Procurement, Contracting and Material Management Professional

Global Contracts & Procurement Mgr, Change Agent, Strategic Sourcing, Seasoned Negotiator, Proven Leadership, Collaborative Mgmt. Style, Broad knowledge of OEMs & Suppliers, EPC Contractor Oversight, Legal Liaison, Mega-Project Experience

HOE, McGILVRAY & CASH: Purchasing, Contracting & Material Management. Owner, 1979 to Present. I provide contracting and procurement services to HASAN INDUSTRIES and PERTAMINA, The Indonesian National Oil Company. I purchase instrumentation & controls, pumps, compressors, mechanical drive train couplings, electric motors, pressure vessels, heat exchangers, HV/AC systems, steam & gas turbines, gas & diesel generators and MRO for the above in support of multiple concurrent oil, gas, infrastructure and power generation/distribution projects.

ARABIAN AMERICAN OIL COMPANY (SAUDI ARAMCO) 1974 to 1979: As Manager of Project Procurement within The Material Management Organization,I managed centralized international Procurement and Contracting to support multiple concurrent, multi-billion dollar projects and MRO replenishment. I chaired The Corporate Materials Task Force to rebuild and expand production of the Ras Tannurah Refinery following a major fire, formulated and implemented global corporate Purchasing I Contracting strategy, Material Management policy and procedure. I laid the template for implementation of SAP. I sourced and negotiated contracts, negotiated high value, complex and single source acquisitions. As principle liaison between the technical and commercial functions, I fostered productive alliances with ARAMCO Engineering clients and global suppliers and managed metrics to evaluate vendor competitiveness and performance. I built several multi-national project procurement teams from scratch.

I oversaw major contractors such as Fluor, Bechtel, Kellogg, Brown & Root, Lummus, Santa Fe, McDermott, Parsons, 3D-International etc. and was responsible for such projects as twin 800 megawatt steam turbine power plants, the electrical distribution network for the Eastern Province, Yanbu Pipeline, a gas gathering network and fabrication of GOSPs, onshore and offshore drilling, a seawater injection network, fresh and waste water treatment plants, interstate quality road systems and others.

Pensacola Junior College; Pensacola, Florida 1962 to 1964 Ensley High School, Birmingham, Alabama 1958 to 1961. I received two years formal instruction and on-the-job training in Purchasing, Contracting and Material Management from The General Services Administration (GSA) at Kennedy Space Center. I am an autodidact, subscribing to a philosophy of life-long learning. In addition to self directed studies, I have attended numerous corporate and U.S. Government sponsored seminars with subjects such as "Managing The Procurement Function", "Contracts", "Material Management", "Human Relations" (ARAMCO/Harvard Business School), "Negotiations" (European Institute of Business) "The Federal Stock Number System" (NASA, GSA) and others

COMPUTER SKILLS: Formally trained in Microsoft Office
LANGUAGES: Working knowledge of Spanish and Malay.
MEMBERSHIP: Society of Industrial Leaders (A Standard & Poor Organization)
U.S. CITIZEN: Valid Passport with Singapore permanent residency and work permit because my wife is a Singapore citizen.
FORMER SECURITY CLEARANCES: FBI/ NASA
REFERENCES:
Mike Sultz, Retired Mgr. of Purchasing, Aramco Services Company 281-370-6124
James (Jim) H. Anderson; President & CEO Sea Solar Power, Inc. 717-741-0884
Forrest H. Greene, P.E., Rotating Equipment Specialist 281-444-5019
Richard F. Johnston, Industrial Engineer & Attorney 509-545-4263

Contact Information: John W. McGilvray
325 Boliver Lane
Lake Dallas, Texas USA 75065-2615
940-497-3688 Forwards calls 24 hours
jMcGilvray@CenturyTel.net