Lara Rancati

Reporting to the European Sourcing Director. Main tasks:
•Responsible for all sourcing activities (direct and indirect spent)
for a volume of 25 M€
•Supplier and Contract Management
•New Supplier Scouting with major focus on East and Far East Regions
In 2008 increased direct spent in Far Est of 6%
•Definition and implementation of Sourcing strategies for key commodities in cooperation with European and Global Strategic Sourcing Organization
•Definition and implementation of Cost Saving Projects – In 2008 achieved 11% saving on Direct Spent
•Directly responsible for the management and professional development of two direct resources (a Senior and a Junior Buyer)
•Monthly sourcing reports
•Ensuring supplier lead time reductions
•Lead Supply Chain LEAN activities
•Definition and Implementation of Buy vs Make activities
•Actively engaged in the reduction of inventory levels

Reporting to Engineering Platform Director.
My main role was to manage a project budget to a supply of traction components for 12 High Speed Trains (AVR) to Spain providing customer satisfaction by meeting cost, quality and delivery targets.
Main tasks:
• Define Master Project plan
• Coordinate the assigned engineering, sourcing, operation resources
• Cost controlling and reporting
• Risk & opportunity management

Reporting to the European Sourcing Director.
Major responsibility as sourcing representative in tender phase, contribution in the project management team, ensuring that quality, lead-time and cost objectives were met for the Sourcing aspects of projects.
Member of a European Sourcing Team (active across different European manufacturing sites) - traction systems for high speed trains.
Key tasks:
• Leading negotiation with potential and with current supplier
• Managing sourcing risks and opportunities
• Participating to Make Vs Buy process
• Coordinating Sourcing activities of an International team of Buyers

reporting to the Rolling Stock Sourcing Director based in ALSTOM’s headquarters.
Main objective was to establish a sourcing policy for the Traction Sourcing community for the assigned commodities (switchgears, resistors, and transformers) for a yearly global volume of about 15 Euro Million.
Key tasks:
• Collect and globalize local need for catalogue products
• Negotiate yearly catalogue prices for all traction manufacturing European sites
• Negotiate supply agreements with preferred suppliers for specific product/contracts
• Manage Quality, Cost and Delivery indicators for preferred suppliers
• Set up the sourcing policy through Business Plan for the assigned commodity and deploy it to Project Teams and Engineering community.
• Develop Emerging Countries Suppliers in order to secure cost savings targets

Focus on the integration of the newly acquired site in Milan into ALSTOM’s organization (acquired on 01/08/2001).
Key projects: leading a “cost reduction program” of General Expenses and Overheads put in place since September 2001.
The program recording methods and principles have been subsequently applied to other departments: Research & Development, Sourcing, Production to reach the saving results expected by ALSTOM’s Corporate Division.
Main tasks were focused on sourcing process optimization, including the supplier base reduction via increased outsourcing, “call-off” purchase orders, and monitoring of the implementation at the local level of ALSTOM’s worldwide frame agreements.