1. PONTONNIER ALAIN
Date of Birth: 16/02/1965
Married with 2 children
60 Avenue F. Mitterrand
59790 Ronchin
Tel : +336-89-85-32-20
Email pontonnieralain@gmail.com
STRENGHTS
Extensive hands on experience: - In sourcing products and fabrics from Asia and North Africa.
- To be experienced in woven and all knit item.
- A good experience of differents steps of production, product development process,
quality and follow up.
- Strong in negotiation regarding prices, capacities booking.
- Strong knowledge regarding the European regulation (physical and chemical needs)
Expertise in Textile manufacturing and retails.
Lived 2 years as expatriate in south Asia with my wife.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
KIABI
Since Oct 2012
Quality manager upstream part
Guarantee, on upstream, the respect of the quality standards established by the quality
assurance
Look after the evolution of the European and International standards and law
Control the respect and the application of the regulations for the different zones of
distribution
Factory and services provider audit.
conceive, write, inform, train all the team on quality standards
Analyze the state of affairs at the end of season and propose the corrective and preventive
upstream actions
Implementation of the performance indicators of the upstream controls
Since Sept 1999
Purchasing Manager (Worked in all clothing Dept.)
Year 2009 bought 7 millions pieces for 25millions of € (FOB value)
Prices negotiations,
Identifying and evaluating potential new supplier following the strategy
Buying experiences with Asian countries / Mediterranean countries
Monitoring all KPI
Follow up, capacity booking,
Tracking of process product development.
2. PPF
(Kiabi production company)
Oct 1996-Sept 1999
Purchasing process manager( synthetic and melange knitted fabrics)
In charge of group purchasing strategy relating to :
o Country of Origine
o Identifying and evaluating potential new suppliers
o Integrate new suppliers and fabrics convertor into the Kiabi process
To maximise Gross margin
Manage 4 buyers and 2 assistants.
DECATHLON FRANCE
Aug 1992 – Oct 1996
Sub-contract Manager
Responsabilities included managing the purchasing process and price negociation for
hunting clothes and materials provide to subcontractors for final manufacture
TEX CONCEPT HONG KONG
Aug 1991 – July 1992
Production Manager based in Hong Kong
Cover all aspects of the product development, vendor sourcing / evaluation, developing
business with vendor, pricing and overseas customers comunication.
In charge of allocation of the production throughout the South Asia (China /
Indonesia / Macau / Cambodia / Vietnam / Bangladesh) based on cost and technical
capability of the different countries.
Sept 1990 – Aug 1991
Quality Manager in Indonesia
Suppliers sourcing, production strategies and quality control development.
LAINIERE DE PICARDIE
Aug 1988 – Jul 1990
Commercial in Interlining
Costumer quality support and development for the French market
DIPLOMA
1988 : Master 2 in Textile and Garment engineering at ESIV (Ecole Supérieure des Industries du
Vêtement)
1986 : BTS IH (Ecole Supérieure des Industries du Vêtement) , Master 1 in Garment engineering
LANGUAGES
Languages: French : mother’s tongue
