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Vincent Lartigue

Purchasing Manager - IT Purchasing

€830/day
Paris, FR
3-7 years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Vincent

Hello,

Results-oriented and performance-driven buyer, I have evolved in contexts of increasing maturity of purchasing departments in companies of different sizes, with significant successes.

I am looking for ambitious companies wanting to improve their costs to optimize their profitability. I am paid by commission on the amount saved.
You only pay if you win.

Contact me to discuss,
Vincent
  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

  • Spanish

    Conversational

Can work on-site
Paris (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Groupe BlueLink
    Purchasing Manager
    March 2023 - Today (3 years and 3 months)
    Paris, France
    Subsidiary of Air France KLM for the Customer Center, with 6 sites worldwide. €40M in annual purchasing expenses. Results achieved:
    ✅ Increased purchasing coverage by 20% in one year.
    ✅ Total purchasing savings: €400,000 projected for 2024.
    ✅ Average purchasing savings achieved: 16%. Management of 1 junior buyer + 1 purchasing assistant.
    ✅ Development of the junior buyer's skills → Median savings of 15%.
    ✅ Implementation of a group purchasing ERP (2 business units in France, one in the Czech Republic, Chile & Mauritius) → Change management with BU directors.
    ✅ Ensure the transformation and professionalization of the purchasing function within the company by implementing purchasing policies and creating RFQ & RFI templates.
    ✅ Identify IT and HR synergies and launch group tenders for all Bluelink sites.
    ✅ Rapid digitalization of the function / BI dashboard - data-driven organization.
    ✅ Presentation of strategic topics to the Executive Committee with purchasing recommendations.
    ✅ Monitor and implement processes, methodologies, and tools to improve the performance of the purchasing department.
    ✅ Monitor and measure the performance of the purchasing department.
    ✅ Collaboration and implementation of common processes with the Innovation department → coordinate exploration and exploitation within Bluelink. Integration of innovation into tenders, integration of purchasing into exploration.
    ✅ Software purchasing, negotiation with major suppliers: Microsoft Support, Dynatrace, Zendesk, Oracle, Docusign.
  • SAUR
    IT Buyer
    March 2022 - May 2023 (1 year and 2 months)
    Paris, France
    P2I IT Purchasing, budget €14m (all categories included):
    - Design and implementation of a P2I IT purchasing process enabling supplier evaluation
    - Presentation of this new process to the IT Management Committee in France
    - Creation of a dashboard and KPIs to evaluate supplier performance
    - Implementation of purchasing reviews for key suppliers, supplier relationship management
    - Definition and implementation of a monthly KPI purchasing report to the IT Management in France
    - Creation of an IT skills repository used for RFPs
    - Creation of a supplier referencing / dereferencing process
    - Software & Fixed-price Service Purchasing, budget €1 m
    - Price + Contract + SLA negotiation
    - Topics: CSR Purchasing, Cash Management, Tenant Mergers, QHSE, PunchOut Catalog
    - Infrastructure Purchasing, €300k in purchases
    - Supplier sourcing + Negotiation
  • Carrus, Betting Solutions & Services
    IT Buyer
    September 2020 - July 2022 (1 year and 10 months)
    Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, France
    1) Intellectual Services Purchasing (60% of my time) Context: Takeover of the Intellectual Services category by the Purchasing Department as part of the service's maturity development. This category represented 15% of purchases in 2019 (3rd largest expense). Achievements:
    • 2021 Purchasing Gain: 20%
    • Expense Mapping
    • Definition of purchasing strategy
    • Creation of relevant KPIs for managing the IT Services company category
    • Creation of framework agreements in conjunction with the legal department (Intellectual Services)
    • Management of French Tenders in conjunction with prescribers
    • Autonomous supplier negotiation and selection
    • Creation of an Excel file used for negotiations
    • Creation of Excel tools that greatly facilitate the operational part (Excel + scripting language: AutoIT) 2) Industrial Purchasing (40% of my time) Context: Our industrial purchases are made when we launch production. Achievements:
    • Purchases for 2021 productions at the Bonneuil Sur Marne site
    • RFQ + Supplier offer evaluation + Negotiations
    • Creation of an Excel file facilitating price comparison
    • Creation of a software tool facilitating order entry (GUI scripting language, software: AutoIT) 3) Project Purchasing (10% of my time) Context: Following the acquisition of a competitor, we want to implement a common CMMS software for several different industrial maintenance sites. Achievements:
    • Construction of the Specifications with the help of my hierarchy and prescribers

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Education

  • Master in International Purchasing and Innovation (M.A.I)
    Kedge Business School
    2021

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