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Martin Bothier

Operating Partner / Sparring Partner

€1,000/day
Lyon, FR
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Martin

I support SME and startup leaders during key moments of their development, combining strategic perspective with concrete operational support.

Here are the main topics I address:

✅ Company Structuring
  • Clarification of roles and responsibilities (organization, governance, committees)
  • Team structuring: recruitment, onboarding, skill development
  • Implementation of processes and tools for increased efficiency

✅ Management & Performance
  • Development and monitoring of key indicators (KPIs, dashboards)
  • Decision-making support (budgets, trade-offs, roadmap)
  • Structuring the finance function (budget, forecasting, cash flow)

✅ Sparring Partner for Leaders
  • Strategic thinking on growth, positioning, or pivot challenges
  • Support for leaders and managers in making key decisions
  • Unblocking complex situations: internal tensions, strategic shifts, scaling up

✅ Growth & Scale-up
  • Transitioning from startup mode to a more mature operation without losing agility
  • Fundraising support (pitch, data room, business plan)
  • Implementation of middle management and structuring of support layers

✅ Culture, Leadership & Human Dynamics
  • Clarification of vision and values with the leader and teams
  • Support during transformation or crisis periods
  • Support in human change management during growth or transformation phases
  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Conversational

  • Spanish

    Basic

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

Experience

  • Martin Bothier
    CONSULTING
    CONSULTING AND AUDITS
    April 2025 - Today (1 year and 2 months)
    Lyon, France
    • **STRATORA**: Support in launching an Operating Partner business - defining the business model, formalizing the offer, choosing the legal structure, finding a name, building an AI-powered pre-diagnosis and analysis tool (Lovable, ChatGPT, Gamma), leading meetings and coordinating the founding team (5 partners)
    • **EVALIA**: Support in launching a startup that combines AI and business expertise to facilitate manager recruitment through practical cases - creating an MVP using No-code tools (Lovable, OpenAI Platform), first partnership with a recruitment firm
    Start-up Gestion de projet intelligence artificielle Operating Partner OpenAI
  • CHOISIR MA CRECHE
    Operations Director
    HUMAN RESOURCES
    March 2024 - March 2025 (1 year and 1 month)
    Lyon, France
    • CEO's right-hand person on all matters (sales, marketing, finance, and HR) and management of the entire team
    • Sales (8 people): implementing a new sales organization, restructuring the team, creating a new commission system, recruiting 3 salespeople, KPI monitoring
    • Marketing (2 people): CRM restructuring (Hubspot), ad campaign management (€20K/month)
    • Finance & HR (2 people): dashboard creation, budget management, financial process simplification (GoCardless, Stripe), HRIS implementation (Lucca), annual reviews…
    Stratégie d'entreprise Sales Marketing Gestion RH Gestion de budget
  • Ooshot
    General Secretary
    FILM AND AV
    July 2023 - February 2024 (8 months)
    Lyon, France
    • Harmonizing and structuring processes related to the group's various acquisitions: simplifying expense processes, merging CRMs, harmonizing prices, offers, and commission plans...
    • ManagingFinance & HRdepartments (3 people): budget preparation, cash flow monitoring tool development, KPI implementation (PowerBi), supplier payment monitoring (Libeo, Wise) and customer collection (Defacto, BPI Dailly), commission tracking, improvement of onboarding and offboarding processes, harmonization of the group's companies' collective agreements...
    • Managinglegalmatters (1 person): implementation of BPSCE, transformation into a Mission-Driven Company, drafting of framework client contracts and copyright contracts....
    Optimisation des processus Commission Post-Merger Integration Finance d'entreprise

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Education

  • ESC Program, Master in Management
    KEDGE BUSINESS SCHOOL (ex-BEM Bordeaux Ecole de Management)
    2011
    Programme ESC, Master en Management
  • Business Administration and Management
    UNIVERSIDAD DE BELGRANO
    2011
    Business Administration and Management

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