Ivy Senne

Cecilia Senne is an accomplished procurement professional with over 20 years of experience in category management, strategic sourcing, and procurement leadership. She has extensive expertise in managing high-value procurement categories, developing and implementing cost-saving strategies, and building strong supplier relationships. Cecilia’s experience spans various industries, including automotive, manufacturing, and logistics, aligning well with Organization's ’s need to streamline procurement workflows, improve supplier management, and achieve cost reductions. Her expertise in driving procurement transformation, optimising supplier portfolios, and delivering substantial savings positions her as an ideal candidate for the Category Manager role at your organization.

Head of Procurement at Bombardier developed, implemented, and maintained best practices (implement and report on monthly/weekly procurement KPIs). established a supplier advisory center at Bombardier.
Optimization of supply chain processes.
• Drive the continuous optimization of . procurement (includes elimination of waste and reduction of TCO).
• optimization of supply chain processes. Innovative inventory management solutions. Enterprise and supplier development. 
• System integration, including development of procurement policies and procedures. Maintain the master data and vendor master data through the implementation of e-procurement. 
Contract formulation, contract negotiation, and contract management thereof. 
• Increase shareholder value through global and regional strategic sourcing and contract management strategies.
• Supplier Performance Management. 

Supplier development and BBBEE imperatives ensure that the objectives of preferential procurement under DTI legislation are achieved annually.
• Market and Cost Analysis, including cost savings and price analysis, benchmarking, and budget control 
• Supplier risk assessment and mitigation. 
• Tender management, including preparation of bid documents and evaluation of tender documents. 
• Communicate, negotiate, and own the relationship with internal stakeholders and suppliers.
• Project management support activities in construction (Dept of Public Works), rail/including gauge bid (Dept of Transport), automotive, technical or engineering design changes, and other disciplines.

National Diploma in Logistics and Supply Chain Management@University of Johannesburg@2006@Bachelor in Library & Information Science@University of the Western Cape@1998@National Diploma in Library & Information Science@University of the Western Cape@1996@Matric@BP Star School@1992@