JOSE F.

ROMERO
romero.jf@hotmail.com 3800 Sheffield Cir yDanville, California 94506 y (925) 648 1674
SUMMARY: Mechanical Engineer with Superior record of surpassing expectations in Supply Chain, Procurement Operations/Category Management, Procurement Technologies, Contracting, Downstream Operations, Cost Estimation, and Projects Management. Establish inclusive business environment and relations with third parties such as Suppliers, JVs and Governments. EDUCATION: Arizona State University: Tempe, AZ MBA, December 2008 Concentration: Supply Chain Universidad del Zulia: Maracaibo, Venezuela Mechanical Engineering, June 1992 PROCUREMENT EXPERIENCE: Global Advisor Procurement Operations-Downstream, Technical, and Services (DT&S): Chevron, San Ramon, CA July 2010 - Now. y DT&S is an Organization with 13 Operating Companies/Business Units that Operate on over 160 countries, with an approximate spend of 10 Billion, and 6,500 contracts. y Provide global advice on the Procure-to-Pay processes, Optimization of Logistics, Inventory Management / Investment Recovery & Inventory Solutions (IRIS), and Warehouse Operations. y Assess DT&S Operating Companies Procurement Processes, and Organizational Structure, and identify improvement opportunities. Identify and propose Global high level Supply Chain Management processes. y Recommend, and implement Supply Chain management training programs. y Select, Recommend, and Implement Global Procurement-to-Pay SCM metrics. Procurement Manager Richmond Refinery: Chevron, Richmond, CA March 2007June 2010. y Manage the Supply Chain activities on an annual spend of 500/1,000 Million. o Tactical Procurement of 2400 orders/yr and 30,000 line items. o Strategic Procurement 300 Contracts o Materials Management of 7,500 line items, and inventory of $13 Million. Procurement Operations Advisor - Corporate Procurement: Chevron, San Ramon, CA June 2006 - March 2007. y Identified and proposed high level tactical procurement processes. y Selected and Recommended Global tactical procurement metrics. y Engaged procurement professionals from around the world and all streams to obtain feedback and buy-in on new global processes and metrics.

JOSE F. ROMERO
Implementation Manager- eProcurement: Chevron, San Ramon, CA. January 2006 June 2006. y Co-led Angolas Business Unit eProcurement implementation. This business Unit has an approximate spend of 2 billion. Global Lubricants Regional Category Manager - Logistics Latin America and Europe: Chevron, San Ramon, CA Julio 2005 - December 2006. y Created a Regional Category Plan. y Performed Global, and Regional Strategic Sourcing Processes y Identified, participated and implemented Logistics Optimization/Cost Saving opportunities. Downstream Procurement Operations Manager Latin America: Chevron, Coral Gables, FL. January 2004 - June 2005. y Created a new procurement organization. y Improved and increased Downstreams managed spend through the implementation of tactical procurement, and Optimized Logistics processes on over 30 Latin American countries. Operations Manager- Downstream: Chevron: Caracas, Venezuela. October 2002December 2003. y Managed Venezuela Downstream Storehouse Operations, Tactical Procurement of Materials and Services, Service Stations Construction, Engineering and Maintenance, Fuels Optimization, Lubes Logistics, and Blending Plant planning. y Coordinated Chevron Downstream relationship with Venezuelas Mines Ministry. OTHER EXPERIENCE: District Sales Manager: Chevron, Maracaibo, Venezuela. September 1998 September 2002. y Managed western region sales and collections. Projects Manager: PDVSA - PEQUIVEN: Los Puertos de Altagracia, Venezuela. June 1991 - September 1998. y Managed a pool of Small Capital projects. SKILLS:

Language: Fluent in written and spoken English and Spanish. Near fluency in written and spoken Portuguese. Computer: MS Office and Windows 7, Ariba, SAP.
ACTIVITIES & INTERESTS:

Golf, swimming, and reading.