Alexandre MENINI

• Responsible Direct & Indirect Purchasing - 3 Prod Plants , 1 R&D plant. Management of 17 people(4 executives, 13 buyers)
• Purchasing categories are Chemical intermediates, API, Packaging, Finished products, Licencing In, Capex, Spare parts, Technical Services, R&D Goods & services.
• Main issues were to develop a modern Purchasing Organisation. Results were Savings, Quality, Secure, Innovation, Secure Supply. LCC Direct Sourcing, Project Director New Products, TCO, SOP & SRM

Italian FMCG Leader ( Milano : ARE.MI )

• 9 plants across Italy – 4000 employees – 80M€ Purchasing Turnover (2005) – My mission was to face Cash flow crash due to Chicken flue and to create a modern purchasing organisation (8 buyers).

Sept 02 – May 2005
ITALY - Rome
DANONE Group, Italaquae; Raws & Packs Purchasing Manager & European Preform’s Buyer

• At Ferrarelle/Italaquae Level : Responsible for Pet, Preforms, Plastic & Metallic Caps, Labels, Films… and Masterbatchs – Purchasing Turn Over 32M€ (35% of total spending) – 2 Production Plants, 620 Million bottles/Year – I report to the Purchasing Director, I managed 4 buyers – Main Projects are Make or Buy, Lightweighting, Extra European Resins, Supply security, MRP implementation – 2003 Productivity Results 6% (out of raws value). Project Manager.

• At European Level : Responsible for Pan European Preform’s contracts (Spain, France, UK, Germany, Poland). Functional Management of 5 Local Buyers. 1 855 Million Preforms/Year – Strategic Lightweighting Projects – I report to the Worldwide Category Sourcing Director..

Oct 2000 - Sept 02
ITALY- Milan
DANONE Group, Galbani; Secondary Packaging Buyer.

• Responsible for Corrugated and Carton board – Purchasing Turn Over 15M€ - 5 Plants , 300 Products (Turn over 1 100 M€). Management of one assistant and a stagiaire.
• Member of European Secondary packaging Team in Dairy Products.
• Main issues were Time to market, Reformulation, Purchasing methods.

Jan 99 - Oct 2000
SPAIN- Madrid
• Responsible for billable purchases by the Services & Infrastructures Division. (15M€)
• Markets are Hardware, Software and IT services.
• Management of 3 people, Reporting to the Purchasing Director. One of my tasks was to implemented a Professional local purchasing organisation.
• Main issues was Purchasing Methods, Legal Contracts, ISO certification, Reporting.

July 98- Dec 99
FRANCE - Paris
Trainee Purchasing corporate Headquarter - paris
• Building a Purchasing Methodology and Process for IT Services.
• Implementation of a Vendor Rating Program and Supplier Certification Process.
• Implementation of an Ethics Purchasing Code.