Yvan Desfontaines

CEO / COO / CRO Interim Officer & Interim Manager

Lead & Optimization Global Procurement, Digitalization lead im Procurement, Cash and Supplier Management in Covid Crisis

Lead & Optimization Global Procurement, Digitalization lead im Procurement, Optimization of foundries

Implementation Global Procurement, Implementation Value Engineering

Interim CPO - Implentation global Procurement, Implementation Value Engineering, Manufacturing Footprint

Chief Operating officer & Chief Procurement Officer. Board member and shareholder (private equity). In charge of 1200 employees, 14 plants worldwide : operation, manufacturing, engineering, R&D, Quality, procurement, purchasing, supply chain. optimization of P&L, Lean cost bse, time to market and trade working capital.

Chief Procurement Officer in charge of procurement, purchasing, supply chain, IT, trade Working Capital. Board member and shareholder (private equity driven). Geschäftsführer der Holding. Restructuration of the supply chain of 12 companies in the water distribution industry. Set up of a professionnal central procurement top tools (contract management, eSourcing...), LCC move. Significant improvement of the cash management & trade working capital

Responsible for the global procurement and logistics for Emerson Network Power in Europe. Procurement and logistic teams in Germany, Italy, Slovakia, Turkey, China, Philippines. Managing Director of subsidiaries in France and UK. Based in Germany. Working worldwide. Improvement of Trade working Capital & Cost of goods sold Restructuring of Knuerr UK out of insolvency Project Champion of Oracle Implementation (all core modules)

Geschäftsführung & Sanierung von Knürr UK und Knürr Frankreich, Turnaround of Knürr UK & Knürr France Cost and working capital alignment for bank covenants Full Business Transformation to move from losing Money to 2 Digits eBitDa Set up of World Class procurement in Europe, Eastern Europe and Asia Closing of 3 production sites in Germany, France and UK Transfer of production to Czesch Republic

Responsible for the development auf the eBusiness activites in the areas of Aftermarket sales as well as procurement. Driving the joint venture platform

Responsible for distribution operation mgt as well as controlling of the GmbH as “Prokurist”. i.e. supply chain management, customer service, transportation, customs, warehousing, local IS. Responsible for the EMEA aftermarket sales organization, reporting to the VP global aftermarket Sales. Coordination with OEM and OES activities. Main customers in Middle east, North & south Afrika and Europe Leader of the Outsourcing activites to Fedex and distribution restructuration

Product Manager for Bendix & AlliedSignal in Europe

Freelance consultant and sales manager. sales and telesales of databases and advertising