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Seasoned purchasing manager with over 20 years of international experience in the FMCG, retail, and services sectors. Expert in purchasing strategy in the areas of marketing, digital, and ESG, he has optimized costs (up to 10%) and improved supplier performance. He has a proven track record in managing cross-functional teams, developing sourcing strategies, and driving transformation through data-driven decision-making and stakeholder engagement.
He has acquired solid experience in deploying purchasing process digitalization solutions in Click to Buy or S2P or S2C mode with API links to ERPs via Ivalua, Coupra, Ariba, EBreviate, Procuri.
Xavier is fluent in English!
French
Native or bilingual
English
Native or bilingual
Spanish
Conversational
Can work on-site
Paris (up to 50km)
Experience
- BNP ParibasSenior Manager Sourcing / Outsourcing - Ivalua 182 / BNP ParibasBANKING AND INSURANCEJanuary 2025 - June 2025 (5 months)Paris, France. Expert in Purchasing Strategy for RFIs/RFQs/RFPs and negotiations in France and internationally. Management of e-Sourcing tools: Ivalua 182, Axiscope, Synertrade.• Ivalua support for 1500 suppliers and 25k orders.• Writing User Guides and organizing Training (250 FTE)
- UTACGlobal Manager Sustainable Purchasing and Purchasing ToolsAUTOMOBILEJanuary 2024 - December 2024 (11 months)Paris, FranceDuring this experience, I was able to:- Launch an RFQ to select UTAC's ESG partner- Present the results of this RFQ to the UTAC board with approval in the first session- Launch an RFQ on Source-to-Pay editors with very good results
- UTACSenior Manager Sustainable Purchasing ESG and E-Purchasing Tool Selection UTACAUTOMOBILEJanuary 2024 - December 2024 (11 months)Montlhéry, France• CSRD: Scope 3 carbon reduction: -6.5% emissions• Organization of the supplier database 2880 suppliers worldwide, (China, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, Romania, UK, USA)• RFQ for E-Procurement tool and selection of Greenly approved, in the first session by the UTAC Board. Result: Optimization of over 18% on ESG budgets, validated by the UTAC board.
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Education
- Master in Industrial PurchasingKEDGES1987Master Master en achats Industriels
- Engineer inEngineering School Ecole Supérieure d'Agronomie de Toulouse / ESAP Toulouse1986Ingénieur en