Patrick Lemanski Email & Phone Number

Arles, Fr

France

London, England, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

London

Based in London. Distributing Harmonia Mundi label and many others in classical music, world and jazz. Producer of World Village and HM Classical albums.harmonia mundi UK is the London-based subsidiary of classical music group harmonia Mundi France. Turnover £2.3m- Managing one of the major P&L centre of the group- Defining the strategy and implementing it in coordination with the group’s approval.Proposing an annual budget and targets (sales, promotion, investments…) and implementing them.- Recruiting and managing a team of 15 people with various profiles (sales director and reps, administration, label managers, press officers, accountant, warehouse persons).- Distributing the group’s own labels in classical music (harmonia mundi), jazz and world music (world village and Le Chant du Monde)- Keeping a good contact with the many British-based classical artists of the group- Signing and distributing more than 50 distributed labels (CDs and DVDs) of various genres but mainly classical.- In charge of organising the physical distribution from our location in East London (warehouse, IT, transport).- Annual negotiations with main retailers (HMV, Amazon…)

Arles, France

In charge of managing the 5 international subsidiaries of the group (UK, USA, Germany, Benelux, Spain); establishing budgets, targets, recruitment, sales, marketingIn charge of B2B activities: selecting the 30+ international third-party distributors of the group, negotiating prices, terms and conditions, sales campaigns, promotion for main artists, series, concerts.Important personal participation in the definition of new products and series content and marketing (artwork, price, contents, timetables, promotional material,…)ResultsHave maintained the profitability of this department at a very high level and expanding sales regularly (in the Far East mainly). Turnover Created a parallel network of distributors specialised in world music.

Arles, France

In charge of national sales for the group in its core marketManaging a team of 10 sales representatives, and a administration team of 7, plus labels managers and press officers. Turnover : 12 m eurosEstablishing budgets, targets, monitoring tools.

Arles, France

In charge of managing a network of 30 international independent distributors.

London, United Kingdom

- Contributed to the important increase in turnover of the company from £1.5m in 2006 to £2.3m in 2010 (+53%) at a time when the recorded music market has dropped more than 40%- Maintained the profitability of the company at a time of important changes in retail, exchange rates and rapid decline of the market- Doubled the market share in the UK of our labels (sources 2010 BPI report)- Created a whole new range of activities within the structure:- Development of World Village UK releasing about 5 new titles per year and contributing to 10% of the turnover of the company; the 2 albums of Yasmin Levy have been the two most successful international world music projects of the group.- Started an export activity from the UK for World Village and for other British-based labels.- Created digital sales and web marketing activities and launched the second web store of the group in 2010.- Initiated a commission-based sales contract with Warner Classics and Jazz- Started a classical production activity from the UK : the first album with an internationally renowned opera singer is to be released in January 2012.

Genneviliers, France

In charge first of Far East sales then Scandinavia and Eastern Europe Various important contracts signed in Malaysia, Finland, Denmark and Poland for professional electronic equipment and systems sold to government bodies.

Rome, Italy

Within the Marketing Department in charge of monitoring the competitor’s offer and local studies of market share.Implementation of the first intranet system for spare parts and cars for Renault car dealers

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