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Nicolas EucherNE

Nicolas Eucher

Purchasing Manager

€630/day
Paris, FR
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Nicolas

With over 8 years of experience in purchasing across various sectors (insurance, automotive, telecoms), I can assist you with your specific purchasing needs (developing a purchasing function, formalizing purchasing strategy, purchasing policies, conducting maturity assessments, team training, ad-hoc support for RFPs, negotiations, etc.).

You will find the services I can provide below. Please feel free to contact me for an initial discussion.

Areas of Expertise
• Strategic Purchasing Consulting: Support for setting up a purchasing function, Mapping, Flash Diagnosis/Audit
• Transformation and Carve-out Program Optimization Project Management
• Team Management
• Purchasing Training (from introduction to IT / P2I purchasing specialization)
• Operational purchasing management and monitoring of IT, P2I, Intellectual Services, Subcontracting purchasing categories...

Strategic Purchasing Consulting:
• Mapping, Functional Flash Diagnosis/Audit
• Design and deployment of purchasing strategies by commodity
• Process redesign
• Cost mapping by commodity
• Supplier panel management (activity review, KPI monitoring...)

Operational Purchasing Consulting:
• Purchasing project management
• Consulting and support for internal stakeholders
• Tender Management
• Commercial and legal negotiations
• Measurement and monitoring of operational performance (dashboards, KPIs)

Main commodities handled:
• IT Services (ATU / ATG; Subcontracting; TMA/MCO)
• Software (SaaS / On Premise; Contract renegotiations; Maintenance renewal)
• Hardware / Telcos
• Intellectual Services (Consulting)

Profile
• Team spirit, strong adaptability, autonomous, concise and proactive.
  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

  • Spanish

    Fluent

Remote only
Primarily works remotely

Experience

  • Abeille Assurances
    IT Procurement Manager
    BANKING AND INSURANCE
    April 2023 - Today (3 years and 2 months)
    Bd Périphérique, Paris, France
    Managed a team of 5 buyers, covering our clients' IT needs (+€100M/year spend) with over 80% coverage.
    The scope covers IT services (ATU / ATG / CDS / Hosting / TMA / MCO etc.), software (SaaS / On-prem / renewals), hardware, and telcos.
    Team Management Negotiations E-Sourcing IT Purchasing Purchasing Strategy SRM
  • Abeille Assurances
    Senior Buyer IT Services
    BANKING AND INSURANCE
    September 2021 - July 2023 (1 year and 10 months)
    Bd Périphérique, Paris, France
    IT buyer responsible for a portfolio of +€50M/year.
    Covering the following segments: ATU / ATG, Consulting, Subcontracting.
    Lead buyer for the carve-out program (Aviva to Abeille Assurances), conducting over +100 RFx. Functional manager for 4 buyers to successfully complete this program.
    Project Management Team Management IT Purchasing Purchasing Strategy make or buy Negotiations intellectual services Contract Negotiation
  • Aviva
    Buyer IT Services
    BANKING AND INSURANCE
    March 2019 - September 2021 (2 years and 6 months)
    Paris, France
    IT buyer responsible for a portfolio of +€50M/year.
    Covering the following segments: ATU / ATG, Consulting, Subcontracting.
    Definition of purchasing strategies (supplier rationalization, referencing, process and tool optimization, internal client/supplier relationship management.
    Support to the purchasing manager in developing the function's maturity (process review, formalization, tool provision, etc.).
    Continuous Improvement Negotiations Purchasing Strategy intellectual services

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Education

  • Master Strategic Purchasing Management (DESMA), Purchasing, procurement / acquisitions and contract management
    Grenoble IAE
    2016
    Master Management stratégique des achats (DESMA), Achats, approvisionnement / acquisitions et gestion des contrats
  • Master 1 Operations Management
    IAE Caen
    2015
    Master 1 Management des Opérations

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