Amanda Cluchey
Houston,TX
Summary
Contract and Sourcing Specialist with 5+ years of procurement experience for the O&G industry, developing and managing contracts for a diverse portfolio of projects. Seasoned negotiator, skilled user of the strategic sourcing approach to consolidate spending, identify cost reduction opportunities and align needs, with market conditions and best practices, to deliver results in compliance with corporate regulation, and HSE policies.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Contracts Specialist
ENI Petroleum
04.2020 - Current
- Manage the bid/tender process to ensure compliance, competitiveness, and best total value.
- Review Purchase Requisitions (PR’s) to ensure compliance with policy and procedures and completeness to enable the efficient procurement of equipment, materials and services.
- Advise Company personnel on procurement, MSG, compliance policies and procedures. Provide guidance to the business on conformance with Procurement and Commercial policies and best practices-particularly commercial risk, anti-corruption and anti-competitiveness.
- Co-operatively develop process documents consistent with MSG and US Compliance to meet the requirements of the internal procurement governance.
- Formulate, develop and draft contracts and other agreements consistent with the approved buying channels (MSA, Contract, blanket orders, LOI, and Low Value Purchase Orders)
- Engage the business unit staff and suppliers to facilitate resolution and clarifications involving commercial agreements, contracts and purchase / blanket orders.
- Provide post award contract execution support to the business teams including assistance with dispute resolution, performance management, bonus and penalty provisions, contract extensions and terminations.
- Develop in cooperation with the business unit a supplier specific negotiation plan and then execute the plan. Leading and participating in supplier negotiations, seeking advice where appropriate from Legal, risk and HSE/SEQ.
- Recommend and implement contract control procedures to improve practices and techniques to produce improvements in cost effectiveness and efficiency.
- Utilize demand and change management best practices consistent with the business to deliver effective and efficient procurement service delivery.
Contract Coordinator / Executive Assistant to CFO
ENI Petroleum
04.2012 - 04.2020
- Complete Purchase Requisitions (PR’s) in SAP, all required documentation and ensuring conformance with Procurement
- Enter Purchase Orders, Service Entries and Record Non-Operated JIB and AP invoices in SAP for reference, monitoring and payment.
- Ensure alignment of Material Transfers / Inventory Reconciliations for GOM and Alaska and reconcile variances with SAP and general ledgers.
- Prepare expense reports along with travel arrangements and appointments for VP of Finance and Finance Mgrs.
- Assemble weekly and monthly updates from all departments and prepare relevant reports, which are circulated Internally and to HQ in Milan.
Administrative Assistant
WildHorse Resources
09.2010 - 03.2012
- Collected and deposited on average $2M-$3M joint venture revenues weekly
- Monitored and managed approximately 200-300 service vendor contracts to ensure insurance coverage
- Routed phone calls and interfaced with field service vendors and inventors for 50 team members.
- Office Manager duties including maintaining board room calendar; ordering all company office supplies; distributing company mail to staff of 50 and planning logistics for all meetings
Administrative Assistant
Willstar Energy, Inc.
08.2007 - 09.2010
- Prepared and filed oil and gas production reports with state and federal agencies
- Routed phones and interfaced with vendors and investors for company partners
- Compiled and organized data in DMS database and processed Accounts Payable using QuickBooks
- Scheduled and planned meetings and events
Education
Degree - Business Management
University of Houston – Downtown
01.2007
Skills
- Effective communication
- Contract Negotiation
- Strong Vendor Relations
- End to End Contract Management
- SAP
- Cost Reduction
- Procurement software
- Onshore and Offshore drilling and production operations knowledge
- Team leadership, training and coaching
- Contract management
- Bid process management
- Internal governance compliance
- Procurement processes
- Proficient in SAP
- Contract negotiation
- Task prioritization
- Adaptability and flexibility
- Contract administration
- Pricing strategies
- Document review
Timeline
Contracts Specialist
ENI Petroleum
04.2020 - Current
Contract Coordinator / Executive Assistant to CFO
ENI Petroleum
04.2012 - 04.2020
Administrative Assistant
WildHorse Resources
09.2010 - 03.2012
Administrative Assistant
Willstar Energy, Inc.
08.2007 - 09.2010
Degree - Business Management
University of Houston – Downtown