Sebastien Kulling

Sebastien kulling

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location of Sebastien KullingLausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Managing Partner | Independent Board Member | Stanford University

  • Education

    • Transformance pro

      2013 - 2014
      Certified business coach - executive coaching, team building & organisation development

      Coaching certification accredited by the European Mentoring & Coaching Council (EMCC)

    • Heig-vd

      1993 - 1997
      Bsc thermal engineering

      Activities and Societies: School Body President, Organiser of Students-meet-Companies Forum

    • Stanford university graduate school of business

      2008 - 2009
      Msc business management
  • Experience

    • Cereal partners worldwide - joint venture nestlé / general mills

      Jan 1998 - Jan 2002

      • Manage promotional projects, including price negotiation, supply planning, project review• Decreased unit prices by 15% while maintaining quality standards• Increased on-time promotions from 50 to 90%• Implemented intranet marketing website to improve exchange of information • Project engineer in a chocolate factory • Managed budget of $3M for preventive maintenance of production lines• Created 1st environmental manual guidelines for the factory for ISO 9001 standards

      • Assistant Promotion Manager

        Jan 2000 - Jan 2002
      • Project Engineer

        Jan 1998 - Jan 2000
    • Nestlé nespresso sa

      Jan 2002 - Jan 2005
      New product development manager

      • Ran all machine development for Nespresso worldwide from designer brief to market launch• One innovation per year, including LE CUBE and AEROCCINO• Strengthened strategic partnerships with Miele, Krups and Magimix• Awarded Gold Recipient at Nestle Innovation Championship in 2005 for bringing consumer convenience and high rate of growth

    • Nestlé nespresso uk & ireland

      Jan 2005 - Jan 2008
      Commercial director

      • Led a team of 8 direct reports• Tripled business revenue through new customer acquisition and partnership with marketing team to implement loyalty programs• Doubled market share and increased point of sales by 50%• Increased consistency and frequency of point of sales training, managed 80% team growth

    • Orange communications

      Jan 2010 - Jan 2013
      Vice president customer experience & loyalty

      • Member of management team for corporation with $1B revenue. Led a team of 15 people• Granted exclusive veto rights on any customer related projects• Launched customer satisfaction index with employee incentives• Net Promoter Score went from last to 2nd in the market• Implemented Corporate Social Responsibility plan and took charge of adding resources to make CSR a higher priority

    • Flatev ag

      Jan 2013 - Jan 2014
      Chief marketing officer

      • Shaping product, distribution, pricing and market strategy according to market research, customer feedback and competitive environment• Liaison between R&D and Marketing for product development• Managing industrialization decisions to meet corporate and consumer needs

    • Qualysense ag

      Jan 2014 - Jan 2016
      Head of marketing & sales

      • Defining leads to develop business• Setting up the marketing and sales structure• Shaping product and service strategy according to market research, customer feedback and competitive environment• Liaison between R&D and Marketing for product development

    • Digitalswitzerland

      Jan 2017 - Jun 2023

      Making Switzerland a leading hub of digital innovation. Worldwide!

      • Executive Director digitalswitzerland Foundation

        Jan 2022 - Jun 2023
      • Deputy Managing Director | Directeur Suisse Romande

        Jan 2017 - Dec 2021
    • Plr.les libéraux-radicaux vaud

      Aug 2019 - Oct 2019
      Candidat au conseil national
    • Enitia

      Jan 2023 - now
      Managing partner

      Bureau d'ingénieurs-conseils pour les PME en matière d'innovation et de développement durable- Soutenir le développement de produits durables, de l'idée au lancement du produit- Aider à gérer les compromis entre les besoins de l'entreprise, du consommateur et de l'environnementAdvise SME on innovation and product development to achieve long term and sustainable benefits.• Support sustainable product development from an idea to the product launch • Help to manage trade-offs between organisation, consumer and environmental needs Show less

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Global management

      Stanford graduate school of business
      Jun 2009
    • Public management studies

      Stanford graduate school of business
      Jun 2009
    • Certified business coach

      Transformance pro ecole de coaching
      Jun 2014
  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Sebastien Kulling
      Elu 2018 - Les 100 qui font la Suisse romande Forum des 100 Oct 2018
    • Awarded to Sebastien Kulling
      Gold Innovation Award Nestlé 2005
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Past President

      Issued by Stanford Club of Switzerland on Sept 2023
      Stanford Club of SwitzerlandAssociated with Sebastien Kulling
    • Board Member

      Issued by Stanford Club of Switzerland on Jun 2015
      Stanford Club of SwitzerlandAssociated with Sebastien Kulling
    • Vice Président du Conseil de Fondation

      Issued by Ensemble Vocal Lausanne on Jul 2019
      Ensemble Vocal LausanneAssociated with Sebastien Kulling
    • President

      Issued by Stanford Club of Switzerland on Sept 2021
      Stanford Club of SwitzerlandAssociated with Sebastien Kulling
    • Vice President

      Issued by GreenBuzz Zurich on Dec 2016
      GreenBuzz ZurichAssociated with Sebastien Kulling