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Description

Experienced and trustworthy business leader with a pragmatic approach. I have an action-oriented attitude and am determined to achieve results. As an entrepreneur, I understand the needs of a business and can quickly add value to ensure your objectives are met.

Industry field of expertise

Languages

English
Native or bilingual
French
Native or bilingual

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Brussels (up to 50km)

Cesano (location et vente vélo électrique)
General Manager (CEO)
TRANSPORTATION
November 2024 - Today (1 year and 7 months)
Belgium, France & Netherlands

Key results:
Reduction of outstanding payments by 30%
Optimization of reporting with PowerBI and improvement of invoicing efficiency.
Reduction of overall expenses by 20%.
Negotiation of new payment terms with banks and lenders.
Responsibilities:
● Management and optimization of daily operations.
● Fundraising/Investor research
● Close collaboration with stakeholders to steer the company through a challenging financial period.
● Management and recruitment of an independent sales team to drive sales.
● Finance: Treasury, budgeting, forecasting, reporting, invoicing, accounting, and consolidation.
● Optimization of bike rentals to increase revenue per bike/per location.
● Customer relationship management (private and public sectors).
Pharmony (logiciel SaaS pour pharmacies)
Chief Operating Officer (COO)
MEDICAL
February 2020 - May 2023 (3 years and 3 months)
Bruxelles, Belgium
Belgium, France, Luxembourg

Key results:
Standardization of the business model and product.
Fourfold increase in revenue.
Recruitment and restructuring of the sales and support team.
Successful management of two funding rounds.
Representation and management of due diligence for the company sale.
Creation of a legal entity in France.
Transition to an international scale-up.
Responsibilities:
• Management and optimization of daily operations for multiple teams and legal entities.
• Strategy: Planning with the executive committee and execution of the action plan.
• Legal and supplier management: Selection of service providers and legal analysis of contracts (costs, compliance, risk management, and SLAs).
• Business analysis and project management: Implementation of new CRM and ERP tools. Interface between client requests and the internal IT team.
• Finance: Treasury, budgeting, forecasting, reporting, invoicing, and consolidation of business units.
• HR: Recruitment, contracts, payroll, onboarding/offboarding, performance reviews, training, and coaching.
• Sales: Management of the sales team, negotiations with key accounts, and escalation management.
Pauwels Consulting
Operations Manager and IT Business Unit Director
DIGITAL AND IT
January 2019 - November 2019 (10 months)
Belgium
Key results:
Successful integration of my companies Akros Solutions/Europe into the Pauwels group.
Responsibilities:
• Change management to integrate employees and consultants into the group.
• Management of IT system transitions (Office 365, accounting, CRM).
• Leadership of sales and recruitment teams.
• Key account and contract management.
• Recruitment and coaching of new sales consultants and recruiters.