Franck RICHARD

Senior Sales Manager

Salary / Daily rate

Paris, France

Freelance, open to permanent contract

Skills

Sales StrategyBusiness Development

Languages

EnglishFrenchGerman

About me

Intro

Senior Sales Leader with 20+ years driving B2B growth across SaaS, ERP, and analytics solutions. Proven track record managing €10M+ quotas and leading EMEA teams for tech companies. Specialized in enterprise sales, digital transformation, and closing complex deals with CAC40 accounts.

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Work experience

Country Sales Manager France (transition manager)

EQS Group

Jun 2024 - Mar 2025

10 months

Paris, France

EQS Group help companies protect their data privacy (GDPR), meet regulations, compliance & ethics (CS3D, Sapin II, SOX), and deliver on sustainability promises (CSRD). The provided GRC SaaS platform includes advanced AI. - Team management, direct (4 AEs, 1 SDR) and indirect (Partners, Customer Success, Marketing, Accounting), on growing existing customers and new business. - Weekly and Qarterly performance review, forecasting and reporting. - Closing of big deals (>100 K€ ARR) on CAC40 accounts.

Head of Sales EMEA

Wiiisdom

Mar 2021 - Mar 2024

3 years 1 month

Paris, France

Wiiisdom offers analytics solutions to ensure trust in data, reports and dashboards. It allows organizations to scale their Analytics programs and leaders to trust every decision they make. Consider all the elements that could lead to a wrong dashboard or report: data source change, database migration, ETL change, modification of cubes or data model, change in security rights, changes from a dev... Wiiisdom is the way to trust your Analytics on a screen and cover your risks related to company decisions, regulatory reporting, ESG reporting, and many others. As Head of Sales EMEA, covering also MEE and APAC, I lead a team of talented people to sell Wiiisdom solutions. Main activities are: - Set the business strategy to sustain the company's growth, revenue and goals - Define targets and KPIs - Train the team in outbound prospection to build up pipeline - Challenge deals and check on CRM health - Support Sales Representatives in deal closing - Secure the forecast, its linearity and predictability - Coach the team on best practices within the sales cycle - Expand the Reselling Partner network to increase indirect revenue - Help in marketing events - Enable Customer Success through account management Additionnal tasks or projects: - Convert installed-base from on-premise licenses to SaaS - Hire new Sales Representatives - ERP/CRM support as key-user (Netsuite, SaaS ERP) and manage the relationship with the integration partner - Advise customers on compliance issues

Sales Manager France

QAD

Sep 2019 - Mar 2021

1 year 7 months

Paris Area, France

• Helping companies in the Manufacturing Industry to become more efficient and successful by implementing QAD ERP and Supply Chain solutions. • Driving sales activities in France, Benelux and Switzerland with a team of 4 people on the customer Installed Base. • Bring value to historical customers by migrating them from On-Premise Software to Cloud Services.

Senior Account Executive

NetSuite

Feb 2018 - Aug 2019

1 year 7 months

Paris Area, France

• Developing the business of NetSuite ERP Cloud for France in the Manufacturing industry: from lead generation strategy, deal qualification, value proposal, negotiation, up to closing and contracting. • Interacting closely with marketing, partners, and Professional Services teams. • Driving and managing revenues to secure growth with an accurate forecast.

SAP

Jan 2013 - Dec 2018

6 years

Région de Paris, France

Account Manager, License Management

Jan 2016 - Dec 2018

3 years

Région de Paris, France

• Bringing value, simplicity and flexibility to Upper GB customers (turnover between €300M and €1.3B) by aligning their contract with their Information System to sustain their current and future Business. • Leading sector segmentation, business strategy and customer relationship management (CxOs). Quota achievement of new business between €9M and €10M (SaaS and on-premise software).

Key Account Executive, Analytics

Jan 2013 - Dec 2016

4 years

Région de Paris, France

• Responsible for managing strategy on SAP Analytics solutions for Key Accounts worldwide (French HQ) first on Financial Services Industry (BNPP, Societe Generale, AXA, BPCE, Credit Agricole, Credit Mutuel), then on Transportation/Construction/Services Industries (SNCF, Bouygues, VINCI, SPIE, Amadeus, ATOS, CapGemini). • Driving direct and indirect sales through territory planning, pipe generation and management, proposals, negotiation and deal closing. Quota achievement of €2M per year of new business (on-premise software).

MBA Teacher in Business Strategy

ESG - Paris School of Business

Jan 2012 - Dec 2014

3 years

Région de Paris, France

• Preparing and delivering lessons on Business Strategy to 30 MBA/MSC students. • 15 hours per semester. • Covering big companies' stragegy, business/account plan construction, sales cycle management from lead generation, qualification, proposal best practice, negotiation, to deal closing. • Assigning work, correcting and marking work carried out by the students (home work, oral assessments, final exams). • Providing guidance and advice to students on educational, economic and social matters and future careers.

Global Account Manager

Solucom - Wavestone

Jan 2008 - Dec 2012

5 years

Région de Paris, France

• Operational management of 2 junior Sales Representatives and training of new hires. • Global Account Management in Manufacturing Industry with Saint-Gobain, Lafarge, L’Oreal, Bouygues Construction, and then in Aerospace Industry with Safran. • Definition of the strategic Business Plan for all accounts. Up to €4M of annual budget in Consulting Services, with 75% of new business.

Sales Engineer

Unilog - Logica/CGI

Jan 2006 - Dec 2008

3 years

Paris, France

• Public Sector development on the « Culture » (Ministry, BNF, Chateau de Versailles, Cité des Sciences…) and « Healthcare » accounts (Ministry, AFSSAPS, GMSIH…), for an average annual income of €1.5M. • « Big Deals » generation and qualification: setup and deployment of a new ticketing system for the Château de Versailles (€20M over 10 years); Overhauling and renewing of the archival IS for the National Archives (€12M over 5 years). These deals covered everything from IT hardware/software to business and IT consulting.

Branch Manager

ALTEN

Jan 2003 - Dec 2006

4 years

Région de Boulogne-Billancourt, France

• Team management of 25 consultants and 2 HR assistants. • Hiring and management of IT consultants and engineers. • Management of my own P&L. • Business growth of 30% per semester on Financial Services Key Accounts: Credit Agricole/Lyonnais, CDC, La Poste, CCF HSBC, BNP Paribas. Last year annual net margin of €240K (13%).

Senior Marketing Associate

Acentas.com

Jan 2000 - Dec 2002

3 years

Boston, MA, USA

Marketing and business support for an internet startup developing an high-tech platform for the Insurance industry and financial institutions.


Education

Clark University

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

1999 - 2001

3 years

Clark University

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

1999 - 2001

3 years

Paris School of Business

Expert in Management (BA)

1995 - 1998

4 years

Lycee Pierre Mendes France

Prepa HEC

1994 - 1995

11 months

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