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Results-driven, highly experienced in the Category Management field with creative mindset and Team spirit acquired through 13+ years of international experience in various market segment. Track record of managing diverse, high-value product categories across international markets. Proven talent for leading and developing high-performance teams capable of meeting ambitious objectives. Sharp negotiation skills leveraged to secure winning agreements.Areas of Expertise• eCom, QuickCom, Retail, B2B• Team Leadership• Strategic Alliances• Profitability Management• Category Management• Contract Negotiation• New Business Launch• Performance AnalysisLanguages: French (native), English (advanced), Italian (basic)
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Pan Eu Category Director - Automotive Parts BusinessAutodoc May 2023 - Present -
Pan Eu Senior Category ManagerGopuff Oct 2021 - Apr 2023LuxembourgHeading the NonFood Category management Team while also serving as Contract Negotiation and Profitability Leader reporting to Gopuff PAN EU VP.• Managed categories including Health and Personal Care, Baby, Pets, Electronics, Smoke Shop, Home Essentials, and others.• Secured partnerships with global enterprises including Unilever, P&G, J&J, L’Oreal, Coty, Colgate, Philipp Morris and Nestle, building solid business results for Non-Food categories while growing total SKU selection by 10x.• Created from-scratch contractual terms and conditions (T&Cs) framework as well as the entire rebates management process.• Credited for driving internal market share increase by 5x.• Improved profitability by 1,400bps YoY.• Negotiated 75% of total marketing budget signed by Gopuff EU.• Successfully launched 3 new Categories in EU. -
Pan Eu Manager Of The Vendors Managers Team / Automotive PartsAmazon Jan 2020 - Oct 2021Heading the Automotive Parts product division while also being the Profitability Leader through i) Annual Vendor Negotiation (AVN); ii) Supply Chain Initiative reporting to Amazon PAN EU Leadership Team.• Proactively identified and fixed root cause of Amazon List Price defect in Amazon Pricing engine generating €1M+ Savings for Automotive.• Successfully increase buyable selection to 1.2M articles (+20% YoY) using all supply chain model available. • AVN: drove the entire Automotive division to be the only one reaching and closing (March’21) AVN’21 in the set deadline in all Amazon EU.• People Development: As I personally believe People Development is key for the success of a company, I mentored 5 AVS Team members. -
Pan Eu Senior Vendor Manager, Amazon AutomotiveAmazon Apr 2017 - Jan 2020LuxembourgOwned 15% of the Automotive PAN EU revenue while holding retail P&L accountability for territory inclusive of Germany, Italy, Spain, France, and the UK.• Fostered strategic vendor management to achieve objectives for contract negotiation, sales performance, and logistics coordination.• Created from scratch the PAN EU Cars and Motorcycle Battery business (100% through the VOC model) which landed at €21M+ by end of FY21.• Signed and onboarded industry manufacturer leader such as Bosch, Valeo, Varta, NGK, Yuasa, LUK, SKF and Dayco.• In FY18, launched a new shipping packaging which is now i) Used by all product divisions; ii) Released in all Amazon FCs.• AVN: Overachieved AVN’18 target by +15bps and AVN’19 by +69bps.• Thanks to all delivery above, was nominated twice as Top Tier (most valued employee). -
European Category Director - Office Supplies & Furnitures A.IStaples Jul 2016 - Mar 2017Heading the Office Supplies and Furniture categories thanks to the great support of 42 Team members while covering Online, Retail and B2B Channel in UK, DE, FR, IT, ES, NL, PT, SW and NO.• Recovered €1M of unclaimed rebates from previous FY.• Built new Rebate Engine.• Launched Online Promotional Catalogue and secured €1M Marketing investment from Vendor community.• Secure PAN EU Assortment refresh cross countries, cross Channels.• Successfully led the ‘’Out of the box’’ project on the Electronic Category for retail. -
European Sourcing Operations ManagerStaples Feb 2016 - Jun 2016Amsterdam -
European Channel Merchant Team Lead Online SouthStaples Sep 2014 - Jan 2016Amsterdam -
European Category ManagerStaples Mar 2010 - Aug 2014Amsterdam En Omgeving, Nederland• Brand strategy and assortment region: Europe• Channel responsibility : Online, Retail and Corporate• Channel strategy and supplier chain products categories: - Storage: (USB, Flash Card, Hard Disk Drive), - Networking, and Software, - Sound (headphones & Speakers), - Input Devices (Mouse, Keyboards & Webcams), - Tablets / Smartphone Accessories, - Computer Luggage - Cables • Duties and Responsibilities: - Creation & Implementation of the European Brand Strategy per product category; - supplier evaluation: growth of the supplier/ product portfolio within my categories - Supplier negotiation: Contracts, Rebates / Programs as well as buying prices per products; - Building the European product category strategy based on Market Study, Competitor Analysis, Customer inside, Staples US & Canada benchmarks, SWOT Analysis; - Developing yearly marketing / promotional plans across Europe; - Closing 6 Pan European promotions a year; - Launching eMagazine in all EU countries: virtual customer catalogue - Building and Implementing an EU Assortment per product category. - Supporting all Local Merchandising Teams by identifying and fulfilling all Strategic & Financial needs - Monitoring, tracking and securing personal financial targets communicated by the organization; - Daily interaction with all Business Units to improve & facilitate common business. - Responsible for the management and development of the category assistant. -
Category Manager / BuyerStaples Aug 2007 - Mar 2010Parijs En Omgeving, Frankrijk• Managed the following categories : - Ink & Toner cartridges - Peripherals (USB keys, Hard drive, CD/ DVD, etc) - Computer Luggage - Photo paper - Computer cleaning• Budget management• Managed more than 2 000 SKUs• Back-end program negotiation• Selling price strategy elaboration• Media plan implementation• Stocks Management -
BuyerMetro Cash And Carry Nov 2005 - Jul 2007Parijs En Omgeving, Frankrijk• Assortment and Purchase strategy : - Implementation of the promotion on Metro catalogue / permanent stock.- Selling price strategy.• Sales forces management :- Management of the special SKUs requested• Contract Management :- Back-end program follow up.• Supplier account closure - Management of annual closing -
Buyer AssistantMetro Cash And Carry Nov 2004 - Nov 2005Parijs En Omgeving, Frankrijk
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International Economics
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Wilfried Walczak works for Autodoc
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Wilfried Walczak's current role is PAN EU Category Director - Automotive Parts Business.
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Wilfried Walczak attended Inseec, University Of California, Berkeley.
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Wilfried Walczak has skills like Contract Negotiation, Price Forecasting, Price Setting, Brand Development Strategy, Rfa, Supplier Negotiation, Merchandising, Purchasing, Inventory Management, Category Management, Retail Category Management, Planning Budgeting And Forecasting.
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