Senior Category Buyer
Emirates Steel Industries
Total years of experience :7 years, 10 Months
Sourcing and Spend Optimization initiatives for Graphite Electrodes, Refractories and Calcined Lime.
Company activity: Design, assembly and life-cycle service support of light and medium wheeled defense vehicles
Category Powertrain: engine, compressor and transmission components (Annual USD 40 Million+)
Recruited to lead ST37 & fabric items. Respectively 30% and 15% cost savings through development of alternate sources
Promoted to a supervisory role. Leading class A engine and transmission components. Initiated framework agreements with a new global strategy. Cost savings for engine spares (4%), transmission logistics (23%). Cost avoidance for engines (2%) transmissions (1%).
Tender sourcing team lead: Managed fellow senior buyers for on time response to sales teams (spare parts bids).
Ran the RFx process with cross-functional teams (Engineering, Quality Control, ILS) and identified technical optimizations. VA/VE, BOM tear down.
Analyzed local as well as global markets for bespoke and off the shelf alternators (ZA, US and German suppliers).
NIMR JAIS 4x4 and 6x6 programs: spend & market analysis / benchmark & best in class practices / select suppliers / run negotiations / sourcing steering committee / award and ramp-up contracts / assess the performance.
Contribute to the daily TOP5 and weekly production forecast meeting. Deliver programs to budget, in a fast-paced environment with quality, crisis, strict export controls and recurrent change.
Company activity: design, assembly and service of automotive equipment (seats, exhaust systems)
Category: civil works, engineering services, metallic structures, real estate services
Built and deployed the Group purchasing strategy within the business groups
Defined and managed the supplier panel over 7 countries
Identified synergies across business groups and took in charge transversal group projects
Consolidated follow-up and reporting sheets for the contracts signed and the finalized projects
Recognized as expert in trainings about the Group Core Procedures. Trained building project managers and project buyers
Managed New Product Introduction Process from the configuration to delivery and customer satisfaction
Results: Introduced TCO concept - savings on Engineering Services, Fit out Works, Real Estate services
Within the experience at Faurecia I was also nominated to lead key building and real estate projects:
Faurecia SPAIN (07/2012-03/2013)
Procurement Project Lead
Build the Kenitra (Morocco) Cut & Sew production plant to produce seats for Peugeot (EPCM project)
Extend the Valencia (Spain) Interiors plant for R&D offices (EPC project)
Faurecia MEXICO 04/2013-03/2014
Procurement Project Lead
Build the Puebla Huejotzingo interiors JIT to produce door panels for BMW (EPC project)
Extend the Queretaro plant for newly attributed programs from FORD (Real Estate project)
Company activity: design, manufacture and service gas turbines
Category Indirects: Facility Management, MRO (Annual EUR 12 Million)
Rationalized the supplier panels for the revamp of machine tools and Facility Management.
Key user for E-auctions with SAP Ariba. Mastered the tool and reduced costs EUR 910K (13%).
Negotiated terms and conditions, supply agreements and coordinated with the country legal team.
Tactical procurement and spend analysis initiatives to categorize the indirect spend (Kraljic matrix, Porter forces, ABC).
Extended year-end productivity contracts to new non adhering suppliers.
Acted as primary contact, liaison and representative of the exporter/importer company
Chartered vessels and flights in containers and cargo planes for Air and Sea operations
Dispatched operations for import and export cargo
Handled shipment-related issues with the terminals. Expedited and solved customs litigations
Mastered letter of credit techniques, tax representation and export control rules
Supply Chain Risk Management Strategic Sourcing Spend Analysis
2010 - Master I Purchasing & Supply Chain Management (with honors), Missouri State University
2009 - Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration (with honors) Univ. Blaise Pascal, Clermont Ferrand