I bring extensive experience in purchasing, supply chain, and team management across fast-paced environments, driving operational excellence and KPI improvement. Skilled in process optimisation, negotiation, and collaborative problem-solving, I adapt quickly to new retail challenges and am fluent in English.
To improve your Supply Chain performances, Jean-Michel digs into the 5 fundamentals of a LEAN Supply Chain: • Purchasing & Procurement • Production • Distribution • Returns (surplus, reusable containers…) • Planning of all the above His favourite quote: "synchronise & accelerate processes, to win through operationnal excellence" He mobilises the skills and creativity of your teams. Therefore he creates a constructive dialog with collaborators at all levels. Thus, improvements are easily adopted as they are designed in cooperation with employees. Moreover this creates success loops which generate exponential collective energy and results. Specifically he uses Sociodynamics to Manage the Transition.
Buying strategy, tender conduct, negociation (commercial & contract), litigation solving, setting up general purchase conditions, setting up procédures, training to good purchasing practices, organising pruchase dpt.
Advisor of elected Town Counsillors on transports and shiftings, traffic & parking, road safety. Budget 34M€. Organise and manage my team accordingly.
Lead a team of 100 people in production. Late differentiation of promotionnal products for France, UK, Germany. Full planning scope: S&OP, PDP, Scheduling. Internal control: SOX implementation. Budget set-up & control. Cost control & Productivity. Internal flows. Design, purchasing and pocurement of promotional packaging.
Total annual budget +/- 32 M€. Management of a team of 6 buyers (recruting, training, organisation development, coaching). Families: Storage & Handling, Facility Management: 10 M€/an - Savings +/- 18% Families: Investissement (Machines, VRD, Bâtiments...) : +/- 22 M€/an - Savings +/- 12% Suppliers' marketing, purchasing strategy , tender conduct, negociation, international contracts, KPI implementation, contracts operationnal start-up. Management of the transition from SAP Release-2 to Release-3.
IMPORT: 25 trucks a day, EXPORT: 100 trucks a day, Storage: 40 000 pallets, Team management : 14 people. Transport: budget 16 M€, freight transport; budget control. Full planning scope: storage & handling RCCP, Distribution Planning, Available to promise/sale process. Customs & CreDoc for overseas destinations. Management of the transition from a mass-storage to a full automated warehouse. Management of the transition from a stand alone information system to a fully integrated ERP (SAP).
Chemicals: 1 200 T = 760 K€ a day among which 1000 T with les than 12h stock. Packaging: 4 Millions units = 1,2 M€ a month. Management of a team of 8 people. Master Procurement Planning. Capacity & raw-materials booking. Orders, stocks & availability management. Administration of packages specifications & designs. Quality assurance of packages.
Military Service at Central Bureau of Industrial Affairs (at the ministry of defense). Mission: mapping of complementarities between european defense industrial companies.
Transformation of the management culture in the frame of a contract with BOSSARD-Consultants. Intensive usage of the Sociodynamic approach (trained & coached with its founder JC Fauvet). Semi-directive interviews, advising managers at all levels regarding KPIs implementation and usage. Improvements covering productivity, quality, timeliness and planning adherence.