The document summarizes the roles and responsibilities of an intern in the Supply Chain department at Chevron Lubricants from February 2014 to January 2015. Key responsibilities included managing base oil shipping processes, validating additive forecasts, conducting strategic sourcing analyses, assisting with monthly business reviews and business planning, and compiling product costing data. The intern gained experience in procurement, supply planning, strategic sourcing, and business analysis.
1. Chevron Lubricants- Supply Chain Century City
Position: Supply Chain Planning and Operations Assistant
Duration: February 2015- September 2015 Key
Learnings/performance Areas:
Strategic sourcing process:
Lead the development of strategic sourcing process; Compiled Make or buy decision criteria. Created
an improved model for analysis of costing for sourcing requests and Presented findings at the Supply
Chain Leadership Team Meeting in Feb 2015
Conducted Product Sourcing activities and Analysis for South Africa, Egypt, UAE and Pakistan on all
new product introductions and product replacement in line with approved business cases and product
life cycle plans.
Business case costing analysis (Landed cost estimates) and costing analysis for Market areas.
Periodically conducted strategic sourcing for all AMEP regions of which included analysis of potential
savings $1-2 MM for Major opportunity projects.
Ensured compliance to the approved governance process.
Liaison with Inter-Regional supply supervisors in Asia Pacific, US, Belgium and with AMEP region in
securing supply volumes of finished product.
Liasoned reviewed processed recommendations and secured approvals from the AMEP Planning and
Operations Manager and General Manager.
Helped secure Tender business as part of the big business model through efficient costing analysis,
product specification and availability.
Contracts and Transfer Pricing:
Responsible for the creation of contracts through SAP for Additive, Base Oil, packaging and finished
product suppliers for South Africa.
Created Tax elements and volume requirements plant specific and pricing via Sap for products.
Custodian of the transfer pricing in the region
Export Sales Pricing Schedule Management; Responsible for the monthly collations and maintenance of
the share point site on the availability of price lists as well as engagements with intercompany regions
Regarding pricing schedule.
Supplier Liaison:
Verification, communication and validation of Materials Replenishment Plan for additives.
Provision of forecasts to additive suppliers both 3rd party (International) and Chevron Affiliates in line
with Material replenishment plans.
Working with locations and suppliers to resolve product/ raw material issues.
Product Costing and Cost of Goods Analysis:
Product costing data compilation for Feb 2015.Updated costing templates (raw material, packaging and
procured product cost with current based costs and validated for significant variances.
Conducted Taro Costing Analysis for South Africa and UAE and reported to Global Marine (US).
Analysed BI reports based on procurement history and conducted analysis on all procured product for
the month required for COGS analysis and forecasting.
Responsible for Cogs data input compilation, coordination and validation of procured data with market
areas for Amep region on a monthly basis, adjusting for exchange rates and Barrel conversions.
2. Monthly Business Review and Business Planning:
Communication, Coordination, validation and review MBR updates for AMEP on Initiatives, Inventory
aging, headcount and Travel and Expenses.
Business Plan 2016-2018 final review of changes communicated to market areas Supply Chain
managers.
Developed assumption document, created reporting templates and ensured version control of Opex
details for AMEP region.
Responsible for the Regional Business plan 2016 and consolidation on AMEP level (Africa, Middle East,
Pakistan and Egypt)
Developed the regional 2016-2018 Business plan for the Regional Supply Chain Lubricants Team,
which included adjustments to exchange rates, inflationary increases, business model changes, capex
spend executive and business plan summaries.
Assistant Business Unit Coordinator for training in Regional.
Monthly communication of forecasted replenishment to additive suppliers for the market areas.
Reference: Vashti Chetty Planning and Operations Manager- AMEP {Africa, Middle East, Egypt and Pakistan)
Cell: 083 299 3339/ Work 27-21-403-7019 Email:VChetty@chevron.com
Chevron Lubricants- Supply Chain Century City
Position: Supply Chain Intern
Duration: February 2014- January 2015 Key
Learnings/performance Areas:
Base Oil Shipping and Additive forecasting:
In role of Procurement Operations Specialist for 3 months: managed the Base Oil Shipping process
from planning to receipt of final cargo and in which there was no supply interruptions or stock outs
Engaged with suppliers of Base Oil in Russia, Belgium and US.
Compiled, validated and verified Trade agreements and submitted to finance.
Responsible in the approval of vessel vetting, q88 submissions and handling and communicating vessel
berthing constraints.
Validation, verification and communication of pro forma invoices with the Base oil Category Manager
and US Marine schedulers, as well as 3rd party Base Oil companies (Exxon mobile, Lukoil and Repsol).
Communication, validation and submission of forecasts to 3rd party and equity companies.
Providing 3rd party and equity stakeholders with monthly, additive forecast replenishments for Africa,
Middle East and Pakistan.
Strategic sourcing process:
Reviewed and handled Product sourcing requests, from engagements on availability to supply from
affiliate companies (Thailand, Port Arthur, Singapore, China, Belgium, UAE, Egypt and South Africa)
conducted analysis and processed recommendations for approval.
Provided Business case and pricing query costs (Ex works and CFR) to AMEP Regions.
Played a role in assisting with sales of Old and slow products through engagements with chevron
affiliates.
Costing analysis for Tender business for Egypt and efficient communication with suppliers with
regards to availability of additives.
3. Monthly Business Review and Business Planning:
Involved in the Monthly Business reviews for Supply Chain, conducted analysis on the inventory aging,
headcount, created a tracker for AMEP regions to record OTIF and write offs.
Compiled teams TEA- Travel and Expense records for the year.
Tracked Initiatives of the company and how the progress is on key initiatives through monthly updates.
Submitted training reports to Competency and Development Lead quarterly.
Business planning for Africa, Middle East and Pakistan: played an active role in the business planning
for these regions. Some of which included Compilation of Business model changes, capex, unit opex and
line item tracking sheets and graphs, assisted with Cogs analysis, volume commentaries and headcount
consolidation.
Product Costing and ESPS Management:
Electronic Transfer Price management recording monthly.
Taro Costing which is specialty costing on a product for UAE , Egypt and South Africa on Transfer
prices, Raw Material prices and total product cost on a monthly basis to Global US.
Involved in compiling of purchase orders, treat rates and pricing for landed shipments Via SAP for
product costing.