Summary
François Manlay is a procurement operations and digital transformation leader with nine years of experience building data-driven solutions across aerospace, defense, and industrial organizations. At Thales he moved from data manager to product owner and now leads procurement operations, creating an end-to-end digital twin to improve supplier risk management and supply-chain visibility. He blends hands-on web development and cloud interests with strong data science, patent-mapping and market-intelligence roots developed at Airbus, ViaInno and Hilti. Known for turning complex ERP/ERP-MRP heterogenous datasets into actionable dashboards and automation, he has delivered crisis-response tooling and prioritized critical project deliveries. Fluent in cross-functional collaboration, he pairs technical curiosity with experience coaching category managers and rolling out MVPs in large, multi-ERP environments.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master 2 - Applied Economics & Statistics, Innovation strategy and Technology Intelligence, Master 2 - Applied Economics & Statistics, Innovation strategy and Technology Intelligence at Université de Bordeaux
French, English, chinois mandarin