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Zakarya AarabZA

Zakarya Aarab

Senior Purchasing Consultant/Renewable Energy Expert

€800/day
Paris, FR
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Zakarya

A mechanical engineering graduate with a Master's degree in Purchasing & Supply Chain from ESCP Europe, I have built a solid experience in EPC project purchasing with players in industrial and energy infrastructure construction.

My communication skills help me provide quality support.
I am recognized for my rigor and my ability to contextualize situations, which allows me to take leadership on subjects. In addition, I am able to present a vision in terms of management and organization in a continuous improvement and Lean perspective via my dynamic and curious mindset.

Examples of projects:
o Definition and implementation of a purchasing policy for a Business Unit: Categories to be covered by framework agreements, management of critical supplier relationships, Partnerships for raw materials...;
o Creation of Purchasing methodologies from the project costing stage to ensure the competitiveness and profitability of the company;
o Implementation of a cross-functional purchasing organization within a large group;
o Execution of CAPEX and OPEX operational missions on EPC contracts: International sourcing and negotiation, Logistics Operating Mode, Mapping of purchasing service processes, Deployment of the management strategy with the implementation of objectives;
o Etc...
  • English

    Fluent

  • French

    Native or bilingual

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

Experience

  • VINCI Energies
    Purchasing Mission Manager
    ENERGY AND UTILITIES
    September 2021 - Today (4 years and 9 months)
    Paris, France
    Responsible for the Procurement of the full scope of VINCI's Facility Management operations in Île de France: Technical Maintenance & Services.
    • 1700 Staff - 26 Business Units - 5 Directions representing a Turnover of 250M€/year with over 150M€ of Spend (Equipment and Subcontracting)
    • Leading the Procurement Direction to achieve maturity targets. Transformation from purchasing performance to real procurement management.
    • Managing a direct team of 6 Purchasing Managers and 10 buyers.
    • Member of Directors' board and warrant of the Purchasing Performance and Excellence
    • Leading several steering comittees within VINCI Group (CSR, Ethic&Compliance, Purchasing IT Tools,...)
    • Coordinating National Framework Agreement with top suppliers for VINCI Group
    Negotiation Team Management TCO Contract Management Performance Management Project Management SAP ERP
  • Vinci Energies
    Purchasing Manager
    ENERGY AND UTILITIES
    November 2018 - August 2021 (2 years and 10 months)
    Montpellier, France
    Responsible for 18 M€ annual procurement expenditures- International Photovoltaic EPC Contracts and O&M Activities.
    • Purchasing portfolio management and optimization: Risk Management, Supplier Innovation, Business Review, CSR.
    • Preparation and implementation of Purchasing core drivers Strategies and Procedures: seeking for competitive leverages.
    • Developing a group procurement vision for Solar activities matching Top Management goals.
    • Working closely with business developers to assist them to meet customers’ needs: Sourcing, Costs Reduction, Savings.
    • Ensure strict compliance with VINCI Group values and deployment of Group supports tools.
    • Leading projects procurement and logistics teams.
    • Achievements: 8% Savings on projects, 5% costs reduction on tenders’ budgets, Lean Processes and Procedures.
    Negotiation Cost Reduction TCO Project Management
  • Vinci Energies
    Senior Project Buyer
    ENERGY AND UTILITIES
    January 2017 - November 2018 (1 year and 10 months)
    Casablanca, Morocco
    Leading Buyer Major Infrastructure Projects OMEXOM Africa –500 Million MAD CAPEX / Year
    Purchasing Manager - Structure & Pylons Factory – 180 Million MAD OPEX / Year

    EPC Project Purchasing in a 75% international context
    • Projects carried out: Wind Farms, Energy Transport Lines & Transformation Stations for public and private markets.
    • Specifications, Costing, Consultation, TCO Analysis and Negotiation, Contractualization (Equipment and Subcontracting).

    Factory Purchasing with a Result on 2018 9% savings on the 4 main Families (Steel and Hardware)
    • 8-month project to gain maturity: Mapping of purchasing flows and expenses. Construction of Processes.
    • Sourcing and Referencing for the development of supplier panels by family type.
    • Operational: Supplier Evaluation, Dispute Management, Monitoring of non-conformities, Implementation of action plans.

    Transverse:
    • Holding Purchasing and Business TdB: Monitoring developments, Managing Procurement, Calculating Gains / Added Value.
    • Feedback and proposal of improvement scenarios for Implementation at the Pole level.
    • Definition and implementation of logistics procedures for the needs of a subsidiary.
    Purchasing Process and Procedure; Negotiation Management;

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Education

  • Mechanical Engineering Degree
    Enise
    2011
  • Strategic Management of Purchasing and Supply Chain
    ESCP Europe
    2013

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