Global sourcing and outsourced manufacturing, in Asia and Europe.
I help companies find reliable manufacturers, develop their suppliers, coordinate cost-effective prototypes and follow outsourced production. An engineer who understands manufacturing, not just purchasing. Fractional, project-based or long-term.
Carbon front triangle
Supplier tooling
I am the technical point of contact between your company and your manufacturers. I coordinate design offices, factories and test labs; I do not sell a full design service.
My core service: sourcing run by someone who understands the product and how it is made.
For companies that manufacture in Asia or Europe without a local team.
Build, test and improve before committing to production tooling.
I steer and contribute technically, as the link between your design team and the factories.
Not every company needs a full-time sourcing or manufacturing manager. I provide experienced, hands-on supplier and production management, remotely and with factory visits when required.
I manage your suppliers, sourcing projects, prototypes and outsourced production on a recurring basis.
Scope, deliverables and budget agreed up front.
As an external partner or as an employee, part-time or full-time.
Product families I have sourced and followed in production, from component level to the finished, packaged product.
Printed circuit boards and assemblies, electronic components, contract manufacturers (EMS), connected devices.
Carbon frames, forks and components, moulds and composite processes.
CNC-machined parts, tooling, mechanical sub-assemblies.
Injection-moulded housings and parts, mould follow-up.
Complete bicycles, accessories, packaging, private label and white label.
Your product, target cost, volumes, quality level and deadlines.
Shortlist of factories, RFQs, cost comparison and negotiation.
Prototypes and samples, checks, corrections with the supplier.
Tooling, process validation, first series.
Production, quality, changes and deliveries.
I coordinate the specialists each step needs: design offices, factories, test labs and logistics. You can bring me in for one step or the whole chain.
Connected GPS trackers for bicycles, from the first electronic prototype to series production and international distribution.
A bicycle range for the online retailer Probikeshop, sourced from Asian manufacturers.
High-end carbon bicycles, handmade in Italy, about a hundred frames a year.
A bicycle company built from scratch: €3M annual revenue, 40% export, 10,000 bikes sold in five years.
An engineer who understands manufacturing, not just purchasing. Mechanical engineer (ESM2 Marseille) with a master's degree in business administration (IAE). For twenty years I have sourced, negotiated and managed suppliers in Asia and Europe for electronic, composite and mechanical products, mostly in companies I founded. I have been on both sides: the buyer who pays the invoice and the manufacturer who has to deliver.
Open to part-time and long-term in-house roles in technical sourcing, electronic or mechanical purchasing, supplier development and outsourced manufacturing, remote or hybrid.
A few lines are enough: the product, the volumes, your current suppliers and where it hurts. I reply with a first assessment and a proposal.
Based in France, working internationally. English and French.