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Laurent GARNIER

PURCHASING TOYOTA

Bruxelles - Belgium

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EDUCATION

2001-2002
Master EM LYON Project management, purchasing and supply chain www.em-lyon.com
1996-2001
ECAM Engineering School focuses on mechanical, raw material, electrical and automatism.www.ecam.fr


TECHNICAL BUYER
Broad experience in Project and Purchasing within different, multicultural and very complex environments. Knowledge in Business, supported by a very good understanding of technical issues. Able to define and implement both Corporate and Business Unit strategies, operations. Willing to work on a team base structure. Positive personality aiming at working on a long run basis with enthusiasm and support to the team.


EXPERIENCE

July 2006 until today
TOYOTA MOTORS EUROPE
Purchasing Dpt Body section all european cars
-Cost saving april 2007: -5%
-December 2006
New commodity --> +20M€ confidential
plastic injection and aluminium bending
Section responsible for New XXX project
-July 2006
60€ per vehicule (40M€ Turn Over) and 100% European supplier base. (including Turkey)
Purchase of complete functions

Since January 2004
VOLVO POWERTRAIN
(engine and transmission development and manufacturing)
VOLVO AB is a company of 70000 people worldwide and the second largest truck manufacturer. TO is more than 27B€ for trucks, buses, construction equipments and marine engines www.volvo.com
VOLVO powertrain is the world largest heavy duty engine manufacturer with more than 200000 engines in 2005
April 05 till today
PROJECT BUYER(28M€/y – 8 mains suppliers)
HDEP Engine (new engine platform for VOLVO Group)
-New suppliers selection and implementation on 3 different sites: Hagerstown USA / Gothenburg Sweden / Lyon France
-Responsible for QDC and partnership program with main suppliers.
-;Global Buyer concerning conrod and gears for all VOLVO Engines.
Results:
2005 cost reduction: -5% -> -40€/engine
2006 target: -6% -> -50€/engine
Increase of 20 days for payment terms
Deliver purchasing support to reach project gates: €3 €4 €5 for Europe and US04 US07 for US emission.
Increase of EMS supplier deliveries: Slovaquia (gears) India (hubs and machining parts) Serbia (tooling) Iran (forging) and China/Brazil (Fasteners)

January 04 till April 05
SERIAL PRODUCTION BUYER(40M€/y – 25 mains suppliers),
DCI Engines (Renault Truck Historical engine platform) To be replace till end 06 by HDEP platform
-Responsible for QDC
-Rationalization of the supplier base to reach a target of 10 main suppliers (to be reach in 06)
-Responsible to secure end of life with 80% of the supplier with contract.
-Increase of EMS suppliers -> + 500K€ in 2005
-Management of one support buyer
Portfolio:
Small machined parts/Conrod/Camshaft/Fasteners/Gears/Crankshaft.
Results :
Raw material increase postponed of 10 months
Secure end of life business
Supplier base decrease of 5 suppliers mid 05

March 03 till January 04
DECATHLON Production (Placement)
6th world sport manufacturer. 2nd sport retail in Europe. 30000 employees and 4B€ TO
TECHNICAL BUYER:
-Portfolio of 10M€ concerning mainly plastic injection for golf and swimming pool accessories
-Sourcing in China/ Malaysia and Europeans traders
-Develop new products with Engineering and Commercial people
Results:
Decrease of 3% of purchase parts
Delivery on time increase to 98% for Asian suppliers

August 00 till February 01
FILTRONIC Comtek LEEDS Angleterre (Placement)
5000 people worldwide (UK an USA mainly)
Main customer: NOKIA and MOTOROLA
Engineering placement in the Supply chain department (Supplier Quality, Purchasing and Procurement)
-Development of a global supplier scorecard
-Sourcing and development of new suppliers (machined parts)

Schools attended

ECAM (Ingénieur généraliste)

2006 - ... : TOYOTA

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