Moving up through the ranks from intern in 1995 to managing director today

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  • Le 14 octobre 2016
Name: Olivier Héroguelle
Current position: Managing Director, JCDecaux
About my company: Outdoor advertising, €3,208 million, 12,300 people
Degree earned at Audencia: GE 95
Nationality: French 
Residence: New Delhi - India
 
“What I value most about my international career is the management aspect: variety of profiles, personalities, cultures and languages.”

My work
My role: As a Managing Director I am in charge of business development (converting high potential into opportunities), sales and marketing (maximising the advertising revenue & education of an emerging market), operations (provide worldwide standard services in a very challenging environment), finance (cost controls & improvement of the profitability), and HR (Recruit & train local managers for the long term).

Soft skills: Management skills/organisation skills/good sense of the priorities.
Hard skills: Sales expert/business development.

My company: Family-owned company – family very much involved. Culture of hard work and excellence.

How it started: I completed two internships in JCDecaux sales department and was offered a place on the sales team at the end of my studies. I followed my career within the same group.

My world
Fun fact: In India, during a meeting, everyone wants to talk and give opinions; the difficulty is to keep focused. In Thailand (I was the Managing Director of JCDecaux Thailand previously), it is the exact opposite. Everyone remains completely quiet and would die rather than give a point of view. The type of management needs to be permanently adjusted according to the situation, the people and the subject. Adaptability is key.

Why choose an international career?
As a career booster it has enabled me to reach a Managing Director position which was not possible in the same organization in France.

☛ My key learning point is the management of human resources.
 
Audencia Careers says
"Within a family-owned enterprise through an international career and hard-work, Olivier has managed to become the managing director in India."
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