Dario Maione

Sourcing Manager
Enthusiastic international procurement professional with 11 years of experience driven by continuous improvement and
committed to build long-term relationships through a natural collaborative mindset. Excellent team player thriving in cross-cultural
environments and in multi-disciplinary teams. Bilingual in French and Italian, with fluency in English. Experienced with supplier
sourcing and with mapping savings opportunities out. Achieved more than 1,5 million euros cost reductions.

mr.dario.maione@gmail.com +31 (0)648041109 Eindhoven, The Netherlands www.linkedin.com/in/dariomaione

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

BUFAB - Global Category Manager 04/2019 – Present

Sourcing of sheet metal products Category (€10M spends) Eindhoven
• Analyse Category requirements.
• Create Category sourcing strategy. Achievements
• Coordinate global strategy implementation. ✓ Achieved cost savings of €450K.
• Steer and coach Category team members. ✓ Initiated resourcing and negotiations worth €750K.
• Scout for potential new suppliers. ✓ Secured strategic suppliers with contracts.
• Audit new suppliers. ✓ Streamlined supplier base.
• Develop strategic suppliers. ✓ Created supplier knowledge database.
• Identify resourcing and negotiation projects.
• Drive main negotiations.
• Support escalations.

WÄRTSILÄ - Strategic Purchaser 12/2017 – 03/2019

Sourcing of gears, bearings, couplings, clutches (€6M spends) in Marine Solutions Drunen
• Define and implement sourcing strategy.
• Coordinate global and local sourcing activities. Achievements
• Develop long-term business relationships. ✓ Achieved cost savings of €182K.
• Involve internal stakeholders in business decisions. ✓ Ensured project on-time deliveries.
• Negotiate cost and lead-time reduction opportunities. ✓ Stabilized supplier relationships.
• Allocate supplier to meet projects requirements. ✓ Improved data accuracy in ERP system.
• Handle quality and deliveries issues’ escalations.
• Review supplier performance.
• Support new product developments.

VANDERLANDE - Senior Buyer 09/2013 – 10/2017

Initial and tactical procurement of mechatronics material (€50M spends)
• Define and implement Category plans.
• Select and manage suppliers.
• Forecast customers’ needs for product availability.
• Negotiate cost opportunities.
• Allocate projects to meet QLTC requirements.
• Ensure QLTC performance.
• Support new product introduction.
• Optimize drawings and database information.
• Handle operational procurement escalations.
Veghel
Achievements
✓ Achieved cost savings of €900K.
✓ Sourcing strategy of embedded controllers, cables,
and electrical components (€9M annual spends).
✓ Implemented agreements on Sourcing level.
✓ Enhanced QLTC for embedded controllers.
✓ Improved Products Life Cycle Management.

JOHNSON CONTROLS - EMEA Strategic Buyer 05/2011 – 04/2013

Sourcing of fire suppression and security products (€11M spends)
• Define and implement corporate strategies.
• Build and maintain effective supplier relationships.
• Draw-up contracts improving terms and conditions.
• Negotiate cost reductions.
• Review supplier performance.
• Secure supply with alternative sources.
• Support day-to-day tactical purchasing activities.
• Liaise with product management to meet customers’
needs.
Echt
Achievements
✓ Met individual and team targets.
✓ Saved €320K and avoided €27K cost increases.
✓ Improved company’s working capital by €420K.
✓ Implemented contracts worth €4M.
✓ Took over a colleague’s job for 5 months dealing with
200 additional suppliers worth €4M annual spends.
 ACCENTURE - IT Helpdesk Agent 04/2010 – 01/2011
Technical support via phone and email for computer applications Dublin
✓ Achieved 75% SLA (target of 70%) and 4,3 clients’ satisfaction (target of 4/5).

PSA PEUGEOT CITROËN - Cost-Control Consultant (ALTEN) 01/2008 – 08/2009

Electronic parts cost-control (€25M spends) used in serial diesel engines Paris
• Manage cost-reduction projects.
• Schedule and complete projects milestones. Achievements
• Assess expenses of engine prototypes. ✓ Increased service profits with cost savings of €500K.
• Ensure prototypes budget control. ✓ Set up an Excel tool to track prototypes expenses.
• Report engine parts’ cost fluctuations. ✓ Upgraded the monitoring of cost fluctuations.
• Update the cost-control software. ✓ Enhanced the engine cost-control.
• Help the team to work with this software.

NAVAL GROUP - Industrial Buyer 09/2006 – 11/2007

Purchasing of tools, nuts, screws, seals, equipment overhaul Toulon / St Tropez
• Purchase assigned products.
• Negotiate prices and order products. Achievements
• Set up contracts and update ERP accordingly. ✓ Handled €1M purchasing budget.
• Buy others product families during peers’ leaves. ✓ Automatized industrial supplies ordering process.
• Train buyers for using the ERP. ✓ Achieved savings on the industrial supplies budget.
• Maintain KPI. ✓ Created KPI.
• Promote purchasing processes and tools. ✓ Improved ERP usage performance.
• Solve ERP issues and monitor them.

EDUCATION

2006 Master’s Degree 2002 Undergraduate Technical Diploma

Mechanics and Electronics Mechanics and Production
Major in Procurement Engineering Technical school IUT – Nimes, France
Engineering school INSA – Blois, France 2000 High school Diploma in Sciences – Arles, France

SKILLS

MS OFFICE LANGUAGES SOFT OTHERS

Excel French: Native Teamwork Analytical Business Objects, Power BI

Powerpoint Italian: Native Oracle, SAP, JD Edwards
Guiding Creative
Outlook English: Fluent Zoom, Skype for Business
Word Dutch: Basic Flexible Persistent Microsoft Teams, Slack

INTERESTS AND HOBBIES

Networking Basketball Acting

Self-Development Running Playing Mandolin
Music Swimming Travelling

REFERENCES

Available upon request.