Erik Desormeaux

Lead procurement team for global tenders and projects aligning with divisional and group strategy. Design and implemented CO2 reduction roadmap across supply chain. Developed and managed short-, mid-, and long-term procurement goals. Strengthened key suppliers relationships and mitigated supply chain risks.

Lead procurement team for global tenders and projects aligning with divisional and group strategy. Design and implemented CO2 reduction roadmap across supply chain. Developed and managed short-, mid-, and long-term procurement goals. Strengthened key suppliers relationships and mitigated supply chain risks.

Lead the procurement team and activities for bids, projects, and operations. Responsible for leading all global procurement efforts to efficiently and effectively enable spend owners such as business units and functional partners. Maximizing the value receiving from our partners to meet our objectives. Lead centralized direct and indirect sourcing and procurement efforts. Managing internal stakeholder initial need identification to final goods or service delivery. Applying knowledge and expertise to assist the local business units in strategy development, tender execution, contract negotiation and supplier performance evaluation

Build and led global sourcing & procurement strategies for direct and indirect spend. Implemented sustainability-driven supply strategies and ERP best practices. Managed procurement crisis (Covid & Ukraine war) and €80M outsourcing initiatives (UK & Norway). Established a Procurement Center of Excellence (COE) transforming the value chain. Implementation of one customer voice towards our supply base throughout all our manufacturing plants.

Delivered comprehensive cost reduction programs and supplier performance framework. Established successful low-cost country sourcing solutions and maximised LCCS spend to improve bid success rates. Oversaw supplier and vendor performance, steering negotiations and annual plan objectives, and driving procurement improvements. Enhanced China JV's sourcing board, improving procurement strategies for projects and bids. Key achievements I attained during my role: ✓ Established low cost country sourcing opportunities/solutions (CN, MY, IN, VT, TH) on existing and new projects. ✓ Attained all cost, volume, and financial KPIs by identifying and capitalising new opportunities. ✓ Steered supplier and vendor performance management system for strategic sourcing. ✓ Managed supply contract negotiations and devised annual plan objectives accordingly.

Led an engineering team to develop Chinese supply base to fulfill Bombardier worldwide requests

Envisioned and executed sourcing and localizing parts for Chinese and Italian factories to optimize operations. Devised and adapted sourcing strategies to align with fluctuating market conditions. Implemented procurement concepts and processes, integrating methodologies such as BSC, 5why's, RCCM, and TCO. Enhanced operating margin and reduced manufacturing waste via Six Sigma tools, improving products and processes. Key achievements I attained during my role: ✓ Formulated plans for new products and revenue growth. ✓ Increased operating margin, minimised operating and manufacturing waste via Six Sigma tools to improve current products and processes. ✓ Liaised between company personnel and supplier representatives.

Envisioned and executed sourcing and localizing parts for Chinese and Italian factories to optimize operations. Devised and adapted sourcing strategies to align with fluctuating market conditions. Implemented procurement concepts and processes, integrating methodologies such as BSC, 5why's, RCCM, and TCO. Enhanced operating margin and reduced manufacturing waste via Six Sigma tools, improving products and processes.

Member of Vestas China leadership team and Vice President sourcing Asia (China & India). Responsible for Nacelle China cost & intiatives Core leadership team member, responsible for APAC sourcing Strategy. Secured key supply contract for BOM & Capex across the region. Collaborated with key partners to increase business penetration.

Responsible for systems project purchasing in Europe, Asia Pac and Americas Integrate procurement into the bid process. Increased SPX bid winning ratio from 25% to 56%

Led all project purchasing.

Deliver and negotiate BIC GTC’s, STC’s, ROP, ensuring zero discontinuity within TXT manufacturing processes and multiple locations throughout Europe