Anne Guhur

-In charge of various commodities at European and Global levels, with a total annual spend of +$60m (incl global/site/CAPEX), dealing with complete bidding process and subsequent contract management (conflict, contract review, vendor audit/rating)
-Driving many outsourcing/aggressive cost reductions projects to reduce site fixed costs or improve global spend pattern
-Ensuring global corporate objectives are achieved year on year (savings, new purchasing tools, policies, compliance, electronic solutions, LCCS…)
-Responsible for the purchasing teams in the UK and in France, including day to day running and all HR-related tasks (reviews, objectives settings and reviews etc)
-Coordination of global purchasing team of the Acetate Business Unit
-Management of contractors/suppliers at national, European and global levels
-Work very closely with the international cross functional teams, after developing strong relationships at all levels.
-Dealing and influencing with stakeholders at all levels.
-High political and strategic awareness, with strong business ethics

High Achiever, consistently succeeding in all objectives set and demonstrating initiative and innovation.

-Reporting to Group purchasing director and group MDs
-Responsible for buying utilities across the group - €10m spend across Germany, UK, France, Slovakia (coordination of project, selection of suppliers, reporting…)
-Responsible for National purchasing (services, IT, Travel, tools, CAPEX, MRO, PCS, transport, lease cars, e-proc / online tools implementation…) - £25m
-Strategy, decision making and implementation in line with business strategy

-Reporting to Director of Supply Chain and Corporate Services
-Day to day running of Procurement Team (7 staff)
-Management of £230m+ portfolio
-All managerial tasks (recruitment/interviews, appraisals, training, etc…)
-Dealing with supplier when conflicts occur
-Ensuring the Authority gets best value for money in accordance with European legislation (OJEU) and internal rules