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Claire Girbal

Transition Manager - Purchasing Director

€1,200/day
Paris, FR
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Claire

Recognized for my ability to structure and implement purchasing strategies and processes, I have been supporting major national and international groups such as Veolia, Publicis Groupe, and Abbvie for twenty years in the creation and/or restructuring of their purchasing departments.

My adaptability, strong interpersonal skills, and leadership allow me to integrate very quickly into any type of organization and successfully complete the transition management assignments entrusted to me.

Known for my dynamic temperament, my clients appreciate my values, my frankness, and my determination to achieve my goals by investing myself fully in my work, which is a real passion for me.

I now offer companies various complementary skills and expertise in Transition Management, Audit, and Consulting:
- Purchasing Director Expertise: Department creation / structuring / procedure implementation / training / improvement and measurement of overall performance
- Transition Management: Development and implementation of transformation plans / team management
- Audit: Purchasing process audit / financial performance audit / contract audit
- Consulting: Spend optimization / purchasing strategy development / opportunity studies / purchasing projects
  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

  • German

    Fluent

Can work on-site
Paris (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Servier
    Interim Manager - Head of Indirect Procurement Mobility Professional Services Real Estate
    PHARMACEUTICALS INDUSTRY
    February 2026 - Today (4 months)
    • Restructuring of the scope for the implementation of a new organization (diagnosis and proposal of the transformation plan)
    • Management of a portfolio of +€350M
    • Management of an internal team & consultants
  • Servier
    Project Director - Carve out Biogaran
    PHARMACEUTICALS INDUSTRY
    November 2025 - February 2026 (3 months)
    Suresnes, France
    • Purchasing management: contract mapping, management of supplier transfers/renegotiations and securing business continuity
    • Implementation of purchasing autonomy: support in defining processes, selecting tools (P2P / ERP) and structuring the new organization.
    • Transverse coordination: interface with legal, finance, IT, human resources, supply chain, risk management and project management reporting
    Carve-out Project Management
  • SANOFI
    SANOFI | Business Partner Digital, Global Manufacturing and Supply
    PHARMACEUTICALS INDUSTRY
    February 2025 - Today (1 year and 4 months)
    Gentilly, France
    - Strategic direction of purchasing digital partnerships and projects
    - Development of the 2026-2028 roadmap for 15 countries
    - Management of the Global Lead Buyers team
    Team Management

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Education

  • Master's degree, Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management
    KEDGE Business School
    2000
    Master's degree, Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management

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