Mohamed BALGHOUTHI

Since 2010, Mohamed Balghouthi has been the Director of MB Consulting, a consultancy in Industrial Purchasing & Business Intelligence for several companies, institutions and universities.
3 periods, 3 commitments.
1/Arts & Commerce: Electrical Engineering + Bachelor of Sciences in Mathematics & Physics, worked for 10 years in Artistic Management and Commerce.
2/Industry & Systemic Approach : in 2004 he resumed his studies at the National Polytechnic Institute of Grenoble (Grenoble INP), then at the Grenoble School of Management (Grenoble EM) where he obtained a diploma in Technical Management in Industrial Engineering.
Quickly he was hired by a multinational company (Schneider-Electric) as a cross-functional project manager for the reorganization in the global purchasing department.
Breaking down the entire value chain and the Purchase/Suppliers ecosystem, he develops new systemic purchasing tools. Schneider-Electric achieving economies of scale of more than 20% in terms of operating results.
Long-term purchasing strategies, a resilient ecosystem between buyer and supplier, sustainable gains for the company, far from short-term cost-killing methodologies.
3/Teaching & Civil Society :
*Teaching: since 2014, teaching Master of Economic Intelligence (Université Jean Moulin Lyon3) and Master of Purchasing & Supply Chain Management (IDRAC Business School). Supervision more than 40 students for their professional thesis. Modules: Purchasing Cost-Models, Sustainable Sourcing & Purchasing. With his students, he created a procurement audit tool measuring the performance and compliance of companies with the 17 SDGs.


*Tunisia & Africa : depth knowledge on the issue of mining, natural resources and economic intelligence.In 2013, elected “Personality of Civil Society in Tunisia ” and received the “Open Gov Prize” for his fight on financial transparency + his contribution to article 13 of the New Tunisian Constitution.


*Genève : Founding member of the think-tank G4 Living Lab.

Mohamed BALGHOUTHI

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