Corinne Josseron

68,6 mio US$ Spend in 2006 for 12 reporting sites

> Define market strategy and supplier portfolio, market research and benchmarking, source plan
Price Gap analysis, cost modeling and target costing, market price monitoring
SRM (Supplier Relationship Management) with KPI (Key Performance Indicators) definition
Expertise of folding carton and leaflet markets

> First at Novartis to organize e-auctions for printed packaging material
Team leader of European Folding Carton cross sector e-auction projects (Bids on 30 Mio US$)
3 months US assignment as coach for an American Folding Carton cross sector e-auction team
Team leader of a European Leaflet e-auction project (bids on 8 mio US$ - 600 mio units – 8 sites)
-16 to -20% cost optimization achieved and implemented.
Novartis Group Purchasing Excellence Awards as team leader (2005, 2003)

> Five months full time member of the Innovation team of IQP (Innovation Quality Productivity) Global Office
Member of the project team for the Global Innovation Championship; responsible for the operations and the budget (trip to Beijing Olympic Games 2008), contact for the 50 iChampions (Innovation Champions)

European Mandate Holder Plastic Primary Packaging
14 mio € Spend (pieces of an average price of € 0,05) for 7 production sites

> Launched and developed the “European Plastic Packaging Mandate”
> Managed supplier base, strategic sourcing initiatives
> Managed a legal claim with international recall
> Developed innovative packaging (e.g. closure for an extemporaneous syrup for Pharmaton - Consumer Health)
> Standardized closure solutions on a worldwide basis

Buyer Aluminium, Paper and Glass
6 mio € Spend

> Purchasing co-ordination between BI Reims and the other local purchasing departments
> Developed and introduced new packaging standards within the Project Alliance Europe (transfer of pharmaceutical specialties from Germany to France and other subsidiaries)