1. ALEX COHEN
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PERSONAL INFORMATION
Address : Flat 15, Queens Court, Queensway, Bayswater, London W2 4QN
Nationality : British
Phone Number : 07763 974405
Email : humbugoneuk@yahoo.co.uk
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PERSONAL PROFILE
I have 20 years of progressive and solid procurement experience – most recently within the
Energy sector, and prior to that within Water, plant & equipment and telecoms.
My continuous improvement of procurement strategy ensures compliance with industry
standards, European Legislation, and company vision. I establish excellent business
relationships with leading suppliers and clients, as well as ensuring internal needs are met to
increase departmental efficiency in all roles. I have a proven track record of delivering best-
practice procurement requirements to budget, scope, time schedule and quality.
I have enjoyed the additional strategic responsibilities involved in my latest role as a Project
Procurement Manager, and it has given me a greater appreciation of developing procurement
strategy in line with overall business vision, and creating effective and useful management
reporting techniques.
However it has also served to illustrate that I find the most rewarding undertakings in a more
operational, hands-on role within large, complex and technical projects. I would like to utilise
my transferrable skills obtained throughout the last 20 years.
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EDUCATION AND TRAINING
BSc (Hons) Environmental Biology - Oxford Brookes University
11 GCSEs – Physics, Chemistry, Biology, English Lit, English Lang, Maths, Additional Maths,
Geography, French, RE, General Studies
3 A Levels - Physics, Chemistry, Biology
Procurement related courses:
Currently studying for CIPS (level 5)
Negotiation Skills
BAAN
Systems Experience
SAP Superuser
Content Server / Livelink document control
BAAN
Sigma - Oracle based procurement database system
Vector Works
Perkins DART
Exportmaster
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2. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
May 2014 – Mar 2016 – Aker Subsea Ltd.
Project Procurement Manager, working on Kaombo, Aker’s largest subsea project to date.
Managing and controlling supply chain activities (purchasing, material planning, transport and
quality surveillance) in accordance to Business Area (BA) procedures and client requirement.
Ensuring good communication flow between Procurement, Engineering and Construction
(Schedule, Budget and Risk).
Part of the Project Management Team; jointly accountable for achieving the project objectives
(budget, scope, time schedule and quality)
Liaising with procurement leads in the Aker BA units (Wellheads, XMT, Umbilicals, Controls
and Template/Structure Fabrication) to ensure client project requirements are met.
Preparing and assessing management reports (KPI’s) for distribution project-wide.
Liaising with the client to add suppliers to the AVL and ensuring the BA units have audited the
suppliers effectively.
Responsible for raising and maintaining intercompany Purchase Orders of value £200M,
liaising with the Project Commercial Manager and Project Lead Cost Controller.
Responsible for centralised Engineering Purchase Orders for test equipment and process
animations.
Monthly travel to the Oslo office to meet with the client, report procurement progress, discuss
and resolve current issues.
Part of the tender and FEED procurement team working on developing new business
opportunities.
Ensuring effective close-out of Purchase Orders.
2008 - 2014 – Cameron Flow Control Technology (Petreco)
Senior Buyer with Cameron, an internationally recognised oil and gas industry contractor
producing packaged process and separation plant. Recent projects include Golden Eagle, Clair
Ridge, Laggan & Tormore and Tupi (Brazil). The most recent project position was leading the
procurement team for the Bacton MEG Separation Rejuvenation project, having a total
expenditure responsibility of £20M.
Procurement of the following:
Skid Fabrication
Pressure Vessels and internals
Plate, Compabloc, Spiral Heat Exchangers and Air Coolers
Specialist Pipework (e.g. Titanium Deluge Systems)
Hazardous Area Control Panels / Junction Boxes
Filter Press, Centrifuges
Pumps, Valves, Instrumentation etc
Procurement and support activities comprising:
Bid List Development
Requests for Quotation (RFQs) and Invitations to Tender (ITTS)
Purchase Orders
Bid analyses and contract negotiations on price, delivery and terms & conditions
Vendor management, including expediting, reporting, cost control, schedules, etc
Spare Parts lists (SPIRs)
Aftermarket and warranty management
Corporate company activities:
Testing new SAP Optimus system in Houston
Commercial Requisition Design

3. In-house set-up of SAP and follow-up leadership and support to other users
Supervision and in-house procurement training of juniors
2003 - 2007 - Dawcul Ltd
Senior Procurement Manager reporting directly to the sales director. Performed all procurement
functions in this petrochemical export company, which services major refineries in various
locations including Romania, Yugoslavia and Croatia.
Prepared invitations to tender (ITTs) with a number of major manufacturers for:
Valves
Floating roofs
Tank seals
Mixers
Reactor internals
Electrical equipment
Performed all procurement activities including:
Technical bid analysis
Commercial bid analysis
Expediting vendor responses
Commercial price negotiation
Terms and Conditions negotiation
Purchase order placement
2002 – 2003 - Ondeo Degremont
Buyer responsible for spares order for a water treatment plant. Negotiating on price and terms
with in excess of 30 vendors as well as raising and issuing purchase orders.
2000 – 2002 - Emerson Energy Systems UK Ltd
Procurement & Bid Coordinator, reporting to the project director, for a multi-national company,
manufacturing DC power systems for clients such as Nortel and BT in the telecommunications
industry.
Project procurement for inverters and generator sets; value approximately US$ 2m.
Activities comprised:
Supplier pre-qualification
Technical bid analysis
Commercial bid analysis
Supplier evaluation and selection
Commercial negotiations
Financial cost/benefit analysis
Development and set up new in-house spreadsheet based system to record quotations
Use of the above in-house system to analyse lead times and stock management
1993 – 2000 - Nesstra Services (UK) Ltd
In charge of Procurement at Nesstra Services, an export company selling chemicals, machinery
and spares in West Africa. After starting as an Internal Sales Assistant, progressed to Head of
Procurement.
Products included:

4. Pumps
ABB motors and frequency converters
Electrical switchgear
Generator sets
Alfa Laval separators
Worked in all aspects of sales procurement including:
Locating suitable suppliers
Visiting suppliers to assess product quality
Assessing bids and tenders
Price negotiations to obtain best quality and after-sales service as well as low cost
Preparation of purchase orders
Shipping and freight forwarding
Desk expediting
On assignment managing the West Africa office
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