Renault appoints Thierry Charvet to take over supply chain
Renault Group
Renault Group has expanded the scope of Thierry Charvet’s role to include supply chain as well as his current responsibility as head of industry and quality, taking over the supply chain lead from Denis Le Vot.
Charvet has worked his way up at the carmaker since 1993,
when he joined as an engineer, eventually becoming global vice-president of
industrial engineering and strategy in 2017, and taking on the role of director
of industry and quality in 2023.
The move indicates that Renault Group is integrating supply
chain, manufacturing and quality under one leadership. The head of supply chain
role at the carmaker was created just two years ago, combining supply chain functions
across the carmaker’s different business units and organisations, and signalling
the increasing importance that supply chain management and logistics are
playing across the OEM.
Le Vot has chosen to leave the company, having held the role
of chief supply chain officer since May 2023, as well as CEO of the Dacia brand
since 2021. Katrin Adt will take over as CEO of Dacia, reporting to the new
chief growth officer Fabrice Cambolive.
Under Denis
Le Vot’s lead, Renault implemented a strategic supply chain focus, with the implementation
of digital control towers and plans for a supply chain engineering control
tower when data is collected across the OEM’s supply chain. At ALSC
Europe 2025, the carmaker’s vice-president of supply chain engineering, Jean-Marc
Carlicchi, spoke about how the OEM is using operational control towers to
enhance visibility and decision-making across inbound and outbound logistics.
In a statement, François Provost, CEO of Renault Group said:
“To meet the challenges ahead, we need an organisation that decides faster,
executes smarter and stays closer to our customers. Today’s leadership changes
bring together talented executives with deep industry knowledge, strong expertise
and, above all, the internal credibility to make a difference.”
At the same time, the group announced it has appointed
Philippe Brunet as its chief technology officer, a role that has been created
to accelerate innovation and development executive, and improve coordination with
product planning, quality, procurement, manufacturing and supply chain,
according to the OEM.
The carmaker
also announced that Anthony Plouvier will succeed François Provost as chief procurement
officer, coming from his role as vice-president of procurement strategy and
transformation. Renault said his appointment will “drive the transformation of
procurement, enhancing competitiveness while deepening partnerships with
suppliers”, bringing two decades’ worth of experience in procurement and cost
optimisation.
