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Jean-Denis - COO/Managing Director - France - iCEO #14866
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Jean-Denis's Profile
iCEO #14866
Position: COO/Managing Director
Nationality: France
Experience
Results oriented leader with general management, sales leadership, new product introduction, geographic expansion and business development experience, in Diagnostics (EU), Pharmaceuticals (Belgium), Water Utilities Privatizations (Argentina and Mexico, where I turned around a situation of potential close down) and finally Life Sciences (responsibility for Eastern Europe, Africa and Middle East).
Major Achievements
First example (routes to market): In my last role of Export Director, life sciences, for the Emerging Markets (60+ distributors to look after between my 6 specialized Export Sales Managers, my Export support staff and myself), I identified the best options for the future for each of the markets and changed accordingly the historic arrangements, while maintaining the team motivation up: ~ Direct in country presence and termination of the distributors in Poland and Turkey, national distributors in Israel and South Africa instead of regional ones, hybrid options for Czech Republic and Hungary, multi-countries distributors for smaller markets, specialized distributors for specific parts of the wide product range, all with the objective to be as close as financially sustainable from the end users, to better understand their needs, increase our competitiveness and maximize the business results. ~ This re-structure has been a key driver in doubling the Export sales between 2008 and 2016. ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... Second example (persistence and leadership): In my role of Managing Director, water services for 1/4 of Mexico DF, I obtained, after 5 years of intense negotiations with the City's officials (including the presentation and defence of a Court case), the justified lump sum payment and price adjustments required by the Company to avoid its financial collapse and to continue providing its services in the future in sound economic terms. ~ Maintaining, during these 5 years of continuously increasing financial difficulties, the cohesion of the 170 core staff, their faith in a promising future and their focus on continuing providing a better service than competition (which has been at the end one of the main reasons why the company was rescued), while cutting more than 100 non-core internal roles and many field subcontractors, as well as all expenses not directly related to the immediate survival of the company, has indeed been a challenging leadership task.
Industry Sector Competencies
BioTech
In Vitro Diagnostic & Laboratory Filtration
Medical Equipment
Healthcare
Water Utilities
Professional Objectives
Function: General Management, Business Development, Sales Management.
Sector: Biotechnology, Water Utilities, Pharmaceuticals, In Vitro Diagnostic.
Interim Manager: Yes
Permanent Position: Yes
Operational: Yes
Availability: Full time, part time, coaching on demand
Prefered Locations: Open
Additional Professional Interests
Operational coaching on demand
Non executive director assignments
Personal financial investment:150-350K USD
Countries Covered
Belgium
Germany
Mexico
Spain
UK
Operational Competencies
Business development (Professional)
New product or service launch (Professional)
Geographical expansion (Professional)
Company rescue or turnaround (Professional)
Nationality
France
Home Country
UK
Availability
Full time
Part time
Coaching on demand
Education
MSc + DEA Applied Mathematics Paris University + MBA Insead, Fontainebleau
Languages
English, French, German, Spanish
Management Experience
More than 15 years
Company Size
Start-up, SMB, Multinational
Interim Manager
Yes
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