nicolas schaeffer

Founder and managing director

Salary / Daily rate

Toulouse, France

Freelance, open to permanent contract

Skills

E-LearningDesign ThinkingStrategy & ConsultingCoachingCustomer CareProduct ManagementProject Management (PMO)

Languages

French (Native)English (Fluent)German

About me

Intro

Executive coach & mental trainer with 15+ years of leadership experience, from managing 120+ consultants to founding SumFuo coaching practice. Specialized in transforming managers into proud team leaders through proven methodologies. Ready to accelerate your leadership growth and team performance.

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Work experience

Lecturer

AMOS - Sport Business School

Sep 2019 - Present

7 years 2 months

Toulouse, France

Teaching in management, leadership, change management and entrepreneurship.

Founder and managing director

SumFuo

Apr 2019 - Present

7 years 7 months

Businesses today need to prepare for the managerial changes that are coming. The coaching and training of managers and business leaders allows them to better understand these changes and be more effective daily. I propose to help you meet these challenges.

Active Member

Echo 6 ThèmesFreelance

Jan 2019 - Present

7 years 10 months

Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico

Skills: Intelligence émotionnelle · Développement personnel · Sens de l’écoute · Présentations · Animation de formations · Parler en public · Techniques de présentation · Partage des connaissances · Techniques d’animation · Compétences interpersonnelles

Chief Operation Officer

INSITEO

Nov 2015 - Dec 2018

3 years 2 months

31770 Colomiers, France

Accountability for on time and “at client expectation” delivery, budget and profitability of the projects In charge of partners and suppliers. www.insiteo.com

SOGETI High Tech

May 2010 - Oct 2015

5 years 6 months

Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico

Strategic Alliances Manager

May 2015 - Oct 2015

6 months

Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico

In charge of leveraging initiatives with Strategic Capgemini alliances : IBM, Lenovo, HP, Microsoft, Oracle and other local solution providers in order to develop business in SOGETI High Tech Portfolio (Security, Internet of Things, Analytics, Testing) .

National Testing Manager

Feb 2014 - Oct 2015

1 year 9 months

Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico

in charge of promoting the Testing capacities of SOGETI High Tech inside and outside the company.

Sales Representative

Jul 2013 - Mar 2014

9 months

Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico

Skills: Normes de service · Anglais · Sens de l’écoute · Écoute active · Gestion de la relation avec les fournisseurs · Présentations · Travail d’équipe · Parler en public · Posturologie · Techniques de présentation · Gestion des comptes · Analyse stratégique · Adaptabilité · Leadership d’équipe transverse · Synthèse · Négociation · Entretiens

Practice Manager Systems integration

Jan 2011 - Jul 2013

2 years 7 months

Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico

Management of the “systems integration” Business Group, with 120 consultants (part of them in Spain, UK and India). Accountability for Business Development, Recruitment/Staffing, Performance assessment, Lean Management deployement, budget and profitability of the projects. Sogeti High Tech focal point for the activities in the UK.

Risk Delivery and Quality leader

May 2010 - Dec 2010

8 months

Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico

Deputy to the testing business unit Manager. Accountability for projects on time and “at client expectation” delivery and profitability of the projects

Change Manager

SOGETI High Tech GmbH

Dec 2009 - Jul 2010

8 months

Greater Hamburg Area

In charge of the delivery stream of the transformation plan for our German branch. Training for Managers about technical and financial project follow up. Support for Delivery people on project management.

SOGETI High Tech

Oct 2004 - Dec 2009

5 years 3 months

Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico

Business Group Manager Embedded Systems test

Jan 2009 - Dec 2009

1 year

Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico

Management of the “embedded systems test” business group (70 consultants). Accountability for Business Development, Recruitment/Staffing, Performance assessment, budget and profitability of the projects. Main testing skills: avionic systems

Technical Manager

Jan 2008 - Dec 2008

1 year

Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico

Deputy to the system tests business Unit Manager. Resource manager of the Business Unit (115 peoples). Responsible for the delivery (around 20 projects).

Activity Manager

Jan 2006 - Jul 2008

2 years 7 months

Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico

Team leader (30 peoples) in charge of 6 projects in the field of control and guidance. Bid management, managerial functions and responsible for the delivery of the projects.

Project Manager

Oct 2004 - Dec 2007

3 years 3 months

Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico

Team leader (10 peoples) at Airbus Integration Test Centre, in charge of the preparation and analyses of the handling quality flight tests for the A380. Managerial and technical functions.

research engineer

ONERA

Jan 2002 - Jan 2004

2 years 1 month

Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico

improvement of the CFD code from ONERA (elsA) windtunnel test on take off configuration of the A380


Education

INSEAD

Coaching certificate

2020 - 2021

1 year 1 month

Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée

PhD

1998 - 2001

3 years 1 month

Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Mécanique et d'Aérotechnique

engineering degree

1995 - 1998

3 years 1 month

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