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Etienne VINCENS DE TAPOL

  • Orange France
  • SVP Strategy & Development

Paris

En résumé

Etienne is a highly accomplished executive with 20 years international telecoms, technology and innovation experience. He is working with boards and management teams across Europe, Middle-East and Africa to drive strategic and operational efficiency programs. He has a strong combination of technical and business skills, and proven experience in numerous performance improvement programs in both technology and business.
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Etienne is one of the founders of BuyIn, the procurement joint-venture between Deutsche Telekom & Orange. Etienne was instrumental in the set-up of the procurement JV, responsible for the network procurement organizational blueprint, processes, benchmark and elaboration of short-mid term synergy plan.

Besides his role in strategic procurement and technology, Etienne has developed an expertise in the telecommunication. He has authored presentations on “Networks topologies & technologies” and “Telecom trends and infrastructure market development 2020”.

Mes compétences :
achats
télécommunication
sourcing
mobile
benchmark
innovation
Gestion de projet
Logistique
internet

Entreprises

  • Orange France - SVP Strategy & Development

    Finance | Paris 2019 - maintenant Head of Corporate Strategy, strategic plan, infrastructure strategy and business development
  • Orange Jordan - CIO & CITNO

    Technique | Paris 2016 - maintenant Chief IT Officer (CIO) and deputy Chief IT & Network Officer
  • BuyIn - SVP Procurement & Business Development

    Direction générale | Bonn & Issy-Les-Moulineaux 2015 - 2016 Leading end-to-end procurement on digital home & platforms products and services including set-top boxes (STB), residential gateways (IAD) as well as TV, Smart Home, Voice & Data devices, platforms and applications.
  • BUYIN (JV Orange - Deutsche Telekom) - SVP Procurement "Service Platforms"

    Direction générale | 2011 - 2014 BUYIN is the Brussels-based procurement joint venture between Deutsche Telekom and France Télécom-Orange. The parent companies have pooled their procurement activities in the areas of terminal devices, mobile communications networks and service platforms
  • Orange Group - VP Network Procurement

    Autre | Paris 2010 - 2011 total expenditure €5Bn+ in 30 countries en Europe, Middle-East and Africa (~€3.5Bn+ addressed at corporate level) - 65 buyers and category managers - reporting to the EVP Group Sourcing & Supply Chain
  • Orange Group - Director Procurement

    Autre | Paris 2007 - 2010 Sourcing Domain Director in charge of services platforms and innovation, reporting to the Executive Vice President Sourcing & Supply Chain of the France Telecom - Orange Group. The domain supports the "strategic marketing" function on all innovation projects fixed/mobile/internet.
  • France Telecom Group - Director - integrated operator telecom sourcing

    2005 - 2007 Lead transversal telecom sourcing on Orange integrated footprint (United-Kingdom, Belgium, Netherlands, Switzerland, Spain) and responsible for Orange Business Service international voice services. Management: 3 teams of international buyers located in 7 countries - €800m baseline
  • France Telecom Group - Network Capacity and Traffic Commodity Manager

    2004 - 2005 - Sourcing project leader on a strategic category covering all purchases to carriers and operators which amounts to 6.9 b€ in 2004
    - Responsible for the development of the global sourcing policy on national connectivity and voice traffic that aims at leveraging France Telecom Group BUs expenses into corporate sourcing contracts
  • France Telecom Group - Switching Equipment and Releases Commodity Manager

    2003 - 2004 - Purchasing manager on a core network category which amounts to 200 M€ on hardware, software and field operation services
    - Responsible for the corporate strategy and sourcing process (category profile, sourcing strategy, supplier portfolio, development of levers, negotiation)
    - Negotiation of international framework agreements with strategic telecom suppliers (i.e. Alcatel, Nokia, Ericsson, Lucent, Siemens, Nortel)
  • Cofratel - Purchasing Manager NTIC

    1998 - 2002 - Purchasing Manager in charge of direct (Network, Telecom) and non-direct expenses (G&A) for 60 M€
    - Category Manager in charge of network systems (Cisco Systems, Nortel Networks) and IT (HP, Compaq) for about 20 M€
    - Contract Negotiator in charge of the network strategy in which optimisation of supply chain with international vendors
    - Decrease of supplier’s portfolio of –40% to ensure volume concentration and facilitate joint process improvement

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