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James Sari

Transition Manager – Operational Management

€490/day
Lyon, FR
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About James

24 years of hybrid experience: 16 years of entrepreneurship (4 companies created / +54% growth / 4 exits) + 6 years in public service.
A 360° vision of organizations, governance, and human dynamics.

I support leaders in transformation, tension, or crisis to restore clarity, coherence, and sustainable performance.

HYBRID EXPERTISE

🔹 CEO & Entrepreneur (16 years)
🔹 Public Service Management (6 years)
🔹 Team & Managerial Leadership
🔹 +40 Recruitment Juries

AREAS OF INTERVENTION

🔹 Transition Management
🔹 Crisis Management & Team Stabilization
🔹 Reorganization & Change Management
🔹 Strategic & Operational Steering
🔹 Optimization & Sustainable Performance
🔹 Public Procurement: Strategy, Decoding, Technical Proposals

MY ADDED VALUE

Act quickly. Understand accurately. Decide clearly.
Restore trust, mobilize teams, get the organization moving again.
Results. Not just talk.

📞 First exchange offered – 45 min
📍 Based in Sablons (38) – Interventions in AURA region + National remote + National with notice

📧📱
  • French

    Native or bilingual

Can work on-site
Lyon (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Ville de Saint-Fons
    Service Director
    PUBLIC SECTOR
    January 2023 - Today (3 years and 7 months)
    Saint-Fons, France
    • Complete overhaul of the organization to enhance efficiency, clarity, and attractiveness of the service.
    • Management of 21 employees: team structuring, skills development, clarification of responsibilities.
    • Deployment of a new operational doctrine optimizing workflows, resources, and work cycles.

    Crisis Management & Multi-stakeholder Coordination
    • Leadership and steering of crisis response mechanisms involving local authorities, state forces, emergency services, and elected officials.
    • Management and activation of Command Posts (PCO / PCC) to ensure continuity, safety, and responsiveness.
    • Organization of major inter-service exercises (SEVESO): preparation, coordination, steering, and debriefing.

    Engagement, Quality of Work Life & Social Climate
    • Implementation of retention, psychosocial risk prevention, team cohesion, and skills development initiatives (regular GTPI training).
    • Implementation of a participatory management approach to engage teams in reforms.

    Budgetary Steering & Modernization
    • Modernization of tools and procedures: simplification, digitalization, improvement of processing times.
    • Integration of innovative equipment and optimization of investments.

    ➡️ Positioning: Service Management – Transformation – Crisis Management – Operational Leadership.
    Organizational Turnaround Change Management Strategy Managerial Innovation Crisis Management Operational Leadership
  • Ville de Lyon
    Field Operations Manager
    PUBLIC SECTOR
    November 2021 - April 2023 (1 year and 5 months)
    Lyon, France
    Operational Steering & Field Coordination
    • Management and mobilization of teams in demanding environments.
    • Resource organization, planning, supervision in contexts of pressure and unforeseen events.

    Management of High-Density Events & Complex Operations
    • Steering of operations requiring coordination, anticipation, and dynamic workforce management.
    • Supervision of flows, securing of areas, real-time adaptation.

    Risk Analysis & Stabilization of Sensitive Situations
    • Rapid diagnosis of vulnerabilities, design of risk control and intervention strategies.
    • Ability to restore degraded situations and ensure operational continuity.

    Inter-institutional Collaboration & Transversal Leadership
    • Close collaboration with state and local services to ensure overall coherence and effectiveness.
    • Management of joint units and multi-stakeholder coordination.

    ➡️ Positioning: Crisis Management – Complex Operations – Coordination – Rapid Decision-Making.
    Operational Leadership Crisis Management Resource Optimization Performance Management Team Management
  • Ville Grigny-sur-Rhône
    Service Director
    PUBLIC SECTOR
    November 2019 - November 2021 (2 years)
    Grigny-sur-Rhône, France
    Resource Optimization & Collective Performance
    • Steering of a strategic inter-service pooling project: reduction of redundancies, better resource allocation, measurable improvement of operational performance.
    • Implementation of an agile organizational model: real-time prioritization, better mission coverage, enhanced service continuity.

    Structuring a More Responsive Organization
    • Redesign of schedules and work cycles to optimize field presence and streamline operations.
    • Creation of internal processes facilitating coordination and information flow.

    Centralized Supervision & Digital Tools
    • Modernization of a supervision center (video surveillance) integrating real-time analysis, optimized flow management, and improved decision-making times.
    • Progressive digitalization of processes to reduce organizational friction.

    Institutional Partnerships & Joint Governance
    • Development of shared governance with state and local partners.
    • Construction of cross-functional procedures (Public Procurement) ensuring collective action and harmonizing methods.

    Budgetary Steering & Cost Optimization
    • Rationalization of expenses through shared management of infrastructure, equipment, and HR.
    • Improvement of operational efficiency at constant budget, demonstrating fine ROI control.

    ➡️ Positioning: Transformation – Organizational Optimization – Governance – Sustainable Performance.
    Project Management Performance Management Internal Audit Team Management Optimization

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Education

  • Service Manager
    Chef de Service
  • BTS in Business Action
    BTS Action Commerciale

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