Jakob Strande
Senior Procurement and Supply Chain Consultant
Salary / Daily rate
Luxembourg
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Skills
Languages
About me
Intro
Founding Consultant, Director of Procurement & Supply Chain and former military officer with 20+ years driving strategic transformations across global enterprises. Delivered value creation programs, procurement savings and growth turnarounds and led procurement and supply chain for major corporations like CANAL+ Group, Alimentation Couche-Tard and Intersport. Expert in strategic sourcing, contract negotiation, and supply chain optimization for sustainable business growth.
Work experience
Independent Consultant
Joint Steps Business ConsultingFreelance
May 2025 - Present
1 year 6 months
Luxembourg, France
Current engagement: Consultant senior - transformation des organisations achats / Procurement transformation project lead, for a Luxembourg energy sector enterprise. Joint Steps Business Consulting provides: Strategic and operational advisory & management for hire within supply chain, procurement and business management. Strategic planning, business analysis, strategic sourcing, competitive tendering, negotiation, contracting, business continuity, risk assessment, policy review, CSR, cost-optimization, business facilitation, corporate communication, business development and change management.
CANAL+ Group
Jun 2020 - May 2025
5 years
Director of Supply Chain and Procurement
Jul 2021 - May 2025
3 years 11 months
Head of Procurement
Jun 2020 - Jul 2021
1 year 2 months
Luxembourg
General Manager
Ellipse Fitness & Wellness - Premium Club Luxembourg
Nov 2018 - Jul 2020
1 year 9 months
Luxembourg
Acting manager in the absence of the owner/director who was living abroad. Helped turn a negative trend into 10% growth in one year.
Procurement management consultant
M7 GroupFreelance
Apr 2019 - May 2020
1 year 2 months
Luxembourg
Hired to run strategic sourcing projects, negotiate commercial contracts, establish procurement strategy and provide strategic procurement advise for M7 Group.
Independent consultant, Procurement & Supply Chain management, Winemaking
Self Employed - Joint Steps ConsultingFreelance
Sep 2017 - Oct 2018
1 year 2 months
Luxembourg/France
Director of Global Procurement
Alimentation Couche-Tard
May 2013 - Aug 2017
4 years 4 months
Luxembourg
Heading european and global procurement activities within conveniece categories on behalf of Statoil Fuel & Retail and Alimentation Couche Tard
Circle K Europe
Jun 2011 - May 2013
2 years
Procurement Manager Europe
Jan 2013 - May 2013
5 months
Corporate Procurement Manager
Jun 2011 - Dec 2012
1 year 7 months
Oslo - Majorstua
Gresvig
Nov 2006 - Jul 2011
4 years 9 months
Supply Chain Manager
Apr 2009 - Jul 2011
2 years 4 months
Business development/project manager
Nov 2006 - Mar 2009
2 years 5 months
Purchasing manager
Cuveco AS
Aug 2002 - Oct 2006
4 years 3 months
Logistics Operations Officer
Royal Norwegian Air Force
Jan 2002 - Oct 2002
10 months
Procurement Officer
Nato - KFOR, Telemark Battalion
Jun 2001 - Jan 2002
8 months
Chief of staff/Head of administration
Nato, KFOR, Royal Norwegian army
Jun 2000 - Jul 2001
1 year 2 months
Kosovo Polje
Various officer positions
Royal Norwegian Air Force
Jun 1995 - May 2000
5 years
Education
Naval Academy, Norwegian Navy Management School
National Supply Chain Management Course
1999 - 1999
1 month
Nord University
Business Administartion
1997 - 1999
2 years 1 month
Royal Norwegian Air Force Academy
Master Equivalent
1991 - 1995
4 years 1 month