Three engagement models

Fractional Procurement Leadership

Your organisation needs a procurement leader, but not necessarily a full-time position. This is the reality for many SMEs and mid-sized companies with significant procurement spend, yet not enough to justify a permanent Chief Procurement Officer or Procurement Director.

Having led procurement functions at Danone, Panzani, McCormick & Company and Auchan, I bring this level of leadership and expertise to your organisation, at the scale and frequency that fit your needs. I help structure and develop the procurement function, co-create the procurement roadmap with your teams, drive performance, support strategic initiatives, lead procurement teams, and manage key supplier relationships.

This type of engagement is designed for organisations that require senior procurement expertise without the commitment of a full-time executive hire. Typical situations include building or redesigning the procurement function, managing a transition period, or providing additional leadership capacity to an existing management team.

How it works

An initial assessment defines the scope, priorities and level of involvement required. The engagement is tailored to your business needs and reviewed regularly as those needs evolve.

I integrate into your organisation in the same way an internal Procurement Director would, participating in leadership meetings, managing teams, engaging with suppliers and driving procurement initiatives through a recurring presence rather than a one-off consulting assignment.

Procurement Advisory & Diagnostics

When a specific procurement challenge needs to be addressed within a defined timeframe, whether it is a maturity assessment, a productivity improvement programme, a procurement strategy to design or refresh with sustainability objectives, or a critical category requiring a new sourcing approach, I provide focused, project-based support.

Drawing on the methods I have applied throughout my procurement leadership career, I combine fact-based assessment, quantified value levers, stakeholder alignment, and actionable roadmaps. Depending on your needs, I can either equip your teams to implement the recommendations independently or support the execution of selected initiatives.

To support this approach, I leverage a software platform I developed from my own procurement leadership methodologies. The solution enables procurement teams to operate more autonomously by providing spend analysis, procurement maturity assessments, action plan management, and progress tracking, all enhanced by AI agents specifically designed for procurement activities.

Training & Executive Education

When procurement teams need to strengthen their capabilities, through an internal procurement academy, a professional development programme, a team seminar, or a focused module on a specific topic, I design and deliver training grounded in real-world procurement experience.

My programmes are built around practical business cases and cover topics such as procurement strategy, category management, negotiation, risk management, the impact of artificial intelligence on procurement, and sustainable procurement. Participants benefit from the perspective of a practitioner who has held the leadership roles he teaches.

I also teach procurement and supply management at ESSEC Business School, DESMA Grenoble, and emlyon business school.

Programmes are tailored to each organisation's objectives and can be delivered either in person or remotely, from a few hours of targeted training to multi-session development programmes.

I regularly support procurement academies for large industrial and service organisations, either directly or in partnership with training providers and procurement consulting firms.