Kenneth Charles Almond
Houston,TX
Summary
Dynamic Global Supply Chain professional with a proven track record at Weatherford International LTD. Expert in logistics and procurement, successfully reducing shipping costs by 30%. Adept at fostering client relationships and driving performance improvements through strategic negotiations and effective project management. Committed to enhancing supplier performance and ensuring compliance with industry standards.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Global Supplier Associate
Weatherford International LTD
01.2024 - Current
- Manage the full lifecycle of supplier onboarding, encompassing due diligence, risk evaluation, and performance oversight.
- Act as the central point of contact for vendor communications, strengthening collaborative partnerships.
- Enforce compliance with regulatory, internal, and quality standards while resolving performance deficiencies.
- Discover, develop, and implement strategies to improve supplier performance, reduce costs, and optimize the supply chain.
Supplier Audit Pay Specialist
Weatherford International LTD
01.2021 - 01.2024
- Member of the Global Supply Chain team supporting the auditing and pay functions within the supply chain P2P process.
- Provide pre and post auditing of transaction accurate recording of supplier invoices by adhering to contract service agreements.
- Maintain safety and service quality with the highest standards of corporate governance, ensuring that activity is conducted ethically.
- Support the invoice processing by providing coding.
- Validate the accuracy of the financial coding per standards and related policies.
- Support requests from suppliers and internal customers.
- Update and resolve transactions recording of invoices in the ERP system in accordance with KPIs.
- Support execution of the post-audit on transactions, communicate findings to the supplier audit, and pay deviation to agreements.
- Update daily shipping operations with internal stakeholders and external clients/suppliers.
- Collaborated with internal client representatives to address complaints related to delivery performance in the scheduling of customer service and condition of equipment and successfully resolved discrepancies.
Logistics Coordinator
Weatherford International LTD
01.2019 - 01.2021
- Supported the Global Freight Audit and Pay Program and provided ongoing assistance to the day-to-day activities related to the timely and accurate recording of freight invoices in accordance with contracts and freight service agreements.
- Managed freight invoice processing by providing coding or any additional information needed by freight vendors.
- Assisted in the global implementation of the program.
- Validated the freight coding per standards and related policies.
- Analyzed data recorded in the TMS and compared to the freight billed by vendors to identify discrepancies, duplicates, or opportunities for savings.
- Supported the Geozones in the use of the TMS.
- Served as a liaison with external organizations supporting Freight Audit and Pay program.
- Provided information required by external or internal customers on freight expenses.
- Completed and managed processes for the Global Freight Audit and Pay program, reducing errors and streamlining data.
- Received a promotion to the Suppler Audit Pay Specialist position due to strong invoicing, contractor management, and accuracy contributions.
Logistics Coordinator/Planner/Procurement
International Tube fittings, INC/Grupo Cuñado
01.2013 - 01.2019
- Supported sister companies in South America and Mexico, securing prices from suppliers on diverse products.
- Created PO’s, sourced materials that sister companies cannot find, and shipped to South America and Mexico.
- Reviewed and scheduled sales orders for spare parts and release requests for purchase and material transfers for parts necessary to complete customers’ orders.
- Managed applicable performance indicators, such as on-time delivery to promise/request (OTDP and OTDR) and late backlog.
- Developed and communicated production forecasts for Sales and Operations planning.
- Supported the Project Management and Quotation teams with lead times, expedited requests, and order status updates.
- Provided support in managing inventory levels and turns.
- Managed custom invoices and packing lists; established inspections between vendor and clients.
- Interfaced with forwarders to assist with weight and dimensions, also received certificates of origin.
- Supported one of the major accounts Technip on logistics projects.
- Resolved all NCRs, MRP, MRB, and client issues providing excellent service.
- Ensured the exact and timely completion of all pertinent paperwork for the Sasol (Fluor/Technip) Chemical Plant.
- Successfully met company deadlines by managing logistics worldwide.
- Project: Sasol - Worked on a $40 million dollar project. Collaborated with client’s forwarder Agility to move material worldwide in China, Czech Republic, Korea. Checked MTR’S, drawings, quality control procedures, inspection test plans for thousands of materials, including pipes, fittings (elbows, flanges, tees). Set up inspections; reduced costs of shipping by 30% by working with third-party logistics.
Education
Master’s Degree - Business Administration, Concentration in Supply Chain Management
University of Houston Downtown
12.2021
Supply Chain Management Graduate Certificate -
University of Houston
Downtown12.2018
Bachelor of Science - International Business
University of Houston Downtown
12.2012
Associates of Business -
Houston Community College
Houston, TX05.2009
Certificate of Completion - Six Sigma Green Belt
Management and Strategy Institute
Skills
- Global Supply Chain Management
- Logistics
- International & domestic Logistics policies
- Procurement
- Pricing Strategies
- Negotiations
- Research and negotiate cost-saving programs
- Client Services
- Project Management
- Client Retention & Satisfaction
- Auditing
- Supplier Invoicing
- KPI’s
- Reporting
- Production Forecasts
- Sales & Operations Planning
Languages
Spanish
Professional
Certification
Certificate of Completion for a class Six Sigma Green Belt - Management and Strategy Institute
Timeline
Global Supplier Associate
Weatherford International LTD
01.2024 - Current
Supplier Audit Pay Specialist
Weatherford International LTD
01.2021 - 01.2024
Logistics Coordinator
Weatherford International LTD
01.2019 - 01.2021
Logistics Coordinator/Planner/Procurement
International Tube fittings, INC/Grupo Cuñado
01.2013 - 01.2019
Master’s Degree - Business Administration, Concentration in Supply Chain Management
University of Houston Downtown
Supply Chain Management Graduate Certificate -
University of Houston
Bachelor of Science - International Business
University of Houston Downtown
Associates of Business -
Houston Community College
Certificate of Completion - Six Sigma Green Belt
Management and Strategy Institute