Supply Chain Strategic Sourcing

Andrew Betik

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Sourcing Specialist Strategic Buyer – Technical & Engineered Products

Expertise at developing new supplier/subcontractor relationships to manage major supplier cost, schedule, and technical performance for designated projects. Recognized ability to effectively and proficiently manage key procurement processes of supplier set up, strategic sourcing, purchase order placement (including terms and conditions). Promote continuous process improvement (CPI) and best practices.

Communicate compelling supplier strategies by building alignment across engineering, operations, and procurement teams, energizing them to meet performance targets under demanding time constraints.

Influential buyer and tenacious problem solver at the forefront of supply chain management through focusing strategically on supplier relationships with proven ability to handle multiple priorities.

Skilled at identifying new supply chain opportunities restructuring service agreements into cost savings and building the foundation for sustainable growth.

Critical Skill Set

Budget Planning Strategic Partnerships Materials Management Teamwork Oriented Bid Evaluation

Detail Oriented Cost Management/Reduction Customer Service Inventory Management

Supplier Relationship Management Supplier Performance Risk Mitigation

Manager: Sourcing, Subcontract Sourcing Specialist, Analyst

Professional Experience & Achievements

Object Win-contract w/ UT- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 9/2024 – 3/2025

Sourcing and Contract Specialist

Provide skilled assistance in the strategic sourcing of goods, equipment, or services by working collaboratively with customers and stakeholders in identifying categories of spend optimal for strategic sourcing.

Assist in contract negotiations, development of request for proposals, and implementation and administration of supplier contracts and agreements.

Maintain agreement portfolio: scope updates, pricing, Exhibits, amendments.

Monitor supply markets and conduct market intelligence and utilize information obtained to develop comprehensive reports and presentations.

Ensure continued compliance with all regulatory requirements, procurement guidelines, policies and procedures internally at M.D. Anderson.

Calculate and report actual and projected sourcing savings by spending categories.

Result oriented, analytical, decisive, team and customer oriented, strong communicator and innovative.

Westinghouse Electric Company-contract w/ Calpine, Houston, TX 2/2024 – 6/2024

Sourcing and Contract Specialist III / Administrator

Supported Supply Chain Services (SCS) by working collaboratively within the Sourcing & Contract Management team proactively identifying sourcing and contract value opportunities.

Utilized the COUPA Contract Management application to manage new and expired contracts.

Collaborated and built partnerships with vendors.

Evaluated Vendors Scope of Work to determine proper new contract format type for execution.

Renewal of expired contracts in a fast-paced environment managing between 20-30 contracts at a time.

Ensured efficient vendor compliance with Calpine requirement for Supplier enrollment with ISNetworld platform (Insurance, Safety, and Environment (HSE)).

Made decisions regarding own work, often in ambiguous situations with little instruction on day-to-day work.

The Fountain Group-contract w/ Air Products & Chemicals, Houston, TX 7/2022 – 9/2023

Global Project Expeditor/ Category Specialist

Served as the primary contact for all global projects for assigned categories, interfacing with the vendors, engineering, third party engineering contract suppliers, sourcing, project management, and specifiers.

Lead vendor meetings ensuring 100% completion of critical documentation to Document Control Data Teams.

Maintained support for current production ship dates and INCOTERMS to meet Project schedule need dates.

Strong influencing skills to bring individuals, suppliers, and teams together for on time delivery of equipment.

Responsible for expediting and ensuring the accuracy of the internal reporting systems for all category order delivery dates in-line with each affected Global Project schedule.

eTeam, Inc – contract w/ Boeing (maternity leave fill-in), Dallas, TX 4/2022- 7/2022

Asset Management-Supply Chain Specialist III

Managed matters pertaining to the performance, expediting, and delivery of spares and ground support equipment requirements for Fleet of forty (40) F-15 Strike Eagle aircraft for the Republic of Singapore.

Analyzed supplier and/or customer data regarding products and services to include repair capabilities, capacity and performed assessment of configuration change impact to supply support system.

Provided oversight and management of supply and demand, schedules, supplier quality, delivery, and financial performance.

Acro Service Corp – contract w/ British Petroleum (BPX Energy), Houston, TX 9/2021 – 2/2022

Category Specialist II-Contracts Administrator

Lead the development and execution of Chemicals and Downhole Services category and subcategory strategies through category management and strategic sourcing framework, checklist, managed spend and regularly track market trends. Ability to work strategically and tactically to deliver positive business results.

Execute sourcing strategies in alignment with applicable market sector and commodity strategies.

Understand the local business objectives to achieve the desired outcomes.

Collaborate with internal customers and suppliers to understand options and risks to building supplier relationships to achieve superior supplier performance.

Negotiate commercial terms to deliver best value solutions, and the measurement/reporting of the value delivered. Using SAP/Hana, Open Invoice, Business Intelligence dashboard and Ariba

Triumph Group – Aerospace Structures, (Division of Vought Aircraft) Red Oak, TX 6/2018 – 5/2020

Procurement Planning & Control III

Managed demand through procurement, planning and scheduling to fulfill customer orders for Domestic and International Operations. Coordinated activities related to procurement of a commodity beginning with intent to purchase through delivery. Solicited and evaluated proposals of most appropriate supplier to be used for various items. Familiar with FARS/DFARS Defense Acquisition Regulations. Conduct Skype presentations.

Sourced suppliers for Subcontract services and managed order process start, shipping INCOTERMS to finish. Cleared purchase orders (PO’s) and invoice discrepancies in SAP.

Initiated supply agreements with key suppliers based on capacity, quality, and pricing.

Managed and transition and expediting of all inventory and open orders for assigned programs to international partners and suppliers resulting in smooth transition of programs during Covid 19 Pandemic.

Assured commodities were acquired and delivered on schedule, at negotiated price and within contractual terms while meeting highest quality standards.

Generated critical delivery reports in SAP resulting in reduced production line down time by 60%.

DEEPFLEX Inc., Houston, TX (Company shutdown operations May 2018) 7/2014–10/2015

Sourcing Specialist – Vendor and Material Qualification

Managed annual budget of $150-200M for high performance composite and polymer materials supporting vendor qualification process with the Materials Engineering and Manufacturing teams. Collaborated with Project Management and Engineering. Negotiated total value for purchase transactions focusing on price, payment terms, quality, and delivery. Complied with quality and company standards to mitigate risk.

Engaged Materials Engineering team involving complex material challenges to meet program delivery deadlines.

Led supply chain strategies for minimizing cost for composite and polymer materials through request for information and request for quotation (RFQ) processes.

Identified supplier risk on a critical single sourced raw material, then engaged the Materials Engineering team uncovering other sources sold through distributors under different product names eliminating a work stoppage.

Argo Turboserv Corporation (ATC), Houston, TX 10/2012 – 5/2014

Senior Procurement Specialist – Raw Material and Machining

Key contributor in planning process for $50M annual CAPEX budget. Managed supplier relationships in procurement of highly engineered drilling equipment. Drove and resolved non-conformance issues with suppliers. Supervised and mentored 2 junior level buyers for location administrative and operational tasks. Negotiated total value focused on price, payment terms, quality, and delivery. Procure to Pay (P2P) process.

Used Dynamic AX (ATC) for order management and inventory and SAP/ Ariba (Client) for part specifications.

Achieved optimal revenue by aligning customer purchase order dates with sales order commit dates via DAX- SAP/ Ariba.

Strategically aligned raw material purchases with subcontract services for machining production orders, thus reducing the high cost of raw material inventory.

Utilized economies of scale, expedited to meet customer delivery expectations >95% for on time delivery.

Collaborated with Engineering and Quality in creating RFP and RFQ to qualify new strategic suppliers and complex assemblies.

Bradsby Group, contract w/ LyondellBasell, Houston, TX 8/2011 – 4/2012

Strategic Buyer – Technical Material

Managed $65M budget negotiating terms, contracts and procurement compliance with maintenance and operations across 22 North American plant locations. Supported multi-plants and standardization.

From concept to completion worked with suppliers and achieved $150K cost savings by executing a strategic sourcing plan in 4QT11 with business operations, engineering, and legal team.

Led renewal of key maintenance repair and operation (MRO) outline agreements in SAP by negotiating price, payment terms, extending agreements to 2 years, guaranteeing price point and removed all stock out risk.

Interfaced with legal team to assure 100% of all red lined terms and conditions were agreed upon.

Effectively supported multiple Turnaround projects with excellent attention to detail working under strict deadlines.

GE Oil & Gas – Vetco Gray, Houston, TX 3/2005 – 8/2011

Senior Buyer – Indirect Sourcing/ CAPEX spend

Senior Buyer – Capital Drilling Group – Large Machine Parts and Subcontracts

Senior Buyer – Surface & Subsea Projects – Proprietary Commodities

Purchased and managed all proprietary commodities exceeding >$1M. Sourcing Leader; directed 4 contractors with designated commodities such as: MRO, facilities, capital expenditure, consignment inventory, contingent labor, environmental health and safety services, and third-party environmental consultancy service. Sourced and qualified new suppliers through collaboration with Engineering and Quality using RFP and RFQ process. Resolved all PO receipts and invoicing discrepancies for timely payments.

Drove cost savings (personal deflation) through strategic alignment using long-term agreements based off synergy of GE Oil & Gas businesses using reverse e-auctions and RFQ processes.

Achieved >2-years, a personal deflation of $1.75M based on a 2010 $16M budget and $1.8M based on a 2011 $22.5M budget on completed capital projects and consumables for common business operation.

Eliminated >60% of material handling cost and achieved 100% invoicing accuracy to departments through onsite vendor managed inventory.

Collaborated with engineering and planning groups to reduce scrap cost >20% against original purchase price.

Accomplished a 15% deflation for all surface and subsea purchase transactions plus placed orders at terms favorable to the company.

Managed supplier performance metric scorecards and defined corrective actions with the quality team.

Additional Detailed Work History Will Be Provided Upon Request

Education Training

Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) – Production/Operations Management

Bachelor of Science (BS) – Economics, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington

Sourcing Essentials (Negotiations) Lean Manufacturing Lean Office Environment Influencing Skills

Project Management APICS Basic Supply Chain Management APICS Detailed Scheduling & Planning

Technical Skills

Microsoft Office Suite Oracle / SSP5 / Mark-view SAP R4 Hana Ariba DAX Global 2009 Navision Microsoft Dynamic AX CICS/Man-Man (legacy) X-Cost (Cost B.O.M.) Net-Meeting, e-Room and Jabber Reflex (Demand/Supply Planning) e-Procurement CCS (Contract & Forecast Price) B2B (Entomo, SIMON, SPIES-NT) SRM – ASPECT (AVL) Archive dbase (Target, Paperwise) Engineering dbase (EDB, IQMAN, EZ-Tool) Crystal (Quality database) Power Advocate COUPA Power BI Total Contract Manager(Jaegar)

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