Céline Chauveau
Business Strategy - Sales and Marketing, AREVA
Objective
To gain strategic functions in a sales and marketing team bringing my collaboration and strategic skills as well as personal attributes of enthusiasm and willingness to learn into new organizations.
>> Action oriented and result focused, I view strategy as the essential component of a winning organization, starting with sales and marketing.
In my different experiences, I have developed and demonstrated strong competences in collaboration, working across groups and regions to implement tools and processes. Creative, innovative and conscientious, I enjoy working in stimulating environments where I can take initiatives to support effective decision making.
>> Summary of work experience:
With a background in business and communications, I have been working for the past four years within the AREVA group sucessively in France and in the US.
Located in the US, I report to the VP of the global Business Unit AREVA NDE-Solutions, providing assistance in Strategy, Management amd Liaison with the headquarter and other regions.
>> Skills and qualifications:
I hold a Master Degree in Strategic Management and a Master Degree in communications.
Based on my experience to date, my core competencies include:
- Clear and concise writing and presenting skills
- Good communication and leadership skills, experience in cross-functional teaming
- Analytical and problem solving
- Materializing ideas around tools and processes
106 contacts• Operational Assignments:
- Provide direct support to the entity’s VP and Operational Management team for Strategy, Management and Communication topics
- Interface with the head quarter and with the other regional units for general affairs and day-to-day topics
• Selected Achievements:
- Strategy: Update entity wide commercial database for sales planning purposes. Created and oversaw the team efforts to formalize product line strategies into actionable documents
- Management: Partner with the Management team to launch and support key business and organizational initiatives. Prepare presentations and analyses for monthly reporting and specific needs
• North America AREVA Sales Academy member since January 2012 (attended or scheduled classes):
- Counselor Sales Person
- Regulated vs. Unregulated Nuclear Operations
- Legal Terms & Conditions
- Business Case Writing
- Sales Planning Fundamentals
- Negotiating to Yes
- Conversational Intelligence
- Versatile Sales Person
2010 - 2011Reporting to the Deputy of AREVA NDE-Solutions, providing assistance in the global strategy development and implementation.
• Support the business development strategy implementation of a newly established global organization
- develop and deploy tools and processes for sales projection and strategy for three operational divisions in France, Germany and US
- ensure Operational, Marketing and Product Development strategies alignment
- follow-up and Coordinate actions of a network of 20 people over the 3 regions
• Lead change management actions
- organized workshops and top managers meetings
- lead Vision and Mission definition
- design consistent communication actions
• Take part to the global Business Unit management team
- get commercial strategy endorsed by the management team
- provide inputs to the Business Unit Strategic Action Plan
- support US Operational Manager to interface with the global Business Unit
2008 - 2010Reporting to the Internal Communications Manager of Reactors & Services Business Group (10,000 employees worldwide), providing assistance in the communications plan development and implementation.
• Drive change management communication at business unit level and lead communication plan implementation
- coordinate actions from change management and communication teams
- design consistent communications solutions
- get communication plan strategy endorsed by top management
• Manage and implement communication projects
- design presentations for various stakeholders
- develop training tools for the new employees sessions
- write and deliver briefing to agencies
• Demonstrated success in the organization of a top managers meeting (140 attendees)
• Work with key actors in a multicutural and challenging environment
2008 - 2008Summer Job: responsible for 30 teenagers per week during summer camps
2007 - 2007Within a Sales and Marketing Department of a language school headquarter, I carried out a three months internship in an international and fast growing company.
• Provided day-to-day support to marketing and sales managers
• Designed B2B magazines ads and fact sheets (Page layout software: Indesign)
2007 - 2007Summer Job: account services for individual and corporate clients
2006 - 2007Student Job: Front-desk receptionist
2005 - 2007One article per week for the campus section