Virginie L.

Specialist Strategic Procurement Raw Materials @ Ricola

About

Sustainability all along the food value chain has always been a key driver in my career as an agronomist. I am passionate about driving a positive change in the food systems while promoting ethical and ecological standards. Holding a Masters' degree from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETHZ), I am a dynamic and highly motivated person who brings different international experiences.

Country

Switzerland

City

Basel

Industry

Food Production

Skill

Requirements Management, Project Coordination, Data Collection, Interdisciplinary Collaboration, Planning, Evaluations, Quality Control, Critical Thinking, Project Management, Presentation Skills, Organization Skills, Foreign Languages, Laboratory Skills, Molecular Biology, Statistics, Research, Program Evaluation, Microsoft Office, Problem Solving, R studio

Experience

Specialist Strategic Procurement Raw Materials

Ricola

2023-8 - Present · 3 yrs 2 mos

Laufen, Basel-Country, Switzerland

- Project-based assessment of raw materials for product development in line with sustainability, technological, and naturalness requirements. - Set-up of a sustainable supplier management system for suppliers, including risk-based analysis, EcoVadis and SEDEX management.

Scientific Collaborator

Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL

2020-7 - 2023-5 · 2 yrs 11 mos

Frick, Aargau, Switzerland

- In charge of evaluating fertilizing products for admission in the list of inputs for organic agriculture, which is used by more than 7000 farmers in Switzerland. - Manages customer relationships in the context of product registration. - Leads a quality control project which ensures sustainability of products. - Develops the evaluation criteria based on evolution of organic agriculture and in collaboration with the European team.

Food Safety Collaborator

Bühler Group

2018-4 - 2020-5 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Uzwil

- Planned and rolled out a reporting tool to measure the progress of the food safety corporate targets, which strengthened the food safety topics. - Lead a training development project in collaboration with different stakeholders to strengthen food safety skills of more than 2000 employees. - In charge of improving food safety internal processes and documentation which increased efficiency in the development of sustainable products

Intern in Environment, Health and Safety, Bühler Group, Uzwil (SG)

Bühler Group

2017-4 - 2018-3 · 1 yr

Uzwil

- Implemented a worldwide tool to assess environmental data of the company. - Planned ethical sourcing and environmental audits, consolidated results and organized followed-up measures, which increased sustainability level.

Master Thesis

Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL

2016-1 - 2016-8 · 8 mos

Frick

- Title: “Understanding of the population structure of Marssonina coronaria (Mc) causing apple leaf blotch in Swiss and European orchards”. -Managed a scientific project to investigate the population genetic structure of a fungal pathogen in low-inputs apple orchards, thereby developing efficient microsatellite markers.