Xavier LOEFFEL has over 30 years of experience in senior purchasing, supply chain, and operational management roles for large multinational companies. He has a proven track record of delivering significant cost savings through strategic sourcing initiatives and process improvements. Some of his past roles and accomplishments include serving as Group Purchasing Director for Nexans, managing a large business cards sourcing project for Sanofi, and holding senior purchasing positions at Capgemini, Alstom, Valeo Thermal Systems, and Alcatel.

1. Xavier LOEFFEL
Senior Purchasing & Supply Chain Expert, Consultant & Operational Manager, Black Belt 6 Sigma
PURCHASING TRANSITION MANAGER 9/2007 – NOW
Seasoned Operational Manager or Strategy Consultant, or Expert for Purchasing, Quality and Supply Chain tools
/ methods / organizations / negotiations and contracts development & implementation topics.
Main significant assignments (more than 6 months)
Nexans – Group Purchasing Director – 7/2013 to 7/2014 (5.4 B€ Purchases stakes)
Take-over of a departing Purchasing Director pending new one arrival:
 Operational management of the worldwide Purchasing network (250 Buyers,100 Plants, 25 Countries),
 Strategy improvement & implementation, cross fertilization of best practices,
 Savings delivery boosted (from 1.5% to 2.5% p.a), cash generation program implemented,
 Tools & methods improvements, e-Procurement deployment,
 Team restructuration and re-engineering, commodity management re-defined,
 New savings metrics, tools & methods deployment,
 Systematic Suppliers negotiations cycles launched,
 Low Cost Countries purchasing development (China, Middle East)
 Group Frame Contracts negotiations (500 M€),
 Successful position transitioning with the new Purchasing Director.
Sanofi – Group Business Cards RFQ Project Manager – 11/2011 to 4/2012 (600 M€)
 Operational management of the RFQ process (PMO) with Purchasing, Finance and Legal Departments,
 Spend data collection, RFQ strategy definition, bidding Suppliers (Banks) selection,
 RFQ preparation (financial & contractual) and issuance on the e-Sourcing platform (Synertrade),
 RFQ follow-up, selection criterions, Suppliers negotiations runs and award of contract,
 Savings delivery (2.5%), Group contract deployment,
 Extension of Business Cards usage to e-Catalogs, Temp Labor and Clinical Tests purchases (Ariba).
Pochet (Perfume glass bottles) – Purchasing Director – 11/2010 to 11/2011 (250 M€)
Take-over of a departing Purchasing Director pending new one arrival:
 Operational management of the Purchasing Team, strategy improvement & implementation,
 Savings delivery boosted (from 1.0% to 5% p.a), Group synergies developed,
 Tools & methods improvements, e-Procurement design & deployment Project Manager (Movex M3),
 Team restructuration and recruitment, commodity management and Project purchasing introduced,
 New savings metrics, tools & methods deployment,
 Systematic Suppliers negotiations cycles launched,
 Successful position transitioning with the new Purchasing Director.
Visteon (Automotive components) – Group Purchasing Director Coach – 6/2010 to
11/2010 - Purchasing Risk Manager – 3/2009 to 8/2009 (800 M€)
 Coaching of the new Purchasing Director, Purchasing management, strategy & negotiations tactics education,
 Assessment of the Purchasing Team (technical & behavioral skills), recommended trainings,
 Suppliers Industrial & Financial Risks assessment tool design and deployment for the Purchasing Team,
 Field coaching of Buyers, Suppliers Risks audits implementation, risk mitigation plans corrective measures.
GdF Suez – Power Plants Maintenance Strategy – 5/2008 to 11/2008 (500 M€) –
Windturbines RFQ Project Manager – 11/2007 to 4/2008 (200 M€)
 Maintenance strategy study & definition, maintenance data collection on subcontracting operations,
 Operational management of GdF Suez Maintenance Subcontracts RFQ process,
 Suppliers commercial & contractual negotiations, contract deployment.
 Windturbines RFQ preparation (Statement of Work, Specifications and Contract design)
 Operational RFQ management, Suppliers commercial & contractual negotiations, contract deployment.
Safran (Cost Reduction Manager, -50% on aircraft compoments), Veolia (Water Components Transition
Purchasing Director), Yves Rocher (Supply Chain Project Manager, purchased goods inventories optimization),

2. Xavier LOEFFEL
Senior Purchasing & Supply Chain Expert, Consultant & Operational Manager, Black Belt 6 Sigma
Other assignments (less than 6 months, part time):
Faurecia – Purchase to Pay process audit, GdF Suez – Category Manager Coaching, AREVA – Subsidiaries
Purchasing Directors Training & Coaching, KPMG – Business Cards audit and recommendations implementation,
KPMG – European Servers IT Outsourcing RFQ contract audit and support, Nexans – Copper Hedging
mechanism audit & improvements recommendations, ABB Robotics – Buyers training & coaching on purchasing
from Low Cost Countries, Caisse d’Epargne – Implementation of a Suppliers Quality Audits system, CS
(Compagnie des Signaux) – Transal aircraft maintenance outsourcing tender support, Mairie de Paris, Mairie
de Reims, Immobilière 3F – Buyers Purchasing Training, Laboratoires Takeda – Facility Management
outsourcing RFQ management and Service providers negotiations, Laboratoires Paris-Dome – Cosmetics
Manufacturing Process Mapping, Climater Group (Weinberg Capital Private Equity) – Subsidiaries Purchasing
diagnostic and recommendations implementation, Univers de l’Emballage (Industrie & Finance Private
Equity) - Subsidiaries Purchasing diagnostic and recommendations implementation – Purchasing Director
recruitment – Negotiations training.
CAPGEMINI 2/2005 – 9/2007
Global Leader in IT Services - 4 B€ purchases (IT/Telco Hw & Sw, Subcontracts, Travels, Facility Management,
Customers outsourced purchases) – 260 Buyers in 50 Business Units in 25 Countries.
Group Chief Procurement Officer
Operational management of the worldwide Purchasing Teams & network, savings delivery.
 Strategy definition & implementation cross fertilization of best practices.
 Tools & methods improvements, e-Procurement implementation.
 Buyers assessment & training, team building, organization re-engineering, category management
implementation.
 Suppliers Quality Assurance implementation, audits.
 Savings delivery (-10% p.a).
 Group Frame Contracts negotiations (1 B€ - IT/Telco Hw/Sw, Subcontracting, Airlines, Hotels, Car Rentals,
Facility Management)
ALSTOM 3/1997 – 11/2004
Global Leader in Utilities & Transports infrastructures - 15 B€ purchases – 3000 Buyers in 450 Business Units in
110 Countries.
Vice President Corporate Sourcing & Supply Chain 6/2000 – 11/2004
Operational management of the worldwide Purchasing Teams & network, savings delivery.
 Strategy definition & implementation cross fertilization of best practices.
 Tools & methods improvements, e-Procurement and e-Sourcing implementation.
 Buyers assessment & training, team building, organization re-engineering, commodity management
implementation (15 Commodity Managers at Corporate level).
 6 Sigma deployment in the Purchasing community.
 Savings delivery (-10% p.a), cash generation program.
 Implementation of Sourcing Delegations in Low Cost Countries (China, India, Turkey, Tcheq Republic)
 Group Frame Contracts negotiations (3 B€).
 Black Belt 6 Sigma certification.
Vice President Sourcing & Supply Chain – ALSTOM Transport 3/1997 – 5/2000
Operational management of the worldwide Purchasing Teams & network, savings delivery, 2.5 B€ purchases.
Same responsibilities and results as above with in addition:
 STRETCH 30 Cost Reduction Program Manager (-30% savings in 3 years, organization re-engineering,
commodity management implementation).
 Suppliers Technology Transfer implementation for the Korean TGV and Chinese Metro.
 Suppliers Quality Assurance implementation.
 Suppliers Development deployment (process productivity).
 Partnership agreements based on long term contracts.

3. Xavier LOEFFEL
Senior Purchasing & Supply Chain Expert, Consultant & Operational Manager, Black Belt 6 Sigma
VALEO THERMAL SYSTEMS 3/1994 – 2/1997
Global Leader in Automotive components & systems – 1.1 B€ purchases – 300 Buyers in 23 Business Units in 12
Countries.
Purchasing and Logistics Director
Operational management of the worldwide Purchasing Teams & network, savings delivery.
 Strategy definition & implementation cross fertilization of best practices.
 Copper & Aluminum Group Purchasing coordination.
 Buyers assessment & training, team building, organization re-engineering.
 Suppliers Quality Assurance implementation.
 Savings delivery (-15% p.a), Suppliers productivity agreements.
 Implementation of Sourcing Delegations in China.
 Suppliers integration in R&D and Projects.
 Suppliers development.
 Valeo 5 Core Strategies certified.
ALCATEL 6/1988 – 2/1994
Global Leader in Telecommunications infrastructures.
Financial Control Director – Aerospace Division 6/1991 – 2/1994
Space subsidiaries financial control. Budget 830M€, 4300 people.
 Strategic plan, financial reporting (metrics, dashboard, financial accounts consolidation).
 Management rules, transfer pricing.
 Merger & acquisition (Ford Aerospace).
 Satellites operating companies Business plans.
Purchasing Director – Alcatel Space & Aerospace Division 6/1988 – 5/1991
Operational management of the Purchasing Team (70 Buyers) and coordination of the Aerospace Division
Purchasing network, savings delivery, 250 M€ purchases.
 Tools, methods and organization re-engineering.
 Space electronics components Central Purchasing Agency creation.
 Source Quality management.
MATRA (MBDA, ASTRIUM) 9/1978 – 5/1988
Global Leader in Defense & Aerospace.
Secretary General – Sat Control 6/1985 – 5/1988
Matra Satellites Control Centers subsidiary Financial, Commercial & Purchasing Director. Budget 15M€, 100
people.
 Strategic plan, financial and cost accounting, cash management, reporting (metrics, dashboard).
 Commercial offers, customers & contracts negotiations.
 Suppliers negotiations.
Sales Manager – Matra Space (Astrium) 7/1983 – 5/1985
 Negotiations and follow-up of Telecommunication Satellites contracts (200M€ projects).
 Negotiations of Satellites equipments purchases with Suppliers.
 Offset and Technology Transfer contracts (China).
Business Engineer – Matra Defense (MBDA) 9/1978 – 6/1983
 Technical coordination of fighter aircraft electronic warfare Projects.
 Technical negotiations with Suppliers.
OTHERS SKILLS
 Private Aircraft Pilot – Chartist Trader on Forex – Negotiations Tactics Teacher.