Industrial Sourcing Podcast

For this episode, we welcome Pierre Weber. He's an automotive lead buyer at Bosch and is in charge of setting up an independent purchasing organization. He previously worked for Flowserve and Faurecia, another major automotive tier-one. We talked about how he successfully managed to bring competition into a duopoly and what it means to be a good negotiator.

For this episode, we have Davide Montini.

He's Purchasing Manager at Energica Motor Company, making the future of electric mobility a reality.

We're going to talk about how to navigate the supply chain shortages due to the pandemic, how to create a supply in a new region from scratch, and what principles and values made him successful throughout his career.

Don is currently the VP of Business Solutions at MetalMiner. Before that, he had been negotiating global steel contracts at John Deere for over ten years.

In that interesting episode of the industrial sourcing podcast, we learn about how it means to buy a steel? How to balance analytics, strategy, and relationships? What does it take to be a successful commodity manager? What are the kind of qualities you need to develop? These are the exciting questions we answer in this 7th episode.

After many years at L'Oréal in France and the US, Jean-Charles Vazquez joined an early-stage cosmetic startup based in San Francisco. In this episode, JC shares with us what worked and what did not when building the initial sourcing team and how to find the right suppliers as the business grows.

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Julien Le Guenan is currently Investment Project Buyer North America at Volvo Group. The Volvo Group is a Swedish multinational manufacturing company headquartered in Gothenburg. Its core activity is the production, distribution, and sale of trucks, buses, and construction equipment. Volvo also supplies marine and industrial drive systems.

Julien is based in Montreal, Canada Area, and previously held positions alternately as production and non-production buyer for trucks and buses divisions at Volvo and MAN Diesel & Turbo. In this interview, Julien explains how hands-on a direct buyer is and how rewarding in terms of cost-saving it can be. 

Lionel Bouché is the Team Leader Tactical Procurement at Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), commonly known as Doctors Without Borders in English. MSF is an international humanitarian medical NGO best known for its projects in conflict zones and in countries affected by endemic diseases. 

Lionel is based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and previously held several influential positions at Henkel. In this interview, Lionel explains how his experience as the Head of Purchasing Andean Region and Global Category Team Leader at Henkel helps him transform MSF's procurement organization.

Sophie Barde is the Strategic Sourcing and Vendor Management Director at Hasbro. Hasbro is the toy and board game leader with brands like Transformers, G.I. Joe, Power Rangers, Rom, Micronauts, M.A.S.K., Monopoly, Furby, Nerf, Twister, and My Little Pony.

Sophie is based in Hong Kong and previously worked at Tesco, Carrefour, and Gap. Learn about how Sophie is conducting Vendor Evaluation and Management, how she structures her team and communicate internally. This podcast is recommended for anyone who is interested in getting inspired by a purchasing organization that is mature and fun!

Luis has an impressive track record in Sourcing and Supply Chain Management, having worked for some of the bigger industrial companies in the world. In this episode, we talk about managing uncertainty, involving suppliers early, lead with data, and adapt to cultural differences. Listen up and discover the Sourcing Forging & Casting commodity as well.

In this Episode with Thomas Subert, EMEA Purchasing Manager at Polaris Inc, we talk about managing a team remotely, promoting team members, navigating manufacturing without an engineering background, and negotiation!

Introduction episode to explain the theme.