Result-focused seasoned procurement professional with comprehensive skills in international purchasing, customer service and communication.
Reputation of an articulate, versatile and adaptable team player accustomed to cross-functional and fast-paced work environments.
Offers 10+ years of combined experience in sourcing, bidding, negotiation, contract, process and project management.
Reputation of an articulate, versatile and adaptable team player accustomed to cross-functional and fast-paced work environments.
Offers 10+ years of combined experience in sourcing, bidding, negotiation, contract, process and project management.
- PURCHASING: Category Purchasing. Projects, Indirect, FM and CAPEX purchasing. Purchasing strategy (supplier panel, price lists, cost reduction, sourcing, LCC approach). Supplier performance and qualification (KPI’s, performance assessment, audit). Expediting and Quality (on-time-delivery, nonconformity management).
- TENDERING: Must-win awareness, cost reduction strategy, cost validation (RFQ, negotiation). Database management. Planning.
- LEGAL: Contract management (negotiation, follow-up), frame agreements, claim management.
- COMMUNICATION AND MARKETING: International negotiation. Interpersonal communication. Customer service and sales. Content management, social networks.
- PROJECT MANAGEMENT: Cross-functional management, budget follow-up, reverse scheduling.
- STARTUP AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP: Minimum Viable Product, Lean Startup, Product Management, programming.
- CHANGE MANAGEMENT: Audit, Lean improvement of processes, training.
- SAP v7200 3.9., JD Edwards
- e-Sourcing (Ariba Powersource)
- Html/CSS, Bootstrap and C language programming
- Citrix
- MS Office, iOS
- Fluent in English (TOEIC 970/990)
- Reads German
- 7-Step-Negotiation© training, cost breakdown analysis, legal improvement, situational leadership, CMMi process integration (certified CMMi internal auditor in 2011).
- Koudetat On Demand entrepreneurship program at TheFamily
- Legal improvement (85 hours): ”General Introduction To Law”, “Introduction To legal techniques" at CNAM Paris
Lead Buyer
GE Steam Power Systems
Since 2014
Boulogne-Billancourt
France
- Category Purchasing
- Project, Tendering and Indirect purchasing
- Administered services providers of GE Nantes site (office and workshop activities). Budget 200k€/y.
- Organized the transition of Facility Management activities of GE Nantes site to new supplier CBRE (gathering of operational needs, contract terminations, interface with GE Corporate strategy).
- Managed the purchasing of casting spare parts for Industry and Nuclear GE projects. Budget >800kEUR/y.
- Achieved yearly On-Time-Delivery objectives (80% and 85%).
- Established frame agreements with key transport and packing suppliers, generating better operational fluidity and control of spendings. Budget 200k€/y.
- Strengthened the Tendering price reference library with the recommendation and qualification of new casting suppliers (iron, steel) in supplier panel with a LCC approach (Poland and Portugal), securing a 45 % cost reduction on reference prices.
- Rationalized the casting supplier panel with performance reviews (evaluation, improvement action plans) in order to secure the Quality yearly objectives.
Buyer
ALSTOM POWER Nuclear Steam Turbines
August 2011
to 2014
Paris
France
- Project, CAPEX and Engineering Services purchasing
- Sourced, negotiated and contractualized all sub-contracted equipment for Nuclear projects: Kakrapar (India), Taishan and Ningde (China) Equipment: pumps, turning gear, electromechanical controllers. Total budget 4670 k€.
- Accomplished the compliance with Kakrapar project’s QCD requirements in the procurement of critical equipment (worm drive turning gear) with difficult monopolistic suppliers.
- Achieved yearly On-Time-Delivery objective (90%).
- Managed the supply of spare parts and resolved critical onsite nonconformities with monopolistic pump suppliers for key Chinese projects. Coordinated and updated the Master Procurement Schedule.
- Secured the compliance of warranty periods of equipment with contractual requirements for strategic Chinese projects. Projects at final stage faced numerous installation slippages onsite. Total budget 3300 k€.
- Managed the purchasing of Engineering Services for diverse departments (R&D, Process Design, Project Management, Supply Chain). Budget : 4715 kEUR/y.
- Analyzed Supply Chain processes (purchase request to invoice payment) and advocated drastic Lean recommendations, producing tangible operational improvement (50% time saving in workflow).
Tender Project Sourcing Leader
ALSTOM TRANSPORT Information Solutions
September 2007
to July 2011
Paris
France
- Category Purchasing
- Project and Tendering purchasing
- Projects: Managed the purchasing of installation subcontracted equipment for key Alstom Transport tramways: detection electromechanical sub-systems, cables, LED signals and IT equipment. Budgets: Alger (6M€), Oran (9M€), Constantine (14M€), Jerusalem (7M€), Dubai (21M€), Reims (5,6M€).
- Achieved yearly savings objectives (7% to 10%) on projects budgets.
- Tendering: Validated costs of installation equipment and services. Strengthened the price reference library of Urban platform with aggressive bundled negotiations. Secured the business award of strategic projects: Panama and Amsterdam metros, Nottingham and Dubai trawmays.
- Provided decisive forecast inputs to Commodity Managers from tendering and projects to strengthen Alstom TIS Sourcing long-term strategies.
- Oversaw the audit and qualification of new suppliers teaming up with Quality Assurance department
- Promoted and deployed change strategies in Alstom TIS with e-sourcing software trainings (key user). Won best ALTeS performance award in 2008.
- Evaluated with fellow auditors the processes of Alstom TIS Saint-Ouen site to secure the CMMI (Capability Maturity Model Integration) level 2 certification.
Maintenance and Investment Buyer
SANOFI PASTEUR
April 2007
to September 2007
Val-de-Reuil, Normandy
France
- Global leader in vaccine manufacturing.
- Maintenance and Investment Buyer in Sanofi Pasteur.
- Successfully set the contractual basics (price lists and frame agreements) of long-term relationships with key suppliers during a 4-month-schedule.
- Competitive tendering and negotiation paved the way for a future 3% cost reduction with short-listed lead suppliers.
- Conducted sourcing, ISO 14001 qualification and cost negotiations with selected suppliers for waterproofness investments on production site.
Sales And Communication
Press, Publishing, Finance
2001
to 2006
Paris
France
- Managed subscriptions and sales in a customer service department (Valeurs Actuelles, Investir, 60M de Consommateurs, Tele Star) with 30+ calls daily.
- Oversaw press relations with journalists and press attachés for a portfolio of 50 luxury books at Assouline Publishing Paris.
- Supported the administrative management of staff (80 people) in the General Management office at Crédit Agricole Investor Services Bank (Paris)
DUT (BTEC Higher National Diploma)
Institut Universitaire de Technologie d'Orsay - Paris South University
1993
to 1995
Physical Measurements with Technical Instrumentation specialisation
Learn more
Supply Chain development:
7 Steps Negotiation,
Total Cost Of Ownership,
Situational Leadership,
Legal For Sourcing
7 Steps Negotiation,
Total Cost Of Ownership,
Situational Leadership,
Legal For Sourcing
Legal improvement (85 hours)
”General Introduction To Law”
“Introduction To legal techniques”
”General Introduction To Law”
“Introduction To legal techniques”
- From 1996 to 2000: Freelance Professional Guitarist (live, studio) and Music Teacher
Conducted individual guitar lessons (20 students/y ages 8-55), modern music workshops, harmony classes, student recitals organization. Styles: classical, jazz, pop, rock, world music. - 2011: Guitarist-Composer-Producer: produced instrumental guitar album Seven Seeds Of Life praised by critics. Interviews in La Chaine Guitare, Groove Tendances, musicwaves.fr magazines. Collaborated with successful consultants: mixing (Pascal Garnon), mastering (MasterDisk Europe), photography (Nicola Lo Calzo) and web development (WebmyArt).
- Life Coach certification with BestLife Coaching (2016)
- Freelance Life Coach
- Blogger at www.musicien-atypique.com
