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With fifteen years of experience in purchasing, I have worked in both large groups and SMEs from various sectors. Acting as a buyer, purchasing organization consultant, and then Purchasing Director, I am committed to supporting my clients in operational indirect and technical purchasing matters, as well as in reorganization or change management issues.
With a rigorous and pragmatic temperament, I am dedicated to completing complex projects entrusted to me. As an experienced team manager, I adopt a human yet realistic approach to challenges.
My main strengths lie in my strong analytical and reflective skills, combined with the ability to find suitable solutions. Among my experiences, here are some examples of my expertise:
- Implementation of a Purchasing Department,
- Management of Purchasing Department reorganization,
- Purchasing project management,
- Real estate project management,
- Contract management and implementation of associated tools,
- Daily management of purchasing and suppliers,
- ....
French
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
Can work on-site
Lyon (up to 50km), Grenoble (up to 75km), Paris (up to 10km)
Experience
- ArkemaBPO Purchasing ConsultantCHEMICALJune 2022 - February 2025 (2 years and 8 months)Lyon, France=> Purchasing BPO Audit and E-procurement Software Implementation in European entitiesResults: Support and deployment of a SAP / Peigass solution in about ten European countries, GASP Department.• Audit, purchasing maturity and FIT GAP analysis, DATA management, sharing of purchasing best practices, regional deployment management, change management steering, support for other regions (USA / Asia).• Activity reporting, optimization recommendations, project methodology implementation.
- Engie SolutionTerritory Purchasing ManagerENERGY AND UTILITIESJanuary 2022 - June 2022 (5 months)Lyon, France=> Management of the South-East territory, 6 Agencies, direct and indirect management of 20 people, Member of the Management CommitteeResults: Deployment of the new Group Purchasing organization and associated tools.• Activity reporting, monitoring of local savings and cost reductions, daily purchasing and procurement management.• Team management: daily team management.
- Crop&coSenior ConsultantCONSULTING AND AUDITSNovember 2014 - June 2015 (7 months)Lyon, France=> Conducting and managing purchasing consulting missions for public and private organizations on purchasing organization and operational support issues.• Maturity analysis: purchasing mapping, process, tools, and supply chain analysis, RACI,...• HR diagnosis: assessment of purchasing skills, development of training plans and training, coaching.• Project management: change management, implementation of purchasing tools and governance, process redefinition, operational advice (purchasing strategies, negotiations, etc.), purchasing seminars
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Education
- EMBAKedge BS2021Core courses : Strategic Innovation, Marketing Management, Business Acumen & Communication, Business model Design, Organisational Behavior, Financial & Management Accounting, Business Ethics and Social Responsibility , Leadership Across Culture, Corporate Strategy, Geostrategy, Change Management, Multinational Finance Major (9 days) : Digitalisation (Digital Marketing, Data base management, Ethical hacking & Cybersecurity; Crypto money) Electives : Negotiation, Advance Team management, Driving Ecosystemic Innovation, Branding Strategies, Driving Sustainable Change IBS : Doing Business in Russia at Plekhanov Business School, Gaidar forum 2020 +BioMetric SBP : The KFS's for the implementation of a culture of change in an PME business
- Specialized Master International Buyer ManagerEM Lyon Business School2010Spécialisation Achats, Marketing, Finance,
Certifications
- Performance Measurement and Management CertificationEM Lyon Business School2013