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Serge Canaple

Supermalter

Expert International Supply Chain & Purchasing

€1,350/day
10 projects
Paris, FR
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Serge

✅ Expert Supply Chain and Purchasing with over 30 years of experience (industrial & distribution sector), I am available to assist you in optimizing your company's supply chain (supply chain structuring, project implementation (e.g., S&OP), supply chain tool implementation, team management, etc.) or project management.
✅ Trilingual in French, English, and German 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 🇩🇪

My expertise:
 Knowledge of various sectors:
Cosmetics, Chemicals, IT, Telecom, Electronics, Semiconductors, FMCG (Wines & Spirits) & Retail, and Industry.

 Team Management:
Up to 350 people across multiple sites/countries, at an international level

 Project Management:
- Implementation of supply chain strategy in an international environment (creation or optimization of structures)
- Implementation of S&OP processes
- Optimization of logistics flows between various continents & associated transport contracts
- Centralization of group-level purchasing/procurement
- Cost reduction / KPI management / Reporting
- Creation of warehouses, transfers between sites, distribution network optimization
- Strong IT skills: implementation of ERPs (Microsoft Dynamics, Cegid), MRPs (JDE, ORTEMS), APS (Manugistics), WMS (Baan), Demand Planning (FuturMaster and Logility)).

🔗 See you soon. 📧📱
  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

  • German

    Fluent

Can work on-site
Paris (up to 50km), Lyon (up to 30km), Lille (up to 30km), Nantes (up to 30km), Bordeaux (up to 30km)

Experience

  • Cosmétiques
    Supply Chain Director (Interim Management)
    HEALTH AND WELLNESS
    January 2026 - Today (5 months)
    Paris, France
    Supply Chain Directorate(45 people)
    Production & subcontracting Planning
    Procurement
    Customer Service
    Logistics & Distribution
    S&OP & RCCP Implementation

    Cosmetics sector, in a highly reactive subcontracting environment, internationally.
    Reporting to the CEO & functionally to the Group Supply Chain Director.
    supply-chain-management procurement Production Planning S&OP Team Management
  • Confidentiel
    Supply Chain Director (Interim Management)
    WINE AND SPIRITS
    July 2025 - January 2026 (6 months)
    Paris, France
    Company in the non-alcoholic sparkling wine sector.
    Supply Chain Director (including production)
    Purchasing-Procurement-Production Planning-Production Monitoring - Creation of packaging with marketing - Customer Order Management (B2B & B2C), Logistics & copacking - Worldwide transport with US, Australia,... subsidiaries & distributors.
    supply-chain-management Logistics Chain Management Production Management Planning
  • OVHcloud Paris
    Malt logoOn Malt
    Global Supply Chain Director (Interim Manager)
    TECH
    August 2024 - April 2025 (8 months)
    Croix, France
    Note: Initial mission from August to December, extended until the end of April 2025

    Mission Description:
    Following the departure of the previous Group Supply Chain Director, the team had been without a manager for several months. It was necessary to take back leadership of the teams (40 people across multiple sites in Paris/Lyon/Roubaix/Croix, and in Canada)

    - Global Supply Chain Management (forecasting, planning, production planning for 2 production sites in Croix & Beauharnois (Canada), procurement, inventory & stock management, customization, customer service, transport, distribution strategy across 43 data centers worldwide.
    - Optimization of the 460,000 server park
    - Participation & support of the ongoing transformation plan with an existing consulting firm.
    - Backlog management & customer order management (MTO).
    - Inventory Management (Inventory/Budget/E&O)
    - Improvement of IT tools
    - Ensuring optimal customer service
    - Reporting implementation

    Tools and software: SAP, TABLEAU, ANAPLAN
    Management: 40 people (across 5 sites / 2 countries – France & Canada)
    Supply Chain Management Supply Chain Optimization Customer Service Management Production Planning Digital Transformation

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Education

  • MASTER 2 - DESS Strategic Purchasing Management
    IAE Université Pierre Mendès France
    1996
    MASTER 2 - DESS Management Stratégique des Achats obtenu en formation continue
  • CYGMA - Procurement Management & Operations Cycle
    IAE Université Pierre Mendès France
    1995
    (CYGMA) - homologué Bac+4 obtenu en formation continue

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