Executive Management | Managing Director | COO | Interim Manager

• 2019 - Present

The crisis context presents new challenges for your organization models and many opportunities to seize. Your teams must stay on track while accelerating the transformation, their engagement is a key factor.I support your industrial or commercial SME in his transformation projects through operational and proximity management driving change and performance improvement. A Strategic and operational management as a senior manager in areas of expertise such as General Management, Operations, Purchasing and Supply Chain, Intercultural Management, Production Management.I evolve in situations as managerial failure, corporate restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, position creation, project management, governance issues, relay management.

COO | Business Development | International Development Partner | Retail

• 2017 - 2021

Chief Executive Officer

• 2014 - 2017

One of the most important thing I’ve learned in my experience as a CEO of Aventures-des-Toiles is to commit all the team to uncover what the customer wants in his experience with the brand and making it our mission to deliver. With hundreds of new products launched every season, we focus on collaboration and processes across all the value chain. Our goal is to create an environment that connects consumers with the brand, through our 7 own stores, omni-channel webstore or through a network of more than 250 retailers in France and in 23 exportation countries.In this entrepreneurial and human adventure, I'm responsible of a transformation with strong strategic and operational stakes. In a context of a turnaround in textile and fashion industry, I create the company with its private label. From the first year, an under-performing business becomes profitable.Among my challenges : ❖ 360° Analysis of the “As-Is” organization with the regard the market and competition, the distribution, internal processes, production and supply network to lay-down the foundation for the business recovery following a bankruptcy.❖ Financial structuring and cash control, cost and inventory optimization program, CapEx vs OpEx arbitrage.❖ Transform and optimize business processes (including regulatory) to face the new challenges.❖ Negotiate with financial, industrial and commercial partners.❖ Manage the change and recovery crisis linked to the buyout to secure the business continuity plan.❖ Digital transformation and redesign the IT (ERP, CRM, omni-channel distribution).With 7M€ and 47 employees including 12 sales agents, Aventures-des-Toiles manages its own design, manufacturing and international distribution B2B and B2C of high-end fashion clothing and accessories ; a Pret-a-Porter brand with an original concept and design.#strategy #transformation #finance #changemanagement #international #industry #entrepreneurship#fashion #mode #retail #liffestyle #textile #design #marketing

Operations Manager | Interim Manager

• Sep 2013 - May 2014

In a context of crisis, the CEO objective is to reorganize the business in preparation of the selling project (spin-off). As an Interim Manager, my missions are :❖ Reinforce the management and re-organize the activities❖ Restore the performance of the supply chain functions, clear the backlog of production and R&D❖ Crisis Management before and during the compulsory liquidation❖ Guarantee of the business continuity plan In a context of crisis, the CEO objective is to reorganize the business in preparation of the selling project (spin-off). As an Interim Manager, my missions are :❖ Reinforce the management and re-organize the activities❖ Restore the performance of the supply chain functions, clear the backlog of production and R&D❖ Crisis Management before and during the compulsory liquidation❖ Guarantee of the business continuity plan

COO | Supply Chain - Procurement - Production | Industry | Textile | Fashion | Apparel

• 1998 - 2011

As a COO and COMEX member, my challenge is to setup the Operations department (end-to-end supply-chain , purchasing and production) in a context of seasonality, just-in-time and the annual renewal of 85% of the products. Among my missions:❖ Lead the international strategy of supply chain, purchasing, sourcing, manufacturing (e.g. China, India, South Korea, Europe and North-Africa); drive the outsourcing and logistics.❖ Implement a co-innovation and ecosystem strategy and develop trusted relationships with partners to ensure operational performance and to better serve the customer❖ Manage cross-functional, multi-sites and multicultural teams❖ Anticipate operational risks and apply the business change. Manage Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP)❖ Cooperate with the CFO and the CEO to drive the financial aspects with the aim cash flow, cost prices and margin optimization, and budget control❖ Drive international and intercultural negotiations❖ Seek and leverage latest technology innovations to support R&D and the design studio ; monitor industrialization❖ Digitize processes and deploy an ERP across the entire value chainFollowing a new LBO (merge/acquisition ), I managed the operational merger and integration, creating a synergy between two high-end brands in the field of ski, mountain, technical wear and personal protective equipment.The group creates, manufactures and commercializes fashion, pret-a-porter and technical textiles under its own brands: Degré7, Henri-Duvillard, Aventures-des-Toiles and Studio-Aventures#management #operations #supplychain #sourcing #international#fashion #retail #apparel #sportswear #liffestyle #fashiontech #textile #FMCG

In charge of international development | Fashion | Sportswear

• 2007 - 2010

Head of development in Asia, as a proactive of commercial and business intelligence, the objective is to propose a solution that improves international development opportunities.Among the challenges :❖ Explore the market, negotiate and monitor the licensing contract of distribution and export business in Asia.❖ Drive the supply chain operations to Asia.❖ Manage the sales and marketing strategy of the Licensee in line with the strategy of the company.❖ Follow-up of financial operations.#businessdevelopment #marketing #negotiation #sales #branding #international

Production Manager | Textile Industry | Fashion | Luxury

• 1991 - 1998

In Fashion and Luxury Industry and with more than 1000 employees, the company, under private equity regimes, owns all production facilities such as knitting, manufacturing, dyeing and finishing .The executive committee aims to control the performance of the department (quality, productivity, costs, deadlines ...). The main causes are the instable processes, the lack of training and the dashboards, and the deficiency of investment.Among my missions :❖ Implement best practices trough the lean management , lean manufacturing (5S, Kanban, SMED et Just In Time) and provide better visibility to the executive committee. ❖ Manage the teams, develop and deploy the training program with a goal of acquire and increase the autonomy.❖ Set up and monitor industrial performance ratios (quality, productivity, costs, delivery, safety ...)❖ Drive processes and industrial improvement projects through the implementation of an MRP, automation of processes and machines, investment, QSE approach.Result: In the first year and after, we saw a significant improvement in all ratios including productivity and compliance rate.Among brands : Christian DIOR, GERBE, Chantal THOMAS, FOGAL legwear, Jacques FATH ...#industry #luxe #fashion #apparel #lean #leanmanufacturing #textile #production