Alexis Lesage

Alexis lesage

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  • Timeline

    Jun 2002 - Jul 2002

    Intern

    Saint-Gobain
    Jun 2003 - Aug 2003

    Intern

    Henkel Iberica
    Jun 2004 - Sept 2004

    Thesis worker

    Henkel
    May 2005 - Nov 2005

    Product Manager intern and Controlling intern

    Henkel Norden
    May 2006 - Jun 2006

    Project Planner - Arsnet

    Turun kaupunki - Åbo stad - City of Turku
    Mar 2010 - Nov 2010

    Client manager & Account Analyst

    American Express
    Helsinki, Finland
    Current Company
    Dec 2010 - now

    Head of Sector, Large Customer Sales, France

    Google
    Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
  • About me

    Head of Sales & Operations at Google

  • Education

    • Universidad carlos iii de madrid

      2002 - 2003
      Exchange student economics, marketing

      Economics and Marketing

    • Edhec business school

      2004 - 2005
      Specialized master accounting and finance

      - Specialized Master’s Degree in Management control- Management control, Consolidation, Audit, Investments, International Finance- Thesis written at the Stockholm School of Economics, STOCKHOLM - Sweden

    • Duke university

      2014 - 2015
      Google business academy - duke ce business administration and management, general

      Invitation only Google training program.The Google Business Academy is a global, 9 month programme consisting of 4 modules in the U.S. and Europe. It consists of a combination of Duke CE faculty delivered lectures, simulations, case studies, workshops, pitch practices and group work touching all fields of management.Duke CE ranked #1 in the world in Custom Executive Education by Financial Times and BusinessWeek for eleven years, 2003 – 2014

    • Turku school of economics at the university of turku

      2000 - 2004
      Master of science international business, accounting, economics

      Turku School of Economics, TURKU - Finland - Master of Science degree (M.Sc) in International Business - Major in marketing & strategy – thesis awarded with honors (Eximia) - Minors: Accounting and Economics

  • Experience

    • Saint-gobain

      Jun 2002 - Jul 2002
      Intern

      Saint-Gobain Weber-Markem, IZMIR – Turkey: -Design of a product cost follow up system with which the company could follow its cost structure for each product in each region in Turkey and abroad.-Cooperation with marketing, logistics, production and R&D

    • Henkel iberica

      Jun 2003 - Aug 2003
      Intern

      Henkel Iberica SA, BARCELONA – Spain: -I worked as an intern and was in charge of a product re-launch and helped in daily tasks-Cooperation with manufacturing, financial services and other Henkel offices

    • Henkel

      Jun 2004 - Sept 2004
      Thesis worker

      Henkel Norden Oy, HELSINKI – Finland: -Marketing, in charge of conducting a market opportunity study for a consumer product -Data-analysis from ACNielsen databases-Cooperation with several countries: France, Great Britain, Denmark, Germany

    • Henkel norden

      May 2005 - Nov 2005
      Product manager intern and controlling intern

      Henkel Norden AB, STOCKHOLM - Sweden: -Product Manager Intern (50%) In charge of a product-line re-launch for Schwarzkopf -Controller Intern (50%) Budgeting, sales estimations, P&L-scenarios, reporting -Intensive Cooperation with Germany (headquarters) and Slovenia (manufacturing)

    • Turun kaupunki - åbo stad - city of turku

      May 2006 - Jun 2006
      Project planner - arsnet

      -Project Planner for a non-profit web gallery / arts-portal (6 weeks)-In charge of building a business plan – cost studies, pricing

    • American express

      Mar 2010 - Nov 2010

      -Leadership responsibility for core merchant relationship project (recruiting, planning, setting targets, supervising). Managing 2 (external) team members over a period of 18 months. -Responsible for strategic national accounts. -Excellent results on client re-negotiations (100%), rate retention (170% vs. target), non-traditional revenue capture-Developing partnerships through marketing and other joint activities. -Responsible for small merchant base clients’ mass management process-Cost analysis, forecasts, client’s card member segmentation, revenue and, mkt. performance analysis & reporting-Piloting new monetized business insights products for small merchant base, creating new sales channels -Directing a Master’s Thesis on the impact of the Payment Services Directive to the Finnish market. Show less

      • Client manager & Account Analyst

        Jun 2006 - Nov 2010
      • Pricing Manager - Secondment

        Mar 2010 - Sept 2010
    • Google

      Dec 2010 - now

      I [am]:- Developing Financial Services and Branding clients for Finland. - Part of the Extended Management Team for the Nordics- Winner of the Google 2011 best innovation in Sales Award (Benelux, DACH, UK&I and the Nordics)- Building relationships with C-level persons from client organizations, evangelizing the power of digital in making their organizations even more successful- Develop sales and marketing strategies for clients, drive client growth either directly or in relationship with local media agencies- Consult and drive client growth locally and internationally with the means of Internet and Google - finding and allocating the right resources (tools and people) for clients to be able to launch internationally quickly and efficiently around the globe-Managing the Google Digital Excellence program aiming at helping clients to become market leaders in digital knowledge and usage -Coaching team members to achieve even better sales results on a weekly basis Show less

      • Head of Sector, Large Customer Sales, France

        Sept 2023 - now
      • Senior Sales Leader, Northern Europe, Large Customer Sales

        May 2020 - Sept 2023
      • Sector Lead, Sales and Account Management, Luxury and Automotive France

        May 2019 - Apr 2020
      • Industry Manager, Airlines, MENA

        Feb 2017 - May 2019
      • Industry Manager, Airlines and Tourism at Google, APAC

        Aug 2015 - Feb 2017
      • Sales Mentoring Programme Manager

        Dec 2013 - Aug 2015
      • Manager, Large Customer Sales, Benelux

        Jul 2013 - Aug 2015
      • Team Lead, Large Customer Sales, Finland

        Aug 2012 - Jul 2013
      • Senior Account Manager

        Dec 2010 - Aug 2012
  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Alexis Lesage
      Impact Award - Best Manager For Coaching (winner) Google Large Customer Sales Leadership Apr 2023 Selected as best Manager in Coaching among a pool of ~150 managers in the Dublin EMEA HQ.This happened in the middle of the most recent lay-offs in the tech industry & at Google.
    • Awarded to Alexis Lesage
      Best Commercial Manager Award (Runner-up) Google Hub Leadership Committee Jun 2022 Recognized as one of the top 3 "commercial managers" among ~150 peers in the Google Large Customer Sales Organization in Google EMEA HQ
    • Awarded to Alexis Lesage
      Impact Award - Best Manager For Coaching (runner-up) Google Large Customer Sales Leadership Apr 2022 Selected in top 3 of Best Manager Coaches of a pool of ~150 in 2022