Christophe Van Riel (Past Speaker)

Christophe has the responsibility for Direct and Indirect materials, a portfolio of more than 1.5 Billion spend across EMEA. Prior joining the Procurement function, Christophe held different supply chain and business functions within Ecolab and over the past 4 years, he drove the transformation of Procurement towards strategic sourcing with the creation of Focused Centers of Expertise. More recently with the deployment of the Procurement Business Partners network Ecolab Procurement enabled and accelerated collaboration with the Business to build an Ambidextrous function that is impacting top and bottom lines, along with embracing digital transformation with the creation of a Procurement Digital office.