ELECTRABEL – GDF-SUEZ Group (Mai 2009 – December 2009)
Senior Buyer IT
Responsible for all IT purchase (budget: EUR +/- 150 MEUR).
Managed and coach the IT junior buyer, promotes best practices and implement corporate rules and framework agreements locally.
Search for suppliers on basis of project brief, organised public tenders (EU legislation), analysed bids, defined contract structure, negotiated prices and contractual terms.
Agreed on planning, milestones and SLA. Risk management: identify and mitigate. Tender must comply EU (OJEU) regulation. Administered contracts.
Suppliers are: Accenture, IBM, Logica, Cap Gemini, Atos, Infosys, Satyam, … Savings: 2.850 KEUR.

ISABEL (June 2008 – April 2009)
Sourcing & Procurement Manager – New position- Transformation Management
Contributed to the turnaround of this company by transforming the sourcing approach in concentrating all procurement activities at corporate level. 

- Created, implemented and promoted new procurement process and standards.
- Defined the sourcing strategy (make or buy, where, with who, …). 
- Identification of new potential suppliers. 


- Management of procurement and spend budgets for all categories
(HW leasing, Car Policy, Marketing, Contact Center, Chip Cards, Bespoke SW, HW purchase, …).
- Negotiation of several key contracts, of which outsourcing and offshore contracts to India.
- Generated recurring savings (545 KEUR) and negotiated a Sales & Lease back deal to bring 680 KEUR immediate cash.
Reporting to CFO.
Turnaround / Business Change Management - Transformed Procurement into a contributor of margins. Defined Governance.

GSK BIOLOGICALS SA (March 2008)
Project Procurement Manager - CAPEX
Management of CAPEX procurement projects procurement projects: selection of engineering office and definition of procurement strategy for civil works projects (erection of a new building) in Wavre (Belgium).

FORTIS Group SA/NV (June 2006 – February 2008)
Transformation Project Manager – Bank and Insurance
Participated to the transformation and redesign of the IT from local to a cross-border organization.
Managed 2 Business Change projects that implied:
- Reduction of suppliers from 7 to 1
- Teams reorganization
- Definition of new working process (ITIL based)
- New agreements between 2 divisions (IT and Facilities)
Recurring savings generated: 25 to 30% from initial budget for 1 project and 4 MEUR for the other project
Reporting to the CIO.
Business Change and Transformation management of an IT X-Border organisation. Defined new Work streams and process.
to the transformation and redesign of the IT from local to a cross-border organization.

MOBISTAR NV – SA (January 2006 – June 2006)
Senior Buyer SW Developments - Replacement – Telecom
• Purchases SW (packages and bespoke) developed through Offshore or Onshore Contracts.
• Organize tenders, proceed with proposals evaluation, negotiation of prices and T&C, spend management of contracts.
• Negotiation of SW licenses and SW maintenance contracts: IBM, Symantec, BEA, Oracle, …
• Support to internal Project Managers in the management of their project + contract management + risk management.

EADS Defence and Security Systems S.A. - France - (September 2005 – January 2006)
Project Buyer & Negotiator - Project – Aeronautic & High Tech
Crisis management to restore relation with suppliers and partners in a classified French military project (UAV’s).
• Mediator role between EADS project team and the Suppliers to restore communication and a collaborative atmosphere between parties prior to commercial negotiations.
• Negotiated the Maintenance and Repairs contracts on CAPEX equipments for an existing aircraft.
• Prices were reduced by 30 to 40 % while preserving the original technical requirements of the project.
• Organized tenders, evaluated and negotiated proposals from various system suppliers. Drafted contractual terms and performed Risk management.
• Suppliers were both external companies (SAGEM, THALES, INSNEC, Rhodes & Schwartz,…) and EADS divisions.
• Coaching of Division procurement responsible.
Crisis management and mediation.

EADS Defence and Security Systems S.A. – France, detached in Germany – (August 2004 – September 2005)
Head of Procurement and Sourcing – New Position/Project
Detached in Germany on a new project that implements an Integrated Border Security System in Romania.
Strategic and complex integration project of CAPEX, ICT, Electronic, Software and Services solutions at Export.
• Head of Procurement and Sourcing activities (budget: 400 MEUR) – job created for this project - covering: Procurement Strategy, offsets agreements, RFQ and bids evaluation, risk management analysis, prices and contracts negotiations with suppliers from various countries (Ger, Fr, Romania). Introduced new procurement process, tools and philosophy (closed budget).
• Member of the project management team.
• Build and lead the procurement team (5 people).
• Defined the procurement process.
• Products and Services: High-Tech electronics, IT HW, Telecom HW, Civil Works, SW Development, IT Consultants, Logistic (3PL), Consultants, …
• Negotiated offset contracts with Romanian and German companies.
• Reported directly to the Vice-President Corporate Procurement.
Introduce Changes with new procurement process, tools and philosophy. Organise the procurement team and set the strategy.

EADS Telecom Deutschland GmbH – (April–July 2004)
Head of Project Procurement - Replacement/New position - Telecom
• Head of procurement for the largest German outsourcing project, PPP formula - (6 BEUR over 10 years) - of IT and Telecom equipments.
• Coached and mentored the buyer in place.
• Defined the procurement strategy (HW/SW, Roll-Out & integration, Service & Maintenance), lead a team of 10 (technical and commercial), drafted the contract, bids evaluation and organised suppliers meeting.
• Initiated a risk analysis, presented lessons learned and change management (purchase was a decisive part of the strategy).
• Reported to the CEO.
Managed Changes with new process and tools. Set procurement strategy.

ONSSAPL-RSZPPO – (December 2003-March 2004)
Project Procurement Manager – Project – Public Sector
• Project managed all contractual and financial aspects of a call for tenders for the Procurement of IT HW, SW and services, on behalf of the Belgian Social Security Administration for Local Governments.
• Created new tender tools for this administration: tender specifications, contract terms & conditions, evaluated bids, etc.
• Supported and advised the Administration during the negotiations.
• Reported to the General Manager and to the IT Director.
Introduced Changes with new tools, process and methodologies: contracts and evaluation methods.