Procurement expertise covering management, improvements and transformation of procurement organization, leveraging more than 20 years of cross-functional managerial experience in operations & procurement, supply chain, R&D, engineering, manufacturing, plant management, process improvement, project management, management consulting, modeling and business development.Expertise in capital intensive industries such as mining, rail, oil & gas and capital projects, as well as in manufacturing industries such as automotive parts, and engineered products.Rail:From European railroads, public transit operators to North American class One railroads, public transit agencies and international subway lines construction as well as OEM parts engineering, manufacturing, sourcing and sales , Lionel's rail experience encompasses more than 25 countries covering most aspects of it, from track to rolling stocks and infrastructure, as well as maintenance management, transit operation model, and investment analysis.Lionel was an engineering expert with the CEN (European Committee for Standardization) on the EN 13481 serie standards defining track performance requirements.Mining:Lionel has worked with most of the large global diversified mining companies, as well as most of the large Canadian gold and nickel producers. From defining and implementing a standardization and strategic sourcing framework on one of the largest mining program in Canadian history to identifying & documenting respectively 400 and $500M of savings on two different capital projects and leading teams on multi-billion projects, Lionel's experience is a unique mix of strategic vision, technical awareness, pragmatism and leadership. Now focusing on helping our clients reach the next level, in term of strategy, savings, organizational capabilities and/or service levels.