Thomas Gigon Email & Phone Number

I am an enthusiastic, self-motivated, reliable and responsible senior procurement manager, who enjoys a challenging, stimulating, hands-on operational work environment. I show initiative, adapt myself well to new and difficult situations, having the ability to communicate with people from diverse cultural backgrounds, speaking French, German, English, Portuguese fluently; also enjoying solving problems in a team or independently as required. I have an international experience which allowed me to get skills in several aspects of business including but not limited to Procurement and Logistics, in the maritime industry for >30 years and as of 2021 in the humanitarian assistance sector, working in hardship and developing countries, where it is quite a challenge, with poor infrastructure, cumbersome import procedures and security constraints related to conflict or criminality, where we have to adapt daily to the field reality, find solutions to deliver the assistance and services to the affected population benefiting our programs while maintaining high standard of quality and compliance.• Purchasing Manager with a demonstrable history of delivering results• Self-motivated, resilient, result driven and responsible professional• Heading a multicultural team of purchasers, manage international business and operations across different cultures in difficult environments• Problem solving, constantly looking for efficiencies, capable of negotiating peaceful outcomes despite cultural barriers• Able to handle simultaneous high-pressure and volatile situations with the right mix of technical expertise and people skills needed to solve complex issues within and outside of a project.• Flexible and able to adapt positively to any challenge that arises and capable of consistently achieving operational excellence• Long time experience (maritime industry / humanitarian)Procurement │ International logistics │ Supplier Negotiation │ Analytical Skills │ Contract Management │Supplier evaluation │ Purchasing Processes │Purchasing Negotiation │ Cross Cultural teams │ Team Management │Leadership │ Supplier Audits │ Problem solving │Category Management │ French │ German │ English │ Bassnet │ Shipserv │ Initiative │ Internal Audit │ Facilitation│Maritime │ International Shipping