TAIWO O. BELLO
Port Harcourt
Summary
Dynamic Sourcing Specialist with proven success at Baker Hughes, driving strategic sourcing initiatives and achieving over $300,000 in savings. Expert in contract negotiation and stakeholder management, leveraging e-procurement systems to enhance operational efficiency and ensure compliance. Committed to delivering results and fostering strong vendor relationships.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Sourcing Specialist
Baker Hughes
Port Harcourt
05.2023 - Current
- Support the site OTR/ Materials Management team to drive business priorities for revenue recognition and invoicing.
- Working on PO request, requesting quotes, approving PO's fulfillment, and vendor on-boarding, working with requesters to obtain additional information and to attend to the business needs within expected timeline.
- Support the COMOPS Team in providing material and OSP cost for bid opportunities with clients like SNEPCo and ENI.
- Utilize existing digital tools (i.e. ARIBA, ITRAC, HICX, ORACLE, Perceptive, NCM, OBIEE, QWIK, etc.) to raise purchase order, check global inventory and approve vendor invoices among others.
- Understanding stakeholders’ needs and communicating sourcing policy around the region.
- Partner with sourcing quality to drive supplier quality, compliance and risk mitigation including execution of regional Supplier Social Responsibility Program (SSRP), utilization of key Sourcing tools (iSupplier, e-invoice, etc.)
- Work with engineering and suppliers on resolution of technical queries and non-conformances by reviewing and directing questions accordingly through the NCR tool.
- Drive competitive bidding and supplier negotiations to achieve YOY savings target, negotiates on all purchases.
- Driving 100% compliance of all Sourcing policies including Know Your Supplier (KYS), No PO No Pay, Bidding, etc.
- Developing & executing of the strategic sourcing actions to drive cost saving projects by working closely with the Sourcing Manager and the entire team.
- Leading contract negotiations/key projects, engaging with key stakeholders.
- Saved the business over $100,000 on project budget versus actual purchase cost within six month of joining via strategic sourcing, effective negotiation, and expediting.
- Provided support to the team in achieving an on-time delivery (OTD) of over 95-98%.
Ag. Procurement Manager
Alcon Nigeria Ltd
Port Harcourt
02.2023 - 04.2023
- Coordinate strategic sourcing across engineering, raw material, and subcontracting categories of the procurement cohort.
- Manage the company Procurement Approval Process and Committee.
- Internal and External Stakeholder management, working closely with the company legal department to make sure contracts and terms are favourable.
- Approve the ordering of necessary goods and services.
- Negotiate with external vendors to secure advantageous terms.
- Liaise with all parts of the supply chain to enable seamless transfer of information and transparency.
- [An EPIC company with clients like SPDC, NLNG, AGPC, FIPL]
- Procurement spend of $45m for the AGPC project.
- Procurement spend of NGN 253million for the FIPL project.
- Procurement spend of $15m for the NLNG ETP project.
- Sustaining productivity in the transformative stage of the organization.
Procurement Lead
Alcon Nigeria Limited
Port Harcourt
01.2021 - 02.2023
- Initiate bid/quote processes for services and suppliers, perform bid analysis and make recommendations regarding purchases.
- Ensure purchases and Procurement plan are in adherence with the approved vendors list provided by the client in line with the Nigeria Local Content Development Act.
- Collaborate with the subject matter expert to ensure adequate technical information is provided for OEMs to provide their quotations.
- Develop a procurement strategy for the purchase of LLI on the critical path to ensure there is no slippage on the overall project schedule.
- Update the procurement spreadsheet/tracker and share report on the overall procurement status with top management, project manager and client on a weekly and monthly basis.
- Organize virtual and offline meetings with the client, project team members and OEMs to resolve technical issues/challenges.
- Organize and coordinate the attendance of factory acceptance test (FAT) by the client, contractor and third-party inspector (TPI).
- Worked with the team in managing the Procurement spend of $45m for the AGPC project.
- Worked with local vendors with NCEC certificate to source over 320 valves, steel pipes, fittings and steel sheets with over 3500 tons and other LLI’s not available in-country.
Procurement Coordinator/ Buyer (Foreign & Local Materials)
Alcon Nigeria Limited
Port Harcourt
01.2019 - 12.2022
- Initiate bid/quote processes for services and suppliers.
- Perform bid analysis and make recommendations regarding purchases.
- Update the procurement spreadsheet/tracker to capture production progress for materials being purchased.
- Organize and coordinate the attendance of factory acceptance test (FAT) by the client, contractor and third-party inspector (TPI).
- Participate in the development of internal policies and maintain a risk structure to monitor company’s compliance.
- Organize virtual and offline meetings with the client and OEMs to provide feedback on the overall procurement status to top management and resolve technical challenges.
- Liaise with team members and client’s subject matter expert (SME) as it relates to their discipline in order to obtain approvals and resolve technical issues.
- Worked with the team in managing the Procurement spend of $15m for the NLNG ETP project.
- Proffered a solution to having remote FAT done during the COVID period to make certain progress on the project continued.
Foreign Procurement Officer
Alcon Nigeria Limited
Port Harcourt
12.2016 - 01.2019
- Technically evaluate different bids/quotations according to the specifications, costs and lead time to proceed with the issuance of the purchase order.
- Send out enquiries to approved vendors.
- Prepare purchase orders approved by the senior management team using the Sage Enterprise Resource Package (ERP).
- Make updates in the shared folder of the procurement activities to help keep track of work progress from enquiry stage to delivery stage.
- Create and update metrics for all foreign procurement activities.
- Improved profitability by conducting market survey on prices and further negotiating better offers from vendors.
QA/QC Trainee Officer
Alcon Nigeria Limited
Port Harcourt
05.2016 - 12.2016
- Inspecting coating of steel pipes and other steel fabrications such as anchor plates, tank stand, and pipe clamps.
- Tagging un-blasted and blasted steel pipes for ease of identification during installation.
- Measuring coated steel fabrications to generate total square area for payment purposes.
- Segregating low temperature carbon steel (LTCS) and carbon steel (CS) pipes for the application of the accurate coating system.
- Coordinating the stenciling process on steel pipes for accurate installation upon arriving the plant.
- Supervising of loading of structural steel fabrications to the client’s site.
- Coordinating the blasting and coating processes based on weather factor and manpower availability among others.
Education
M.Sc - Logistics and Supply Chain Mgt
Rome Business School
11-2025
M.Sc. - Construction Project Management
Northumbria University
UK11-2015
B.Sc - Building Construction Management
University of Lagos
Nigeria12-2012
WASSCE -
Model Secondary School
Abuja01.2006
Skills
- Customer relationship management
- Contract Management
- Vendor management
- Strategic sourcing
- Administration
- Contract Negotiation
- Price Negotiation
- Stakeholder Management
- Operations and logistics
- Team coordination
- Purchasing
- E-Procurement Systems
Affiliations
Graduate Member, Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS), UK, 005750285.
Voluntary Services
- 2020 - 2025, Leader - Young Adult and Youth Development, RCCG
- 2015, Maximum Impact Student Association, Northumbria University, UK
- 2014, Construction Project Management Cohort, Northumbria University, UK
- 2014, Renovations, Health Support, Millennium Development Goals
References
References will be provided upon request.
Industry Footprint
- Subsea and Surface Technology
- Oil & Gas
- Construction
- Technology
Professional Development
- 05/25, Business Leadership Development, The Logistics Institute
- 04/24, Business Leadership Development, Rome Business School
- 03/23, Teamcenter – Introduction to BoMs, Baker Hughes Learning
- 03/23, Non-Conformance Management (NCM) Author & Review, Baker Hughes Learning
- 03/23, Introduction to Teamcenter, Baker Hughes Learning
- 2022, Negotiations for Business: Negotiate like a Pro!, Udemy
- 2021, The Business of Logistics in Supply Chain Management, Udemy
- 2020, Supply Chain Management in a VUCA World, Udemy
- 2020, Strategic Cost Management for Procurement, Udemy
- 2017, CIPS Conference, Port Harcourt Chapter, Nigeria
- 11/15, Maximum Impact Student Association, Northumbria University, UK
- 2014, Constructing Safer Sites Certification, Newcastle University, UK
- 2014, Leadership Certification, Northumbria University, UK
Certification
Global Supply Chain and Logistics Strategies - The Logistics Institute, Canada
Timeline
Sourcing Specialist
Baker Hughes
05.2023 - Current
Ag. Procurement Manager
Alcon Nigeria Ltd
02.2023 - 04.2023
Procurement Lead
Alcon Nigeria Limited
01.2021 - 02.2023
Procurement Coordinator/ Buyer (Foreign & Local Materials)
Alcon Nigeria Limited
01.2019 - 12.2022
Foreign Procurement Officer
Alcon Nigeria Limited
12.2016 - 01.2019
QA/QC Trainee Officer
Alcon Nigeria Limited
05.2016 - 12.2016
M.Sc - Logistics and Supply Chain Mgt
Rome Business School
M.Sc. - Construction Project Management
Northumbria University
B.Sc - Building Construction Management
University of Lagos
WASSCE -
Model Secondary School