Work Placement Summary

Employer description

My work placement took place in Paris within the purchasing team of a company called XXXX. XX is one of the largest facility service providers in France. The Company operates in 83 countries and employs more than 40.000 people in France alone and has over 200 agencies spread nationwide The Company’s portfolio of activities comprises: - Cleaning - Landscaping - Property services - Support services - Facility services

Date of placement

From the 17th of January to the 18th of July 2011 on a full time basis.

Description of the placement

XXX Purchasing structure was established in 2009 which makes it a very young structure in comparison with the company 21 years of operating in France. The recent creation of the purchasing department in the company inducts the fact there was no cost control for over 75% of the commodities. I was recruited to support two purchasing managers for the landscaping and property services divisions in their day to day business activities. During the placement, I was given the opportunity to deal with both indirect and direct cost which made my placement complete and very interesting.

Duties Performed

During my placement I was given a various ranges of duties to perform. My placement was thus broken down as followed:
Organisational tasks
For this part of my work, my main task was to assist the Property services purchasing manager in the standardization of the planning and supply process for all XXX divisions. The aim of the project was to put the ordering procedure under control by: - Harmonizing the supply process - Setting up a frame within which internal users in agencies could order the good product, from the good supplier and at the right price - Setting up a support desk to deal with agencies daily queries regarding their orders - Elaborating a reporting system based on reliable data.

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