Nicolas Simon

Acting as trusted advisor to the CPO, driving procurement transformation and decision-making alignment with C-level priorities. Optimized tactical (tail) spend processes in SAP Ariba & SAP, improving lead time efficiency and reducing operational bottlenecks. Designed and delivered process documentation, workflows and training for nearshore teams, ensuring scalability and compliance. Focus on process optimization, efficiency, and transparency, enabling Category Managers to concentrate on high-value sourcing. Implemented risk-based routing to streamline low/medium-risk purchases and free Category Managers for strategic sourcing. Delivered full process documentation & training for nearshore teams, enabling scalability and compliance with DORA, NIS2, GDPR.

Driving Strategic Sourcing & Supplier Excellence Since 2025, I’ve been leading the Global Vendor Management function at P&V, overseeing procurement strategy and supplier relationships to deliver cost-effective, high-quality solutions aligned with business goals. Key Focus Areas: Redeveloping the group’s procurement strategy in collaboration with the financial leadership to adopt best practices and ensure long-term sustainability. Securing P&V’s business by addressing key initiatives such as DORA compliance, E-invoicing, Sustainability, and more. Building and managing strong supplier partnerships worldwide. Leading and empowering a high-performing procurement team. Driving innovation, risk management, and value creation through strategic negotiations and process optimization. Why I Love What I Do: I’m passionate about aligning procurement with organizational vision, fostering collaboration, and delivering measurable impact to secure and sustain P&V’s business.

Senior Project manager & Business developer AQCF GROUP is a company specialized in the areas of hygiene and food safety. As a consulting firm and a food analysis laboratory, its job is to support agri-food professionals by advising them and providing them with the services necessary for the proper functioning of a regulatory point of view of companies & industries. Since 2015, AQCF has been developing in-house IT solutions specific to the agri-food sector in order to automate purchase, production and inventory tasks, allowing for a perfect regulatory compliance with the European traceability rules. Objectives: • Write the requirements according to the business needs • Analyse the market and write the business case • Drive the dev teams (internal and external) to keep the timeline and budget controlled into the initial scope • Train the several operational peoples involved in the deployment process • Use of the ADKAR methodology to improve productivity

Entrepreneur, Business developer & IT manager Located on the outskirts of Brussels bordering the national airport, TwinsSquare is specialized in the production of prepared meals for several airlines of Brussels national airport and for several chains active into distributions (Etihad, Qatar Airways, Air Algeria, Carrefour, Delhaize, Caterers). As administrator and co-owner of the company existing since 2001 and bought in 2013, my role has been to assemble production teams, administration and logistics. I developed the entire IT infrastructure to optimize production processes by optimizing costs. I am the interface between the client and the production to homogenize the relationship while keeping a check on expenses and receipts. Objectives: • Manage teams (34 FTE) • Put process in place to optimize the production chain • Improve service level to customer by 30% • Reduce End to End Supply chain cost by 14% • Reduction of waste by 34% • Reduce delivery lead time to customer by 40% • Improve the supply chain model • Reporting

Pulsar Consulting, active in ICT services and custom B2B software development, has constantly evolved since its creation in 1998. It has adapted to the market evolution and the crises of the last 15 years, while relying on its solid base of technical, human and management expertise, essential ingredients to the success of its projects.

Position: Entrepreneur, Business Developer Nicolas founded his 1st company during his studies, a programmatic development firm serving B2B clients across the Benelux region. We quickly earned a reputation in the pharmaceutical industry due to our in-depth understanding of digitalization and communication processes. The business was successfully sold in 2011.