Laurent Durgeat
About
Laurent Durgeat is from Meudon, Île-de-France, France. Laurent is currently Director of Purchasing - Home and Fashion at reder - l'homme moderne, located in Paris, Île-de-France, France. In Laurent's previous role as a International Buying Director - Home Appliances & Consumer Electronics at Conforama, Laurent worked in Région de Paris, France until Jan 2022. Prior to joining Conforama, Laurent was a International Business Development Manager at Conforama and held the position of International Business Development Manager at Paris Area, France. Prior to that, Laurent was a Brown Goods Purchasing Manager at PPR Purchasing Services from Mar 2010 to Oct 2010. Laurent started working as Director, Product Management at Worldspace Satellite Radio in Paris Area, France in Sep 2006. From Aug 2004 to Aug 2006, Laurent was Manager, Multimedia Product Category at Thomson Telecom (currently Technicolor), based in Paris Area, France. Prior to that, Laurent was a Global Product Manager at Thomson Hong Kong, based in Hong Kong from Jan 1999 to Jul 2004. Laurent started working as Assistant Product Manager at Thomson Singapore in Singapore in Feb 1995.
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Laurent Durgeat's current jobs
Leading procurement, purchasing and supply strategy across multiple product categories (fashion, footwear, electronics, home appliances, furniture, garden, wellness…)
Laurent Durgeat's past jobs
Manage the team sourcing private label appliances and electronics on behalf of Conforama subsidiaries - European scope
Drive business development between France and the other European markets (Italy, Spain, Portugal, Croatia, Switzerland). Set up international cooperation agreements with consumer electronic, information technology and home appliance major brands.
Negotiations on behalf of Fnac, Conforama and Redcats for all TV / Video / Audio products sold under private labels and licensed brands
Establish and manage the product marketing and development plans for Europe’s first digital satellite radio receivers Develop business plans and partnerships with leading car makers and automotive equipment makers
Drive the development of Thomson’s first wireless video tablet (in 2005 !). Lead the partnership with France Telecom / Orange to define the consumer proposition, including product specifications, portal and video content offering.
P&L Owner, worldwide Product Management for portable audio-video Products (GE, Thomson, RCA brands) Supervise a multi-disciplinary team of 30 to launch 12 product platforms per year, generating 200M€ turnover. Manage the entire development cycle : product concept, features, positioning, engineering and industrialization follow-up, market introduction. Oversee design and packaging activities. Profitable market share increase in key products categories.
Manage the adaptation of US and European products to Asia/Pacific market needs. Launch Thomson’s first Video CD product range, resulting in 10% market share.