Procurement Stories: Real Life Stories in Procurement - Paperback

by Bruno Alejandro Alvarez L. (Author)

During my professional career I encountered many anecdotes that translated later on in learning opportunities. Some gave a pretty good insight in the dos and don'ts of my profession. Being in the Contracting and procurement function it gave a pretty good set of both enlightening and entertaining stories that I collected in the past few years. This book is a collection of eighteen of such stories. The objective is to entertain the casual reader as well as teach a lesson or two to the procurement professional.

Author Biography

Bruno Alvarez Born in Guatemala, Central America is regarded in Latin America and the Americas as one of the Leading Contracting and Procurement Expert. He has worked as a full time employee, for global "Fortune 500" companies. He has become the leading voice on contracting excellence based on real life experience in tough market. His international experience is second to none. Develop contracting and execution excellence of large capital projects on the most complex markets such as Latin America and at the same time the world´s largest projects in North America. Have contracted and executed in more than 21 Countries such as: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Surinam, Trinidad and Tobago, Tortola, St. Lucia, United States and others. Studied at a German Elementary School later to move to Miami Florida, Unites States to get his High school diploma and be regarded as one of the top 100 Outstanding High school Students of America by the US board of education. Moved on to become a Chemical Engineer and later on, professor of Thermodynamics and Physical Chemistry at Universidad del Valle, the best ranked Scientific University in Latin America. Moved on to get a post graduate degree on Business Management and have spent most of the professional life learning and practicing the latest concepts on Contracting and procurement and the advanced contract models in the Energy and Gas Industry.