Laurent Bendavid

President World Courier, SVP Cencora @ World Courier

About

Laurent Bendavid, President of World Courier, Senior Vice President of Cencora is an accomplished executive with a proven track record of driving growth and operational excellence across multiple industries. Known for his strategic vision and leadership, Laurent successfully steered organisations through growth while maintaining the commitment to continuous improvement. His career includes leadership roles at Mondial Relay, Alliance Healthcare France, Logista France, and Carrefour, where he held senior positions. Laurent’s strategic core values center on innovation, people development, excellence in execution and the relentless pursuit of value creation. He holds a master degree from Rennes School of Business and an Executive MBA from INSEAD.

Country

City

United Kingdom

Industry

Transportation/Trucking/Railroad

Skill

Category Management, Negotiation, Team Leadership, International Business, Retail, Team Management, Trade Marketing

Experience

President World Courier, SVP Cencora

World Courier

2024-11 - Present · 1 yr 11 mos

London Area, United Kingdom

World Courier part of Cencora, offers specialised logistics solutions to drive the clinical and commercial success of our partners worldwide. Operating in more than 50 countries with dedicated local teams and maintaining a strong presence across 120 countries, our 4000 team members are committed to delivering “white gloves” global logistics services.

PDG/CEO France & Benelux (InPost Group)

Mondial Relay

2024-3 - 2024-11 · 9 mos

France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Netherland

Président/CEO

Alliance Healthcare France

2019-4 - 2024-2 · 4 yrs 11 mos

Paris Area, France

Alliance Healthcare France is the french subsidary of AmerisourceBergen Corporation. Alliance Healthcare France is a group of 3.600 employees with a turnover of 3,6 Billion € specialized in services to pharmacies: - Alliance Healthcare Wholesale: drug wholesaler to Pharmacies, - Alcura: services for home hospitalization, - Alphega: a virtual network of 900 pharmacies on the french market.

Membre du conseil d’administration/Member of the supervisory board

Faerch Group

2018-1 - 2021-3 · 3 yrs 3 mos

President/CEO

Logista France

2013-10 - 2019-3 · 5 yrs 6 mos

Paris Area, France

Logista France leading French wholesaler for convenience stores. Turnover: 4.5 Billion €, 1600 employees, 17 distribution centers and 72 000 customers. Logista France regroups 5 companies: - Logista SAS: leading tobacco distributor - SAF: leading tobacconist channel wholesaler - Telecom & Business: leading dematerialized prepaid phone solution provider - Supergroup: food wholesaler for gas stations, restaurant & bakery channels - Strator: leading POS terminal & IT solution provider for tobacconist channels

Executive Director: Commercial & New Concept Development, Carrefour Group

Carrefour

2010-5 - 2013-8 · 3 yrs 4 mos

Paris Area, France

Development of new concepts Share and spread best practices

Country Manager

Carrefour Bulgaria

2009-7 - 2010-4 · 10 mos

Sofia, Bulgaria

Launching of a new subsidary in a fast growing environment Structuration of the expansion Land and lease negotiation Organisation of the headquarters Processes development

COO Hypermarket South East Division and Supermarket Division

Carrefour Brasil

2008-1 - 2009-7 · 1 yr 7 mos

Sao Paulo

Management of a portafolio of 40 Hypermarkets and 50 Supermarkets Link the operations and the headquarters Enhance program of productivity improvement and customer services

Director Commercial of Food Departement (FMCG+Fresh department)

Carrefour

2005-3 - 2008-1 · 2 yrs 11 mos

Sao Paulo, Brasil

Management of FMCG and fresh product departement (300 categories) Formalization and implementation of category management program Enhance link between Commercial and Operations