Sylvain Martin

Experience

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  JOHN DEERE

  Mar 2000 - Jul 2013

  Core responsibilities:- Managing a BtoB distribution network for highly sophisticated forest machines in Western Europe (France, Switzerland, BeNeLux, Italy, Spain and Portugal).- Responsible for Sales, Marketing, Strategic development and performance follow up of the dealer network- Continuous support to legal and financial departments on on-going cases- Tight collaboration with R&D for new products development and testing with lead usersKey achievements:- Sales volumes multiplied by a factor 4 and market share increased by +20% on a 5-years period. Annual sales in the range of 40-60 millions Euros for the area.- Strong personal involvement and drive to reinforce the brand position as the indisputable leader of the area, with the best sales and service coverage and by far the best market share.- Member of the ASCODIF's management team (French professional association of manufacturers, distributors and suppliers of forestry equipment www.ascodif.com) Show less Coordination of a 3-years research project. Feasibility studies, development and testing of new methods and equipments to collect forestry biomass for energy production on large industrial scale. The project included 7 European partners and had a total budget of 4,9 millions Euros (Reference FORENERGY NNE5/395/2000).Key achievements :Successful demonstration of the feasibility of 2 new methods, development and launch of 2 new related producs to collect forestry biomass under various logging conditions. Show less

  • Area Sales & Marketing Manager, Western Europe

    Feb 2003 - Jul 2013

  • European R&D Project Coordinator

    Sept 2000 - Feb 2003

  • Project Engineer, Innovation Process

    Mar 2000 - Aug 2000
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  Personal project

  Sept 2013 - Oct 2014

  New venture

  Project to start my own company related to a new mobile machine generation.Networking, seeking for partners, participating to entrepreneurs and start-up events, business plan writing...

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  Advantus Global Inc

  Jun 2014 - Oct 2014

  Expert on heavy equipment / sales & marketing / engineering

  Working as an independent consultant on heavy equipment sales, marketing and development, more specifically in the field of forestry and bio energy.Joined Advantus Global Inc. experts network in June 2014

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  GO Concept

  Oct 2014 - Jun 2016

  Operations Director, Switzerland

  Heading the Swiss Technological Innovation business unit- Recruitment and management of a team of 20 engineering consultants- Individual coaching of each consultant- Commercial prospection and networking- Writing, negotiating and signing contracts- Follow up of projects with customers and consultants> Full responsibility for P&L> Member of the board of directorsKey achievements: Sales turnover in the range of 2,2 to 2,5 M CHF /year, opening of 8 new customer accounts within different industrial and geographical areas, recruitment of 15 engineers and PhDs.www.goconcept.ch Show less

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  Liebherr Group

  Nov 2016 - Jul 2018

  Senior Consultant & Project Manager

  Working as an external consultant on different strategic assignments, in the field of mobile hydraulics.Reporting to the Board of Directors.

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  Freelancer

  Jul 2018 - now

  Senior consultant

  Providing advises and carrying project management activities for B2B customers

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  HAPPY TRAVAUX GEX

  May 2021 - now

  Founder & Managing Director