Freelancer profile translated to English.

Description

Do you need to secure your supplies, control your costs, or structure your purchasing function in a demanding industrial environment?

I support pharmaceutical and industrial companies with their strategic purchasing challenges, with 21 years of experience at Sanofi.

> My goal: to help you make reliable purchasing decisions in complex and regulated contexts.

✔ Specifically, I focus on:

Securing critical supplies (APIs, excipients, packaging)

Reducing supplier risks

Optimizing costs on strategic portfolios

Managing tenders and supplier negotiations

Structuring and improving the purchasing function

✔ Types of assignments:

Audit & securing critical purchases

→ Rapid identification of supplier risks and optimization levers

→ Clear reporting with action plan

Operational purchasing support

Industrial and supply chain projects

Purchasing structuring

Interventions on strategic purchasing portfolios in an international environment, on critical supply and cost performance issues.

Rapid intervention, pragmatic and results-oriented approach.

📍 Based in Occitanie – available for remote work across France with occasional travel.

Industry field of expertise

Languages

French
Native or bilingual
English
Native or bilingual
Italian
Conversational
Spanish
Conversational

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Montpellier (up to 50km), Toulouse (up to 50km), Marseille (up to 50km), Lyon (up to 50km), Paris (up to 20km)

Consultante achats freelance
Purchasing Consultant
PHARMACEUTICALS INDUSTRY
April 2026 - Today (2 months)
Montpellier, France
Purchasing consultant with 21 years of experience at Sanofi, I support industrial and pharmaceutical companies with their critical challenges:

Securing strategic supplies
Reducing supplier risks
Optimizing costs on sensitive purchases
Structuring and ensuring the reliability of the purchasing function

> My role: securing purchasing decisions in complex and regulated environments.

Types of interventions:
Audit and securing of critical purchases
Cost optimization on strategic portfolios
Supplier risk management in a regulated environment
Operational purchasing support (industrial projects, tenders, negotiation)
Structuring and improvement of the purchasing function
Project Management Cross-functional Management Global Purchasing Strategy Pharmaceutical Regulatory Supply Chain / Logistics
Sanofi
Global Lead Buyer
July 2011 - September 2024 (13 years and 2 months)
Management of a strategic purchasing portfolio of €36 million. Definition and deployment of Group purchasing strategies across several global industrial sites. Securing critical supplies (APIs, excipients, packaging) in a regulated environment. Management of supplier negotiations and tenders (RFI/RFQ) on strategic issues. Transversal management of an international network of buyers. Budget management (LRP, management reporting). Supplier audits (Europe, India).
Sanofi
Site Purchasing Manager
January 2003 - January 2011 (8 years)
94400 Vitry-sur-Seine, France
Management of multi-category portfolios (€10 million). Implementation of purchasing for a Biotech division (creation from scratch). Management of OPEX purchasing across several sites. Structuring of purchasing and import processes. Team management and training. Supplier audits (Europe, USA).