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lepetit francoise

Global Procurement Category Manager for Marketing & Sales Services

lepetit francoise
Lyon Area France
Professional Status
Employed
Available
About Me
Senior Procurement leader, with over 10 year’s solid experience .
Proven leadership skills
Excellent influencing and communication skills
International “procurement services & goods”
Passion for customer
Strategic thinking / vision

Ambition: Head of Global procurement categories in international environment

Specialities: Procurement Leader specialising within international companies, Marketing & Professional services categories Leading changes across Americas, Europe, & Asia.

Been exposed to: operating in a complex highly competitive industry and organisational changes.
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Global category manager - Marketing services

Hewlett-Packard
Since November 2011
Full-time
  • 100 m$ per annum
  • Team leading abilities: Managed regional procurement team and stakeholder
  • Sourcing EMEA and Asia co-marketing project leading to 30% reduction yearly
  • Contracting complex projects up to 30 m$ across the Globe
  • Lead business development strategy to Vice President level
  • Achievements:
  • Price negotiations led to 30% cost cut per year
  • International contract law negotiation
  • Services standardisation across 40 countries and 3 business units
  • Supplier optimisation: from 3 to one supplier per country (25 countries)

Sales and Marketing Category Manager

Hewlett packard
January 2004 to 2011
  • Management of procurement strategy for outsourced services (sales, consulting, BPO & contact centers, travel, field marketing services)
  • 2003 to 2010:
  • Set-up and defined commodities strategy in co-ordination with supply chain, sales and marketing departments
  • E-sourcing marketing and sales project across 20 countries
  • Services transformation model : from headcount to services by deliverables
  • Rationalised the contact centres/telemarketing supplier base
  • Managed business process outsourcing projects (15m$) : a near/offshore strategy
  • Country buyer coordination: supplier selection, price negotiation
  • Achievements:
  • Price negotiation leading to 15% cost cut by project over the year
  • Make or buy analysis: cost down with 50% over 3 years
  • Services productivity improvement: a price reduction above target of 20% yearly
  • Supplier optimisation: from 14 to 9, 40m$, 20% rate reduction

Procurement and Supply Chain commodity management

Hewlett-Packard
January 2001 to 2003
  • Global Scope of Operations: Asian suppliers and 8 assembly plants worldwide
  • Floppy Disc Vendor Account Manager, US$ 2 million units p. a.
  • Selection and introduction of new suppliers to supply chain process
  • Product definition (specs, design) Standardisation across the company led to 10% cost cut
  • Manage worldwide forecasting and suppliers' market share ; Zero excess and no extra freight charges in one year
  • Control costs: Reduction of days of inventory from 4 to 2

Finance and Administration Manager

Marks and Spencer
January 1996 to January 2000
  • Team management- 10 staff (recruitment, training & development, evaluation)

Export sales Manager

Steelite International
January 1994 to 1996
  • Annual Quota: 3 million $ of HORECA tableware
  • Account Management and distribution ; achieved over-quota performance by 15%,

Spanish qualification

ESADE Business School

January 2009 to December 2009

Master's Degree

Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille (Lille I)

September 1993 to June 1994
International Business; European Management Strategy

Bachelor's Degree

Ecole de Management de Normandie

September 1992 to June 1993
Europe finance and accounting management

Bachelor's Degree

Leeds Metropolitan University

September 1991 to June 1992
European strategymanagement
  • Outsourcing
  • Global Sourcing/esourcing
  • Change Management
  • Procurement Contracts
  • Customer Satisfaction
  • Team Leadership
  • Teamwork
  • procurement strategy negotiation
  • International Management
  • Cross Functional Relationships
  • Passion for Success
  • Leadership Development
  • leadership
  • Strategic Leadership
  • Supply Chain
  • Supply Management
  • English
  • Spanish
  • travelling with cultural immersion
  • sailling
  • skiing
  • volunteering
  • transactional analysis