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Arnaud Valentin

Industrial Buyer · Ex-CPO · Sourcing & Import

€645/day
Lyon, FR
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Arnaud

Tuesday 8 am. It's already been 4 weeks since you've been managing this critical purchase, the one that impacts your production, your profit margin, your credibility. And nothing is going as planned. Yet, you thought it would be easy, "no reason I shouldn't succeed." You've just been hit with 4 or 5 reasons.

That's where I come in.

7th in the Top 200 Procurement France (Favikon 2026)
4.9/5 on Google
+200 procurement missions managed in an industrial environment

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Are you in one of these situations?
▪ You need to source and qualify strategic suppliers in France or internationally
▪ You want to secure your import from A to Z
▪ Your purchasing project is derailing: costs are increasing, deadlines are slipping, quality is no longer controlled
▪ Your team doesn't have the bandwidth to absorb an additional subject

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Some recent missions:
▪ EDF: qualification of 7 integrators for a remote-controlled robot in < 60 days
▪ CactUs Lock (industrial SME): production continuity ensured with specific stainless steel tubes delivered in 45 days
▪ MTI (industrial SME): -8% savings achieved on the purchase of steel profiles
▪ BUP (industrial VSE): securing the launch of a new product in 90 days

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How I work:
First discussion to understand your context.
Then: Scoping → Sourcing & qualification → Negotiation → Production and logistics management → Conforming reception → Handover.
Intervention from 45 to 90 days, fixed-price mission. You stay focused on your business.

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Supplier network available (Europe, Asia)
Proven operational method
One objective: controlled costs, conforming quality, met deadlines.
  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

  • Spanish

    Conversational

  • Arabic

    Conversational

Remote only
Primarily works remotely

Experience

  • ProKer
    Founder & Industrial Buyer
    July 2025 - Today (11 months)
    I managed the purchasing and operations of a mid-sized company for 5 years.
    I know what it's like to have ambitious goals and limited resources.

    That's why I created ProKer, after seeing too many industrial companies fail to achieve their objectives, lose margin, not due to a lack of vision, but because of approximate purchasing execution.

    The goal is to provide support like I would have wanted: efficient, autonomous, and "cost-effective".

    ProKer is here for that. To bring the entire project to fruition, without approximations, and then withdraw once the subject is secured, handing over a controlled and fully exploitable situation for the company.

    In the meantime, management stays focused on the essentials: running their business and growth.
    Supplier Sourcing Supplier Audit Logistics Management
  • EPSA MarketPlace
    Purchasing & Technical Operations Director
    January 2020 - July 2025 (5 years and 6 months)
    Lyon, France
    "Arnaud, we have a new challenge for you."
    That's what the CEO told me.

    After creating and growing an international business unit with €20 million in revenue, my results in Technical Operations convinced management to give me an expanded scope: Purchasing, while retaining my initial mission.

    I then took on a dual role, still reporting directly to the CEO and a member of the management committee:

    On the Technical Operations side: continued strategic management of the BU, managing 30 people worldwide.

    On the Purchasing side: taking charge of a global portfolio of +€200 million, creating a new organization with a team of 10 experts in France, implementing a strategy, tactics, and KPIs for every euro spent.

    Measured impact:
    ▪︎ +17% gross margin
    ▪︎ +12% direct cost margin
    ▪︎ 5% purchasing savings
    ▪︎ Top 3 in Europe in the sector
    ▪︎ 97% customer satisfaction

    In summary: structure, mobilize, deliver.
    From an initial mission in Technical Operations to expanded responsibility in Purchasing, a single guiding principle: develop performance and grow teams.
  • Epsa MarketPlace
    Purchasing Consultant
    January 2019 - January 2020 (1 year)
    Lyon, France
    Every mission begins with an on-site immersion in an industrial setting.
    Objective: transform the purchasing act into a performance lever.

    I manage the entire process for my clients:
    ▪︎ Audit of the current situation and definition of purchasing strategy
    ▪︎ Segmentation and supplier panel creation
    ▪︎ Tendering, offer analysis, and negotiation
    ▪︎ Support for contracting, reporting, and deployment of best practices
    ▪︎ Competitive intelligence and innovation scouting
    ▪︎ On-site support for advice and operational monitoring

    Measured impact:
    ▪︎ Measured and recurring customer satisfaction
    ▪︎ Optimized purchasing processes
    ▪︎ 9% savings on purchases
    ▪︎ Secured supplies

    In summary: from diagnosis to implementation, I deliver measurable savings and a strengthened supply chain.

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Education

  • MS International Purchasing Management & Innovation
    KEDGE Business School
    2019
    MS Management des Achats Internationaux & Innovation
  • MSc International Purchasing and Logistics
    INSEEC
    2016
    MSc Achats Internationaux et Logistique

Certifications

  • Road Haulage Operator's License
    DREAL
  • Freight Forwarder's License
    DREAL

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