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Enguerrand de Pontevès

Director Procurement France at Atos Origin

Paris - France

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With 10 years solid experience in Purchasing, I have surpassed huge challenges of communication and cultural differences by living three years in Canada and managing a multinational team (Canadian, French, Swiss German and US). As a Procurement Director I am focusing not only on the negotiation but more on the value delivered to our businesses by leading cross-functional teams and being focused on results and delays.

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Since 2008: Atos Origin

Director Procurement France
* Management of the France Purchasing Organization
- 24 FTEs
- All categories : Travel, Facility Management,Housing & Logistic, Subcontracting, Hardware, Software & Telecom...
* In charge of a Purchasing volume of 500 M US$
* Define and implement purchasing strategies on all categories
* Lead implementation of frame contracts across all subsidiaries in coordination with the Group level
* Guaranty the contract competitiveness to improve the bids
* Improve & Implement Procurement best practices (reverse auctions, low cost countries, legal clauses)
Sector: Computer services

2002 - 2007 : ALCAN - PECHINEY

Director, IT Procurement
* Define and Implement the IT Procurement Sourcing Strategy on a worldwide basis, in line with IT and Company strategies
* Strong Management skills in a multicultural environment : direct management of four purchasers located in Canada, France and Switzerland
* In charge of Purchasing volume of 200 M US$ with 8.8 M$ savings achieved in 2006
* Strong interpersonal skills by driving the local purchasers network among the 14 countries accounting for 80% of the spend
* Lead implementation of frame contracts across all Group subsidiaries in coordination with key suppliers. 95% compliance rate achieved in 2006
* Supervise major outsourcing contracts, insuring that they deliver the expected value. Most of our Infrastructure contracts are in the first quartile according to Gartner and Compass
* Guaranty the contract competitiveness through renegotiation, RFP’s, benchmark & audit
* Improve & Implement Procurement best practices (reverse auctions, low cost countries, legal clauses)
Sector: Industry

2000 - 2002 : ALTIS (Joint-Venture IBM/SIEMENS)

IT Procurement Manager
- In charge of a purchasing volume of 40M€
- Within the launch of the joint-venture, negotiation of the main outsourcing contracts, with the former owner of the plant (IBM)
- Implementation of the IT procurement policy resulting in a 2M€ savings in 2001
- Ability to convince the management of the procurement value
- Vendors Sourcing and technological watch
Sector: Electronics and microelectronics

1998 - 2000 : VALEO

Commodity Procurement Manager
- Optimization of flows of supply in the strict respect of the objectives of stock (5 M€) and of customer service (95%).
- Engage and drive the suppliers in the improvement of its quality approach (Quality, Cost, Delay)
- Negotiation for the reduction of the lead time periods, the minimum of provisioning and the optimization of the containers.
- Active interface between the marketing services and the factories to analyze forecasts of sales and follow-up of promotions.
Sector: Automobile

Hobbies

Official Referee of the Rugby French Federation (1996-2001)