Benoit Bernard Email & Phone Number

Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

Member of LINZ Central Procurement Team.Support to Business Improvement, Crown Property, Biosecurity & Biodiversity and Demolition teams.Procurement advisor for the South Island High Country (Pastoral) team.

Auckland, New Zealand

Support to Air NZ's Digital & Corporate Procurement Team, working under Supply Chain.• Manage categories of spend, delivering sustainable performance and growth to support Air NZ in its strategic purpose to "Supercharge New Zealand economically, socially and environmentally",• Relationship Management and Influencing Skills: manage collaborative and /or complex relationships with Air NZ stakeholders and suppliers,• Negotiation, contract management, leading the design and execution of Supplier RelationshipManagement (SRM) strategies that drive continuous improvement.Category Portfolio:• Marketing: Brand, Content, Social Media, Media Buying, Creative Services,• Revenue: Airpoints, Loyalty Programme,• Corporate: MFD Print, Academy of Learning,• Digital OperationsAwards:Winners of the Procurement Team of the Year Award, Large Teams Category - CIPS Australasia, July 2019.

Auckland, New Zealand

Support to the Procurement, Business Improvement and Finance teams.Lead and contributes to agreed business projects and KPI’s.Mission:• Manage a portfolio of 450+ suppliers: negotiate, improve performance, quality & relationship,mitigate risk, strategy, market analysis, identify savings opportunities, stimulate innovation,• Manage supplier contract reviews and lead RFx / tender processes,• Work actively and collaboratively with all stakeholders,• Responsible for the management and coaching of two team members.Spend categories:• Packaging• I.T.• Freight/Logistics• Utilities• Engineering• Consumables• Professional Services

Midi-Pyrenees, France

• Support to the Group's IT Division: 200 employees.• IT Procurement contact for all Pierre Fabre international subsidiaries.• Vendor Management of 400+ suppliers: Contract & SLA Management, Negotiation.• Support to all internal stakeholders: Technical Infrastructure & Network, R&D, Finance, Marketing,• Manufacturing, Sales, Quality, Legal, International, and HR.Category Portfolio: • Digital• Software• Hardware• Telecommunications• Network & Infrastructure• Intellectual Resources.

Sydney, Australia

GWA Group Limited is Australia’s leading supplier of building fixtures and fittings to households and commercial premises.• Developed a comprehensive Group Category Spend Map: sourced raw category data spend, analyzed and categorized spend, identification of potential savings areas.• Support & participation in strategic sourcing activities in order to deliver the identified cost reductions.

Sydney, Australia

• Responsible for implementing FT Group sourcing policies and OBS sourcing strategy in Australia.• Supplier relationship management: Telstra, SingTel Optus, AAPT, Amcom, Uecomm and TNZ.• Led a Global RFP project for AUS in compliance with the FT Group ‘7-Step Sourcing process’.• Day-to-day planning, specification & integration of both domestic & international back bonenetworks. Project leader for the redesign of Orange’s own backbone network.• Business Analyst for the Australasian Sourcing team: collects & consolidates all data related toassigned commodity (volume, market shares, spend) local reporting.

Valence Area, France

• Responsible for the purchase of raw materials in three main sectors: Cosmetics,Pharmaceuticals & Home Care Industrial. Savings: EUR 850K out of 10M spend (2004) andEUR 1.8M out of 15M spend (2005).• Managing more than 350 raw material suppliers on a daily basis.• Strategic Sourcing: research and selection of international suppliers to meet companyrequirements including low cost country options in India, China and South-East Asia,• Management of two purchasing assistants.

Paris Area, France

• Worked for Renault as a business analyst as part of my end-of-study assignment.• Part of the Supplier Relationship Department for Tertiary & Services.Category Portfolio:• Professional Training• Engineering Studies• Sea Freight• Human & Intellectual Resources

Specialized Master, International Procurement Management

Specialized Master, Projects And Programme Management

Master Of Science (Msc) In Management, Supply Chain & Purchasing

Classes Préparatoires Aux Concours D’Officiers Des Armées, Filière "Sciences Économiques Et Sociales"