Laurent GUIGNOT

En résumé

Entreprises

• General Electric - Senior Sourcing Leader

  Paris 2017 - maintenant

• General electric - Commodity leader

  Paris 2011 - 2017

• Co action Asia - Business development manager

  2010 - 2011 Coordinate the activities of the company in both aspects of purchasing and sales.
  Responsibilities
  - Examine, select, order, and purchase at the most favourable price merchandise consistent with
  quality, quantity, specification requirements and other factors.
  - Negotiate prices, discount terms and transportation arrangements for merchandise.
  - Interview and visit vendors (new and existing) to obtain and develop desired products (mainly in
  China)
  - Coordinate existing orders with customer (delivery date, order quantity etc...)
  - Daily communication with final customer in order to target their needs and propose them new
  products/business solution.

• Dextra manufacturing - Sourcing manager

  2006 - 2009 Plan, direct, and coordinate the activities of the department personnel involved in purchasing materials, products, and services for the ongoing production operations of the company.
  
  Responsibilities
  - Locate local and international vendors of raw materials (predominantly steel), equipment or supplies, and interview them to determine product availability and terms of sales. Perform suppliers' facilities visits and audits (mainly in China)
  - Oversee the process of negotiating agreements and contracts with suppliers (pricing, products' specification, quality, packaging, delivery delay, payment terms...
  - Initiate and coordinate activities and projects with suppliers to reduce cycle times, raw material expenditures and other associated costs.
  - Prepare and process requisitions and purchase orders for supplies and equipment. Maintain records of goods ordered and received.
  - Develop and implement purchasing and procurement initiatives, instructions and procedures and enhance the purchasing organization to minimize procurement-related costs, improve effectiveness, and enhance relations with key suppliers.
  - Develop interdependent partnerships with other departments (finance, production, IT)
  - Review purchase order claims, quotations and contracts for conformance to company policy.
  - Resolve vendor or contractor grievances, and claims against suppliers.
  - Control purchasing department budgets; oversee staff performance; train and coach direct reports.
  
  Achievements
  - Payments terms extension from Credit 28 Days to Credit 42 Days on average.
  - Cost reduction of 4% based on the cost per piece produced (corrected from the inflation)
  - Reduce risk of single source supply: 92 % of our suppliers get alternative against 70% in 2006

Formations

• Asian Institute Of Technology (Bangkok)

  Bangkok 2000 - 2002 Master of Business Administration

• Ecole Supérieure De Commerce

  Nice 1998 - 2001 Master in Management

Réseau

• Bertrand VILLIE

• Christophe ROYER

• Cyrille BERGEROT

• Jean-Clair PEYRACHE

• Mathieu GAZZURELLI

• Thibaud HEILIG

• Vincent SOUFFAY

• Vivien MARTINEZ