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Description

Specialized in strategic and operational purchasing. 🚀

With over 15 years of experience in various sectors – distribution, automotive, tourism, catering, hospitality, import – I have had the opportunity to build a rich career within diverse structures: family holdings, LBO companies, multiple shareholdings, SMEs, and large groups.

Today, I put this expertise at the service of your challenges. 🎯

My conviction: purchasing is a strategic lever that is too often underutilized. 💡

What defines me:

• Natural, motivating, and collaborative leadership 🤝

• A results-oriented culture and value creation 📈

• Ability to structure and evolve an organization 🧩

• Strong agility in the face of change, always action-oriented ⚡

As a committed business partner, I have always worked hand-in-hand with general management, finance, technical, HR, marketing departments… to make purchasing a strategic player, a direct contributor to the company's performance. ✅

My approach?

Concrete, results-oriented, and human.

I enjoy complex environments, challenges to overcome, and I deeply believe in the strength of the collective and the impact of a well-thought-out and well-integrated purchasing function.

Each mission, each action must generate a concrete and measurable impact.

In a constantly evolving world, purchasing departments must anticipate and quickly adapt to major transformations:

🌱 Decarbonization

⚖️ CS3D Directive

🤖 Artificial intelligence

…and many other challenges.

As key players, we have the responsibility to respond to these challenges with agility and strategy.

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AAK CONSULTING offers:

• Purchasing transition management ⏳

• Definition of purchasing strategy & roadmap 📍

• Temporary operational support for purchasing teams 🛠️

• Rapid integration into a purchasing organization ⚙️

• Creation or structuring of a purchasing department 🏗️

• Recruitment of buyers 🔍

Industry field of expertise

Languages

French
Native or bilingual

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Paris (up to 50km), Lyon (up to 50km), Dijon (up to 50km), Auxerre (up to 50km)

Belambra
Purchasing Director
HOSPITALITY
January 2021 - January 2025 (4 years and 1 month)
Bourg-la-Reine, France
Context and objectives:Belambra Clubs, a major player in tourism with150 holiday villages and residences**, welcomes over **400,000 customersannually, serves4.2 million meals**, totals **2.4 million overnight stays**, and manages a park of **66,184 beds across 12,872 accommodations**. The purchasing scope covers all company needs, in conjunction with nearly **2,000 suppliers.

In a dynamic of **profound company transformation and brand repositioning**, Belambra initiated a strategy to modernize its operations and strengthen its competitiveness. It is in this context that I joined the **Purchasing Department**, with the mission to **accelerate the transformation of the purchasing function**, optimize supplier performance, professionalize processes, and contribute to the brand's renewed image.
A team of 9 people**, covering a purchasing volume of several hundred million euros, across all scopes (food, accommodation, services, works, equipment...). I also **managed the integration of two subsidiariesinto the **Belambra purchasing center**, thereby strengthening our negotiation power and operational efficiency.
Management of purchasing expenses for the Group.
Optimization and cost reduction in a highly inflationary context.
Management of strategic projects:creation of complex framework agreements with F&B suppliers (rebates, back margins, service provisions).
Responsible purchasing:Implementation of a CSR purchasing policy, CS3D.
Operational leadership:Responsible for the construction of 2 establishments (€94 million), coordination of stakeholders (legal, IT, operational departments).
Contractual expertise:Drafting and negotiation of framework agreements in collaboration with the legal department and law firms.
Alliance Automotive Group France
Trading Purchasing Director
January 2020 - December 2020 (1 year)
Levallois-Perret, France
Context and objectives:Alliance Automotive is a major player in the independent distribution of parts and supplies for the automotive repair market. 1100 sites in France / 1.2 billion euros in turnover. Subsidiary of the American Group GPC: 16 billion euros in turnover.
Management of a team of 4 people.
Management of trading purchases at the Group level.
Structuring of the purchasing function internationally.
Negotiation of European agreements with strategic suppliers.
Coordination of purchasing synergies with Canadian & US subsidiaries.
Deployment of KPIs, EDI, and purchasing IT tools.
Fraikin France
Purchasing Manager
TRANSPORTATION
January 2016 - December 2020 (5 years)
Colombes, France
**European leader in utility and industrial vehicle rental**, the company has a network of over 130 branches and maintenance workshops across France. It operates a fleet of over 60,000 vehicles and operates within an LBO financial framework.

Management of the Group's purchasing strategy:managing a team of 4 people and optimizing over€350 million in CAPEX/OPEX purchasesacross about ten key categories (temporary work, consumables, fleet, security, cleaning, intellectual services, works, CAPEX, etc.). Implementation ofKPIs**, dematerialization of processes (orders, invoices), management tools (SLAs, TCO), **supplier panel rationalization**, contracting. Close collaboration with branches, business departments, **Management Committee & Executive Committee. Savings achieved: up to 12%.