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Senior consultant specialized in purchasing, information systems, and digital transformation, with 16 years of experience in purchasing management, complex project management, and change management.
I offer a rare dual expertise: solid business expertise in purchasing strategy acquired in major retail groups and operational mastery of IT transformation projects in the purchasing domain.
This complementarity allows me to act as a facilitator between business teams, IT departments, and solution providers, in order to align functional needs, tools, and business objectives.
💼 My current missions:
– Facilitating business needs gathering workshops
– Writing User Stories
– Active participation in Agile structuring and piloting:
→ Run monitoring committees
→ Backlog refinement / grooming sessions
→ Inter-team synchronization points
→ Feedback (REX)
– Business process modeling
– MOA / PO / development team coordination
– User support (acceptance testing, support, change management)
🛠 Key skills:
– Purchasing & commercial negotiations
– Category Management
– Purchasing process optimization
– Cost reduction & performance management
– Digital transformation
– Purchasing information systems
– Agile methodology
– Transition management
– MOA/MOE coordination
– Cross-functional team facilitation
– Retail / GSA / GSS / CHR environments
🌍 Bilingual (French, English) and trained in international trade, I have supported transformation and optimization projects for major groups in the retail sector, with measurable and sustainable results.
🚀 My motivation? To leverage my business expertise to enhance purchasing performance and drive digital transformation in purchasing organizations.
Sincerely,
Jean-Robert Desveaux
French
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
Can work on-site
Paris (up to 50km), Nantes (up to 30km), Rennes (up to 30km), France (up to 10km)
Experience
- ConfidentielIT Project Management Assistance - Purchasing SystemsRETAIL (LARGE RETAILERS)October 2024 - Today (1 year and 8 months)Purchasing business expert on the commercial negotiation management ERP- Definition and execution of test scenarios- Close collaboration with the Product Owner- Technical support for development teams- Communication and coordination- Solution configuration and management- Process modeling and analysis- Technical support and training
- IntermarchéTransition ManagerRETAIL (LARGE RETAILERS)August 2022 - April 2024 (1 year and 8 months)Paris, France- Mission: Support the non-food purchasing department in transforming its commercial strategy and organization- Scope: Stationery & Toys- Responsibilities: Supplier agreement negotiation, promotion negotiation, back-to-school collection planning and management, private label tender launches, management and training of new hires: senior and experienced managers- Project: Lead and then non-food referent for the Leisure/Culture category for the new negotiation toolSkills: Commercial Strategy · Purchasing Management · Customer Experience · Change Management · Transition Management · Business Strategy · Food Retail · Business Development · Supplier Negotiations · Management · Negotiations · Merchandise Planning
- JRD CONSULTINGPurchasing Consultant | Marketing | Category ManagementCONSULTING AND AUDITSJune 2022 - Today (4 years)Île-de-France, FranceConsultant | Retail | Mass Market | Specialty Retail | Hotels, Restaurants, Catering (HRC)- Purchasing- Negotiation- Category Management- Transition Management
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Education
- Master 2, International Management and CommerceINSEEC2008"Master 2", Management et Commerce International
- Vocational Aptitude Certificate, General Cuisine and Related Culinary ArtsL'Ecole Des Pros2017Certificat d'Aptitude Professionnelle, Cuisine et arts culinaires apparentés, général