Aondover Ityokumbul
Houston,TX
Summary
Energetic Senior Supply Chain professional with an emphasis on people/team development. Extensive experience creating all-encompassing cross-functional category strategies for prominent Fortune 500 Companies in Aerospace, Defense, Oil and Gas, Agrochemical, and Industrial Power Generation and Green Energy. Proven track record of delivering cost savings, creating strong relationships with technical stakeholders, reducing supply chain risk, driving continuous improvement, and leading business change.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Head of Supply Chain and Sourcing
John Cockerill Hydrogen
01.2023 - 01.2025
- Tasked with standing up hydrogen electrolyzer Gigafactory supply chain and sourcing organization to serve the North American Hydrogen market
- Responsible for all aspects of supply management and sourcing and driving alignment with John Cockerill’s Global H2 supply chain, logistics and procurement teams
- Play an active role in defining the Gas Separation Unit global procurement strategy providing product segmentation, procurement purchasing strategy, and after-sales procurement strategy input into product strategy and reducing initial by almost 100%
- Lead North American Sales & Operation Planning review including VP Sales, CFO, COO, and VP of Project Management and Engineering to review sales funnel, capital projects, supply chain and manufacturing readiness to meet customer requirements
- Work with Global quality to develop up with interim process to qualify Electrolyzer suppliers providing critical components in North America and South Korea that provided cost savings up to 50% from initial quotes
- Develop KPIs for supply chain and procurement organization
Procurement Manager/Supply Chain Country Lead
Siemens Energy Inc
01.2015 - 01.2023
- Lead and manage procurement team in the US and Canada lead
- Responsible and accountable for all Industrial Power Turbine rotating parts
- Lead and support the effort to stand-up supply chain organization in 7 months by hiring buyers, spares parts demand management professionals, demand management manager, and supplier quality engineers in Houston as a result of manufacturing site closure in Mount Vernon, Ohio
- Consolidated buyer and expeditor/planner role resulting in increased supplier accountability and allocation of a headcount to support other supply chain activities
- Responsible for recruiting and building a procurement team of strategic buyers and commodity managers to take over a new power turbine product line as a result of a plant closure which lead to the resourcing of complex internal make turbine components with savings of up to 40% to external supply chain
- Implement and develop digitization initiatives that reduce non-value-added procurement activities that save hundreds of hours (expediting robot, supplier follow-up, SAP data entry, etc…)
Global Category Manager
Rolls-Royce Energy Inc. (Purchased by Siemens Dec 2014)
01.2012 - 01.2014
- Create commodity strategies for Gas Turbine Package parts and Power Turbine (rotating components, fabrications, machining, investment casting, grey-cast iron, centrifugal castings, etc..)
- Commodity strategies include market analysis, risk management, Global Value Sourcing, pooling, cost value engineering, technology enhancements, and costings savings
- Lead a team of strategic buyers in UK, Sweden, Canada, and USA
- Introduce low-cost country supply chains in Eastern Europe, China, and Mexico that provide savings up to 60%
- Selected by senior management to lead a global team responsible for outsourcing complex electromechanical sub-assemblies (fuel system, water injection, air cooling system, piping and tubing systems) that yielded savings up to 55% and a $650k product cost reduction
- Organize and lead business reviews with strategic suppliers
Strategic Buyer Combustions and Casing
Rolls-Royce North America
01.2010 - 01.2012
- Appointed North America fabricated products Lead Buyer responsible for the strategic management of Combustion and Casing suppliers
- Work with global commodity leader to develop short term and long-term strategies for North American suppliers
- Mentor, train, and assist Buyers regarding commercial negotiations and sourcing strategies
- North American fabrications lead responsible for working alongside global commodity leader to create a long-term strategic roadmap for North America fabricated products supply chain
- Led cross-functional team tasked with improving reward and recognition within the purchasing department which led to >50% increase in recognition and reward
Category Manager Facilities and Onsite Services
Monsanto Company
01.2009 - 01.2010
- Responsible for developing short-term and long-term strategic roadmaps for Monsanto multifaceted facilities and onsite services category (facilities and onsite providers managed over 50 subcontractors and included >150 personnel onsite)
- Scope of categories included: Janitorial, inbound and outbound logistics, transportation, warehousing, R&D services, and building maintenance
- Led LTA negotiations with Vice President of corporate services for supplier incentive-based metrics (annual contract spend >$17 million) that reduced facilities provider total cost and aligned supplier metrics with Monsanto company goals, resulting in $1 million spend reduction
- Mentor, delegated and provided day to day direction for Monsanto facilities and onsite services Buyers, and MBA Interns
- Partnered with Monsanto onsite services Business Owners to negotiate new LTA to reduce onsite services provider (Pitney Bowes) total spend by developing a data-driven lean management model, reducing SLAs and utilizing a more efficient model to manage workforce, resulting in >$400K annual savings
Alternate Sourcing Commodity Manager
American Airlines, Inc.
01.2006 - 01.2009
- Create airframe strategies that give American Airlines a competitive advantage at the world's largest maintenance and engineering facility for commercial aircraft
- Develop partnerships with alternate suppliers to provide parts equivalent in fit, form, and function to sole-sourced OEM parts at significant savings
- Developed and managed cross-functional sourcing strategies that exceeded cost reduction goals
- Partnered with Airframe Engineering on several strategic initiatives that improved product reliability and reduced product cost by up to 95% and saved over $2 million
- Negotiated strategic LTA’s that eliminated distribution costs and increased business with strategic partners, providing annual savings of $600K (45%) in total saving
Education
MBA -
Franklin University
Columbus, OH02.2015
BS - Supply Chain Management and Information Systems
Pennsylvania State
State College, PA08.2006
Timeline
Head of Supply Chain and Sourcing
John Cockerill Hydrogen
01.2023 - 01.2025
Procurement Manager/Supply Chain Country Lead
Siemens Energy Inc
01.2015 - 01.2023
Global Category Manager
Rolls-Royce Energy Inc. (Purchased by Siemens Dec 2014)
01.2012 - 01.2014
Strategic Buyer Combustions and Casing
Rolls-Royce North America
01.2010 - 01.2012
Category Manager Facilities and Onsite Services
Monsanto Company
01.2009 - 01.2010
Alternate Sourcing Commodity Manager
American Airlines, Inc.
01.2006 - 01.2009
MBA -
Franklin University
BS - Supply Chain Management and Information Systems
Pennsylvania State
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