Partner in charge of the "Purchasing Practice" with Clarans in Paris. With over 30 years of operational expertise in Purchasing, Supply Chain and Industrial processes optimization, developed within international groups in the areas of: services, engineering, automotive equipment and chemicals.He has collaborated as Executive VP Purchasing with global groups such as Suez (Utilities and environment); Standard Products Co (Automotive), Dow Chemical (Chemical & Household products) and Dumez (construction)Since 2008, he advises French and foreign companies in deploying strategic purchasing and in managing change and adapting their organizations to new challenges (centralisation and decentralisation of organisations, relocation of production or sourcing, risk management in supply)Author of a number of publications on his areas of expertise, such as: The performance measure within purchasing; The company societal evaluation; Sustainable Development and Purchasing; Building up a CSR approach in companies; The another potential of SMEs; How to guide its purchases in ethical and societal practices, etc ...Speaker at the “Ecole Polytechnique Feminine” and the “Master of International Purchasing” in Paris XI on Strategy and Procurement and extra-financial evaluation of companies.Large expertise in the negotiation of international contracts of goods, of services and strategic raw materials.Specialties: Purchasing Strategies and PoliciesPurchasing Management expertise,Continuous improvement process (stream process mapping)Management of organisations and personnel,Company evaluation and CSR