Cristian Zomparelli

Managed a portfolio valued at approximately €90 million, with 20% allocated to HR services and 80% to the workforce. Responsibilities included contract negotiations, renewals, and tendering for services exceeding €250,000; building relationships with internal and external stakeholders; ensuring contractual commitments are in place and signed off; providing market data and local supplier segmentation; creating detailed budget and spend analysis; supporting regional strategic sourcing projects; local negotiation planning & execution; identifying savings opportunities across the portfolio (€1.8–€2.1 million annually).

Lead CM network providing operational support to ensure service and agility whilst landing the transformative innovations in cooperations with CM partners. Scoping and onboarding of new CMs to support growth opportunities and to drive and support performance improvement. Includes: lead management of key CM partners with monthly scorecards, interventions, and crisis resolution; end-to-end project management as the key link between internal and external project teams; supporting PC CM Strategy on vision, Make vs Buy, Reason to Buy, Segmentation; building capability across the PC CM team and global CM organization, sharing and implementing best practice procedures.

Created an optimized raw and packaging materials replenishment plan for a European/African factory. Aligned with production planners, vendors, and procurement. Portfolio comprised ~1,100 material codes across 120 vendors with a total spend of €12M. Activities included purchasing and planning of raw/pack materials for the ESEA region; leading regulatory changes; reviewing material parameters in SAP-APO for data consistency; inventory management and KPI reporting; cross-functional collaboration with R&D and HSE; lifecycle management and optimization of stock levels.