Richard Pasquier

Head of Procurement and Distribution Strategy

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

About

As a Wine Advisor at FICOFI, a leading provider of fine wine services, I help high-net-worth clients discover and acquire the world's most prestigious wines. With an MBA in Wine Management and Marketing from INSEEC, and a WSET Level 3 certification, I have the knowledge and skills to guide and advise clients on their wine portfolios, preferences, and investments. I have over five years of experience in the fine wine industry, specializing in Bordeaux Classified Growths and the Asian market. In my previous role as an Export Manager at VINS & PASSIONS, I was in charge of developing the business and managing key accounts in Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Oceania. I also organized and hosted wine tastings and events for groups of 6 to 10 people, showcasing my passion and expertise in wine. I am fluent in French and English, and I enjoy traveling and learning about different cultures and cuisines. My goal is to share my love of wine with others and to create memorable and satisfying experiences for my clients.

Experience

  • Head of Procurement at Wine Portal Holding P.L
    Apr 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 4 mos

  • Wine Advisor at FICOFI GRANDS CRUS SERVICES
    Oct 2018 - Apr 2024 · 5 yrs 7 mos

    - Defining and executing a short and long-term stock management strategy resulting in sustained growth of company assets. - Planning the pricing and distribution strategy to reach the yearly sales objective, in both turnover and margin, across a portfolio of 300 UHNWI spread over more than 30 countries. - Organizing the purchasing strategy within existing and new partners. This led to restructuring part of our portfolio and increase our total purchase of strategic wines by 20%. - Recruiting, training, and managing a team of 6 people located in 3 countries. Special projects: - Helping IT team choosing a new ERP, an ESB, and redeveloping the data warehouse. - Implementing Tableau in the company to facilitate decision making through dynamic dashboards for the CEO and other departments. - Managing a portfolio of few customers in Australia and Middle East.

  • Export Manager Asia/Oceania - Fine Wines at VINS & PASSIONS
    Oct 2015 - Sep 2018 · 3 yrs

    In charge of developing the business for both Classified Growths and Petits Chateaux in Hong-Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia - Customer relationship acquisition - Customer acquisition - Event organisation - Training of customer's sales team

  • Travel at Travel
    Jun 2014 - Apr 2015 · 11 mos

  • Data Analyst at MAIF
    Nov 2013 - Feb 2014 · 4 mos

    This major French insurance company hired me as a consultant to improve their production processes. - Assessed the efficiency and maintainability of the existing dashboards and reports used by business controlling and finance departments. - Improved and automatizing the production of existing reports. - Created new dashboards to track the company’s key performance indicators. - Developed specific dashboards for CFO to help optimize the use of human capital in the department.