Kamal Ladram Email & Phone Number

Paris Area, France

Consultancy missions around Ariba eProcurement software suite- Strategic Sourcing,- Spend Analysis,- Transformation and Change Management,- Coaching

Several consultancy missions in the Telecom sector.- Management of a DSL CPE RFQ ,- Management of DWDM Equipment RFQ,- Bid support for Optical Fiber implementation in African countries,- Due Diligence for a Ethernet Carrier system vendor- Telecom cost reduction study (Voice & Data),

Budget Management: Capex budget of €100m and an Opex budget of €15m,Establish and Lead Pan-European Procurement Strategy for Telecom Equipment sourcing,Educate and align internal stakeholders and vendors to procurement process, ensuring adoption of procurement good practice and effective tools and methods, and engaging in the budget creation process,Negotiate and manage Pan-European frame agreements and pricing, and oversee local implementation in countries

Management of a Budget of €80m, 35 Suppliers,Negotiation of any supply or maintenance contract for the CTO and the COO Organization,Leadership of the market intelligence team within Group Purchasing,Leadership of Pan European RFQ and RFI.AchievementFinalization of one important tender (next generation optical network) – 22 M€ over 4 years,CAPEX saving of 13 M€, EXPENSES saving or 5 M€,Re-negotiation, with no SLA reduction, of most of the Top 10 vendor's support contract

In addition of my Strategic Lead Buyer roleResponsibility of a Budget of €60m, 450 SuppliersManagement a of team (3 Headcount) responsible of the relation with all the Suppliers,Contractual and commercial co-ordination of RFQ and RFI.Introduction on Purchase To Pay process in France (Mandatory compliance to Sarbanes-Oxley),AchievementSuccefull implementation of P2P Process in France,Built a team of professionals respected in the organisation,Made of this French Procurement team a mandatory player in the French organization,Savings of 3 M€ through three major tenders.

Management of 6 people across Europe (UK, DE, FR),Management (including negotiation) of the relation with all the Telecom Suppliers,Analysis and benchmarking on suppliers and solutions with an aim of improving cost,Budget Co-ordination inside Network Engineering Department,Technical Co-ordination with other Operation & Technology teams including RFQ and RFI.AchievementsSuccessful expenses reduction of 20% (Expense Budget of £20m),Re-negotiation, with no SLA reduction, of most of the main vendor support contract (Siemens, Nortel, Adva, Lucent, etc).

Budget under control: 20 M€, management of 9 people across Europe (IT, SP, PT, FR),Management (including negotiation) of the relation with Voice Network Suppliers,New hardware and Software implementation in Southern Region,System Engineering,Access & Network protocol expertise,New hardware and software implementation,Support to Voice Operations.AchievementsDevelopment of new Voice services for Italy, Spain, Portugal & France.

Budget under control: 8 M€, management of 6 people,Supplier relationship and technology watch,Design and architecture of the voice network,Technical developments (Additional services for voice and Internet access),Interconnect agreements with carriers; participation to regulator’s working groups.AchievementLaunch of a public switch network (Nortel DMS 100E) interconnected to France Telecom (6/1997),National service coverage (1998),Introduction of Internet Dial-Up access with Nortel CVX NAS (1999),Successful interconnection of DMS 100E switches to a Siemens SCP (IN System), this was replicated all across our DMS systems allowing COLT to have a Pan-European IN Services offer,STP (Siemens SSNC) interconnection with France Telecom (2001).

As a consultant, I've been doing a lot of different jobs, all either as a software designer or as a Telecom Consultant (have a patent with France Telecom around GSM BTS Supervision).