Buyer

CAREER SUMMARY

Twenty-five years of business education with a strong focus on administration, communications, marketing, accounting, and international trade

Highly experienced in effective office administration

Have a solid background that involves contract administration, business correspondence, file management, and administrative services.

Able to function efficiently as part of a multi-disciplinary team or independently with minimal supervision

Employ excellent communication and interpersonal skills to effectively accomplish goals and meet or surpass the client’s needs

QUALIFICATIONS

• Business Administration Diploma, Bow Valley College

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Self-Management

• Presentation Aids

• Performance Management/Objective Setting

• Business English

• Effective Listening

• Administrative Excellence courses

• Microsoft Training

• SAP

• Smart Plant

• Synergy

WORK HISTORY

Buyer

2011 (May) – Jan 6, 2012, TOYO Engineering Canada Ltd., (formerly Tri-Ocean Engineering) Calgary, Alberta

• Implement client commercial terms and conditions where applicable.

• Maintain the non-technical communication register and file for vendor communications.

• Maintain proficiency in company-used purchasing software. Maintain working knowledge of company used spread sheet and work processing software.

• Participate in Supplier pre-award meetings.

• Evaluate supplier performance with the focus on continuous improvement.

• Preparation of tender documents, bid evaluations, purchase orders, and all follow-up documentation for project related purchased.

• Interface between project team, client, supplier, and construction contractor regarding schedules, budgets, estimates, procedures, market trends, shipping, quality and service.

• Obtain equipment and material quotes from vendors.

• Process material requisitions and issued purchase orders.

• Review and approved for materials on behalf of Client.

• Reconcile outstanding purchase orders with Clients cost reports.

• Expedite or directing the expediting of orders to delivery, reporting progress at regular intervals, to project and construction managers.

Administrative Assistant to the Board

2009 - 2010, National Energy Board, Calgary, Alberta

• Provided administrative assistance to the Members of the Board.

• Prepared all aspects of travel arrangements, expense reports, calendar management, confidential correspondence ensuring a high level of accuracy and security.

• Maintained strict confidentiality at all times.

Buyer

2005 – 2009, CH2M Hill (Alliance with BP Canada), Calgary, Alberta

• Obtained equipment and material quotes from vendors.

• Processed material requisitions and issued purchase orders.

• Reviewed and approved EDI invoices for materials on behalf of BP Canada.

• Updated project cost reports with invoice amounts.

• Reconciled outstanding purchase orders with BP Canada’s cost reports.

• Reconciled unpaid vendor invoices, payables & receivables.

• Expedited materials delivery.

• Worked to clear up any cost coding issues between vendors and BP to resolve outstanding invoices.

Materials Requisitions

2001 – 2004, Colt Engineering, (Alliance with Imperial Oil) Calgary, Alberta

Project: Cold Lake

• Keying of ICIS requisitions from the Engineers into SAP.

• Keying of requisitions from CEDS into SAP for Operations.

• Performed code search for items that are not material coded.

• Produced monthly reports.

• Produced service orders for projects.

• Followed-up on signed service orders.

• Maintained up-to-date filing system.

Project and Risk Management Administrator

• Monitored formal Risk Reports and updated Stewardship Reports.

• Followed-up with Project Leaders and Production Products.

• Ran Monthly and Quarterly Reports.

• Certified Fire Warden with CPR and First Aid Training.

• Responsible for Business Controls.

Contracts Administrator

1990 - 1999, TransCanada Pipelines, Calgary, AB.

• Coordinated contract administration - change orders, change notices, work authorizations, prepared the subcontract documentation for construction contracts.

• Maintained logs on correspondence, requests from subcontractors, contract amendments and notices.

• Processed invoices.

• Compiled all signed documents.

• Enforced the development and completion of project descriptions.

• Processed contract documents and pipeline specifications.

• Forecasted and reallocated budget spending for department.

Administrator to Sr. Manager- Pipeline Design

• Provided administrative services to the Director of Pipeline Engineering & Construction. Specific duties included:

• Provided administrative duties (Windows 98, FileMaker, Excel, Netscape).

• Prepared expense reports, time sheets, travel arrangements.

• Maintained pipeline in-service, spreadsheet activity and history schedules.

• Managed new hire orientation.

• Co-ordinated vendor drawing transmittal.

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