Freelancer profile translated to English.

Description

With over 15 years of purchasing experience in Production and Indirects, I offer support for strategic tenders, purchasing rationalization or optimization, transition between 2 organizations, between 2 managers, as well as for peak activity periods and long absences.

Having also had Quality and Project Management experience, my vision of purchasing is focused on understanding the business and its technical aspects, as well as suppliers, to ensure a defined quality level within a set budget.

Languages

English
Fluent
Spanish
Fluent
French
Native or bilingual

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Paris 14e Arrondissement (up to 10km)

GRDF
Category Management Consultant for Tertiary and Intellectual Services
ENERGY AND UTILITIES
July 2024 - Today (1 year and 11 months)
Saint-Denis, France
TRANSITION PERIOD: construction and structuring

Scope: Freelance and R&D Intellectual Services, HR Services, Travel Services, Events, Strategic and Operational Consulting, Tool Catalogs, Vehicles...

Annual Spend Analysis and Power BI Automation
Annual Strategic Reviews
(2024: snapshots of current spending and strategies; 2025: new strategies for Consulting and Recruitment; 2026: Events; Data; Surveys).
2025, 2026, and 2027 Activity Plan
Supplier Relationship Management: planning and conducting Business Reviews (over 30 per year) for HR, Intellectual Services, Call Center (including action item tracking)
Participation in Category Manager Network workshops
GRDF Purchasing Contract Management Workshops
New segmentation of Purchasing Information Systems and contract reallocation
Monthly Regional Purchasing Meetings
Category Strategies (Printing, Regulatory Controls, Consulting, Recruitment, Events...)
Quick win identification (Usage of catalogs, Travel...) and annual savings consolidation

Main Suppliers: Freelance.com, Malt, Adecco, Manpower, Synergie, Crit, Amex, Kactus, Bearing Point, CGI, Onepoint, Oresys, Wavestone, Lyreco, Manutan, Rubix...
Category Management Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) Performance Management Purchasing Strategy Change Management
GRDF - Achats
Senior IT Purchasing Consultant
ENERGY AND UTILITIES
February 2023 - February 2025 (2 years)
Paris, France
IT Professional Services:
IT maintenance
Cybersecurity services
Workspace Management SaaS
IT Spend Analysis

Portfolio: €35-40 million.

Scope: IT Intellectual Services
IT Spend Analysis and Automation

Main Tenders
Technical Assistance
Cybersecurity (6 Tenders: Animations, LMS, PKI&HSM, GRC, ISP, Crisis Resilience...)
Application Maintenance Outsourcing (SAP...)
Procurement Support Service (IT supplier contacts, supplier account information completion, option exercises).

Main Supplier Portfolio: Atos, Cap Gemini, Docaposte / Softeam, Eviden, Inetum, OBS, Sopra Steria, Talan, Terranova, Wavestone...
Public Procurement Code IT Cybersecurity Application Maintenance Outsourcing Spend Analysis
Thales
Senior IT Purchasing Consultant
TRANSPORTATION
June 2022 - December 2022 (5 months)
Vélizy-Villacoublay, France
Carve-Out Ground Transportation System GTS

Management of Software Engineering transfer
Management of contract duplication for Thales to the new entity

Main supplier portfolio:
Software = Dassault, Siemens EDA & SISW, Synopsis, Mathworks, Cadence, Adacore, Ansys, Pure systems...
Hardware = Aaeon, Bechtle, Econocom, HPi, Huawei, NTT, Xerox