Nicolas Prost
Corporate Procurement Lead Raw and Pack, CPW Cereals Partner Worldwide
Profile and core competencies:
· Accountable, rigorous, hard worker and driven by accomplishment
· International profile with great exposure cross functionally
· Strong experience in a mature and well established purchasing department (7+ years)
· Excellent communication skills at all levels and strong negotiation background
· Solid record of Value delivered
103 contacts• Structure relationship and projects to transform the business into a focus-to-growth approach (take lead in project implementation, be the primary contact, concentrate on delivering value)
• Improve EBIT through contract negotiations
• Identify new business opportunity (acquisitions or partnerships)
Procurement Manager Ingredients (Spend £250m), Cadbury Britain and Ireland (£1.3billion, 10 000 employees)
2007 - 2009Based in Birmingham (UK)
• Fully accountable for the UK and Ireland budget: £250m
• Direct people management (coaching for future category managers): operational follow up and full accountability of the UK and I budget
• Strategic project management (Direct To Farms, risk management)
• Mitigate risk (assessment and action plan): financial, supply, brand impact, contract, ethical standards
2006 - 2007Based in Melbourne (Australia) and then Singapore. Reporting to the Project Manager Operational.
• Project Manager for the Supply Chain part (logistic, Procurement and Planning)
• New logistic set up (Inland and sea freight)
• Training & implementation of the new SAP platform
• Contract renegotiation (Procurement & Sales)
Ingredients Category Manager (Spend £61m), Cadbury Schweppes EMEA (£2.5billion, 23 100 people, 50 factories)
2003 - 2006Based in Paris and Blois (France)
* Global responsabilities (£6m) for Menthol, Eucalyptus, Chlorophyll and Physcool®
* Regional responsabilities (£55m) for Flavours, Nuts & Seeds, Gelatine, Acids, High sweetners
• Definition and implementation of the strategy for all categories
• Long term contract negotiations
• Supplier relationship management: Service, Cost, Quality, Innovation
2001 - 2003- Definition of the sourcing strategy for flavours, gelatine, colours, cereals, corrugated & plastics: £15m
- Negotiation, supplier management
- Act as a strong link between factories, R&D, Marketing and vendors to implement initiatives and drive innovation
Achievements:
· Rationalization of our corrugated suppliers (reduced from 5 to 2) following a strategic acquisition (Gum)
· Savings delivered: £0.2m for flavours, £0.2m for corrugated
2000 - 2000Economical & technical survey for the milk department (8 factories): Impact of the sale of agricultural products on the relationship between Nestle France and the milk farmers. Visit factories and farms for interviews, track sales performance and recommend action plan.
Achievements:
· Recommendations and improvement plan approved by Senior Managers