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Description

Graduate of a Master's in International Purchasing Management (MAI from KEDGE) as well as a Master's in International Business Strategy (INSEEC). I have over 10 years of professional experience in IT Purchasing and Contract Management. With extensive experience in Business and Purchasing internationally, I have worked in technical and demanding environments within large groups such as BNP Paribas, Covéa, Faurecia, Volkswagen, and Total, primarily focusing on IT and Intellectual Services families.

My dynamic, communicative, and multicultural personality allows me to successfully manage diverse projects and interact effectively with all types of stakeholders.

Projects typically managed for my clients:

o Managing and supporting operational staff in the management of their IT projects;

o Legal and financial negotiation of solution contracts with publishers;

o Management of IT disputes;

o Deployment of source-to-pay (e-procurement) tools and ERPs;

o Rationalization of Worldwide Group Purchasing (massification and international optimization strategy)

o Transition management during takeovers, acquisitions, and/or group absorption and activity delegation

Industry field of expertise

Languages

English
Native or bilingual
Spanish
Fluent

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Paris (up to 50km), Marseille (up to 50km), Tours (up to 50km), Bourges (up to 50km)

Allianz
Contract Manager & IT Buyer
BANKING AND INSURANCE
June 2023 - Today (3 years)
Context:
- Alignment of the Sourcing strategy with the transformation ambition of Allianz Technology France and the IS of Allianz France
- Supporting the group in its strategy of massification and offshoring of IT services
- Implementation of the Sourcing Strategy and achievement of savings goals via the deployment of offshore Delivery Centers (Morocco, India, Mauritius…)

Achievements:
- Sourcing of IT services (Application Management) and service transition
- Support for transition and reversibility phases
- Offshoring of services performed in Agile mode (Agile Delivery Centers, Service and Competence Centers)
- Qualification of sourcing opportunities for IT intellectual services
- End-to-end management of RFPs (drafting specifications, launching the call for tenders, technical and financial analysis of offers, due diligence, BAFO negotiation & reverse auction and adjudication)
- Contract Lifecycle Management (implementation of operational, financial and contractual governance, supplier assessment, monitoring of SLAs through service execution committees, application of bonuses and/or penalties)
- Contractualization of services by producing contracts and their appendices, and coordination of stakeholders (Legal, Compliance, IT)
- Compliance (GDPR, DORA etc.) of service contracts through amendments

Results:
- Deployment of the Agile Delivery Center Project Management/PMO in Morocco (70 FTE) = €10M in savings (37% savings compared to the old system)
- Deployment of the Change, Problem & Incident Service Center in Morocco (100% offshore) = €9M in savings (60% savings compared to the old system)
- Deployment of the Agile Delivery Center Integration & Automatization in India (65 FTE) = €14M in savings (75% savings compared to the old system)
- DORA compliance of framework contracts
BNP Paribas
IT Purchasing Consultant
BANKING AND INSURANCE
June 2022 - June 2023 (1 year)
Context:
- As part of its 2022-2025 strategic plan, BNPP Asset Management decided to delegate the Procurement activity to the shared platforms of the BNP Paribas Group, managed by the Procurement Group
- Pooling and rationalization of IT files for AM subsidiaries worldwide (France, UK, Benelux, NL)
- Knowledge transfer plan (Procurement Group) while maintaining the lead on strategic subjects

Scope: Software (mainly SaaS on trading & investment solutions and corporate applications) / Intellectual Services
Main Suppliers: BlackRock, S&P, TradingScreen, Tradeweb, NICE, Wolters Kluwer, Protime, DocuSign, IBM, CGI

Achievements:
- Implementation of the cost optimization and efficiency approach, by delegating the management of Market Data purchases to the P&P platform
- Supporting the Purchasing Department in the management and steering of IT projects of the IT Department (COMEX)
- Deployment of the Group's OneProcTool (Ivalua) tool for managing purchase requests & training sessions (writing guides, user scenarios and testing)
- Support for the migration strategy to IBM's private Cloud
- Contractual and financial review of on-premise contracts reaching obsolescence for SaaS version upgrades (move to cloud strategy)
- Launching and monitoring of Calls for Tenders (retroplanning, benchmarking of IT suppliers) according to business needs
- Implementation, jointly with the Global Head of Legal, of a cost & penalty fee avoiding strategy (early termination of DXC server outsourcing)
- Supplier relationship management (supplier assessment, KPIs, review of framework contract SLAs)

Results:
- Deployment of the new strategy within the IT Purchasing Department = cost optimization and worldwide rationalization
- Implementation of the Ivalua source-to-pay tool at BNPP AM in accordance with Group standards
- Savings of approximately 20% on the software family (S2 2022 & S1 2023)
- Cost Optimization on AT services through conversion to fixed-price management (MSA target rates & obligation of result)
- Decommissioning and negotiation of activity degression of services related to the Bastogne (Belgium) datacenter in view of the migration = €30M cost avoiding
Cost Reduction Digital Transformation Project Management Change Management Team Management
Lagardère - Hachette Livre
IT Buyer
PUBLISHING
March 2021 - June 2022 (1 year and 3 months)
Context:
- Group IS Transformation Project and Implementation of new finance and supply chain ERPs
- Supporting the Purchasing Department in the management and steering of IT projects of the IT Department (COMEX)
- Internationalization of the Group Purchasing Strategy (Hachette Livre US, UK and Spain entities)
Scope: Software / Hardware / Networks & Telecoms / Intellectual Services
Main Suppliers: Microsoft, Adobe, PWC, SAP, Atos, Generix, Manhattan, Econocom, DynamIT, SCC, O2I, Akamai, DELL

Achievements:
- Implementation of a negotiation strategy with Microsoft and Adobe publishers (competitive bidding, financial and
legal negotiation in anticipation of renewal)
- Launching and monitoring of Calls for Tenders (retroplanning, benchmarking of IT suppliers and hardware manufacturers and negotiations) according to business needs
- Participation in the Lagardère Group PC Hardware Call for Tenders (collection of statistics and forecast needs for 2022, negotiation
with Lenovo, HP & DELL)
- Implementation of a Worldwide Group IT Purchasing Strategy and onboarding of foreign Hachette Livre subsidiaries in the cost optimization and supplier panel rationalization approach
- Development of an IT Purchasing Toolbox including best practices, the development of sourcing templates and evaluation
of supplier relationships (purchasing performance indicators)
- Supplier relationship management (supplier assessment, KPIs, review of framework contract SLAs)
- Launching of the tablet fleet renewal project for Hachette Livre Distribution (expression of need, consultation, technical qualification and commercial negotiation with resellers)
- Implementation of the evolution of a logistics flow management solution from On-Premise to a full SaaS solution
- Definition and drafting of functional test plans and scenarios (POC Google office solution)
- Analysis of IT spending over the last 3 years with a view to negotiating RFAs with growing suppliers
Results:
- Deployment of the new strategy within the IT Purchasing Department = cost optimization and worldwide massification
- Implementation of Strategic Purchasing Tools and KPIs before the arrival of the ERP
- Switch from Microsoft (O365) to Google Workspace - savings achieved = €2.5M (30%)