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Virgile Prenat CatriensVP

Virgile Prenat Catriens

Sales Director / Transition Manager

€800/day
Lyon, FR
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Virgile

With over 10 years of experience in the industrial sector, encompassing both wholesale trade and consulting, I have held various positions (Purchasing Manager, Subsidiary Manager, Regional Director, and France Director) that have provided me with a comprehensive understanding of a company's needs and expectations.
  • English

    Fluent

  • French

    Native or bilingual

Can work on-site
Lyon (up to 50km), Paris (up to 20km)

Experience

  • Shape IT
    France Director Engineering / IT Agency Director
    DIGITAL AND IT
    October 2024 - December 2025 (1 year and 2 months)
    Lyon, France
    France Director Engineering / IT Agency Director
    Creation of the Engineering activity within an IT Services Company: opening of major accounts and commercial development.
    Results:
    • Individual results: growth from 0 to 4 engineering consultants and 3 IT consultants
    • Account openings: SAVOYE, AIR LIQUIDE, SCHNEIDER
    Actions taken:
    • Recruitment and headhunting: engineers, developers, project managers
    • Hierarchical management of business managers (BM) and consultants: from contract signing to termination (salary negotiations, training, annual reviews, etc.)
    • Functional management and training: individual and collective multi-site coaching of BMs and recruitment managers
    • Member of the management committee: participation in defining the agency's commercial and HR strategy.
    Sales Strategy General Management Sales Excellence Team Management
  • GO Concept
    Regional Director
    DIGITAL AND IT
    January 2021 - October 2024 (3 years and 9 months)
    Lyon, France
    Creation of an activity from scratch in a high-end engineering consulting firm: opening of major accounts and development of the client portfolio.
    Results:
    • Individual results: from 0 to 21 directly managed consultants
    • Business Managers' results (junior & senior): from 0 to 15 consultants
    • Regional results: from 7 to 36 billed consultants, with a turnover reaching 4.5 million euros
    Actions taken:
    • Recruitment and headhunting: engineers and business managers
    • Team loyalty and retention: consultants and support functions
    • Business development: conquest and expansion within major accounts
    • Hierarchical management of BMs and consultants: from contract signing to termination (salary negotiations, training, annual reviews, etc.)
    • Functional management and training: individual and collective multi-site coaching of BMs and recruitment managers
    • Member of the management committee: definition of development strategy, market analysis, agency openings
    Sales Strategy Sales Excellence Team Management General Management Training
  • L2G
    Export Manager
    February 2019 - January 2021 (1 year and 11 months)
    • Management of all commercial activities (contracts, offers, after-sales service, etc.) in target countries: DOM-TOM, Africa, Arab Gulf States
    • Prospecting and travel to establish new partnerships and strengthen existing ones
    • Implementation of a development strategy
    • Management of HORECA and mass-market networks in all countries
    • Increase in turnover from €1.7M to €3.2M

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Education

  • Master 2 in Management
    ESDES
    2017
    Master 2 en Management

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