Romain Roulette

Since
07-2007
VALEO ENGINE COOLING, JAMESTOWN, NY, USA

Commodity Buyer (VIE) for VALEO US TRUCK DIVISION

Commodities Handled: Aluminium Castings (8 M$ APV), Plastic Raw Material and Parts (3M$ APV), Fasteners (1M$ APV), Rubber (0.7M$ APV), Fittings (0.7M$ APV).
44 suppliers to manage (80% LCC mainly Brazil and China) with 623 references.

Global sourcing: Phase out of 4 US suppliers - Replaced by LCC.
Rationalization of supplier base (4 suppliers out but zero new supplier added).
Target savings: 10% on total Yearly Purchasing amount
2007 Budget has been met - Actions ongoing to meet 2008 Savings Budget.

Suppliers's performance ratings in Quality - Costs - Deliveries.
Score Cards preparation and cost savings ideas implementation.
Animation of productivity days in Valeo with the suppliers.
Replacement of Permanent Molds for Castings (investment of 500KUSD)

Valeo Audit V5000 Best Score of the Branch for Purchasing procedures followed and implemented.

Sector: Automobile

01-2007
To
06-2007
DGA (French procurement defense agency), PARIS, FRANCE
Technical Buyer
Purchase of weaponries and mechanical components for the Rafale airplane.Negotiation of public defense contracts (50 % outside suppliers).

Sector: Aeronautic - Navy - Space - Armament

01-2006
To
12-2006
GENERAL MOTORS, STRASBOURG, FRANCE
Commodity Buyer
Purchase of mechanical components for automatic transmissions and tooling investments monitoring.
Management of 17 forging parts suppliers, 20 M € Annual Purchase value, 70% US suppliers.
International Sourcing of new suppliers (supplier footprint countries).
Elaboration and follow up of technical & commercial actions in order to reduce costs.
Achievement: -5% average annual savings & 50 % LLC suppliers

08-2005
To
12-2005
GENERAL MOTORS, STRASBOURG, FRANCE
Inbound Supply Chain Assistant
Responsible for supply of components fitted on the newly industrialized automatic transmission in a drastic ramp up context. (170 references, 62 US suppliers).
Elaboration of actions plans concerning trouble suppliers & logistic subcontractors and reporting of performances to top management.
Follow-up of technical changes and quality validations. Optimization of Inventory levels.


02-2005
To
07-2005
GENERAL MOTORS, STRASBOURG, FRANCE
Long Term Trainee
Elaboration of the Bill of Material of the newly industrialized automatic transmission in the ERP.
Follow-up and introduction of technical changes.
Elaboration and supervision of the Planning of work in process parts necessary to absorb a drastic ramp up of production, debug of equipments and training.

Sector: Automobile