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Bénédicte Descharmes

DG CEO COO Operations, Performance, Transformation

€900/day
Paris, FR
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Bénédicte

Experienced director, I intervene in interim management in contexts requiring rapid decision-making, strong execution capabilities, and the ability to stay the course over time.

I work both in hierarchical management (General Management, Deputy General Management, Operations Management, Business Unit Management) and in transverse steering with General Management and Executive Committees, particularly when it comes to securing commitments, regaining visibility, or bringing an activity back under control.

Accustomed to complex environments, I bridge the gap between strategy, operations, and teams to transform directions into concrete results. I identify priorities, make decisions when necessary, and rally stakeholders around common objectives.

Main Expertise (IT Services Company / IT / Delivery)
- Operations management and results commitments
- Business development and sales team management
- Business, delivery, and support function coordination
- Management of multidisciplinary teams and managerial alignment
- Performance management (KPIs, margins, utilization rate, bench time)
- IT project and service management: IT development, business analysis, fixed-price, maintenance in operational condition, technical acceptance, outsourcing
- Securing strategic clients, crisis management, and business recovery
- Structuring growth or stressed activities
- Tenders, scoping, and complex bid management

I work with service companies, IT services companies, software vendors, IT departments, large accounts, mid-sized companies, and B2B startups in multi-stakeholder environments.

My positioning: secure commitments, bring clarity to priorities, and achieve sustainable results, even in constrained contexts.

Keywords: General Management CEO DG DGA Chief of Staff, Operations Management COO, IT Services Company, Information Systems, IT, Delivery, Performance, Transformation, Crisis Management, Transverse Steering, Executive Committee
  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Conversational

Can work on-site
Paris (up to 30km), Orléans (up to 50km), Blois (up to 10km), Brétigny-sur-Orge (up to 50km)

Experience

  • EXPERIS ESN de ManpowerGroup
    Business Unit Director
    DIGITAL AND IT
    May 2013 - May 2021 (8 years)
    Orléans, France

    Centre Val de Loire Agency Director (Orléans - from 05/13 to 05/21)

    €5M in revenue, 55 consultants, member of the Management Committee
    - Development strategy for key accounts in the Centre region
    - Budget construction and management
    - Management of sales and engineers: mission follow-up, skills development, annual reviews
    - Recruitment of consultants and local staff
    - Management of a strategic project with results commitment: corrective and evolutionary maintenance
    - Writing responses to complex tenders

    Main clients Agirc-Arrco, Crédit Agricole, MNH, Servier, Malakoff Humanis, Thélem, Orange/OBS, Gemalto, Deret

    Transverse Manager for the Application Domain (Nanterre - from 07/19 to 05/21)

    Change management and transverse steering to develop the application business:
    - Team training
    - Sales activity management
    - Supporting sales representatives with clients
    - Supporting recruitment managers

    Director of the Public Sector BU (Nanterre - from 10/20 to 05/21)

    €3M revenue, 25 consultants
    Sales management for results-based projects (outsourcing) for public sector clients
    Management Sales Strategy Recruitment Project Management Budget Management
  • H&D Conseil
    Advisor
    HUMAN RESOURCES
    January 2026 - Today (7 months)
    - Identification and activation of business opportunities with a client portfolio
    - Networking within professional networks
    Networking Sales Headhunting
  • GUILTEK (Web Agency et Infrastructures)
    IT Operations Director
    DIGITAL AND IT
    October 2023 - January 2025 (1 year and 3 months)
    Olivet, France

    Operations Director and Management Committee Member - Interim Management

    - Company structuring, implementation of indicators and processes
    - Team mentoring and executive support
    - Management of IT projects with results commitment
    - Sales strategy and client relationship management
    - Pre-sales and response to private and public tenders (Web and Infrastructure)
    - Writing specifications (AMOA)

    Main clients: Équip' Jardin, La Croix Noble, Town Halls
    Leadership Mentoring Project Management Client Relations Business Structuring

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Education

  • Computer Engineering Degree
    Computer Engineering Degree (Polytech Clermont Ferrand)
    1996
    Diplôme d'ingénieur informatique
  • Maths Sup and Spé (Preparatory Classes)
    Lycée Carnot de Dijon
    1993

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