
Operations Manager at EDITEC
Tanzania

Operations Manager at EDITEC
Tanzania
Distribution network management, sales, marketing (brand management)
(Broadcast Media industry)
August 2005 — February 2007 (1 year 7 months)
Business: Satellite TV Service for the African market
Location: Yaounde, Cameroon
Website: www.canalsat-horizons.com
Mission: To ensure steady growth of the business and to take part in the development of the local partner (7 stores nationwide and 20 subdistributors). In charge of local brand strategy (CRM events, communication, PR). Involved in the regional commercial strategy. Management of the sales and telemarketing teams (21 persons). Implemented new management procedures. Sales to major accounts.
Results: Positive evolution of major indicators: number of subscribers increased by 20%, 13.5 points rise of the subscription renewal rate.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Cosmetics industry)
April 2004 — August 2004 (5 months)
Business: Ethnic cosmetics mail order business (catalogue and website)
Location: Nantes, France
Website: www.diouda.fr
Mission: To provide strategic and operational recommendations related to business plan, direct marketing, viral-marketing, Database management, copy-writing, email marketing and targeting.
Results: Reactivation and acquisition of customers, implementation of a customer scoring system (RFM), target sampling with geo-marketing.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Food & Beverages industry)
April 2003 — August 2003 (5 months)
Business: TOTAL motorway gas stations’ shops
Location: Paris, France
Website: www.total.com
Mission: To take part in the management of an own-brand (Pause Village) product range and in Category Management through analysis and recommendations. Responsible for promotional operations in a network of 140 motorway gas stations.
Results: Optimisation of the product portfolio, new-product tests and launches, efficient sales incentives.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
September 2002 — March 2003 (7 months)
Business: Advertising & Marketing Agency
Location: Douala, Cameroon
Mission: To produce communication campaigns (including TV commercials, outdoor posters, radio ads), and to organize international events for the Cocoa Producers’ Alliance and the Ministry for Higher Education of Cameroon.
Results: Acquisition of a major Cameroonian budget (457 K€) after a call for tender, event renewed, international broadcasting of a TV ad.
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Food & Beverages industry)
June 2002 — August 2002 (3 months)
Location: Johannesburg
Website: www.danone.clover.co.za
Mission: To produce store profiles, perform product ranging, build and implement planograms them across the country in major bulk and retail stores.
Results: 58 stores profiled, 32 in-store implementations of milk, yoghurt, juice, and cheese categories
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
June 2001 — August 2001 (3 months)
Location: Paris, France
Website: www.proximityworld.com
Mission: To take part in business development (canvassing, competitions, awards, internal & external communication)
Master , Marketing , 2000 — 2004
Economics 1998 — 2000
Mathematics 1998 — 2000
New technologies, All-Terrain vehicle raids Baseball, Snowboarding, Martial Arts (Judo, Karate, Krav Maga) Languages: French, English, Spanish, German