Sooner Pipe
Julia Unal is an experienced professional in procurement, purchasing, and business management with a diverse background spanning over two decades. Currently serving as a Buyer at Sooner Pipe since December 2022, Julia has previously owned and operated UnalVintage from June 2015 to October 2022, overseeing all aspects of the business. Prior to that, Julia worked as a Procurement Category Manager at Modern Karton, managing a $33M purchasing budget and supplier contracts. Julia's career also includes roles as a Sales and Marketing Manager at PAK Tissue Converting and as a Purchasing Specialist at Carrefour, focusing on product management, supplier negotiations, and market analysis. Julia holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Business Administration from Istanbul Technical University.
Sooner Pipe
Sooner is the leading oil country tubular goods (OCTG) distributor in North America. We've been in business for more than 75 years - perfecting our process, cementing relationships, and building a reputation for absolute fairness and reliability. Today, we are the number one OCTG distributor in the industry, and our customers know they can count on Sooner to be there on time, every time. As part of the Marubeni-Itochu group, Sooner has the resources, capital, and global reach of a major multinational organization. Worldwide, Marubeni-Itochu has approximately $1 billion of inventory on the ground. Together, we are able to make considered, strategic investments in distribution infrastructure and inventory that make it possible for us to respond rapidly to customer demands across North America and around the world. We provide the experience, service, flexibility, competitive environment, and distribution infrastructure that no steel mill can directly offer to the end user. Sooner delivers more casing and tubing to more well sites across North America than any other supplier. We offer our customers more transparency into the purchasing process, more visibility over the progress of their shipment, and more certainty that their order will arrive complete, accurate, and on schedule. With the high cost of drilling operations, you can't afford to trust an inexperienced partner. Trust your business to the company that delivers. Trust your business to Sooner.