Evariste Agbo

Global Sourcing Expert | Mechanical Components | Heat Exchangers, Valves & Refrigeration Systems New Product Development Purchasing Leader Portfolio Responsibility: €40M – 🇺🇸 🇪🇺 🇨🇳 🇨🇭 🇯🇵 Experienced Purchasing Leader driving global sourcing strategies for mechanical components, including heat exchangers, valves, and other refrigeration components. Key Responsibilities & Focus Areas: • Lead and coordinate New Product Development (NPD) purchasing activities across global teams. • Deploy sourcing strategies aligned with global buyers to achieve optimal quality, cost, and supply conditions. • Collaborate closely with engineering, quality, and supply chain teams to ensure project success and supplier performance. • Support supplier development and risk management initiatives to secure competitive and reliable supply bases. • Lead and coordinate the VAVE activities for cost optimization - Regional implementation Core Competencies: Strategic Sourcing | Supplier Relationship Management | Cross-functional Leadership | Cost Optimization | Quality & Risk Management | Mechanical Commodities

Global Sourcing Expert | Mechanical & Mechatronic Components | Fuell Cell Systems @MICHELIN @FORVIA @STELLANTIS Portfolio Responsibility: €7M Strategic Lead across five segments: injected plastic molding, casting, forging, machined parts, and busbar components. Key Responsibilities & Focus Areas: • Execution of supplier audits, onboarding of new suppliers, and management of supplier assessments and risk mitigation plans • Process and design change management (ECR), including coordination of technical exchanges with internal and external stakeholders • Management of current and new projects via PMS with the Core Team, covering A/B and C/D samples through SOP, with active involvement in PPAP readiness • Definition and monitoring of KPIs, preparation and presentation for Sourcing Committees, including CapEx validation • Oversight of administrative and operational purchasing activities: order fulfillment, supplier accounts receivable follow-up, and supplier payment management Core Competencies: Strategic Sourcing | Supplier Relationship Management | Cross-functional Leadership | Cost Optimization | Quality & Risk Management | Mechanical Commodities

e-Mobility Daimler Trucks AG | Daimler eActros High-Voltage DC/DC converter Program • Yearly Spend Portfolio : €4,4M. Key Responsibilities & Focus Areas: Mechanical and electronical commodity: PCB, PCBA, Transformators, Diodes, Flex flexible cables, Busbars, Plastic components, Die Casting parts, Coating components, Fasteners. • Production line transfer • Workshop; NPI Dashboard Lead on new technical design phases, PPAP monitoring, • Sourcing committee presentation • Production shortages management • BOM cost estimation on a monthly basis calculation • Supply Chain Management (logistics & stock warehouse support on SCM escalation) • VAVE management for the Aluminum Castings Commodity • Go/No-Go CCB presentation for updates & changes design • CapEx / OpEx follow-up hard & soft tooling

e-Mobility Volvo Trucks & Renault Trucks | CAB Plastic Medium Duty Heavy Duty • Yearly Spend: 7M€. Key Responsibilities & Focus Areas: • Purchasing process: RFQ, contractualisation, order management, delivery monitoring, reporting • Supplier performance management: negotiation, QCD, audits, ratings, supplier relationship • Cross functional teamwork: engineering, material planners, quality • Import and export constraints (EUC, international transport) • Obsolescence management (last buy order, resourcing)

Mechanics, Electronics, Optronics and Software - Defense & Security, Aerospace • Project management on high-performance industrial tools, sourcing and benchmarking • Develop high-tech solutions where technical, environmental or climatic conditions are severe

Main missions : - Ensure supplier piece price and tooling are in line with the program IBP and support OI for the division. - Participate as a core member of the program team by being responsible for all purchasing deliverables. - Approve supplier selection with the commodity buyer to ensure alignment with Program OI. - Ensure sourcing committee presentation is complete and accurate at time of sourcing with all impacted commodity and purchasing costing team members. - Nominate suppliers to sourcing committee per launch timeline. - Responsible for kicking off supplier tooling per program timeline, utilizing SAP system. - Support Supplier Quality in ensuring supplier PPAP timing meets program and launch readiness timing. - Issue purchase orders for early build parts. - Track BOM cost impact from business award through end of life. - Understand design changes through ECR/ECO process with strong communication to commodity and costing group to measure cost impact. - Ensure supplier tool payment complete for BOP. - Attend program core team meetings. - Ensure all work package deliverables are met per the agreed upon program timing.

Mechanical Division (FAURECIA) • Selection of suppliers; Consideration of the specifications, identification, evaluation of potential suppliers in QCD, logistical risks, production capacity. • Project and supplier monitoring; Research of technical solutions, order management (SAP validations), reporting.

Coordination / Management - Series & Commodities purchasing department - Professional Thesis: LCC Sourcing optimization: Best practices from the case Faurecia (2016) - Prospecting, negotiation with suppliers - Contract management and aministrative litigation - Comprehensive analysis of the results, back office management, financial control - Development of innovative projects - Industrial engineering and logistics

RNCP Level 7 (Bac+6) qualification, accredited by the Conférence des Grandes Écoles. This 15-month program combines academic coursework with professional immersion, culminating in a thesis offering strategic recommendations for the company.

Brighton // Assessment and Certification of Graduation - London // CEFR Level