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The sectors that interest me more specifically are:
Management, coaching
put in place or re-engineer a purchasing department
put in place or re-engineer a warehouse
develop, analyze, re-engineer processes and procedures
coach a purchasing team or warehouse staff
Mission: Mobistar has outsourced the deployment of it's 3rd generation network to Ericsson. My role was to plan the procurement of
equipment (in relation with Ericsson sub-contractors and engineers) and to communicate the requirements to Mobistar for further ordering.
I was in charge of the follow-up of procurement with Mobistar, Mobistar's suppliers, Ericsson sub-contractors.
Means: The equipment was mainly : pylons, shelters, radio equipment and antennas.
I was the focal point between Mobistar, Mobistar's suppliers, Ericsson project leaders, Ericsson installation and logistics sub-contractors.
For that purpose I developed different reporting means in MS Excel.
Appraisal: With the tools that I developed as well as the processes that I put in place with the supplier, Ericsson management has a very good view of the progress of the procurement as well as on the performance of Mobistar's suppliers.
Mission: Plan and specify requirements with project leaders.
Manage local purchases. Prepare and send RFP's to foreign suppliers (Belgium and South Africa). Suppliers selection.
Follow-up of purchases and importations.
Manage customs clearance of imported goods.
Manage stock of construction materials, tools, equipment, spare parts.
Report on a monthly basis on budget status to the financial manager.
Means: I was in relationship with the project leaders, the sites foremen, the customers and the suppliers.
For the follow-up of purchases, I have developed a database for the local purchases and I have put in place new processes for the RFP's and the
follow-up of imported goods.
I have also improved the processes for the shipment of the imported goods in order to decrease the lead time and the importation costs.
Likewise I have improved the processes with the customs clearance agencies.
Staff : 10 admin employees, 20 blue colars
Budget : 4800 MUSD
Appraisal: Better relationship with the customers in terms of follow-up of deliveries on the construction sites.
Decrease of cost and lead time for the importation goods shipped from Belgium or South Africa.
Improved process for the purchases of imported goods : only one document for filling in the requirements, setting the RFP, filling in the offer and
making the purchase requisition.
Improved the document used to monitor the budget.
Diversified the customs clearance agencies in order to balance the workload between them in accordance with their competencies.
Improved control on the invoices from the customs clearance agencies.
Proximus (mobile phone network provider) - Belgium
Mission: Further to an audit related to the installed base of software licenses, my mission was to review all purchase and maintenance agreements, and to renegotiate them with the suppliers in order to align the agreements with the existing/future installed base.
Means: I was in relationship with the IT department and the suppliers.
With the IT department, we have put in place a matrix for the follow-up of the project.
Appraisal: All agreements and purchases were finalized before the targeted date.
S.W.I.F.T. SCRL - Belgium
Mission: 2004 : Analyse customers requirements in order to write the specifications for the implementation of a contract
management application in SAP
2003 : write and publish purchasing procedures and processes. Follow-up and resolution of 20 audit points.
1993-2003 : procurement of services, for facilities management and for ICT (hardware/software). Prepare RFP's, analyze offers, select suppliers,
negotiate, prepare purchase agreements. I also developed standard agreements, standard RFP's, a standard matrix to analyze the offers.
In addition I participated to the migration from SAP 3.1 to SAP 4.6 (check functionalities, training of SWIFT employees)
1985-1993 : procurement of network equipment and services (RFP's, contracts, stock management, shipments, PO's, budget)
Means: I was in relationship with the requestors/project stakeholders, the legal department, the accounting department and the
suppliers.
In 1988 I specified the requirements for the development of an application for the stock management and the follow-up of the purchases.
In 1993 I developed a new application for the preparation and the follow-up of purchase orders allowing the delivery dock and the accounting
department to access the information
In 1988 I put in place a buffer stock of facilities and telecom equipment.
Staff : between 4 to 6 persons
Budget : 40 MEUR
Appraisal: Improved purchasing processes, which allowed to reduce costs and lead times.
Reduced costs for hiring professional services by at least 10%
Resolved before target dates 20 audit points
Put in place a methodology for RFP's preparation and offers analysis in order to objectively and safely select suppliers.
Cimenteries CBR (cement factory) - Belgium
Mission: In the context of building a new cement factory, preparation of the RFP's (based on engineers' technical specifications).
Analyze offers. Prepare purchase agreements.
Means: I was in relationship with the engineers, the accounting department, the legal department and the suppliers.
Budget : 15 MEUR
Appraisal:
I have improved the RFP and contracts processes by making standard documents.
TAG Construction (Rep. of Saudi Arabia)
Mission: Setup and operate a local purchasing department for the procurement of construction materials, equipment, plant. It included the sourcing and contract negotiations with local suppliers and sub-contractors.
Means: Reporting to the project manager and the CEO.
Team : 2 local buyers + warehouse team of 10 local laborers.
The purchasing department has been created for a 100 millions euros project. As it was successfull, the operation of that department has been
extended for a second project of the same worth.
Appraisal: This mission gave me the opportunity of learning how to negotiate contracts and has improved my knowledge of the legal
jargon.
The success of the implementation of the local purchasing department has allowed the company to reduce the importation of materials, to avoid
hiring personnel in Europe, and to reduce the lead time in procuring the materials/services.
CEI and CEsix (Gabon and Saudi Arabia)
Mission: In a first stage : operate a warehouse in Libreville Gabon. It included some local purchases.Categories : construction
materials, equipment, spare parts.
In a second stage, setup and operate a warehouse in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), including local purchase.
Categories : construction materials, equipment, spare parts.
September 1974 - June 1976
Education cycle which has taken place after secondary school.
Main area : electro-mechanical
September 1973 - June 1974
First year in Chemistry