JC was born in 1972, in Vitry, France. He graduated in 1996 from IEP Grenoble (Institut d'études politiques de Grenoble) with a Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) Applied Economics. He is married with two children.
JC is a dynamic leader, with extensive experience within the Automotive Industry covering OEM and supplier companies. He is passionate about promoting partnerships in Supply Chain to face current and future challenges with all stakeholders.
JC is a relentless catalyst for change, with an unremitting Customer-First approach and has a passion for People Development realised through investing in self-managing High Performing Teams.
JC moved into his first leadership role in 1996 as an international buyer for Valeo in China before joining Toyota in 1999.
With a proven track record, JC has held many Executive Management positions within Toyota, including Purchasing Director at Toyota Motor Europe, Vice President of Toyota Motor Manufacturing France, Head of Supply Chain Production & Vehicle Logistics at Toyota Motor Europe.
In July 2023 JC assumed the position as Vice President of Toyota Motor Europe’s Supply Chain, where his mission is to, “Exceed Customers expectations with a team-members in 25 countries, with logistics movements across 120 countries, aiming at delivering their customers superior quality products on-time, in-time and every-time.
JC is passionate about sports, humanity and of course, his family life.
About Toyota Motor Europe
Toyota Motor Europe NV/SA (TME) oversees the wholesale sales and marketing of Toyota, GR (Gazoo Racing) and Lexus vehicles and parts and accessories, as well as Toyota’s European manufacturing and engineering operations. Toyota directly employs over 25,000 people and has invested over EUR 11 billion in Europe since 1990. Its eight European manufacturing plants are located in Portugal, the UK, France, Poland, Czech Republic and Turkey. Today, there are approximately 16.5 million Toyota, GR and Lexus vehicles on European roads, whose drivers are supported by a network of 28 National Marketing and Sales Companies and around 2,800 retail sales outlets in 53 countries (EU, UK, EFTA countries + Russia, Israel, Turkey, and other Eastern European countries). In 2022, TME sold 1,080,975 vehicles in Europe for a 6.4% market share. For more information, visit Facts & Figures (toyota.eu) and www.toyota-europe.com.
Toyota believes that when people are free to move, anything is possible. In the pursuit of "Mobility for All", Toyota aims to create safer, more connected, inclusive, and sustainable mobility to achieve its mission of producing “Happiness for All”. In Europe, TME launched the KINTO mobility brand which offers a range of mobility services in 14 countries and is growing its business-to-business sales of zero-emission fuel cell products and engineering support. Contributing to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, Toyota is working to achieve carbon neutrality in its entire business across Europe. A historic leader in CO2 reduction in Europe, TME aims to achieve 100% CO2 reduction in all new vehicles in Western Europe by 2035 and will continue to offer a full range of electrified powertrains to customers across the region with its hybrid, plug-in hybrid, battery, and fuel cell electric vehicles.
