Sébastien is the executive vice-president and chief procurement officer at Merck KGaA, a leading global science and technology company headquartered in Darmstadt, Germany. Together with a team of passionate procurement professionals, he’s purposefully advancing procurement, for a better tomorrow and a thriving Merck. Throughout his career across tourism, fast-moving consumer goods, healthcare and life science, he has been focusing on transforming procurement to be a strategic business partner delivering sustainable value beyond savings, and leveraging innovative operating models and digitally enabled ways of working.