Objective:
The development of a purchase strategy focused on expenses rationalization and resulting in significant improvement of the service level and cost saving.
Three key job basics:
Analysing Needs and expenses,
Elaborating bid and tenders,
Negotiating and validating commercial agreements.
Costs optimization:
Explain needs’ scope to focus on key needs to create standards and generate a massification process authorizing a better competitiveness level from the supplier aiming at optimizing the costs.
Philippe ADJADJ
Purchasing Manager
LYON, France
Philippe ADJADJ | English | French |
Schools attended |
Since 2003: WINCANTON |
Procurement Manager
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Working as the group purchasing French interface with other sites/departments including the mother company. Attending to monthly meetings in UK for developing a consistent cross-working process within the Group. Setting up, define, designing new national protocols. Temporary staff agencies Reduction of the number of supplier from 46 to 7 to run the expenses to the preferred suppliers. K€ 442 savings in three years for Wincanton group. Material handling equipment Identification of 8 key types of equipment by working with Wincanton technique department and bargaining on the whole life equipment costs. Stationeries E procurement where purchases are reduced to a 150 core list of items and communicated to each site assistant to place orders to the Net suppliers. Total saving value: up to 25 %. | |
Sector: Logistics |
1999 - 2003 : BRAKE FRANCE |
Procurement Manager
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Chilled vehicles hire Definition of a few ideal standard trucks by working with manufacturers of trucks, isotherm body truck builders, and Cooling and heating engine, Brake France technical department 6% decrease in prices due to an adaptation of the specifications and definition of a k€ 150 bonus policy indexed on the expenses of the suppliers and specific to each supplier Company cars hire Optimization of costs though a purchasing strategies of a mono brand preferred supplier to get the lowest possible price bargaining incentive bonus with the manufacturer | |
Sector: Purchasing Departments |
1997 - 1999 : COMPAGNIE EUROPEENNE DES SURGELES |
Buyer
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Sector: Purchasing Departments |
Interests |
Volley, Badminton, Enduro, Running, Xycling |


