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Sylvain Chevalier

Freelance COO | Purchasing Direction | Structuring

€700/day
Arrondissement de Liège, BE
8-15 years

Average response time: 2 hours

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About Sylvain

I structure, manage, and grow companies undergoing transformation.

As an interim COO/Operations Director, I step in totake over or strengthen an operational scope, standardize processes, optimize purchasing, and control performance (P&L, KPIs, rituals).

**Objectives**: Secure growth, improve profitability, and facilitate collaboration between teams.


What I do concretely:
  • **Interim Operations Management (COO)**: Taking charge, managerial continuity, 90-day plan, handover.
  • **Structuring & Process Improvement**: Mapping, quick wins, standardization, rituals.
  • **Purchasing & Supplier Performance**: Segmentation, tenders, cost levers, SLAs, risks.
  • **Budget & KPI Management**: P&L, dashboards, objectives, management cadences.
  • **Launch/Scale-up**: Scoping, organization, tooling (CRM/ERP), recruitment & onboarding.
**Sectors**: Automotive & Mobility • Distribution/Retail • B2B Services • Scale-ups/SMEs in hyper-growth



**Area**: Belgium (Liège, Charleroi, Mons) + hybrid/remote assignments.



**Languages**: FR (native), EN (B1), NL (A1).
  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Conversational

  • Dutch

    Basic

Can work on-site
Arrondissement de Liège (up to 50km), Charleroi (up to 50km), Mons (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Autosphere
    Mobility Director
    AUTOMOBILE
    September 2024 - September 2025 (1 year)
    Liège, Belgium
    • Management ofFleet, Used Vehicle, and Financingactivities at a national level.
    • **Management of multidisciplinary teams**, coordination of sales/purchasing/finance.
    • Structuring ofUsed Vehicle/Fleet processesandmanagement cadences(KPIs/rituals).
    • Contribution tomobility/electrificationprojects and budget preparation.
    Team Management Project Management Operations Management P&L Management Fleet Management
  • Waysy
    COO
    AUTOMOBILE
    June 2023 - December 2024 (1 year and 6 months)
    Liège, Belgium
    • **Structuring of operations**: processes, roles & responsibilities, tooling (CRM/back-office).
    *Recruitmentand team skill development.
    • **Scoping of the business model**, preparation for commercial launch, and initial KPI rituals.
    Growth Strategy Sales Development Recruitment Individual Coaching Team Management
  • Karli
    Co-founder
    AUTOMOBILE
    February 2023 - Today (3 years and 4 months)
    Liège, Belgium
    • Launch of amatching platformfor dealerships/prospects.
    • **Marketing & acquisition strategy**, social media management.
    • Building **sales processes and partnerships**.
    Digital Marketing Strategy Social Media Company Creation Go-to-market Strategy Project Management

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Education

  • IEC Intern
    IEC
    2016
    Stagiaire IEC
  • Bachelor's Degree, Accounting - Taxation
    HELHa
    2011
    Baccalauréat, Comptabilité - Fiscalité

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