Responsibilities:

• Achieve maximum value for BHP Billiton Illawarra Coal through professional contractual negotiation and tendering for any purchases by the Company.
• Compliance with Company policies, audit control objectives and compliance activities
• Provide ongoing pricing administration support to purchasing customers to ensure efficient and effective procurement and contract administration of inventory and goods items
• Manage tender process and evaluations
• Create sourcing plan for coal sites
• Performance manage vendors on contracts
• Provide information and advice on pricing arrangements, systems, policies and procedures
• Provide weekly and monthly KPI reports
• Ensure all contracts follow safety control protocols

Achievements:

• Manage Tendering, Expressions of Interests and Contract negotiations for the $100 million West Cliff Coal Preparation Plant Raw Coal & Reliability Project
• Negotiate 27 Goods & Services, Repairer and Consultancy Agreements for coal mine, washery and technical sites to the value of $1.65 million
• Conduct 5 “kick-off” meetings with suppliers working on coal sites to cover risk mitigation and responsibilities

Responsibilities:

Advising companies how to maximize profit and minimize costs in the procurement and management of their fuel through:

• Commercial Negotiations
• Contract Operations and Management
• Petroleum Economics and Analysis
• Request For Tenders for Fuel Procurement
• Identification and Quantification of Risk Exposure
• Development and Implementation of Price Risk Management / Hedging Strategies
• Board Policy Development for Derivatives Use
• Selection and Benchmarking of Risk Management Procedures
• Evaluation of Tailor Made OTC Derivatives
• Derivative Trading
• Physical Oil  Supply & Trading
• Business Process Mapping
• Market Intelligence and Research
• Use of Bio-Fuels
• Conducting business in Asia, especially China

Achievements:

• Reduced the fuel costs of two Transport Companies by approximately $750,000 per annum each through the tender and negotiation of diesel supply contracts
• Reduced the fuel costs of a regional airline by $275,000 per annum.
• Reduced fuel costs for an aerial service by $550,000 per annum.
• Author of a study for the feasibility of bulk liquid storage for specialty fuels & chemicals
• Reduced the fuel costs of remote Truck-Stops by 2 to 3 cents per litre through the correct application of the Fuel Sales Grant
• Reduced the costs of diesel purchases for transport companies by clarifying the diesel rebate scheme
• Provide expert oil market commentary to Thomson Reuters, Radio 2GB and ABC Radio and CNBC Asia.
• Author of articles published in “Truck & Trailer Australia” & “Overlander 4WD” (July 2008) about fuel prices in Australia.

Responsibilities:

• Manage the importation of jet fuel for the Peoples Republic of China

• Market price risk management services to Chinese airlines
• Provide competitive, economical and political intelligence regarding oil markets to develop profitable trading strategies
• Negotiate and manage contracts for the sale and purchase of refined products and establish new markets for CAO

• Represent CAO in Oil Industry Conferences

Achievements

• Jet fuel imports to China increased from 1.9 million tonnes in 2003 to 3.2 million tonnes in 2005
• Increased profit by US$1.8 million per annum by introducing price risk management services to Chinese airlines
• Managed personal trading book resulting in a net profit of US$5.4 million in 2003.
• Presented papers at the 2001 Aviation Fuels Conference and 2004 Asia Pacific Petroleum Conference and presented papers at various independent training courses held by Invincible Trading
• Member of Management Team to implement a new computerised risk management and trading system (Kiodex).