Recruitment

With TOLSON, lead the revolution at the heart of major companies and transform their Purchasing.

CONTEXT
TOLSON, specialized in Purchasing since its inception, excels in the digitization, organization, and innovation of Suppliers, as well as in the overall transformation of the Purchasing Function within companies. In addition to traditional consulting missions in these areas, TOLSON innovates by leading a benchmarking community called “VDA,” bringing together around thirty Purchasing organizations from international Large Groups such as Michelin, Alstom, Société Générale, Axa, Pernod-Ricard, Airbus, Kingfisher, LVMH, etc. This community regularly exchanges information and expertise, providing TOLSON with a deep understanding of the challenges of large enterprises, best practices, and advanced solutions.
In full expansion, TOLSON is looking for creative and entrepreneurial professionals, eager to join a dynamic team passionate about challenges, with a constant desire for learning and development.

WHAT YOU WILL DO
Under the direct responsibility of the Purchasing Practice Manager and in connection with other activities at TOLSON, your role will be to ensure the animation and sustainability of the Purchasing VDA community and contribute to the success of our consulting services:
Community Animation

• Prepare thematic workshops on the Purchasing function through research and expert interviews.
• Animate and moderate exchanges at all levels.
• Organize specific projects at the request of members (benchmark or studies, user clubs for solutions, etc.).
• Maintain relationships with members and develop a relationship of trust.
• To learn more about TOLSON communities, we invite you to listen to the interview that the founder, Thierry de Cassan, gave on the “Entrepreneurs café” podcast.

Consulting Missions

• Design and animate framing workshops.
• Manage and/or contribute to the production of deliverables and ensure their presentation to the client at all hierarchical levels.
• Ensure the achievement of objectives set with the client.
• Communicate and promote the project to all stakeholders.

Business Development

• Contribute to the development of the firm’s offerings.
• Participate in responses to tenders (technical and commercial).

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR
Your experience

• Experience in strategic Purchasing project management and/or consulting in organizational and/or digital change management.
• Have worked in contact with Large Groups.
• Successfully contributed to transformation projects.
• Have facilitated workshops in the context of projects or intra/inter-company exchanges.
• Ideally, be able to identify the challenges faced by buyers and have worked on a Purchasing IS solution (Ariba, Ivalua, Coupa, etc.).

Your skills

• Excellent facilitation, presentation, and conversation skills in at least French and English, allowing you to effectively animate the community.
• Leadership and problem-solving skills in an international context.
• Listening, analysis, and synthesis skills.
• Be proactive and comfortable in an ever-evolving environment.
• Ability to communicate effectively in both English and French (mandatory, proficiency in a third language is a plus).

WHAT TOLSON WILL BRING YOU

• A great project: a growing firm, an original and solid business model.
• A stimulating and international environment.
• Great flexibility in working conditions and autonomy.
• A broad field of activities and responsibilities.
• Continuous training in our various professions and the rapid development of new expertise.
• An attractive remuneration package, fixed & variable.

RECRUITMENT PROCESS

1. Phone interview with our recruitment manager.
2. Interview with your future manager.
3. Practical case of a consulting mission in English in front of the CEO and part of the team.

To apply, send your Curriculum Vitae to the following address: jobs@tolson-consulting.com

Whether between Functions, Entities… or even between Companies, we place the human at the center of our missions to progress together.

In our areas of expertise – Purchasing, Operations, Sustainable Development, Business Transformation, and Benchmarking Communities – we establish teams, animate them with enthusiasm, and lead them to success.
We work for large companies such as L’Oréal, Essilor, Saint-Gobain, Total, Sodexo, LVMH, Arkema, BIC, Danone, Legrand, Thales, Société Générale, Engie, EDF…

We support them in two ways:

• By encouraging them to share with each other to progress faster
• By leading consulting missions

In full expansion, TOLSON is looking for its future Expert in Generative AI Professional Applications!

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Identify opportunities for integrating generative AI into our activities and those of our clients.
• Collect, structure, and synthesize all feedback on generative AI by interacting with them.
• Define and lead the generative AI strategy within TOLSON and contribute to the firm’s skill development.
• Study the implementation of generative AI carefully and highlight key features.
• Ensure technological watch on the market.
• To learn more about TOLSON communities, we invite you to listen to the interview that the founder, Thierry de Cassan gave on the “Entrepreneurs café” podcast.

WHAT TOLSON WILL BRING YOU

• A great project: a growing firm, an original and solid business model.
• A stimulating and international environment.
• Great flexibility in working conditions and autonomy.
• A broad field of activities and responsibilities.
• Rapid development of new expertise.
• Possible hiring at the end of the internship.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR IN YOU

• Studies at the Bac +5 level in computer science, artificial intelligence, or a similar field.
• Curiosity, rigor, autonomy, and good synthesis skills.
• Understanding of AI frameworks and concepts.
• Mastery of the Microsoft suite and AI applications (GPT chat, Bard, Copilot, etc.).
• Ability to collaborate with multidisciplinary teams.
• Good level of English both in writing and speaking.

To apply, send your CV to the following address: jobs@tolson-consulting.com