Kelly Verhelst
Engineered Wood Products Procurement and Capital Manager @Weyerhaeuser
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WORK HISTORY
Engineered Wood Products Procurement and Capital Manager @Weyerhaeuser
CA
Lead 8 sites on Procurement policies, practices and procedures. Assist with Capital procurement and National contracts to drive operational excellence and best in class procurement. Collaboration with stakeholders to promote value add within the procurement function. Own national contracts on MRO, power transmission, belting, steel, patent and service contracts, including ISN.
EDUCATION
SIAST
Certified Combined Technician, Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist
SIAST
Working towards a Certificate in Business, Business Administration and Management, General
Purchasing Management of Canada
Purchasing Designation, Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management
University of Saskatchewan
Certificate in Agriculture, Agriculture, General
SKILLS
ABOUT KELLY VERHELST
I’m a senior procurement leader with 25+ experience driving strategic sourcing, capital procurement, and MRO optimization across industrial, agricultural, forestry, and mining operations in Canada and United States. I specialize in building high-performing procurement teams, negotiating complex contracts and delivering measurable cost reductions across multi-site operations. I mentor to 9 manufacturing buyer teams, and manage various national contracts, developing procurement policies and mentoring cross border teams. I hold SCMP, CPSM and GIE designations, bringing deep expertise in vendor performance management, including contractor management and capital sourcing.Financial Performance- Work with project managers in developing forecast for project management- National contract management- negotiate and implement- Support National chemical additives contracts- Develop and manage savings targets for sites-Review tenders for Total cost of ownership-Review transportation costs-Review service contractor rate- Assist with internal audit as required-Utilize SAP and Oracle for procurementLeadership- Lead a highly effective, energized and effective procurement team to achieve our reliability targets- Manage aspects of procurement activities, utilizing strengths of team members to assist where necessary -Develop vendor relationships through metrics and internal relationships through collaboration Operations- Champion for contractor qualifications including ISN networld usage- Champion for procurement innovations through internal platform-Develop internal training platforms utilizing team members strengths and focus on weaknesses- Seek to create and improve upon best practices -Lead procurement KPI’s for Region-Assist with continuous training with team membersI hold SCMP professional designation with PMAC, a CPSM professional designation with Institute for Supply Management (ISM), General Insurance Essentials (GIE) with The Insurance Institute of Canada, as well as multiple business related courses through SIAST. I also have a Certificate in Agriculture with U of S, Certificate in Lab and X-Ray with SIAST, Certificate with the Insurance Institute of Canada, as well as a Supervisor Certificate from OH & SI am an ambassador of change management and have implemented changes to improve efficiencies and have been awarded innovations for these improvements
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