Xavier Blondel

Xavier Blondel

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Chief Executive Officer / Chief Operating Officer at Nivault - Carrelage & Bain

  • Education

    • Ecole Centrale de Lille

      1993 - 1996
      Ingénieur Généraliste - option logistique Engineer
  • Experience

    • Capgemini

      Jul 1997 - Dec 1998
      Software Engineer

      One-and-a-half-year assignment at Bouygues TelecomDesign Engineer. Responsible for a team of 4 people within a project management team of 60 people (fixed-price development on the customer's premises).Functional Manager, Analysis & IT Development for the supply and logistics of mobile phones and SIM cards.- Analysis,- Functional design- Development, integration and validation of applications for managing the distribution network and the flow of mobile phones.- Anomaly/evolution classification- Costing of changes- Task allocationTraining provided :- Query optimisation (Oracle training)- PERFORM method (CAP training)- Management, Project Manager (CAP training)Environment: Unix, Oracle, PL/SQL, Pro*C Show less

    • Mediapax SARL

      Sept 1998 - Dec 2003
      Owner Mediapax SARL

      Création de la SSII le 1er septembre 1998Comptabilité, Gestion, Fiscalité.en juillet 2000, Rachat des parts sociales - Associé unique – Transfert de la gérance - fonctionnement en indépendant - Mission chez Noos (pendant 2 ans)Formalités de dissolution et liquidation amiable accomplies le 31/12/2003

    • Transiciel

      Jan 1999 - Jul 2000
      Project Manager

      Assignment at Lyonnaise CableInternational context: British integrator and American publisherTechnical Project Manager and Operations Manager for the ITC telephony customer management application Analysis and drafting of specifications Development and supervision of 3 developers Acceptance and go-live  Managing production environments Implementation of operating procedures Team management (3 operations managers, 2 testers, 3 developers, 1 integration team, 1 DBA, 1 systems engineer)UNIX - ORACLE - PRO*C - SQL - TUXEDO - ITC Show less

    • NOOS

      Jan 2000 - Jul 2002
      Project Manager Billing CRM Intelecable Arbor Vantive

      Project management for the E-Care project (Customer Management - Vantive/Invoicing - ARBOR BP de Kenan) Project management, coordination, preparation of provisional schedules Interim management of the team (12 people) Understanding and summarising user requirements  Functional specifications  Monitoring EDS project teams and developments carried out on a fixed-price/time-and-a-half basis  Operational monitoring (user support, production monitoring) Drawing up specifications for the technical acceptance of the Billing / Usage / Direct Debit application and back office function  Management of emergency situations with direct intervention in the production environment Project monitoring and preparation of provisional schedules Provisional costing for the project owner and project manager Meeting with User Departments (Marketing, Sales, Customers, Legal, Administrative and Financial) In parallel, responsible for the operation of the ITC application (around 10% of the time worked) Business aspects: invoicing, customer management, logging, valuation, archiving, security, etc. UNIX - ORACLEv8 - SQL - TUXEDO - ARBOR/BP - VANTIVE Show less

    • Axiem

      Feb 2003 - Sept 2005

      Mission chez SFR Mission for CEGETELAVANTI project (Clarify /ARBOR BP de Kenan) Project management assistance for the Engineering Centre Management of the acceptance team (12 people) Elaboration of the acceptance strategies for the functional upgrade of the invoicing system of the corporate branch. Managing the acceptance phase. Coordination of testing. Acting as an interface with the user departments (Finance Department, Customer Department). Analysis of financial flows

      • Senior Consultant

        Jan 2004 - Sept 2005
      • Project Manager Billing Arbor/BP

        Feb 2003 - Dec 2003
    • SFR

      Jan 2004 - Sept 2005
      Project Manager Billing Amdocs Enabler

      Project Manager for the Mobile Engineering Centre in an international context - working languages French and English :- Convergent Charging" pre-study (call for tenders, analysis, choice of architecture)- MVNO (Mobile Virtual Network Operator) pre-study- High Availability Redundancy and Disaster Recovery Plan project - Detailed design phase of the billing system NSI: Project manager, monitoring, planning, coordination, problem solving- SPOC (Single Point Of Contact) Cegetel vis-à-vis Accenture and Amdocs for Billing Execution and Supervision. Show less

    • Nivault - Carrelage & Salle de Bain

      Jun 2006 - now

      Retail company - Tile and sanitaryware wholesaler and retailer- Technical / IT / Logistics Manager.- Involvement at Group Holding level with the 2 subsidiaries: Nivault SAS and Granimarbre- Total turnover of €3-6m, 25-50 employees.- Implementation of processes to improve operating profit (turnover, purchasing, logistics, overheads)- Strategic dashboards, KPI monitoring- Human Resources: Recruitment, EIA, DUERP (occupational risk assessment document), CSE elections, etc.- Management, Organisation, Analysis, Technical studies, R.O.I.- Recruitment and monitoring of a Branch Manager for Granimarbre- Sale of the Granimarbre subsidiary in 2014- Sales: B2B, B2C - professional clubs- Training employees in sales and advice on tiling, sanitaryware and bathroom and kitchen furniture- Technical expertise: CSTB standards, DTU, CPT, Classification (UPEC tiles, adhesives, premises), Installation advice and expert meetings.SOFT SKILLS - Analysis and Synthesis, Negotiation, Management, Interpersonal skills, Complex problem solving, Team management, Decision making, AutonomyFor more information about our company, visit our website :Nivault - Carrelage & Bain : www.nivault.comSkills: Budgeting - Brand Management - Logistics - Process Improvement - Organisational Skills - Tiling - Team Building - Team Management - Retail Sales - Staff Management - Forklift - Sales - Team Motivation - General Management - Retail Sales - Business Development - Management - Leadership Show less IT Director- Leading the company's digital transformation. - implementation of windows server virtualisation- Internalisation of the IT function as a strategic resource.- Drawing up the IT Master Plan- Development and maintenance of the website and technical tools (business calculators), free SEO and paid search, Responsive Design, E-commerce, PHP/HTML5/CSS3/JavaScript programming.- CISO: ANSSI Cybersecurity Training, User Awareness, Email Filtering, Firewall, Outsourced Backups, Disaster Recovery Plan...- Price setting & Article base- Data analysis: Cognos Impromptu, Excel/MSQuery/Iseries ODBC/AS400- CNIL: Data Protection Officer (DPO), RGPD- Training users in office automation, sales management and telecoms tools. Show less

      • Operations Manager, Profit Centre Director

        Oct 2011 - now
      • IT Director

        Sept 2005 - now
      • Purchasing Director

        Jun 2006 - Oct 2011
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • SecNum Academie - CyberSécurité

      ANSSI - Agence nationale de la sécurité des systèmes d'information
      Jan 2023
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    • Cambridge - First Certificate in English

      University of Cambridge
      Jun 1994
      View certificate certificate