Pierre-Francois Thaler

Current

Co-President at EcoVadis

Past

Director, Procurement Managed Services at Ariba
Senior Manager at FreeMarkets
Director e-Procurement at ALSTOM

CEO & cofounder at B2Build
MBA at INSEAD
Project Manager at ABB ALSTOM

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Education

INSEAD
Supelec

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Industry

Information Services

Pierre-Francois Thaler’s Summary

Entrepreneur with broad international experience in Purchasing & Supply Chain Management, and Business Development.

Passionate about starting or growing new businesses leveraging innovative technologies, and new service delivery models.

Pierre-Francois Thaler’s Specialties:

Achats Responsables, CSR, Ethical Sourcing , Green Purchasing, Strategic Sourcing, e-Procurement, e-Sourcing, Procurement Outsourcing, Electronic Marketplaces, Process Re-engineering, SRM, SCM, BPO, Low Cost Country Sourcing,

Pierre-Francois Thaler’s Experience

Co-President

EcoVadis

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Services industry)

January 2007 — Present (2 years)

EcoVadis is a provider of Sustainable Supply Management solutions,
helping organisations integrate environmental and social criteria’s in the supply chain. The powerfull on-demand solution, leverage web based platform and a shared service expertise to create the first data exchange for sustainability indicators in the supply chain. www.ecovadis.com
Director, Procurement Managed Services

Ariba

(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; ARBA; Information Technology and Services industry)

March 2004 — February 2007 (3 years)
Senior Manager

FreeMarkets

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; FMKT; Outsourcing/Offshoring industry)

March 2004 — August 2004 (6 months)
Director e-Procurement

ALSTOM

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Oil & Energy industry)

December 2001 — March 2004 (2 years 4 months)
CEO & cofounder

B2Build

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

September 1999 — October 2001 (2 years 2 months)

Co-founder of the first b2b European construction marketplace.
B2Build is offering purchasing technology & services for contractors & construction companies.
Company backed by Atlas Venture and Deutsche Bank
MBA

INSEAD

(Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Higher Education industry)

January 1999 — December 1999 (1 year)
Project Manager

ABB ALSTOM

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Construction industry)

1993 — 1998 (5 years)

Sales & Project Management for Engineering Procurement Construction of major Power Generation Projects, in Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Libya, China