Freelancer profile translated to English.

Description

Head of Fractional Purchasing & Supply Chain for SMEs and Mid-sized companies

Expert in international sourcing, purchasing, and import-export, I assist companies in identifying high-performing suppliers, negotiating advantageous purchasing conditions, and securing purchases.

I help SMEs and Mid-sized companies optimize their purchasing, their suppliers, and their logistics flows to reduce their costs, secure their supplies, and improve their operational performance.

With 15 years of experience in purchasing, import-export, and sales administration, I am involved in both strategic missions and operational issues.

I identify reliable suppliers, negotiate the best commercial terms, and secure your supplies in France and internationally.

I have therefore developed operational expertise in demanding sectors such as aeronautics, international logistics, and luxury.

My goal is simple: to enable my clients to save time, reduce their purchasing costs, limit supplier risks, and improve their operational performance.

I am involved in the entire process:

• Analysis of purchasing needs

• Sourcing and qualification of suppliers in France and internationally

• Sourcing from Europe, Asia, and other regions depending on projects

• Consultation and competitive bidding

• Negotiation of prices, deadlines, and commercial terms

• Supply management

• Import-export coordination

• Logistics and documentary follow-up

• Customs procedures management

Why work with me?

✓ Reduce your purchasing costs through an effective sourcing strategy

✓ Quickly find reliable and qualified suppliers

✓ Secure your supplies and limit risks

Pragmatic and results-oriented, I favor concrete and adapted solutions with packaged offers.

Industry field of expertise

Languages

English
Native or bilingual
Arabic
Fluent
Spanish
Conversational

Workplace preferences

Remote only

Primarily works remotely

Bolloré Logistics puis CEVA Logistics
Customer Operational Support / Luxury Import Service
LUXURY GOODS
June 2024 - Today (2 years and 1 month)
Roissy-en-France, France
• - Versatility and management of import files for renowned clients in the Luxury sector
• - Operational monitoring: customs anomalies, delivery emergencies, customer complaints
• - Responding to client requirements with politeness and empathy.
• - Responsiveness in case of peak season or urgent needs (showcases, specific project launches)
• - Maintenance of KPIs and data quality on managed flows.
• - Close collaboration with the sales department (quote tracking, client approach, and file invoicing)
• - Mastery of CROSS flows (Air & Rail)
• - Implementation of customs code tables
• - Updating and developing SOPs,
UUDS AERO
Customer Support Manager
AVIATION AND AEROSPACE
January 2019 - December 2023 (4 years and 11 months)
Roissy-en-France, France
• - Monitoring of aeronautical parts manufacturing orders, invoicing (between €1.5M and €2M /month)
• - Response and follow-up of AOG requests
• - Site visits to manufacturing workshops for stock updates and part number needs.
• - Updating and verifying used customs codes
• - Finalizing material purchases and calculating prices (margin, volumes, and profitability)
• - Management of two Sales Administration assistants under my responsibility.
Stock Event
Import Manager
IMPORT AND EXPORT
June 2013 - December 2018 (5 years and 6 months)
Mitry-Mory, France
• - Negotiation of pricing, commercial, and logistics terms
• - Bulk purchasing and sales
• - Site visits to European manufacturers.
• - Placing and monitoring supplier orders
• - Finalizing purchases and calculating cost and selling prices
• - Control of costs, deadlines, quality, and volumes.
• - Global management in English of professional events (European stock clearance trade shows: Netherlands, Germany, Spain…).
• - Responsible for air, sea, and road freight and express courier orders.
• - Development of commercial opportunities in North Africa and overseas departments and territories (Algeria and Tunisia)
• - Recruitment and management of employees (administrative and commercial)
• - Development of the weekly schedule for work-study students in Bachelor's degree programs
• - Weekly provisional budget forecasts.
• - Validation and control of prospecting to be carried out
• - Monthly analysis and reporting of sales and purchases made.
• - Monitoring product profitability and margins achieved.
• - Export invoicing (Letters of Credit, customs legislative documents…)