Nedra Harrell
Procurement Specialist
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About
Supply Chain Management professional with 10+ years of experience supporting energy, chemical, logistics, and supply chain operations. Skilled in material planning, purchasing, expediting, supplier coordination, inventory control, documentation, and procure-to-pay support. Experienced managing purchase orders, tracking supplier performance, resolving delivery and invoice issues, maintaining reports, and coordinating across internal teams, vendors, logistics providers, production, and customer-facing groups.
Strong SAP, Microsoft Office, communication, problem-solving, and time-management skills with a focus on timely material delivery, compliance, cost control, and customer satisfaction.
Experience
Procurement Specialist at Halliburton (2022 – 2026)
- Managed purchase orders for chemicals, equipment, and materials based on operational and project requirements.
- Prioritized multiple procurement requests in a fast- paced environment while maintaining accuracy, follow up, and strong customer service.
- Supported sourcing and category strategies by purchasing at the best value while ensuring compliance with procurement policies and material management procedures.
- Collaborated with suppliers, project teams and internal stakeholders to ensure timely delivery of material and equipment to support project timelines.
- Reviewed pricing, delivery terms, and supplier availability to support cost-effective purchasing decisions and best value sourcing
- Monitored procurement patterns, supplier performance, and open order activity to support strategic contracts, cost reduction, and consistent material availability.
- Tracked and expediated open orders, maintained procurement status reports, monitored supplier deliverables, and reported key performance metrics.
- Managed full procure to pay cycle from requisition and PO creation through logistics coordination, delivery follow-up, goods receipt support, invoice resolution, and payment close-out
Supply Chain Coordinator at Huntsman International (2015 – 2021)
- Generated and managed purchase requisitions in SAP, ensuring accuracy, policy compliance, and timely support for material and service needs.
- Tracked, traced, and managed railcar fleet activity for allocated products to support on-time material movement and delivery
- Assisted with waste load disposal purchase orders, manifest, profiles and environmental reporting
- Monitored restocking, order fulfillment, and inventory availability for Huntsman locations to support production and customer commitments.
- Main point of contact between sales, customer care, logistics as well as with scheduling of carriers.
- Coordinated with production, logistics, customer care, and carriers to schedule materials, monitor order changes, resolve delivery issues and expediate urgent shipments
Education
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration – Southern University A&M College