AURELIEN GIVERT
Strategic Sourcing Manager - EMEA, Sony Europe
Results-driven procurement leader with international strategic sourcing experience in a broad range of industry sectors including Retail, Financial Services, Consultancy, Media and FMCG.
Unique experience in indirect procurement strategy, planning and consultancy, and in leading complex transformational programs delivering innovative solutions to support the realisation of cost benefits.
Multilingual French, English and German with in depth experience in many categories of expenditure including Marketing/Advertising, Professional Services, and HR.
Specialties
- Strategic sourcing & change management
- Stakeholder management
- Developing and executing negotiation strategies
- Supplier relationship management
- Leading and managing team & flexible resources
- Consultancy
- Category Management
- Developing solution architecture
- Management of complex end-to-end sourcing initiatives
16 contacts2009 - 2011Provision of Procurement Consultancy expertise to global Fortune 500 Clients, focusing on shaping procurement strategy, change management and delivering savings across all indirect categories.
Responsible for stakeholder engagement, project delivery and general consultancy.
buyingTeam is a procurement outsourcer and solutions provider, bringing extraordinary benefits to private and public sector organisations across Europe and North America via an innovative knowledge-based shared services model. Our mission is to release procurement’s potential by redefining it as an indispensable strategic tool, and in doing so make our clients leaner, fitter, stronger organisations.
2007 - 2009Development of procurement strategy for the category
Project management of all phases of strategic and tactical negotiations for marketing and print activities
Structuring complex competitive bidding arrangements to help internal stakeholders determine best fit suppliers and execution of supplier development programmes
2006 - 2007Leading and Managing a team of up to 50 people to achieve successful results, through effective decision making and ownership of a multi-million pound business unit