Daniel Paling

Daniel Paling currently serves as Vice President of Global Supply Chain at Freeport-McMoRan, overseeing category management and contract negotiations for strategic partners with an annual spend exceeding $4 billion. Paling leads a team of Category Managers in managing high-risk, complex partnerships across multiple countries and engages senior leaders to optimize operational uptime. Previous roles at Freeport-McMoRan include Director of Molybdenum, Downstream Operations, and South America, and Director of Contracts, Procurement & Operations Systems at Freeport McMoRan Oil and Gas, where responsibilities included managing extensive procurement processes and contracts. Earlier positions include Project Manager at Plains Exploration & Production, where Paling led a significant procurement transformation project, and roles in internal audit and financial consulting at Dynegy and Ernst & Young LLP. Daniel Paling holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from Sam Houston State University.