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Amsterdam Area

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

Parsippany, Nj, Usa

Senior Purchasing Manager North America - Health - Responsible for RB Health Factories in USA and Mexico and Contract Manufacturing in North America- Managing a team of 5 remotely and 3 in ParsippanyResponsible for all direct and indirect manufacturing spend occurring in North America for health (OTC, VMS and Personal Care). In charge of creating and implementing long term strategy to secure Quality, Service and Cost in a sustainable way as well as driving growth through innovation with our network of CMOs

Chester, New Jersey, Usa

Purchasing Manager - Food Division (The French's Food Company)Responsible for all commodities, management of one Buyer- Responsible to propose and implement a strategy on all ingredients in portfolio- Proposed and implemented long vs short term bookings on traded commodities - Developed partnership with farmers including universities in parts of Canada- Saving results through booking, negotiations and sourcing change

Parsippany, Nj, Usa

Purchasing Manager North America - Raw Materials $100 million - Glycols, Polymers, Inorganics, Fragrance, PVOH, Preservatives and Biocides, Sugar, Honey, Salt- Responsible to propose and implement a strategy on all commodities in portfolio- Achieved significant NWC improvment (Payment terms and Consignment Stock)- Saving results through booking and negotiations (>$5mio)- Successfully created and implemented complex supply chain for new factory

Chartres, France

Raw Materials and Packaging in cosmetic industry €14 million portfolio - Labels, Mineral Oils, Surfactants, Ethanol, Urea, Sugar...- Responsible for high complexity portfolio in cosmetic environment - ca. 60 suppliers, 250 raws- Managing Mineral Oils at European level - 4 factories. Negotiation, feedstock knowledge, forecast optimization, project implementation for new supplier approval- Implemented strategy on labels - 15% saving- Developped a strategy on the portfolio on 3 pillars: approval of new suppliers, tool creation for RFQ, quality upgrade to match cosmetic needs- Business Continuity Plan optimization

Warsaw, Masovian District, Poland

Raw Material Buyer internship followed by permanent contract- Raw material portfolio €6 million (Thickeners, Starch, Organic acids, Soap…)- Sourcing and benchmark missions on worldwide level- Project leader for European tenders on surfactants and thickeners- Worldwide benchmark on Harpic bottles

Région De Paris, France

Project coordinator: reconstruction of overheads/internal invoicing for Financial Department- Technical and functional specifications- Team Management (two developers in C#)- Writing and execution of the test plan

Région De Paris, France

Development of the company spend analysis tool (€25 Billion for 2007)- Project coordination with BravoSolution and the different purchasing departments (10 main BUs divided in hundreds of smaller BUs) as corporate administrator - Leader in change management concerning purchasing classification- Saving plans between BUs on strategic products - Assistant during invitation to tender

Master'S Degree, Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions And Contracts Management

Activities and Societies: Oenology purchasing tools, techniques and strategy, negotiation, reverse marketing, statistics, value analysis.

M.Eng In Telecommunication, Computer Science And Electronic Engineering, Computer And Information Systems Security/Information Assurance

Activities and Societies: Scouting (master assistant) for 30 boys responsible for logistics and treasurer Junior Enterprise: student.