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Wilfried Kouassi

Indirect & Direct Purchasing Consultant

€700/day
Paris, FR
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Wilfried

With a dual background in Engineering and Business School, I now have over 7 years of experience. My professional experiences consist of 1 year in an engineering design office and 6 years in financial management and purchasing.
I can define myself as a complete toolkit for a purchasing department. Indeed, my dual expertise allows me to interact with all departments of a company (operations, finance, marketing, R&D, etc.) at all stages of the purchasing process (from defining needs to managing supplier relationships).
I am now accustomed to working in a multi-site, international, and demanding environment. My organizational skills, adaptability, and rigor will enable me to meet your challenges in direct or indirect purchasing.
Examples of purchasing categories: Facility Management, Energy, General Expenses, Fleet of Rolling Stock
  • English

    Conversational

  • French

    Native or bilingual

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

Experience

  • Kuehne + Nagel
    Purchasing Management Control Manager
    LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN
    May 2023 - Today (3 years and 1 month)
    Paris, France
    - Drive and challenge purchasing performance
    - Develop reporting tools and dashboards
    - Prepare and manage the annual budget
    - Right-hand man to the CPO and support buyers in all tenders (purchasing scope over 1 billion euros)
  • KN
    Purchasing Manager: Facility Management, Energy & Rolling Stock
    TRANSPORTATION
    February 2022 - May 2023 (1 year and 4 months)
    Paris, France
    Manage four strategic categories for the commercial units in France. These 4 categories represent 50 suppliers and a budget of 60 million euros.

    Management role: Manage 3 people (2 direct reports and 1 indirect report)

    Handling Equipment: over 2500 pieces of equipment on short and long-term rental (walk-behind forklifts, counterbalanced forklifts, reach trucks, order pickers, etc...)

    Energy: electricity and gas contracts, representing 50 GWh of annual consumption.

    Facility Management: Maintenance and service contracts for over 1,000,000 m².

    Sustainable Development: "Zero Carbon" program, reduction of energy consumption and CSR project.

    Main responsibilities:
    - Risk management in a VUCA environment
    - Identify and lead innovation and transformation projects for company performance
    - Negotiate a framework agreement
    - Purchasing performance: cost reduction, cost avoidance, year-end discount tracking.
    - Implement reporting tools
    Project Management Sense of Organization Rigorous Negotiations Team Management Business Strategy
  • KN
    Indirect Purchasing Manager: Facility Management & Energy
    LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN
    January 2019 - January 2022 (3 years)
    Île-de-France, France
    Define and manage the strategies for Facility Management, Energy, and Sustainable Development categories.
    Manage one person and be the primary contact for Logistics, Transport, Real Estate, Security, and QSHE departments.
    Portfolio: €40M
    Facility Management:
    o Building maintenance and services
    o Sourcing and framework agreements
    o Advise Site Directors
    Energy (Electricity & Gas):
    o Risk Management for electricity and gas supply (52 GWh/year)
    o Risk Management: Click-based purchasing
    Sustainability:
    o LED Relamping Project France
    o Optimize energy consumption
    o Implementation of CSR policy (FM) - Industrial Cleaning - Doors - Docks - Gates Maintenance
    - Waste Management - Fire Prevention
    - Man Guarding - Security Systems
    - Pest Control - Modular Building & Roofs Maintenance
    - Landscape (GBW) - Heating & Air Conditioning Maintenance
    - Maintenance of operating equipment - Sustainability: LED project, Energy efficiency
    Energy sub-categories:
    - Electricity: Risk Management, manage the electricity purchasing strategy & buy on the electricity market Y+1 and Y+2
    - Gas and Water: Risk management, manage national and local contracts
    Sustainability:
    - Project Relamping LED France
    - Optimize energy consumption
    - Implementation of CSR policy
    Secondary Task: develop and improve reporting tools for the France & Global purchasing Team, to track the purchasing performance and expenses of each supplier (advanced Excel and VBA)
    Negotiations Proactive Project Management Adaptation

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Education

  • Master of Science
    emlyon business school
    2018
    Master of Science (MSc), Management
  • Engineer's degree, Mining
    Institut National Polytechnique Félix HOUPHOUËT-BOIGNY de Yamoussoukro (INP-HB)
    2015
    Engineer's degree, Mining

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