Gender
Male
Location
Cape Town, Western Province
Birthday:
June 5
Personal history with South Africa and France
Arrived mid-august 2014 in Cape Town for a 3 or 4 year experience - 1st time ever in South Africa! Followed my wife who found a diplomatic position as of 01/09/2014
Current company
None
Professional Background
Agronomy Engineering Master Degree - specialized in seafood industry and aquaculture ------------------------------------------------------------ Oct 2013 – June 2014: ROYAL GREENLAND Vertriebs Country Manager - France & Belgium Creation of the Permanent Establishment (PE) of Royal Greenland Vertriebs in Paris (starting date 01/12/2013) Management of the new structure, in charge of sales development in France and Belgium – 2013/2014 results: 29.5 M€ / 4.100 tons. Main missions: Defining and following sales strategy for French and Belgian Markets Building and defending yearly sales and cost budgets for the French PE Managing directly the PE Key customers in retail, food service and industry (65% of the PE results) Managing the PE team : 1 Key Account Manager, 2 sales administrators, 1 Quality Manager Reporting KPI and sales results on a monthly basis reporting to Group Sales Manager, n°2 of Royal Greenland Group ------------------------------------------------------------ Jan 2010 – Sept 2013: ROYAL GREENLAND France Retail Key Account Manager Management of Key Retail Service Customers -National and European negotiations. 2012-2013 results: 25 M€ (+3% versus budget). Main customers: EMC Group : Casino, Monoprix, Leader Price, EMD (European Purchases): 3.800 tons / 8.5 M€ Carrefour (G4 : France, Belgium, Italy, Spain) : 3.200 tons / 8 M€ DIA France (negotiated with Dia Spain) : 1.400 tons / 3.7 M€ Picard : 300 tons / 2,9 M€ Restaurant du Cœur : 600 tons / 1,3 M€ ------------------------------------------------------------ Sept 2008 – Déc 2009: ROYAL GREENLAND France Food Service Key Account Manager Management of Key Food Service Customers -National and European negotiations. 2008-2009 results: 7.5 M€ (+15% versus budget). Main customers: Catering (Compass France & Europe, Sodexo France & Europe) Wholesalers (Brake France, Coditour…) Chain Restaurants (Flunch, KFC France…) Cash&Carry (Metro, Promocash) Industrials (Delpierre, Erimer) ------------------------------------------------------------ April 2006 - August 2008: ROYAL GREENLAND France Technical and Quality Manager [Job creation] Interface between Royal Greenland facilities (Germany, Denmark, Greenland, Poland, China) and customers QC and purchases departments: Creating product specifications, technical requests and packaging approval (Private Label/National Brand) Organizing and leading customers’ audit in main Group factories, follow-up of corrective actions Ensuring regulation, legislation and technical evolutions for the French market ------------------------------------------------------------ April 2005 - March 2006: ICELANDIC France Quality Assistant [April-Sept 2005 : final internship study, Oct 2005 – March 2006 : employee]
Interests in life
Sea! - climbing, running - music
Nationality
French
