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Pierre-Denis De Ribier

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Global Category Leader - Group Indirect Purchasing at BOBST
📍 Mex, Vaud, Switzerland

Pierre-Denis is a Global Category Leader at BOBST, specializing in strategic sourcing and cost reduction in industrial environments. An alumnus of Université Paris Dauphine, his colleagues describe him as professional, analytical, and structured. His background includes significant procurement experience with the French Ministry of Defence.

Outside of work, he is an expert horse rider who has competed in national events. He is also an avid marathon runner, skier, and sailor. He engages in voluntary work to fight social exclusion and has a keen interest in geopolitics, sparked by living in Berlin during the fall of the Wall.

He has served on two five-month NATO missions abroad in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo.

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Current Role
Global Category Leader - Group Indirect Purchasing
Location
Mex, Vaud, Switzerland
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Strategic Sourcing
He develops and executes global sourcing strategies for indirect categories such as MRO, Energy, and HR services to improve company profitability.
Cost Optimization
He has a strong record of achieving cost reduction targets by analyzing cost drivers and leading negotiations, previously saving millions annually in government roles.
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Career

Work history

3-2022
Global Category Leader - Group Indirect Purchasing
BOBST
10-2019 - 12-2021
Sourcing and Contract Manager
GSK Consumer Healthcare SARL
2-2017 - 10-2019
Capex Category Buyer
GSK
2014 - 2016
Cost control expert in the aeronautics sector
Direction générale de l'armement
2011 - 2014
IT procurement Performance Manager
Direction interarmées des réseaux d'infrastructure et des systèmes d'information
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Education
2010 - 2011
Master 2
Université Paris Dauphine - PSL
Négotiation training (40 hours)
IGPDE
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