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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Connections

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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 11 months)

  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

Pierre-Francois Thaler’s Education

• INSEAD

  MBA , 1999 — 1999

• Supelec

  MSc , Electrical Enginnering , September 1990 — June 1993

Additional Information

Pierre-Francois Thaler’s Groups:

•    INSEAD Alumni (5,000+ Alumni connected)
•    Supélec Alumni
•    Ariba Alumni
•    Sustainability Working Group
•    Supply Chain Management Practitioners & Experts
•    Procurement Professionals (#1 supply chain & sourcing group) Business, network, jobs & candidates
•    Hi-Tech Ventures & Startups
•    Sustainable Procurement Group
•    ISM - Institute for Supply Management
•    Sustainable Procurement experts and practitionners
•    Green Supply Chain
•    INSEAD Club Sustainability and Business
•    Friends of Acquisti & Sostenibilita'
•    Supélec Entrepreneurs

Pierre-Francois Thaler’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch