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Back to original languageAbout Francois
Background in HR management, Executive MBA, I have developed my operational skills in management and leadership, business development, administration & internationalization, Project management, Consulting, combined with in-depth expertise in HR management & innovative lifelong learning & development.
I help you move from idea to action by de-risking your project as much as possible and supporting you in the following areas (non-exhaustive list):
Business Model (Lean Startup/Business Model Canvas Methods)
Value Proposition - differentiation
Go to Market/Product Market fit
Business Plan Establishment
Commercial Strategy – attracting and retaining your clients
Market Study – SWOT analysis – Pestel
Determination of the legal structure
Preparation of financing applications
Communication and Marketing Strategy
- Interim Management SMEs – Scale your business
SME management is a complex and exciting field. From specific consulting missions in strategy and/or operations to day-to-day interim management, I can take on the role that best suits your company in the following areas:
Vision and Mission for 3-5 years
Value Proposition – differentiation
Business Plan (current time – evolution over 3 years)
Commercial Strategy
Competitive Analysis – market studies
Internationalization of your business
SWOT Analysis – Pestel
Organizational Structure – Management & Leadership - Human Resources Management
Corporate Governance
- People Management and Leadership
With fifteen years of experience managing teams ranging from 5 to 100 people across all profiles and contexts, combining the expertise of a people manager and an HR manager, I help you manage your teams optimally, lead effectively, organize your time and that of your company, develop your assertiveness, etc…
French
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
Dutch
Conversational
German
Conversational
Spanish
Conversational
Can work on-site
Arrondissement de Liège (up to 50km), Bruxelles (up to 50km), Namur (up to 100km)
Experience
- StrykonsultCEO - FounderCONSULTING AND AUDITSJanuary 2022 - Today (4 years and 5 months)Liège, BelgiumFounder – Strykonsult – Consultancy MissionsInterim Manager, Managing Director, CEOCreation and Acceleration of Start-ups, Scale-ups, Business DeveloperExpert New Technologies, New Ways of Learning,Expert Human Resource ManagementExpert Family Luxury Travel (MBA Master Thesis Subject)
- Jobs@skillsCEOHUMAN RESOURCESAugust 2018 - January 2022 (3 years and 6 months)Liège, BelgiumDeployment from scratch of an original concept for a high-level innovative training incubator (higher education) using new learning methods - 2020, with over 120,000 participants in our various productions (Face-to-face, Moocs, Spocs, Webinars, virtual classrooms, AR/VR...)Team: 14 FTE - 80 external experts - Consortium of over 200 partners (Academic, Research, Training, Industrial, Corporate).Budget: €1,950,000 (all financial and accounting aspects are managed internally) - primarily funded by our local government. Currently developing commercial activities to achieve financial independence and expand the concept).Full organizational development: client and partner satisfaction and loyalty, governance, strategic and operational plan, KPI (BSC), HR and personnel management, finance and accounting, facility management, key processes (original process for managing innovative training projects), risk and quality management.
- Le ForemTraining Center DirectorHUMAN RESOURCESAugust 2013 - August 2018 (5 years)Liège, BelgiumManagement of vocational training centers - Management roles in 3 different training centers: Technifutur (Industry and IT, 20,000 trainees/year), Giga (Biotech, 300 trainees/year), and Corail (IT and Languages, 4,000 trainees/year).Team: up to 80 FTE - trainers and support staff, and up to 80 external experts/trainers.Budget: from €5,000,000 (Giga) to €80,000,000 (Technifutur) - (mix of revenue and European and regional public funding).Management, monitoring, control, and development of training programs for diverse audiences (executives and blue-collar workers, students, unemployed individuals) - Optimization of training hours productivity by an average of 11% across my various assignments.
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Education
- Open Borders MBAHEC Liège Executive Education/UZ Hasselt/FA Aachen2022Executive MBA - 2 academic years long - program and all info here: https://www.openbordersmba.com/Program Focus on international Business
- Digital Strategies For BusinessColumbia Business School2019The course is tailored to managers who would like to innovate new strategies and business models to enable their organization to thrive in the digital age. This course is best suited for professionals who want to think strategically and lead digital initiatives related to customer engagement, data analytics, channel alignment, lean innovation, product strategy and destructive competition.