CHANCE ELLIS
Chalmette,LA
Summary
Multi-talented professional knowledgeable about sales, operations, and personnel management from a talent acquisition and leadership perspective. Successful at stepping into diverse positions and making immediate positive contributions. Focused on optimizing operations and motivating employees while establishing market dominance.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Vice President Well-Site Supervision
CRESCENT DRILLING & PRODUCTION, INC.
01.2022 - Current
- Spearheaded progress of the personnel & staffing business unit by overseeing recruitment, sales, account management, growth strategy
- Cultivated strong relationships with key stakeholders, including customers, supply chain, vendors, regulators, and community leaders to promote collaboration and long-term success
- Implemented new techniques to increase revenue and maximize customer satisfaction; among this developing traditional & innovative recruiting/marketing techniques and strategic networking to gain business
- Monitored finance numbers to maintain profitable margins
- Secured major corporate accounts in the oil, gas, energy industry
- Direct interface with new candidates and clients
- Implemented hybrid strategy workforce during COVID-19
Sr. Project Coordinator & Business Development
CRESCENT DRILLING & PRODUCTION, INC.
02.2017 - 12.2021
- Professional, Industrial, and Energy sector technical recruiting and customer relations (sales, account management)
- Major markets included GOM, Houston Corporate, West Texas, South Texas, East Texas, New Mexico, Louisiana, California, Pennsylvania, Mexico
- Talent acquisition prospects that exceed client demands in Executive, Engineering, Project Management, Site Supervision, Administrative, and HSE personnel - initiated placement dependent on scope of operation, budget constraints, and intended project goals
- Worked closely with legal counsel – familiar with FLSA, FLMA, labor laws
- Arranged international authorization to work for contract personnel (this included certifications, medical clearances, country to country contact)
- Coordinated regular and emergency scheduling for 400+ consultants using software programs such as SharePoint, Adobe e-Sign, DocuSign, DropBox Business, Beeline, Workday, ISNetworld
- Tracked, scheduled, and filed personnel training certifications using CRM & ATS software
- Each contractors experience spanned from corporate level oil & gas engineers and managers to industrial field support positions; secure MSAs with new customers
- Fullscale onboarding of personnel, life-cycle management
- Negotiated contracts with vendors and service providers, securing favorable terms to support budget
- Developed bid proposals with 3rd Parties and End Customers domestically and internationally
- Led volunteer and support industry marketing events/trade shows/recruiting fairs
- Digital Marketing (LinkedIn, Rigzone, etc.)
Technical Contracts Specialist & Aftermarket Sales Coordinator
SIEMENS ENERGY, INC.
12.2015 - 02.2017
- Business development included seeking new business and initiating Master Service Agreements, Terms & Conditions, Long Term Service Contracts with various customers in the energy sector
- Served as liaison Siemens Legal and Customer to negotiate various contracts including MSAs
- Responsible for global life-cycle business for water solutions sector: upstream, downstream, midstream products and services including water injection, flowback, produced water filtration, reverse osmosis, refinery wastewater systems, hydrothermal treatment
- Point of contact for field personnel throughout entire life of each project - coordination of the engineering / field services between service team and Customer
- Handling offers & orders including calculations based on Customer requests of up to $1.2M, achieving margins and EBIT as desired by Siemens
- SAP
- Preparing bids based off Customer RFQ (request for quotation)
- Preparing long term service strategy together with the Customer and generate modification and modernization opportunities
- Organize and establish networks with internal and external resources, local and international
- Sales and sales support for service concepts, calculations, offers; represent service business during customer presentations etc.; evaluate and generate new service opportunities in the market
Well-Site Coordinator
CRESCENT DRILLING & PRODUCTION, INC.
08.2011 - 12.2015
- Part of team that increased business from 49 to over 150 consultants producing $35 Million+ in annual revenue
- Heavy emphasis on recruiting at this stage of career
- Partnered with our development team to recruit and market top notch prospects that exceed client demands in Engineering, Project Management, Well-Site Supervision, & HSE
- Initiated placement dependent on scope of operation, budget constraints, and intended project goals
- Negotiated prices, payouts, and initiated service agreements with consultant database
- Coordinated and maintained regular and emergency scheduling for 150+ consultants using intelligent programs such as Sharepoint
- Assisted in the successful start-up and marketing of new subsidiary company - Crescent Safety Services, LLC
- Performed internal HSE audits using NCMS, ISNetworld, PEC to follow customer directives and OSHA & BSEE regulations
- Monitored consultants within customer approved consortium database
Education
MBA - Human Resources Concentration
1) LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY Shreveport
05.2022
Associate of Applied Science - Safety Management
2) NICHOLLS STATE UNIVERSITY
05.2015
Bachelor of Arts - Government/Political Science, Minor in History
3) NICHOLLS STATE UNIVERSITY
05.2011
Skills
- Business & Strategy Development
- Sales and Marketing Leadership
- Account Management
- Client & Vendor Relations
- Talent Acquisition/Contingent Workforce
- Executive Recruiting
- Contract/Wage Negotiations
- Contract Management
- HR/Personnel Management
- Performance Evaluations
- Workforce Law (FLSA, FLMA)
- Leadership & Team Building
- CRM (Customer Resource Management)
- ATS (Applicant Tracking Software)
Accomplishments
- Helped achieve the highest company annual revenue of $88 Million by securing and sustaining 400+ skilled contingent workers across multiple clientele domestically & internationally
- Worked to secure company's first ever international footprint with $10 Million account operating in Villahermosa, Mexico
- Secured 20+ Master Service Agreements with multi-million dollar accounts (ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips, Eni Operating, etc.)
- Collaborated with Health, Safety, & Environmental executives to develop & publish company safety manual
- Worked with corporate & legal to develop contractual standards & practices to perpetuate valuable business
Affiliations
- AADE (American Association of Drilling Engineers) New Orleans/Lafayette/Houston Chapters
- LAGCOE (Louisiana Gulf Coast Oil Exposition) 2013-Present
- Young Professionals Committee
- Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity
Training
- Siemens Practical Sales Negotiations
- Siemens Produced Water & Hydrothermal Treatment
- First Aid / CPR / AED
- DISA Database Training
- Safegulf/IADC Rigpass
- TWIC
- Chevron's 10 Tenets
Timeline
Vice President Well-Site Supervision
CRESCENT DRILLING & PRODUCTION, INC.
01.2022 - Current
Sr. Project Coordinator & Business Development
CRESCENT DRILLING & PRODUCTION, INC.
02.2017 - 12.2021
Technical Contracts Specialist & Aftermarket Sales Coordinator
SIEMENS ENERGY, INC.
12.2015 - 02.2017
Well-Site Coordinator
CRESCENT DRILLING & PRODUCTION, INC.
08.2011 - 12.2015
MBA - Human Resources Concentration
1) LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY Shreveport
Associate of Applied Science - Safety Management
2) NICHOLLS STATE UNIVERSITY
Bachelor of Arts - Government/Political Science, Minor in History
3) NICHOLLS STATE UNIVERSITY
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