Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
I lead indirect procurement and strategic sourcing across EMEA for lululemon, a $250M+ portfolio spanning Technology, Marketing, Store Development, Facilities and Packaging. My job is to turn that spend into measurable value: lower total cost of ownership, stronger commercial terms, and reduced supply and contractual risk. My foundation is Technology category management (cloud, SaaS, hardware and professional services), building category strategies from market analysis through negotiation and award. I'm a subject-matter expert in Workday Procurement and Ivalua, having led enterprise-wide S2P implementations, so I'm as comfortable on the systems and process design as on the commercials. Across nine years in France, Canada and EMEA I've delivered $3.6M in savings on a $36M IT category, consolidated a supplier base by 30%. I work with VP+ stakeholders as a trusted advisor rather than an order-taker, bringing the market intelligence and should-cost logic that helps the business make better buying decisions. What I'm known for: turning fragmented, tactical spend into governed category strategies; negotiating hard without burning supplier relationships; and making procurement a function the business actually wants in the room. I work natively in French and English with working Spanish, which matters across EMEA, and I hold a CIPS-accredited MSc in Purchasing & Innovation and a CIPS Ethical Procurement & Supply certification, so sustainable and ethical sourcing are built into how I shape strategy, not bolted on. I care about building procurement that's commercially sharp, well-governed, and genuinely trusted, and I want to do that at greater scale.
- Own indirect procurement strategy across EMEA for a $250M+ portfolio (Technology, Marketing, Store Development, Facilities, Packaging), partnering with Global Procurement and VP-level stakeholders to align sourcing with business goals and de-risk supply: $5,5M saved - Ran competitive RFx end-to-end across multiple parallel categories — market analysis, supplier evaluation, negotiation & award - Drove value beyond price through TCO and should-cost analysis, partnering with Legal to negotiate and govern contracts [$100M contract value] with stronger terms and lower commercial risk. - Positioned procurement as a trusted advisor to Marketing, Technology, Corporate Services, Store Development/IFM and SCM leadership, embedding category strategy into business planning.
- Led lululemon's global Technology category strategy (cloud, SaaS, hardware, professional services) across a $230M portfolio, owning sourcing end-to-end from market analysis through negotiation and award. - Delivered $2.2M in negotiated savings across 30 portfolio projects (FY25), building on $1.4M across 20 projects (FY24), and met the Technology team's savings mandate. - Led complex enterprise negotiations and renewals (workforce management with Microsoft, Zscaler, JAMF, Salesforce, Rithum), integrating commercial, security/privacy and alternative-vendor analysis into a single approach, and reshaping pricing constructs (e.g. GMV to NMV) to cut cost exposure in high-markup European markets. - Standardized negotiation levers and "MSA-first" contracting governance now reused across the function, and tightened contract hygiene and renewal-pipeline discipline through Conga governance and FP&A-aligned portfolio gate approvals. - Built the team's data-driven credibility through spend and contract analytics (Spend Cube, Portfolio Insights, Coupa Sourcing on all major RFx) and led market-intelligence pilots (BEROE, CB Insights). - Embedded risk and supplier diversity earlier in sourcing: linked SRM to Third-Party Risk Management (RDD/TPRM) on strategic renewals, and grew Tier 1 diverse spend 10% ($29M to $32M).-
- Led and developed a team of 4 across procurement and supply-chain planning, reporting to the Director of Procurement: set the planning and sourcing-logistics agenda, coached the team's capability, and owned demand-management and supply-continuity performance. - Drove a 50% supplier consolidation, restructuring the supply base to cut management overhead and unlock scale savings through cross-BU synergies and contract renegotiation. - Reduced working capital and supply risk by redesigning demand planning, building inventory and supply KPIs, and standardizing item-creation and asset-disposition processes — improving forecast accuracy and removing stock-outs. - Established demand-management governance with internal and external stakeholders and partnered with strategic buyers to secure contract coverage on critical products, hardening supply continuity.
- Owned the $36M+ global IT category (multi-BU), accountable for category strategy, governance, and savings sign-offs. - Delivered $3.6M in cost savings across IT categories through category strategy, strategic sourcing, and complex supplier negotiations. - Built IT category and sourcing strategies that balanced business need, commercial risk, and supply-market capability to determine the route to maximum value. - Applied global contracting standards with robust terms managing Cogeco's service-delivery and commercial risk; established supplier SLAs and performance checkpoints with vendor managers.
Workday Procurement - SME - Subject Matter Expert for the implementation of the new Workday ERP for Cogeco Connexion - Definition of Procurement Workbook and Business Processes - Validation of import data from previous ERP (Open Purchase Orders, Procurement Items and Supplier Contracts) - Coordination and Validation of Unit Testing / Use cases scenarios - Creation of Training Material and Documentation - Live Training and Formation to Power and Key Users
As a KLB Group consultant placed at Cogeco, acted as strategic buyer for a 30M$ Access Network & IT portfolio (fiber optics, coaxial, power supply, plus hardware/software): ran multi-subsidiary tenders, negotiated supplier agreements, and consolidated strategic spend across subsidiaries.
- Managed a 25M€ IT and business-services portfolio across France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg (BeNeLux), running sourcing end-to-end from specification through supplier evaluation, selection and contract negotiation. - Rationalized the IT and business-services supplier base and implemented sourcing strategies that delivered savings and process improvement across the region. - Supported wider EMEA sourcing files, building cross-border procurement experience across multiple European markets.
Tools and Home Improvement Department : - Development of the Openings and Closures Department (Doors, Garage Door, Windows...) - Sourcing and Negotiation with Suppliers - Contractualisation of Framework Agreements - Establishment and management of product ranges - Product Referencing and SEO - Business intelligence and analysis of market study - Follow-up and analysis of brands and products - Development and Presentation of marketing campaigns to suppliers