GENERAL MANAGER / BUSINESS UNIT MANAGER
Vice President of Marketing & Sales/Business Developer

SUMMARY :
A dynamic and enterprising individual with strong business acumen, proven analytical and communication skills, a great motivator and inspirator of people, highly energetic and hard at work.

More than 25 years of diversified and versatile experiences in various positions in marketing and sales as well as general manager of innovative SMEs in the telecom, ICT, industrial equipment and services sectors, with several expatriation experiences in Asia and Africa, and used to extensive travels worldwide.

Deep knowledge and mastering of delivering time to market innovative products in extremely competitive landscapes, in France or abroad.

Seeking a general management role in a forward looking, high potential company delivering superb state of the art or technically advanced products.

PROFESSIONAL GOAL:
-> International or European Sales, Marketing, and/or Manufacturing Division Manager within a large European Company organized in human-sized Strategic Business Units in a challenging and hi-tech environment, to drive Change Processes in B-to-B Services, or Industrial Equipment. 

-> Or European Head of Sales for a foreign Company (US, Canada…) wishing to expand on the European market, with head offices in France or any other European country, to develop direct and indirect sales in hi-tech businesses (Software, Computer and Information Technology Systems, Biotech, Industrial Services and Products…).

BACKGROUND:
1.      Mechanical Engineer from the “Arts et Métiers”, Top-3 engineering school in France

2.      Specialization in International Trade

3.      MBA Leading Change and Technology

4.      25 years of highly versatile experiences in :

-   Management of company and profit centres, HR, Finance, Marketing

-  Export of industrial equipment throughout the world, direction of erection sites and commissioning of machines, after sales service,

-  Controlling and managing local subsidiaries (sales and manufacturing), direction of teams of local workers

-  Direct and Indirect Sales through Distribution Channels and Agency Networks, B-to-B and B-to-C

PROFILE:

-  Strong empathy with clients and employees alike, excellent salesman even in difficult environment/situation and/or at high level in the client hierarchy

-       Technical background and exceptional analytical skills allowing to master expertly complex technologies and environments with a particular expertise in the following fields: Telecommunication, Internet, Webmarketing and E-business, Industrial Equipment, Automatism, Electricity, Electronics, Mechanics, Management, Finance, Accounting, Sales and Marketing

-          Highly versatile and very successful experience in Sales on the field, as team manager, in France as well as throughout the World, and in Management of my own Company (limited partnership)

-          Entrepreneur spirit, highly dynamic, drive, autonomy, creativity, innovative, integrity and ethics, used to teamwork in pluri-cultural environments, leadership.