A skilled professional with a strong interest in Business Development and an international orientation.
Tri-lingual French - German - English.
5 years commercial management. Luxury Goods Retail and Consultancy Sector
37 bis, Av. de St. Germain
F-78600 Maisons-Laffitte
+33 (0)6 73 863 114
Born: 15.06.79
Marital status: Married
Professional Experience
01/2007 to Present - Retail Manager Boutiques France at Lancel
Initiated a complete audit of retail, teams, structures and procedures to reposition Lancel Boutiques in the luxury market.
Responsible for 25 Boutiques (B2C)
- Optimizing boutique performance, customer relations and service quality (definition of commercial goals and incentives, H.R., customer relations, organization)
- Reviews of boutique management and standard operating procedures (sales repositioning, optimizing efficiency through operational and logistical audits and IT systems)
- Implementation of a charter of service quality (sales teams quality service control, benchmarking boutiques through sales, customer relations, presentation and realignment in luxury market)
- Recruitment - Training and development of a fleet of 180 managers and sales teams
- Facilitation of formal communication channels between sales and management, harmonizing information workflow, inculcating corporate pride and confidence in teams and management echelons
- Coordination of new Boutique projects in France and introduction of new store concepts
- Definition of budgets, goals and workflow
- Commercial analyses of sales in boutiques (K.P.I.)
2006 to 2007 - Commercial Manager for Northern France at Lancel
Augmentation of client base by 25% through client relations and implementation of a results-focused culture
Responsible for 82 sales points (B2B)
- Client prospection in targeted market
- Management of client portfolios and relations
- Launching new Collections, product valorisation
- Seminars, training
- Introduction of a database to analyse the structure of sales point sales
- Initiation of commercial action plans
2002 to 2006 - Marketing and Commercial Consultant Franco-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Promoted from an internship to a permanent position and later to client relationship management
- Market investments, research, follow-through support for German companies seeking business partners, wholesalers and retailers in France
- Client promotion in business forums, trades salons, presentations and seminars
- Management of client relations, networking
- Liaison with the Vermarktungs Hilfe Programm, French and German Ministries of Economy and the Bundesländern
- Composition of regular reports, advertisements and client documentation
- Management of the Chamber’s website and promotional material
2000 to 2002 - Assistant Manager of Car Valet Centre at a Dealer for Maserati, Corvette and SAAB
- Team Management
- Multi-tasking
- Working in a small environment
Education
2002 to 2003 - University Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne Masters in History of International Relations
Majors: Central European Countries and European Integration
2001 to 2002 - Université Catholique de l’Ouest
MA (Maîtrise) in Contemporary History
One semester was spent in Munich, Germany, for academic research.
Majors: Economics, Journalism and History of Art.
1998 to 2001 - Université Catholique de l’Ouest & Katholischen Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
BA (Licence, D.E.U.G. II, D.E.U.G. I) in History
Third year Erasmus exchange in Eichstätt, Germany
Other Skills & Activities
Info Tech
Avanced Word, Excel, Access, Powerpoint, Lotus Notes, SAP
Motor Sports
Keen motor enthusiast, sports competition manager and blogger at LeVintage.com
Le Mans Classic 2006
Manager of Grid 6 - 70 cars and teams for the 1972-1979 entries
Grand Prix de Tours 2005, 2006
Manager Classic Motorbike Park - 40 bikes 1923-1980
Moto Club d’Enduro 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
Motor Bike Endurance Competition organiser for the Tour Region
Voluntary Work
President R.I.R.E Association - organisation of inter-cultural exchanges
Order of Malta humanitarian NGO
First aid training
Other
Sports including American boxing, gym, swimming, travelling, movies and good literature
