Author:
Christoph

Mr JM.P.*, French national, resident in France
Language: French, English (fluent), Spanish (conversational)
- 20 years of successful experience in BtoB sectors in large international corporations
- Cross functional skills with experiences in senior management positions in
- Sales: management of USD multimillions sales team
- Project Management: management of USD multimillions 3rd party projects
- Sourcing: Chief Purchasing Officer experience in charge of a 450mUSD portfolio and a team of 85 sourcing staff located world-wide
- General Management: up to 300+ staff with full P&L responsibility
- Experienced in leading and managing international teams (Americas, Europe, Asia) gained through to both corporate roles and expatriations (4 expatriations: South Africa, Sweden, UK)
- Visionary leader with a strategic mindset and a strong ability to understand markets, define strategy and build solid business cases/models (including competitiveness/operational excellence projects) to drive customer satisfaction and profitable growth
- Achieved significant and sustainable
- Top line improvements: ex. 14% CAGR through to new product introduction
- Bottom line improvements:
- From loss making to profit making through restructuring plan or change of business model
- From « good to great » by doubling entity EBITDA profitability through to change of business model and definition & implementation of competitiveness project
- Ex. Operational excellence improvements: from 65% to 95% OTIF through to continuous improvement (Kaizen) techniques implementation
- Effective in leading teams and managing change/transformation (ex. Turnaround through to restructuring, « good to great » projects to drive profitable growth, change of ownership including selling and integration processes and discussions/negotiations with the French unions)
- Effective in developing and growing associates/talents
- Excellent presentation skills
- Former national level player in handball and in squash, marathoner