Alain Tran

Chief Procurement Officer - Nestlé USA

United States

About

Experience

  • Nestlé (13 yrs)
    • Chief Procurement Officer - Nestlé USA
      Jan 2026 - Present · 6 mos

      - Accountable for USD 10+ billion annual Procurement spending across all categories - Leading the Procurement organization of 150+ professionals, including Vice Presidents and Senior Directors - Driving value creation in Nestlé Group’s largest market through cost optimization, supply risk management, strategic supplier partnerships, digital transformation and sustainability

    • Zone Head of Procurement - Greater China
      Jan 2023 - Dec 2025 · 3 yrs

      - Leading Procurement yearly spending >3 billion USD across all categories - Scope of 10+ Business Units and Joint-Venture Companies, across 3 Geographies and 20+ factories - Managing team of of 100+ Procurement professionals, through 16 heads/leaders - Part of Nestle Global Procurement Leadership Team

    • VP Head of Procurement - Indonesia
      May 2020 - Jan 2023 · 2 yrs 9 mos

      - Heading the Procurement department in Indonesia as Vice-President, accountable for yearly expenditures of >800 million USD - Strategic & Operational Buying of Raw Materials, Packaging, Logistics, Equipment, Co-Manufacturing, Marketing, Corporate Services for all Factories and Head Offices - Expatriation from Headquarters to Nestle Indonesia, as one of the fastest-growing Nestle market worldwide

  • Supply Chain Operations Analyst at Amazon.com
    2013 - 2013 · Less than a year

    - Managed supplier relationships to ensure operational excellence up to Amazon standards through 10.000+ SKUs - Built, monitored and optimized strategic & operational KPIs for all UK suppliers under drop-shipping model and UK heavy-bulk 3PL distribution center: service, quality, lead times, cost, capacity, forecast - Led performance and communication improvement projects for existing and integrated suppliers with retail and transportation

  • Global Purchasing - Project Buyer at L'Oréal
    2012 - 2012 · Less than a year

    - Coordinated subcontracting project implementation: 2nd-tier supplier management ► Savings analysis, business models definition, pilots launch, global RFQ, negotiations, contracts, reporting tool and process set-up - Strategic purchasing for Co-manufacturing categories, including raw and packaging materials: Managed transfers and new products launches with Marketing/Logistics/Plants ► Conducted call for tenders, value analysis, production & supply optimization, negotiations, contracts

  • Asia-Pacific Regional Supply Planning - Project Engineer at L'Oréal Asia-Pacific
    2011 - 2011 · Less than a year

    - "Market Supply Logistics"​ = Regional Demand & Supply Planner: Consolidated and Analyzed Asian countries supply plan (12 months) to manage their international logistics, plants production plan and distribution centers stock, Managed catalogue logistic parameters, Coordinated new launches with Marketing - Project Coordinator/Key-User: ERP Implementation ► Organized and Supervised workshops for Unit Tests, Process definition, Flow Tests, Data analysis, User Guides, Training, Issues Follow-up, Improvement Requests, System Dry-Run: Led a team of 3 managers, Representative for meetings with consultants and other departments - Asian-scope Project Leader: Supply Chain Sharepoint Portal implementation, Forecast analysis improvement, Subcontracting logistics process amelioration via Excel macros

  • Customer Supply Logistics Junior Manager at Procter & Gamble
    2010 - 2010 · Less than a year

    - Managed VMI (Vendor-Managed Inventory) operations for customer portfolio: directly supplied 6 customer warehouses from P&G DCs ► KPIs above target (>99% service level, <20 days inventory level), Managed new launches and communication with customer account managers - Established monthly and weekly demand forecasts, Analyzed products availability, promotional & seasonal sales - Defined optimized processes for SAP Go-Live implementation to track shipments and coverage efficiently, Developed Excel reporting tools from SAP via VBA macros, Trained all the department