Wendell Davis

I am a success driven supply chain management professional with a unique portfolio of experience in supply chain. Offers a comprehensive skill set encompassing the full cycle of procurement, from defining requirements and issuing requests for pricing through to the development of contracts, negotiations and vendor relationship management. Boasts shrewd business and financial acumen, harnessed to identify and responsibly capitalize on cost saving opportunities. I am a capable leader who is skilled at leading and mentoring cross-functional teams, communicating objectives, and mobilizing results. Over the course of a career spanning multiple continents honed interpersonal strengths and cultivated a talent for working with people from all cultural backgrounds

SENIOR WELL COORDINATOR / BUYER                                                                                                                    2018-2020

 Chevron Gulf of Mexico Exploration & Production – Houston, Texas USA                                                    Chevron USA    

Process long-lead material requests for Subsea equipment (Dril-Quip) and OCTG from specific suppliers to wells in the queue according to time needs and requirements for QA/QC, inspection, rig preparation and movement.  Submit purchase requests, material movements, track well cost allocations and maintain a dashboard to enable users that material needs are satisfied.  Use Chevron existing inventory as a priority.  Work with Drilling and Completions Engineering to build requirements for wells.   

SENIOR DRILLING ENGINEER CONTRACTS& EQUIPMENT ADVISOR                                                                    2011-2018                                                                                                                                                                                        Chevron International Exploration & Production – Angola 

Senior Drilling Engineer Contracts & Equipment Advisor, reporting to the Drilling Engineering Manager& Organizational Capability Manager in Angola and oversaw the Drilling and Completions purchasing, contracting, inventory, equipment, safety, and category management initiatives within the Southern Africa Strategic Business Unit (SASBU) encompassing 12 major contracts with an annual spend of approximately $400 million dollars per year. Directed operational requirements through a good procurement process and maintains resilient vendor relationships, drawing on sharp negotiation tactics to find the most cost-effective rates such as proposing and qualifying a casing alternative at half the present cost per unit including technical evaluation and endorsement.

EQUIPMENT TEAM SUPERVISOR                                                                                                                                          2008-2011

Chevron International Exploration & Production – Nigeria

Ensured materials requirements were met for deep-water and joint venture exploration per specification regarding intelligent well completions equipment, exploration equipment, and requirements for the drilling and completions department country-wide.  Supervised engineers on career path training and performed duties of mentoring their career path with specific training in planning, assessment, workforce engagement, safety, problem solving, leadership, and negotiations.  Manage 13 contracts for the drilling and completions department.  All achievements are reported in scorecard assigned metrics monthly, quarterly, and yearly.   

DIRECTOR OF GLOBAL MATERIALS                                                                                                                                           2005 – 2008

MATERIALS SUPERINTENDENT/LOGISTICS MANAGER                                                                                                      1997 – 2005 

Ensco (Formerly Pride International Corporate Office) – Texas

As Director of Global Materials

• Reduced A/P invoicing by initiating a B2B purchasing initiative and enhanced the objective of world-class procurement through standardization, bulk buying where needed, and understanding the business requirements for products and services.  Directed the upgrade of the purchasing and inventory process by finding a more standard practice and stock for sale using a more central catalogue with MAXIMO and JDEDWARDS.
• Acknowledged for strong leadership ability by teaching members on the supply chain team best practices for corporate strategic sourcing.   Leverage subject matter expert’s knowledge to address the quality control aspects of goods and services provided.   Influence demand management programs within company through aggressive stock standardization programs.  Established financial discipline by reducing the overall purchasing budget by 12% over three years

As Materials Superintendent/Logistics Manager

Lead 150 employees (12 Direct Reports) in the Venezuela area.Executed a major cleanup of the supply chain side through consolidating inventory, producing weekly and quarterly reports to identify spares, and standardize numbers. Created a commodity buying system leveraging contract spend.  Oversee the purchasing required for the five-year survey of offshore rigs. 

1. University of New Hampshire – New Hampshire Bachelor Of Science Animal Science May 1983                
2. University of Texas At Austin Executive certificate in Leadership/Finance/Management, November 2014
3. Robert Kennedy College-Enrolled MSC in Procurement & Logistics 
4. AFFILIATIONS:
5. IACCM-Certified Practitioner and Contract Manager N0. 11081106 Member of the International Association for Contract & Commercial Management, 2011
6. NEXT LEVEL PURCHASING- Inc. Senior Professional in Supply Management Certificate No. 1502201 August 2015
7. ISM-Institute for Supply Management Member, 2008 – Present 
8. CIPS-Member Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply, 2010 – Present 
9. APICS-Member Association for Operations Management, 2007 – Present 
10. PROFESSIONAL TRAINING & COURSES
11. IACCM Contract and Commercial Management Certification 2011
12. Mentoring and Coaching Professionals, Lean Sigma Mgt. Systems - Chevron, 2011
13. Falck Prime Atlantic-Completed Basic Offshore Safety Induction and Emergency Training (BOSIET), 2011
14. Strategic Sourcing, Lean Sigma (Green Belt)Category Management, Drilling Fluids Technology, Chevron Corporate Training, 2013
15. University of Southern California Marshall School of Business Supply Chain Management, 2014