Zora Djaouti
Senior Procurement Manager | Supply Chain
Salary / Daily rate
Paris, France
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Can come onsite
Skills
Languages
About me
Intro
Procurement & Supply Chain expert with 25+ years leading transformation across pharmaceuticals, automotive, and energy sectors. Proven track record: built procurement departments, reduced supplier panels by 50%, achieved 40% cost savings through strategic sourcing. Specializing in category management, supplier quality optimization, and cross-functional team leadership to drive operational excellence.
Work experience
Procurement Manager - Transition management
FreelanceFreelance
Jan 2021 - Jun 2025
4 years 6 months
69340 Francheville, France
2024 - 2025 - GRAHAM PACKAGING, Rueil-Malmaison (food packaging): CAPEX, SG&A categories management and SAP ARIBA deployment (4 vendors inclusion) 2024 - LABORATOIRES THEA, Clermont-Ferrand (ophtalmology) : CDMO management 2023 - LABORATOIRES SERVIER, Suresnes (pharmaceutics): packaging category management 2022-23 - EUROSTYLE, Chateauroux (luxury) : project management 2022 - WABTEC, Amiens 2021 - EASYMILE, Toulouse (Autonomous Vehicle) : create a procurement department
Procurement Manager
Leosphere, a Vaisala company
Jul 2016 - Jan 2019
2 years 7 months
91400 Saclay, France
• Built and managed the Procurement & Supplier Quality Dept • Led significant changes in supplier relationships across categories (optics, mechanics...) • Achieved a procurement team integration in the products design phase • Introduced new tools such as metrics, 8D, framework agreement template, new purchasing T&C's • Improved the Supplier quality performance management : NC rate -25% • Drove a supplier panel reduction (-35% in 2 years)
Subsea 7
Feb 2008 - Oct 2015
7 years 9 months
92150 Suresnes, France
Commodity Supply Chain Manager
Jan 2011 - Oct 2015
4 years 10 months
92150 Suresnes, France
• Led a team of 5 lead buyers developing global and regional categories strategies (130 M€), roll-out and follow-up. Coverage rate X4 over 4 years • Transformed and re-built SCM functions in Gabon and Angola (15 people) to professionalize & improve service to internal & external customers • Built and rolled-out a training buyers program in the BU. Modified the procurement process
Senior SCM Commodity Engineer
Feb 2008 - Dec 2010
2 years 11 months
92150 Suresnes, France
• Managed a Logistics and catering benchmarking to settle procurement (130 M€ - West Africa & Gulf of Mexico) • Negotiated and implemented logistics worldwide contracts including fixed prices for all projects. y Year rebates x3 • Improved the process : open PO, E-tools
Senior Commodity Buyer
GE
Jan 2006 - Dec 2008
3 years
91300 Massy, France
• Defined worldwide commodities procurement strategies. 50% suppliers panel decrease • Led and coached project buyers • Initiated LCC spend in the BU. Savings -40% (mechanics)
Senior Trade Buyer
Valeo Service
Jul 2003 - Dec 2005
2 years 6 months
93400 Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, France
• Developed purchasing strategy heating and cooling systems (20 M€) and promoted the multiplants roll-out over Europe • Structured the panel and led LCC sourcing (Asia)
Commodity Buyer
Faurecia
Jan 2001 - Jul 2003
2 years 7 months
92000 Nanterre, France
• Led a global strategy (rubber, adhesives and plastic components - 35 M€) to provide all plants (50) • Divided by 4 the adhesives vendors panel (18 months) • Managed plastic components Design to Cost. Cost -12%
Projet and Plant Buyer
Wilo Intec
Sep 1996 - Dec 2000
4 years 4 months
18700 Aubigny-sur-Nère, France
Lead buyer for wiring, electronics, graphite, ceramics (10 M€) • Managed a strategic vendor bankruptcy crisis in 3 months. Production stop avoided • Developed a pooling procurement approach (graphite,ceramics) with a plant located in Laval, France. Price reductionx2
Commercial Assistant
sarl Milou
Jul 1993 - Oct 1995
2 years 4 months
Education
Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers
Industrial Property and Innovation / Blockchain
2019 - 2019
4 months
KEDGE Business School
Master of Business Administration - MBA
1991 - 1992
1 year 1 month
Aix-Marseille University
Master's degree, Foreign Languages (English, Spanish) & Business
1984 - 1988
4 years