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,

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

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

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"