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General Mills
- EUROPE AUSTRAL ASIA PROCUREMENT DIRECTOR (Directeur Achat)
VELIZY VILLACOUBLAY
2016 - maintenant
Brand : Haagen Dazs, Yoplait, Old El Paso, Betty Crocker, ...
In Charge of Procurement Strategy and Execution for Europe and Australasia
Scope : xx Billion / Year covering Direct (Commodities, Oil, Cocoa, Ingredients, Dairy, Packaging) and Indirect (Corporate services, Marketing, Media, Capex, Logistic)
Key focus area :
• People&Org: Implemented of a new centralized Pan European organisation (Merge of two Sourcing organisations)
• Deployed action plans to deliver value for the company : cost savings EBIT Impact 5%, Cost avoidance, Working Capital
• Deployed new processes to ensure better collaboration with stakeholders (R&D, Mkg, Manufacturing, Finance,...)
• Strengthened Risk Management (Contract compliance, Supply Risk Assessment, Finance communication Risks&Opps, Hedging,...)
• Commodities (Wheat, Sugar, Cocoa, Oil ...), Fruits, Ingredients (Nuts, Eggs, ...), Dairy (Milk, Cream, SCM, ...)
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Carlsberg Group
- VP Procurement Excellence, Group Pocurement
Copenhague
2013 - 2015
Developed & Led a company wide procurement transformation program to achieve procurement excellence and turn Procurement into a Proven World Class Procurement Organization
Key focus area :
• Overall Procurement Strategy (Built, Coordinate, Implement and Track)
• Procurement Excellence, Organisation, Change management, Transformation program
• Performance and Compliance
• External and internal Partnerships, Supplier Relationship Management (SRM), Supplier development and collaboration, consortia
• Value creation, Innovation, Design-to-value
• Led internal cross-functional consultants supporting End-to-End projects (Procurement, Logistic, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Planning, Marketing, Commercial)
• E-procurement strategy (e-tender, e-auction) with team of experts supporting full proc organisation
• Tools & Processes
• Capability building, Talent management, Performance culture
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Carlsberg Group Procurement
- VP Procurement Europe, Group Procurement
2011 - 2013
Scope : Europe (18 countries), Team of 20 directors/managers and 85 buyers
Spend : > 2.5 billion Euros (Direct Materials Raw&Pack, Indirects, Sales&Marketing)
Responsible for implementing and executing of the overall procurement strategy in Europe
• Created the procurement vision and strategy for Europe
• Led a change management process to boost organisation effectiveness
• Designed and deployed a new regional organization
• Developed capabilities and high performing team
• Built and executed sustainable efficiency initiatives pipeline, making significant contribution
• Implemented performance management
• Created external partnership with strategic partners and suppliers
• Supported cross functional End to End projects (Innovation, ....)
• Reduced complexity
Key stakeholders : End-to-end supply chain (regional/global), Regional team (commercial, marketing, Finance), Quality, Manufacturing, R&D, Engineering, General Business (CEO, CFO,...), External companies and partners
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Carlsberg Breweries A/S
- Group Category Director (Raw Mat) then Vice President Group Procurement
2008 - 2011
Scope : Global, Team of global lead buyers and regional lead buyers / purchasing managers
Spend : > 1 billion Euro
Responsible for group procurement strategy (raw materials/technical products) worldwide
• Developed and Executed Category strategy (Raw Materials) for Carlsberg - Global
• Built new matrix organisation and create high performing team (Centralised Procurement°
• Created pipeline of cost savings and value adding initiatives and successfully executed them
• Deployed new Risk Management – Hedging Policy for commodities/currency exposure
• Led change, innovation (new recipes and products) and simplification projects, cross funtional
• Developed & implemented long term sustainable agro-strategies (Agro-projects)
• Led cross procurement category projects
- Improved Working capital & Cash Flow (Supplier financing initiatives, payment terms,...)
- Decreased complexity (Suppliers, SKUs,...)
- Conducted for Europe wide efficiency initiative to reduce the number of suppliers
Key stakeholders : End-to-end supply chain (Global, Regional, Local) Finance, Quality, Manufacturing, R&D Marketing, Engineering, Production, Legal, Controlling, General Business (CEO, CFO,...), Suppliers, External companies and partners
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DMG
- Board Member
2008 - 2012
DMG: 3 plants across Europe with over 100 employees
-Definition and validation of the business strategy
-Creating and obtaining sign-off for KPI's with Managing Directors (EBIT, Cash Flow Improvement, Commercial sales, Resource optimisation)
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Scottish&Newcastle
- Head of Raw Materials / Directeur Achat Groupe Matières Premières
2006 - 2008
Scope : Global, Team of 3 managers, 6 purchasing managers, 15 local buyers
Spend : 300 million Euros
Responsible for group procurement raw materials strategy&execution
• Set up of new group structure for Raw Materials Category (centralization, category management)
• Taken full responsibility for the global purchasing budget, negotiation targets
• Identified, implemented cost savings opportunities, cost avoidance
• Drove a new supply strategy for Cider Category with R&D/Supply Chain/Manufacturing
• Implemented Risk Management and Hedging strategy on volatile commodities
• Led change, innovation (new recipes and products) and simplification projects
• Key contact during S&N takeover with the due diligence team
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KRONENBOURG - groupe Scottish&Newcastle
- Purchasing Manager / Group Lead Buyer / Responsable achat
2001 - 2006
• In charge of the purchases of grains, sweeteners, specialised ingredients, technical products
• In charge of by-product sales (spent grains, yeast)
• Coordinated and negotiated global European contracts (UK, Finland, Portugal, Belgium + Baltics)
• Including spot and forward trading positions on commodities markets with high volatility
• Led cross functional value improvement initiatives engaging with key stakeholders such R&D, Quality, Manufacturing,…
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PANZANI
- Export Manager / Chef zone export / Adjoint directeur commercial
Lyon
2000 - 2001
• Export Manager responsible for Central and West Africa region (Ivory Cost, Benin, Gabon, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Niger)
• Developed sales and new accounts in the region
• Supported Marketing and Sales team in Cameroon
• Led the launch of a new product locally (pineapple juice)
• Coordinated the launch of a new packaging design
• Established a performance management process for the sales teams
