Alessandro Barcellona
Hemel Hempstead
Summary
Career Highlights in Procurement Excellence
Successfully rolled out the 1st Procurement Centre of Excellence in Britvic including implementation of:
· New departmental KPIs in aligment with best in class industry targets. 100% Digitally tracked
· 5 Step Stage & Gates Governance Process in aligment with Performance, Planet, People Targets
· 1st Procurment Capability Framework within Britvic adopted by 100% of team
· Digital Category Strategy Creation solution (Spend under Strategy +71%)
· New Target Operating Model for Brazil Procurement Team
· Integration of France and Brazil Procurement teams in aligment with the “One Procurement” approach
· EcoVadis Score on “Sustainable Procurement” +29 above Industry Average
· Sustainability requirements fully embedded into the end to end Procurement Processes (From Strategy to post contract SRM)
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work history
Head of Procurement Centre of Excellence
Britvic
Hemel Hempstead
04.2021 - 01.2025
- Company Overview: Britvic is an international Soft Drinks manufacturer with a £1.8B turnover and more than 4,000 employees over four BUs (GB, Brazil, France, Ireland)
- It was 107 in the FTSE 250 before being delisted following the Carlsberg Acquisition
- Continuous Transformation: streamlining and optimization of systems, processes and policies across all BUs (“One Procurement” approach) to guarantee optimal balance between agility and governance
- Governance: roll-out of 5 Stage & Gate sign-off process with Procurement and draft of plans to increase controls around demand management spend (through leadership buy-in, comms, policies, Guided Buying controls, zero-base budgeting and compliance reporting)
- SRM: Ownership of Supplier Relationships Programme including, segmentation, value-deliver plans, supplier performance scorecard
- Resiliance: implementation of Digital “Risk Management” process (identify, monitor, assess, mitigate) across all high-risk categories
- Technology & Analytics: owner of technology roadmap (streamlining of existing solution and implementation of new solutions) and of Analytics roadmap
- Embedding Supplier Sustainability and Responsible Sourcing within Procurement Processes (5 Stage & Gate Process, and post-contract suppliers management) with focus on Carbon Reduction, Sustainable Agriculture and Ethical Sourcing
- Target Operating Model: definition of TOM for Brazil Procurement and P2P team to allow smooth integration to group team
- Roll-out of “cradle to grave” Capability Framework through-out the category management team (From skills “Gap analysis” to development opportunities to feed in Personal Development Plans”
- Draft Plans to embed Equity Diversity & Inclusion within Procurement Processes
- Britvic is an international Soft Drinks manufacturer with a £1.8B turnover and more than 4,000 employees over four BUs (GB, Brazil, France, Ireland)
- It was 107 in the FTSE 250 before being delisted following the Carlsberg Acquisition
- Active members of: Human Rights & Modern Slavery SteerCo
- B-Corp Assessment: Working Group
- Diversity & Inclusion Working Group
Transformation Manager & Supplier
Britvic
03.2020 - 04.2021
- Part of the team that lead the delivery of the Procurement Transformation
- Owner: Ariba Sourcing & Onboarding module set-up
- Owner: Cirtuo: A.I.-based Category Strategy Solution set-up
- Owner: Reporting & Analytics Set-Up (Spend & Supplier Performance)
- Support: Ariba Contract module set-up
- Support: Change & Comms Workstream
- Successful roll out of two solutions within 3 months distance
- New spend reporting rolled out
- Supplier performance tracking implemented
Category Manager: Professional Services
Britvic
07.2018 - 02.2020
- Categories Managed: Travel, Recruitment and Temporary Labour, Contractors, HR Services
- Owner of all Professional Services Categories
- Drive supplier consolidation
- Interface with key senior stakeholders including
- Key Savings
- Increase spend under contract of +33% in 12 months
- Roll out of new Travel Management Company
- Implemented outsourcing solution of Internal Resourcing
Senior Buyer
Randstad UK
Luton
08.2016 - 06.2018
- Company Overview: Randstad is a Global Leader in the HR Services
- With revenues of €20 billion and 36,000 employees, Randstad is in the list of 'top 3 recruiting agencies' in 20 different countries
- Categories Managed: Indirects Categories including Travel, Mobile, Job Boards, Stationery & Furniture, Marketing Print and Merchandise
- Owner of all Indirects Category in the UK and 1st global owner of Stationary
- Set up procurement strategies for the categories in scope
- Owner of Procurement Policies, Processes and Reporting
- Interface with key senior stakeholders
- Randstad is a Global Leader in the HR Services
- With revenues of €20 billion and 36,000 employees, Randstad is in the list of 'top 3 recruiting agencies' in 20 different countries
- Key Savings
- Travel: -18%
- Marketing Print & Merchandise: -29%
- Mobile: -24%
- Supplier Consolidation -7%
- Outsourcing of 'Out of Hours' Department
- Implementation of first S2P UK Policy
Commodity Buyer – HR Services
Wincanton
Chippenham
02.2014 - 07.2014
- Company Overview: Wincanton is a leading supply chain solutions provider
- A multi-billion business with more than 15,000 employees and over 200 sites
- Categories Managed: Temporary Agencies, Recruitment Agencies and Training
- Set up procurement strategies nationally and locally for the categories in scope
- Engaged with the suppliers to deliver solutions to improve site productivity
- Implemented of SLA and KPI's with preferred suppliers
- Executed contracts (negotiating both Commercial and Legal aspects) in compliance with requirements
- Successful interface with key stakeholders such as operation directors, operation managers
- Wincanton is a leading supply chain solutions provider
- A multi-billion business with more than 15,000 employees and over 200 sites
Commodity Buyer - Indirect Materials & Services
TE Connectivity
Swindon
06.2011 - 02.2014
- Company Overview: TE Connectivity is a $12 Billion Global Technology Leader
- It is present in multiple sectors such as transportation, industrial applications, medical technology, energy, military and data communication
- In the UK, it has c 10 manufacturing sites
- Categories Managed: Facility and Utilities, IT, MRO and Office Supply, HR/Travel/Fleet
- Apply the Global and EMEA sourcing strategies in the UK to categories managed
- Run E-Sourcing Events
- Interface successfully with key senior stakeholders
- Implement a standard ERP System throughout the different UK sites
- TE Connectivity is a $12 Billion Global Technology Leader
- It is present in multiple sectors such as transportation, industrial applications, medical technology, energy, military and data communication
- In the UK, it has c 10 manufacturing sites
- 4.5% Savings (overall spend)
- Spend under management + 55%
- Reduction of suppliers of 12%
- Implementation of PSL List
Education
Master's Degree - Economics, International Trade and Supply Chain
Universita' degli Studi di Torino
Bachelor’s Degree - Economics, Business Administration
Universita' degli Studi di Torino
Skills
- Influencing skills
- Stakeholder Management
- Category Strategy Creation
- Sap Ariba
- Everstream (Procurement Risk Management)
- Cirtuo (AI Based Category Strategy Creation)
- Microsoft Office
Languages
Italian
English
Custom
- Successfully rolled out the 1st Procurement Centre of Excellence in Britvic including implementation of new departmental KPIs in alignment with best in class industry targets. 100% Digitally tracked.
- 5 Step Stage & Gates Governance Process in alignment with Performance, Planet, People Targets.
- 1st Procurement Capability Framework within Britvic adopted by 100% of team.
- Digital Category Strategy Creation solution (Spend under Strategy +71%).
- New Target Operating Model for Brazil Procurement Team.
- Integration of France and Brazil Procurement teams in alignment with the 'One Procurement' approach.
- EcoVadis Score on 'Sustainable Procurement' +29 above Industry Average.
- Sustainability requirements fully embedded into the end to end Procurement Processes (From Strategy to post contract SRM).
Timeline
Head of Procurement Centre of Excellence
Britvic
04.2021 - 01.2025
Transformation Manager & Supplier
Britvic
03.2020 - 04.2021
Category Manager: Professional Services
Britvic
07.2018 - 02.2020
Senior Buyer
Randstad UK
08.2016 - 06.2018
Commodity Buyer – HR Services
Wincanton
02.2014 - 07.2014
Commodity Buyer - Indirect Materials & Services
TE Connectivity
06.2011 - 02.2014
Bachelor’s Degree - Economics, Business Administration
Universita' degli Studi di Torino
Master's Degree - Economics, International Trade and Supply Chain
Universita' degli Studi di Torino
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