Sr CH Procurement Consultant
Tracons International LLC
Total years of experience :20 years, 4 Months
TRACONS INTERNATIONAL is a Trading and Consulting company with solid procurement project management experience, ready to support, based in Prague, able to work in many countries, enabled with many languages in the same time, and able to follow the technological growth using the latest tools, and software to support the speed to market.
We offer advice and expertise to organizations to help our clients improve their business performance in terms of operations, profitability, management, structure, and strategy. Trading is one way how to deliver to our clients' products especially outside of Europe by supporting the transactions, and export to ME and Africa
http://www.traconsinternational.com/services/consulting-services/
Head of CZSK Procurement, managing Direct and indirect spend around 200M$, a point of contact for senior business leaders, Country General Managers.
Member of Global supply team, reporting to CPO Procurement organization and sourcing processes implementation across company.
Supplier relationship management and projects management to deliver at best cost services and materials and support company growth.
Creation and ongoing value creation with a world-class supply base
Development of organizational procurement strategy Creation and management of short, mid, and long-term goals and objectives
Creation and improvement of best-practice based processes (e.g., the leadership of high-value/strategic sourcing efforts) Management of business process outsourcing activities, Support on all project sourcing Material and services for planning and negotiation.
Identification and realization of cost-saving and cost-reduction opportunities
Selection and management of procurement systems Management of procurement staff in (and across) sourcing, contracting, transactional purchasing, supplier management, and miscellaneous internal procurement support activities Creating a talent management process in coordination with HR to ensure that the right resources are in place
Managing the skills and competency development of procurement staff, including training development and knowledge management capabilities
Leadership of cross-functional teaming across other business functions and initiatives
Budget management for categories under management - and for procurement itself
Development of benchmarks and scorecards to be used for continuous improvement.
Leading procurement Activities for EMEA Region.
Managing a Team of 12 Senior and Buyers in different location France, Belgium Switzerland, Romania, Czech Republic, number is Growing.
400M$ Spend on spot orders for 58 sites in the region.
Leading projects on Indirect spend at level sites .
Performing Annual Opportunity plan in coordination with corporate team and site leaders.
Provides Procurement Leadership and expertise and best value solutions
Develops & deploys robust commodity strategies for the Procurement Organization, with consideration to quality, cost, speed and service requirements, market conditions, risks and exposures, competitive landscape, and projected changes over the strategic planning horizon, global industry trends, suppliers’ capabilities, and overall supply chain expertise
Uses Global/Regional/National deals & sources and negotiate site agreements with suppliers to support the Procurement strategies for its spend.
Develops metrics to analyze and measure the supplier performance and lead Preferred & Supplier Quarterly Business reviews in collaboration with internal customers/key stakeholders.
Identifies and drives cost reduction opportunities & cash improvment
Maintains knowledge repository on all Corporate supplier relationships and documentation; acts as corporate expert on this matter
Gains proficiency in procurement tools and processes necessary to manage assigned commodities.
Maximizes use of electronic procurement tools, where applicable & drive the accuracy of the tool information
Managing European strategic procurement team for Op-Ex, Cap-Ex, in 4 production plants ( Czech republic /Belgium /Germany /Northern Ireland ), Head quarter and 14 sales offices.
Implement procurement strategies, procurement business process, MRP system, that will help the European organization to improve the integral costs for the assigned commodities, allowing internal clients to focus on their key business objectives.
Coordinate the activities and communication between the procurement organization and operations.
Take part of the Acquisition request approval process, and procurement process for Cap-Ex
Direct and indirect service and material contracting with focus on identifying the most beneficial procurement strategy such as bidding or reversed auction, negotiations of prices as well as terms and conditions, process optimization, supplier assessment, efficiency increase
Ac counts payable communication coordinator ( France -Prague ), Import Tax payments, payment orders, Internal payment control and T&E applications, Invoice trouble shooting, Front Desk and help-desk SAP R3 support France, Purchase-to-pay coordination
• Clients data survey leading for AWD mortgages ( UK )
• Financial Studies Survey leading for FWD Financial Services Marketing (FR-BE - Lux)
• KPI and reporting to the company’s project manager.
• Ordering and monitoring goods.
• Stock monitoring and inventory .
• Sales representative and communication with supplier and client
Management