory Feedback by obtaining Quarterly review of performance and recommendations.
- Supervise and manage Inventory in Warehouse to Attain Proper material Stocking /Shelving.
- Process up to 15 RFQ and proposals daily to various client.
- Developed freight database model to estimate international and regional costs during any job proposal process to ensure front end margin optimization.
- Analyze continually on procurement and freight process to identify areas to increase Return of investment and increase margin.
- Suggested and implemented appropriate project procurement methods that increase (JIT Reorder/Rebuy at reduced last mile delivery lead time.
- Created model that ensures materials are delivered on time by liaising with freight forwarders and local logistics handler to effectively deliver at any INCOTERM to Client warehouse or delivery Hub.
TAG LINES NIGERIA LIMITED, Lekki, Lagos., Nigeria
Procurement Services Advisor/Supply Chain Specialist
2013.03 - 2014.04 (1 year & 1 month)
Job overview
- Liaise with established old and new client for RFQ opportunity generation.
- Receives and processes Requests for Quotation (RFQ), RFPs, BIDs and TENDERS from E & P Clients (Such as Chevron, Exxon Mobil, Total, SAIPEM Nigeria , Addax, etc.).
- Sourcing and Obtaining quotes from suppliers/ OEMs, prepare and submit quotations to clients/End users..
- Follows up on all submitted RFQs, RFPs, BIDs/ POs issued.
- Receives and processes Purchase Orders (PO) from clients Establishes initial contact with suppliers/OEMs to ascertain acknowledgement of purchase order.
- Knowledge of Supplier's Scope of Work, Work Plan / Time Scale and providing procurement report weekly.
- Established supply chain procedures for requisition, processing, validation, payment, delivery and invoicing.
- Performed strategies approach with field staff and clients to generate up to 15 RFQs daily.
- Liaises with third party Freight Forwarder and clearing agent to ensure M&E are shipped and cleared for onward delivery to designated project site/warehouse.
- Ensures materials are delivered to appropriate destinations.
- Expedite client approved Supplier's Document Schedule for prompt submission.
- Expedite Vendor for equipment Manufacture and completion by applying cost effective means of expediting.
- Liaised with clients and other departments to plan timely transportation of goods.
- Introduced operational and administrative procedures to uphold integrity of current processes.
- Adjusted inventory levels to keep obsolescence and cost low.
- Overhauled existing systems to increase accuracy, reducing costs and waste.
MCI Agency Limited,, Lekki, Lagos., Nigeria
Procurement Engineer
2011.11 - 2013.01 (1 year & 2 months)
Job overview
- CONSTURCTION, FMCG & IT SERVICING COMPANY LOCATED, Receives and processes Requests for Quotation (RFQ), RFPs, BIDs, and TENDERS from E & P Clients (Such as Chevron, Exxon Mobil etc.).
- Process and Check for material diagram, scope of work/work plan and specification on Client ITT for implementation.
- Work with Vendors to ensure adequate delivery close out time.
- Obtains quotes from suppliers/ OEMs, prepare and submit Obtains quotes from suppliers/ OEMs, prepare and submit.
- Follows up on all submitted RFQs, RFPs, BIDs/ POs issued.
- Conduct weekly meetings to ensure projects are moving according to scope to avoid bottlenecks.
- Receive and process Purchase Orders (PO) from clients/Supplier.
- Expedite Suppliers for delivery and ensuring invoice payment for implementation of work plan.
- Liaises with third party Freight Forwarder and clearing agent to Liaises with third party Freight Forwarder and clearing agent to designated project site/warehouse.
- Manage over 10 RFQs daily and increase RFQ submission rate.
Education
The World Bank Group , Washington
Certificate Program in Public Procurement from Procurement
05.2016
The World Bank Group , Washington
Certificate Program in Contract Management - (World Bank). from Contract Management
06.2016
Lagos State University , Ojo, Lagos
Master of Science from Supply Chain Management and Logistics Management
2020.09 - 2023.05 (2 years & 8 months)
Federal University of
B.Eng from Mechanical Engineering (Industrial and Production Engineering
2010
Skills
- SAP (Business One- Logistics).
- Proficient use in Enterprise Resource Planning Software (Ariba, GEP).
- Compliance Standards and Coordinating.
- Conflict resolution.
- Sourcing, Procurement / Buyer.
- Material Handling/ Logistics Operation.
- Negotiation Skills.
- Contract development and Management.
- Project Management/ Inspection.
- Effective Business Communication Skills.
- People Management Skills.
- Stakeholder management
- Document preparation
- Strategic planning
Affiliations
Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT)- Member.
Languages
English
Fluent
Timeline
Supply Chain Manager
Triumph Power and Gas Limited
2023.05 - 2023.06 (1 month)
Lagos State University
Master of Science from Supply Chain Management and Logistics Management
2020.09 - 2023.05 (2 years & 8 months)
Project Procurement Manager
VURIN Limited
2019.04 - 2023.05 (4 years & 1 month)
Material Management Coordinator
VURIN Limited
2017.07 - 2019.03 (1 year & 8 months)
Procurement/Expediting Specialist
HONOURA ENERGY LIMITED
2014.06 - 2017.05 (2 years & 11 months)
Procurement Services Advisor/Supply Chain Specialist
TAG LINES NIGERIA LIMITED
2013.03 - 2014.04 (1 year & 1 month)
Procurement Engineer
MCI Agency Limited,
2011.11 - 2013.01 (1 year & 2 months)
The World Bank Group
Certificate Program in Public Procurement from Procurement
The World Bank Group
Certificate Program in Contract Management - (World Bank). from Contract Management
Federal University of
B.Eng from Mechanical Engineering (Industrial and Production Engineering
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