Portait of Felix de Rouville

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
Felix de Rouville's email address

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.)

Lancel Website

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

Lancel Website

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

Franco-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry Website

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

Chassay Website

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