Sophie SENAC

Buyer France 30 M€ Budget:
Task: Distribution process audit & optimization:
Rationalization of take away and cooking packaging
Tariff negotiation with packaging & hygiene items distributors
210 K€ savings

Packaging Buyer 6 M€ Budget (Knorr, Alsa, Dove, Timotei…):
Task: obsolete stocks decrease

Adjusting purchasing strategy to customer demand evolution and federating marketing, technical, procurement departments and warehouses to this strategy
Packaging RFQ and rationalization: 400 K€ savings (trays,labels, sleeves…)
Number of suppliers reduced from 60 to 28
Emergency re-packing projects management with marketing, suppliers and technical managers
Labels catalogue set up

Context: Customers porfolio diversification

Procurement organisation with new brands and partners: hiring, training and managing 2 people (database, forecasts and purchasing conditions with European suppliers)
Food crisis : risks and loss management
Benchmark for distribution in Russia (Joint Venture) and proposals

Task: Optimizing Export profitability: 200 K€ after 4 years

Hiring, training and managing 3 people
Setting up improvement leverages (logistics, orders proposals, transport costs…)
Managing Franchise launches in Guyana and Lebanon
Exportation of successful French food promotions (Food & Marketing)
Food products sourcing and promotional campaign launch per country (from 1 to 3 months).

Packaging Market analysis, sourcing and RFQ.
Raw materials stocks follow up, productions validation with sub-contractors and subsidiaries

English – Spanish contracts and technical specifications translation.
English - Spanish contract letters to subcontractors and reports to insurance in case of litigation