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Hugues Ardouin

Purchasing Director, category management
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LinkedIn: Hugues Ardouin
Location: Greater Lyon Area, France
Current employer: DESCOURS & CABAUD
Current title:
Key Supplier Purchasing Manager (Interim Management)
Last updated: 08/04/2026 12:13 PM
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Hugues Ardouin is from Greater Lyon Area, France. Hugues is currently Key Supplier Purchasing Manager (Interim Management) at DESCOURS & CABAUD, located in Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. Hugues also works as Purchasing & Offer Director (Interim Management) at Bene Bono, a job Hugues has held since Jan 2024. Another title Hugues currently holds is Purchasing Director at Groupe Casino.

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Hugues Ardouin's current jobs
Title: Key Supplier Purchasing Manager (Interim Management)
Period: Jan 2025 - Present (1 year, 4 months)
Location: Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

200 suppliers, 130M€ budget -Optimized commercial conditions & strengthened partnerships -Recommended process and contracts improvement

Company: Bene Bono
Title: Purchasing & Offer Director (Interim Management)
Period: Jan 2024 - Present (2 years, 4 months)
Location: Paris et périphérie

300 suppliers, 8M€ budget, management of 15 people : buyers/category managers, product manager, supply & forecast manager -Definition of purchase/sourcing and price/margin strategy, range repositioning, offer development, launch of fresh products category -Increase of Average Order Value +20%, increase of profitability +3pts, launch of 30 new private label products

Company: Groupe Casino
Title: Purchasing Director
Period: Jan 2022 - Present (4 years, 4 months)
Location: Ville de Paris, Île-de-France, France

1000 suppliers, 250M€ purchase budget, management of 13 people, food and non food : local and regional products, opportunities, technical products, parapharmacy and new concepts -Control of 2023 inflation : +6% food, +3% non food, increase of business cooperation budgets 3X -Launch of a new concept of opportunity products generating an additional turnover of 30M€/year

Company: Place du Marché
Title: Purchasing Director
Period: Jan 2012 - Present (14 years, 4 months)
Location: Lyon et périphérie

300 suppliers, 150M€ purchase TO, 5000 items, in charge of managing 18 buyers, assistants and marketing managers. Main tasks : improving significantly profitability and buying earnings (2,5M€ year 2, 3, 4), defining and implementing new Bain and Oliver Wyman strategic plans, assortment repositioning through differentiation -Defining purchasing strategy in accordance with top management -Implementing Chain organisation on frozen vegetables, meat and poultry categories -Negotiating with top suppliers + some overheads costs -Managing marketing and supply for fresh&grocery categories (assortment, promotions, catalogues..) -Project management : Defining and implementing new promotional strategies, organising pooling purchase with new european partner, launching of strategic partnerships with Naturalia, Monoprix, Agidra

Company: Auchan Retail
Title: International Non Food Negotiator
Period: Jan 2009 - Present (17 years, 4 months)
Location: Geneva Area, Switzerland

30 suppliers, 100M€ TO in 12 countries Main tasks : Improving profitability (earnings increased by 30% for 3 years), Optimising international sales service towards international suppliers, implementing and developping a common strategy for all Auchan countries purchase departments. -Building a purchase strategy in accordance with Auchan international synergy -Negotiating international contracts with suppliers -Deploying international contracts counterparts -Sharing best practices and procedures with countries

Company: EDA
Title: Purchase director
Period: Jan 2008 - Present (18 years, 4 months)
Location: Noisy-Le-Grand Area, France

250 suppliers, 2000 items, 250M€ TO, management of a team of 10 buyers and assistants, member of the management committee Main tasks : Reorganising the purchase department and procedures as a consequence of the affiliation to Carrefour buying center and new french law LME. -Defining purchasing policies at local, national and european level -Directly negotiating and purchasing significant contracts -Contributing with the sales force and marketing department to the elaboration of product ranges -Negotiating the purchase of company overheads (transport, communications, IT) -Definying and implementing new process in connection with Carrefour partnership -Studying and implementing new contracts in line with the new french law LME (Loi modernisation économique)

Company: Groupe Casino
Title: Private Label International Buyer and National brands Buyer
Period: Jan 1998 - Present (28 years, 4 months)
Location: Croissy beaubourg (77)

Organisation of national and international call for tenders, negotiation with national and international brands, responsability for the private label process ( implementation of the new ranges, timing, service, competitiveness )

Company: Otelo
Title: Buyer/Product Manager
Period: Jan 1996 - Present (30 years, 4 months)
Location: Conflans
Hugues Ardouin's top skills
Negotiation Purchasing Private Label Global Sourcing Product Development Marketing Strategy Merchandising Procurement Retail Strategy Achats Management Négociation Category Management Gestion des catégories Gestion de projets d’entreprise E-commerce
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