Kashif patel
Senior Strategic Buyer | Procurement & Product Development
Salary / Daily rate
Lille, France
Mobility: Lille, Paris, ...
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Can come onsite
Skills
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About me
Intro
Strategic procurement expert with 10+ years at Decathlon, specializing in global sourcing, supplier development, and product innovation across sports equipment. Led strategic purchasing for optics, bike components, and lighting systems while building sustainable supplier networks. Ready to optimize your procurement strategy and drive cost-effective sourcing solutions.
Work experience
Decathlon International
Jul 2018 - Present
8 years 4 months
Lille, France
Global Strategic Buyer
Jan 2023 - Present
3 years 10 months
Lille, France
- Managing & deploying Strategy for Purchase Optics (sunglasses,skimask), bikes components , sport bottles - Sustainable & Ideal Supplier panel creation - Opening Suppliers - Procurement & supply
Product Engineer
Jul 2018 - Jan 2023
4 years 7 months
69340 Francheville, France
- Responsible for the conception and design of Lighting projects of Quechua and Forclaz - Project management - Conception Design & Innovation
Production Leader- Development & Industrialization
Decathlon Sports India
Feb 2014 - Jul 2018
4 years 6 months
Bengaluru Area, India
Responsible of Sourcing supplier to make in India, manage the local actors in order to get the best prices/lead-times for my products and components. Negotiation Purchasing performances follow-up Actions follow-up for the Purchasing Policy Project managements. Ensuring and optimize the manufacturing organization. Optimize the development cost of my products, Retro planning.
Research fellow
Institute Of Chemical Technology
Aug 2011 - Oct 2013
2 years 3 months
Mumbai Area, India
Master of Technology (M.Tech.) Polymer Technology 2011 – 2013 Partly by papers and partly by Reaserch. Completed a research project of "Studies in Electron Beam (EB) and Chemical Cross linked Nano composite Heat Shrinkable Sheets for Electronic Application”. COETA Akola Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) Polymer Technology 2007 – 2011 Played an Excellent leadership role throughout the curriculum. Arranged many social activities. Played the role of " Sponsor Team Head" of "Chemcon, chemical & Polymer National level conference . Undertook in-plant training at TATA AUTO COMP SYSTEM LIMITED INTERIOR & PLASTICS - PUNE During final year, worked on a Research project titled "“Studies of Energy Recovery from polyolefinic waste”", successfully
Education
Institute Of Chemical Technology
Master of Technology (M.Tech.)
2011 - 2013
2 years 1 month
Amravati University
Bachelor's degree
2007 - 2010
3 years 1 month