My present aim was to return to France to support my son during his graduate studies. In the meantime I am equaly seeking to share my experience & skills in sourcing, purchasing, supply chain, as well as my knowledge in management and developing profit centers, with a dynamic and visionary company.
- Consulting mission in supply chain & business development (Shanghai) 02/2015 - 06/2021
Managing Director Asia Pacific: -Lead, manage, organize, and develop the Hong Kong and Chinese offices. -Develop the Chinese retail. -Supplier partnerships development to improve deadlines, quality, costs. -Anticipate and resolve any problems that may arise. •Achievements: -Supplier reliability Improvement through a better supplier monitoring and the through the introduction of a code of conduct. -Reduction of the development and production cycle by 15% thanks to a more efficient development process.
- Lead, manage, organize, and develop the Hong Kong and Bengali offices. -Develop new suppliers and new customer accounts. -Develop internal collections in order to generate commercial development. -Develop the purchase with a focus to innovation, quality improvement, prices and deadlines. -Anticipate and resolve any problems that may arise. -Develop the purchase strategy & budget. •Achievements: -€ 5 million turnover development thanks to a proactive collaboration with customers. -Supplier partnerships development to improve deadlines, quality, costs.
- Develop the sourcing, purchasing and quality policy of the company. -Develop supplier partnerships to globalize material purchases, improve quality, prices and deadlines. -Anticipate and resolve any problems that may arise. -Develop the purchasing strategy & budget. •Achievements: -Increase in turnover from € 470 Million to € 765 Million. -10% increase in profitability. -Transform the purchasing structure from a CMT to a FOB strcture to increase flexibility, efficiency, speed and innovation.
- Develop existing customers & develop new accounts. -Global and decentralized management of customer accounts. -Develop supplier partnerships aimed at improving quality, prices, deadlines. -Anticipate and resolve any problems that may arise. •Achievements: -$ 10 million turnover increase, surpassing objectives, thanks to proactive customer management. -Development of the supplier portfolio. -Profitability Increase through a better product analysis, better supplier negotiations and maximization of resources. Sourcing / Buying:
- Develop the best collection in terms of PD and retail planning with the departments in charge to exceed the objectives. -Develop the sourcing and purchasing strategy of the company. -Develop the purchase with a focus on innovation, quality improvement, prices and deadlines. -Anticipate and resolve any problems that may arise. -Develop the purchase strategy & budget. •Achievements: -Opening of the Asian sourcing market for the company. -Turnover doubling of and profitability increase by 15%. -Development of supplier partnerships to improve deadlines, quality & costs. Other experiences: