Jean-Francois Briand Email & Phone Number

Île-De-France, France

Grigny, Essonne, Fr

ECF Group is a leading retailer & non food specialist serving business-to-business in Hospitality, Food and Catering, Tourism and Collectivities.ECF Group operates in various geographies: in Europe (France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK), in the Middle-East & Morocco and in Asia Pacific (Australia, New Zealand). ECF Group has a wide portfolio covering different markets and categories. It consists of a unique set of locally recognized brands like Chomette, Ecotel, Reward, RestoFair, Lepage, Santor, Noveo, Cobal, Coldis, Oxstal, CHS, Pilsa, Gastrototal ... some of them established more than 140 years. And all of them dedicated to better serve their customers and exceed client's expectations. ECF Group rolls out an omni channel strategy comprise of cash&carry, BtB sales forces, call centers and web. ECF Group is a LBO by PAI Partners

Clichy, Ile-De-France, Fr

LMDW is a leading independent distributor of premium spirits, reaching €150m sales and 250 employees in 2023. Active in France and abroad, LMDW services professionals (specialist retailers, grocers, wholesalers, bars, restaurants...) & consumers offline (4 shops in Paris & Singapore) and online (whisky.fr).

Paris, Ile-De-France, Fr

Supervision of Value Creation Plans across the whole portfolio (10 companies on average).Together with Investment Teams and with full commitment of Portfolio companies' management teams :- Define the best strategy for profitable growth after having analyzed the business and the environment - Define priorities and challenging objectives- Build solid action plans and identify key know how and responsibilities- Drive the different teams towards their objectives maintaining global focus and cooperation

Paris, Ile-De-France, Fr

Role- Ensure Value Creation Plans are designed and properly executed in portfolio companies- Provide support to Management and Activa Capital Investment Team to execute on those Value Creation Plans + ad hoc performance improvement initiativesPrinciples- Define and execute on agreed plans to help companies grow and achieve their full potential- Involved during the full holding period of the company to monitor effective value creation- Work on projects, mostly leveraging internal company resources or 3rd party resourcesParticularly involved with following companies : Pronatura, Primavista, Family Service, Abrisud, Albarelle - Cours Galien, Findis, Nexeya, Atlas for Men, Alliance Etiquettes.

Fr

Joined Brake France (now Sysco France) executive committee in 2004. Foodservice distribution : €550m turnover, 1,800 employees, 40,000 customers.French arm of the Brakes Group : private equity owned (CD&R then Bain Capital) until acquisition by Sysco in 2016.Head of Supply Chain :- Responsibility over 3,000 SKUs across 19 depots (frozen, chilled & ambient) ;- Optimization of logistics and transport (internal and third-party) ;- Management of a team of 50 (6 locations).Head of Transformation & Information Systems :- Strategy and Operations Improvement. Management of a functional team of 12 (project managers in Sales & Distribution) ;- Information Systems : SAP R3 4.7, Oracle BI, Networks. Management of a technical team of 10 + third party (EDS then Atos Origin) ;- €5m capex p.a. on average (excluding acquisitions).

Fr

Turnaround of a loss-making business unit : logistics and sales force reorganisation (100 people under management).Achieved budget targets.

Fr

Implementation of strategic planning process at Brake France, liaising with shareholder (Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, private equity firm).

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

Consultant 1998-2002Project Leader 2002-2004Practices : Retail, Consumer Goods, Industrial Goods

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, General Management, Strategy, Finance

Classes Preparatoires, Mathematics, Economics, Languages