Sydney M. Valle
Houston,TX
Summary
Honeywell ESS Division Leader for Procurement Productivity and Transformation, strong of 20 years Supply Chain and Strategic Sourcing experience in Energy, Chemicals Manufacturing Industries, Direct, Indirect and Projects Procurement.
Core competencies in Category Management, Strategic Sourcing and P2P Digital Transformation, End to End Transformation program development.
Seeking to lead a medium to large procurement organization, expanding knowledge and expertise and carry significant gross margin, business expansion impacts
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
ESS COE Productivity and Transformation Leader
Honeywell Intl
01.2024 - Current
- Act as Procurement Value Engineering director, work in tandem with R&D director, managing the integrity and delivery of VE program, accountable for an Annual operating plan of $53M save.
- Reports to Sr Director Of Sourcing, Procurement COE, manage team of category managers and VECE program managers
- Accountable for delivery, outcomes and timelines, evaluate and build transformation initiatives supporting gross margin improvement and value delivery to business units.
- Champion move to World Class category management function, improve MOS design, and coordinate execution of cost optimization and transformation programs within the Chemicals and Projects procurement categories within ESS
- Facilitate collaboration and value engineering buy-ins across the procurement organization, supervise engineering and procurement ideation workshop, align with lifecycle improvement (NPI, yield & process efficiency, standardization and circularity projects)
- Apply strong leadership talents and problem-solving skills to coach, maintain team efficiency, successfully navigating Project Procurement teams through periods of transition and corporate reorganization.
- Act as a key driver of innovation by leading and designing digital technologies platforms enhancing visibility into procurement spend, supplier performance, and category insights
- Key Achievements:
- Development and implementation of a sourcing playbook maximizing Value Engineering and Component engineering across Modular, Hydrogen and Gas / Cryogenic Business units securing $6M VE Save in first 8 months of year 1 - meeting 120% of AOP.
- Drove standardization of Procurement Projects categories, leading design improvements and BOM standardization efforts meeting over $3M overall direct save
- Restructured and developed talent, increasing reporting VECE team productivity by streamlining effective project management strategies, escalation / gap close protocols, achieving 110% sufficiency over division AOP for 2025
- Developed of a Supplier Relationship management digital suite, incorporating a a project performance scorecard,
strategy KPI with real time impact visibility - Lead Procurement Operations FMEA, reduced through new process improvement overdue invoices by 97%, to a
management of - Developer of a grassroots ticketing tool leveraging powerplatforms, addressing vendor management and P2P tactical scope, reducing operations teams SLA from 12 to 3 days, eliminating 90% of rework tasks
- Recipient of Transformation Leadership 2024, and Build Exceptional Talent Bravo Award 2023
Global Category Manager, Engineering Services
Honeywell Intl
07.2022 - 01.2024
- Company Overview: PMT division (Performance and Material Technologies)
- Delivered $2M Working capital improvement in first 12 months
- Developed multi leveled category strategies, global / regional source plans for PMT Engineering, Automation and Professional Services category, with direct addressable spend of $190M
- Developed a rebate and Value Engineering shared benefit program in concert with strategic alliances forged with project business
- PMT division (Performance and Material Technologies)
Sr Category Manager - Raw Materials
Nouryon
01.2021 - 07.2022
- Develop category strategy based on SSM methodology, create should cost models, present value engineering /
total cost of ownership solutions to D and V level stakeholders. - Lead teams to direct strategic eAuctions events via Ariba and automate tail spends via Coupa to support
competitively priced raw materials regionally and globally. - Develop an expertise in raw materials markets, feedstocks, value chains, in order to contribute to the internal
monthly strategic Cost Index: Monthly market intelligence reports and SPOV's. - Responsible for Supply safety to Americas Manufacturing units with strategic planning leadership, network
optimization and escalations plans to prevent outages and support production rates. - Participate in Operational decisions/ forecasting activities resulting in master scheduling output (IBP).
Animate and execute supply chain strategies towards new global formulations development (Contract
manufacturing, Toll or 3rd party supply). - Create and support contract management - negotiate and lead long term supply agreements to completion.
Personal initiatives lead outside the assigned role:
Support Global Procurement Excellence teams in their due diligence program towards ISO, Sarbannes Oxley,
but also our ESG via: - Analytics: Develop analytics dashboards and Sponsor Chemical Handbook / Market Model platform trainings
- Lead P2P - MRP Revamp efforts with IBP functions
- Support the implementation of Supplier Relationship management programs, bridge Category + SRM execution
between procurement teams. - Sustainability: Create a supply chain sustainability scorecard, mapping and creating aligned sustainability
sourcing processes - (Conflict Minerals, 3TG, Ecovadis and corporate SDG).
Global Supplier Manager, Chemicals
Schlumberger
02.2018 - 03.2020
- Company Overview: Global Supplier Manager, Chemicals
- Category Management
- Design and Execution of global supply chain strategies to match a cyclical demand for the SLB Specialty Chemicals category
- Management of a suppliers 'portfolio of $120m annual spend along with defining baseline and performance objectives
- Complete customer delivery time reduction overhaul, lanes network optimization yielding 10% cost savings for our North American and Saudi operations
- Global Supplier Manager, Chemicals
Strategic Sourcing Lead
TETRA Technologies, Inc
12.2016 - 02.2018
- Lead and manage end-to-end sourcing operations to meet business demand globally
- Managed categories: Vessels, Chemicals, Raw materials, IBC's, IT, Corp Services
- Execute complex strategic sourcing projects in conjunction with global cross functional teams
Sr. Category Lead Capital Expenditures
TENARIS S.A
01.2014 - 12.2016
- RFQ/RFP for CAPEX categories: Automation, Civil, Mechanical engineering projects for completion of new pipe mill facility in Bay City
- Managed global sourcing: ~8Musd of spend sourced outside of US: NAFTA zone and European suppliers
- Commercial and legal terms negotiations leading up to ~8Musd savings
Procurement Coordinator (Team Lead) (LATAM)
PAI Inc.
07.2011 - 01.2014
- RFQ/ RFP - MRO / CAPEX purchases - Drilling Equipment - Managed Global Sourcing: ~5-10 MUSD Spend
- Developed a new procurement /sales team, trained 2 buyers & 2 expeditors
- Creation of Supplier Evaluation Performance tools / KPI's and reduce Procurement/ Contracting process time from 7-10 days to 2 days
International Sourcing Representative
Captrade USA, Groupe VINCI
09.2010 - 07.2011
US Procurement Analyst
Accor Group
04.2010 - 09.2010
Buyer
Groupe Salins du Midi
08.2008 - 08.2009
- ISO 9001 Lean Procurement program implementation
Asian Markets Sourcing/ Purchasing Agent
CAFOM SAS
01.2006 - 12.2007
Education
Master of Science - Supply Chain Engineering
University of Montpellier
Montpellier, FranceBBA - Industrial Purchasing
Universite of Orleans
Montpellier, FrancePost-Graduate Certificate - International Business Management
Instituto Tecnologico De Monterrey
Post-Graduate Certificate - Data Science And Cloud Computing
University of Texas At Austin
Austin, TX01-2021
Skills
- Relationship building
- Supplier relationship management
- Operational efficiency
- Category planning
Languages
French
Native or Bilingual
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
English
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
ESS COE Productivity and Transformation Leader
Honeywell Intl
01.2024 - Current
Global Category Manager, Engineering Services
Honeywell Intl
07.2022 - 01.2024
Sr Category Manager - Raw Materials
Nouryon
01.2021 - 07.2022
Global Supplier Manager, Chemicals
Schlumberger
02.2018 - 03.2020
Strategic Sourcing Lead
TETRA Technologies, Inc
12.2016 - 02.2018
Sr. Category Lead Capital Expenditures
TENARIS S.A
01.2014 - 12.2016
Procurement Coordinator (Team Lead) (LATAM)
PAI Inc.
07.2011 - 01.2014
International Sourcing Representative
Captrade USA, Groupe VINCI
09.2010 - 07.2011
US Procurement Analyst
Accor Group
04.2010 - 09.2010
Buyer
Groupe Salins du Midi
08.2008 - 08.2009
Asian Markets Sourcing/ Purchasing Agent
CAFOM SAS
01.2006 - 12.2007
Master of Science - Supply Chain Engineering
University of Montpellier
BBA - Industrial Purchasing
Universite of Orleans
Post-Graduate Certificate - International Business Management
Instituto Tecnologico De Monterrey
Post-Graduate Certificate - Data Science And Cloud Computing
University of Texas At Austin
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