Francois-Xavier Alcazar

Purchasing Director

Belgium

About

I combine my passion for sourcing with an analytical problem solving approach to develop Purchasing Organisations performance through implementation of sourcing procedures and tools, teams members skills development, and Strategic contribution toward short / long term TCO improvements and innovation needs.

Experience

  • Purchasing Director at IBA

  • EMEA Sourcing Director at Bobcat EMEA

    Manage EMEA Strategic & new product development sourcing, covering 413M€ annual spend

  • Global Head of Procurement for Industry & Environment Sectors at John Cockerill 

  • Plant buyer, Spain at Magna Donnelly

  • Sourcing & Supply Chain Senior Manager at Bobcat EMEA

    Managed planning, warehouse, production preparation, master data coordination, expedition and new project development sourcing departments (35 employees and 160 operators)

  • Regional Category Manager - EMEA Purchasing at Bobcat EMEA

    Strategic Sourcing EMEA: Managed steel & weldments and hardware & trim categories for all EMEA sites. (4 buyers 51M€ spend)

  • Senior Buyer at Toyota Motor Europe

    Managed steel-based components, Steel raw material for EU Toyota sites + tier 1 consumption. Project buyer for new Vehicle development

  • Purchasing Coordinator- China at Magna Donnelly