Charles Gautier

Group Head of Procurement

Spain

About

Experience

  • Emmi Group (8 yrs)
    • Group Head of Procurement
      Feb 2026 - Present · 6 mos

    • Head of indirect procurement &​ Contract Manufacturing
      Jan 2022 - Jan 2026 · 4 yrs 1 mo

    • Group Procurement Manager - Indirect Materials & Services
      Aug 2018 - Dec 2021 · 3 yrs 5 mos

  • Philip Morris International (3 yrs 8 mos)
    • Global Procurement Direct Material - Packaging
      Mar 2017 - Jul 2018 · 1 yr 5 mos

    • Global Procurement Category Manager - EHS,Security and Energy
      Dec 2014 - Feb 2017 · 2 yrs 3 mos

  • Purchasing Category Manager (CAPEX) at Saint-Gobain
    Dec 2011 - Nov 2014 · 3 yrs

    In interaction with the Industrial Management for Insulation and Gypsum activities, in charge of strategic Capex investments for more than 50 plants located around the world (portfolio ~20M€) : - "Hot end"​ equipments (fiberizing, forming, curing oven, cooling zone, heat recuperators, fans, ...) - "Cold end" equipments (packaging, handling, robots, conveying, stacking lines...) These companies are well known as Isover, Mag, Certainteed for Insulation brands and Gyproc, Certainteed, Rigips, Placoplatre companies for Gypsum brands.

  • Project Purchaser at General Electric
    Oct 2010 - Nov 2011 · 1 yr 2 mos

    GE Energy - Gas turbine activity Fluid Systems and Fluid components Direct manufacturing products and services portfolio: Part of the Fluid System commodity team (about 100$M). - Introduced efficient global procurement strategy as single source reduction plan. - Downstream supplier identification, analysis and management for new projects. These missions were accomplished in collaboration with Procurement, Engineering and Quality departments.

  • Purchasing analyst at Groupe Volkswagen France
    Jan 2010 - Jul 2010 · 7 mos

    Indirect/direct products and services portfolio focused on Accessories and Spare Parts related to the five main brands of the group, and also, infrastructure services. - Launching major projects for facilities requested by the manufacturing and services departments. - Optimization of the references and supplier panel in Accessories and Spare parts. - Steadily diagnosed the market in order to be reactive face to the competition.