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Philippe LefebvrePL

Philippe Lefebvre

Group Purchasing Director

€1,000/day
Paris, FR
15+ years
Supplier Negotiations
Purchasing Strategy
Implementation of Savings Plan
Development of Strategic Partnerships

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Philippe

Creation or transformation of the purchasing function in multicultural environments - Establishment of key partnerships with strategic suppliers - Definition and monitoring of management tools - Confirmed experience in direct, indirect, and trading purchasing management

  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Native or bilingual

Can work on-site
Paris (up to 50km), Toulouse (up to 20km), Bordeaux (up to 20km), Lille (up to 10km), Lyon (up to 10km)

Experience

  • CinemaNext S.A.
    Group Purchasing Director
    FILM AND AV
    January 2019 - March 2025 (6 years and 2 months)
    Liege, Belgium
    • Restructures and leads the purchasing team through successive crises (Covid, component shortages, transport costs).
    • Manages a trading purchasing budget of €37 million across categories: Image, Sound, IT, and Furnishings.
    • Develops commercial relationships with our strategic suppliers and establishes framework agreements to optimize our purchasing costs (-5% on average) and delivery and payment terms.
    • Defines purchasing activity monitoring indicators and proactive management of purchasing forecasts based on sales analysis, purchasing history, and stock.
    • As part of an ERP change, simplifies product and service accessibility by implementing a new categorization and participates in the launch of an online sales platform for our stocked products.
    Purchasing Strategy Change Management
  • YMAGIS (Eclair / CinemaNext / Illucity)
    Purchasing Director
    January 2017 - January 2019 (2 years)
    Paris, France
    • Creates the group's purchasing department.
    • Leads and coordinates the purchasing for three entities within the group, covering direct, indirect, and trading purchases.
    • Manages 5 relocations, including the associated workspace fit-out for various activities (office, logistics, technical). Adheres to tight schedules and budgets.
  • PMU
    Purchasing, Logistics, and Real Estate Department
    January 2006 - January 2017 (11 years)
    Paris, France
    • Manages a department of 40 people, responsible for a budget of €230 million.
    • Implements purchasing processes (Category Management, reporting, dynamic supplier base management) and generates over 12% annual savings on one-third of the purchasing budget.
    • Repositions Purchasing in major company projects: New visual identity, change of betting terminal fleet, diversification (sports betting and poker).
    • Renegotiates leases for the company's main sites.
    • Exercises site manager responsibilities. Chairs the Health, Safety, and Working Conditions Committee (CHSCT) and participates in the Works Council (CE).
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Education

  • Doctoral School, Research Master
    PARIS 1 PANTHEON-SORBONNE UNIVERSITY/HEC PARIS
    2013
    Ecole Doctorale, Master de Recherche
  • Business Administration
    Babson Graduate School of Business
    1992
    Master of Business Administration (MBA)
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Skill set

Change Management
Performance Measurement
Team Management
Multicultural Management

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