Oct 2005 - present sourcing Buyer Team leader General Procurement (China).
Commodities: Facility Services, Design & Construction
• Managing team of Facility Services buyers for China, (including Taiwan and Hong Kong)
• Assessing new suppliers on projects base
• Responsible for commodity cost savings and costs take out
• Strategic purchasing following a regional procurement policy (tenders)
• Negotiation of contracts and prices

May 2003 - Sept 2005 Sourcing Buyer General Procurement.
Commodities: Facility Services, Packing, MRO, Design & Construction
During that period I was:
• choosing products with internal customers
• finding suppliers and negotiating prices
• making sure goods arrive on time and suppliers are paid
• presenting new ideas to senior management teams
• writing reports and helping to interpret sales forecasts, working with other departments.
• recording and analysing performance of suppliers

Sept. 2001 - may 2003 Buyer Hardware
Specialized in exporting in hardware (cables) manufactured in Asia to Europe.
Responsibility:
• Development of 2 accounts in France and UK.
• Purchasing and sourcing of products relative to these accounts in Asia
• Coordination of implementation of new products
• Negotiation prices and share market with Asian suppliers

April 2000 - August 2001 Operation manager Europe.
Printer manufacturer specialized in the graphical industry. The headquarter is situated in the USA.
Responsibility:
• Responsible of sales on distribution channel for France, Italy, Spain, Poland, and Iceland.
• Organisation of trade shows
• Realisation of sales target
• Coordination of marketing actions

February 1999 - march 2000 Operation manager Europe-China.
Export of computers cables from Asia to Europe
Responsibility:
• In charge with sales for Packard Bell France, Thomson TCF and Black Box
• Coordination of logistic and quality process

January 1997-January 1999al Local Buyer.
A governmental organisation which is concentrated on the organizational and financial support of 11 cities.
Responsibility:
• Purchasing of office supplies for all departments.
• Responsible of quotations from suppliers working with the regional cities
• Control of completed tasks from suppliers.

October 1993 - December 1996 Driver, Planning & administration employee
A governmental organisation: in charge the collecting and transport of the personal garbage of 11 cities.
Responsibility: Administration tasks

October 1989-August 1993 French Army, Private Officer

Bachelor of Business and Administration (B.B.A), Dutch Language as Second Language, Hotel management diploma, Private Officer of Army education, Baccaleaureat B (economics studies) (VWO).

Languages: French, Dutch, English, Chinees.

Information Systems: Good knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power Point), SAP system utilisation for purchasing