Francis Jacquerye
Student, MSC Marketing, King's College London
Landskrona, Schweden
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Professional with more than 15 years of experience in product development, involving either high cosmetic or mechanical tolerance and IT solutions for international markets. Has been contributing to a double digit growth, working for small, medium and big industry leaders such as Vestas, The Longines Watch Co., Movado Group MGI, Festina Candino or Morellato Group. Track record with delivering the brand’s vision and reaching business objectives. Familiar with work in cross-functional and cross-cultural structures. Background in marketing and design. Fluent in English, French and Italian. Worked with manufacturing plants in Switzerland, France, Italy, Belgium and East Asia.
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Berufserfahrung von Francis Jacquerye
Bis heute 4 Jahre, seit Juli 2020
Project Manager
Vestas Northern Europe AB
WORLD LEADER IN CONSTRUCTION AND INSTALLATION OF WIND FARMS. Plant Engineering: Contributed to team effort to increase by more than 50% the company’s volume of projects in Central and Northern Europe; by overseeing the cost estimate, configuration and installation of automation solutions.
6 Jahre und 7 Monate, Dez. 2013 - Juni 2020
Product manager
Woodshores AB
CONSULTANT IN WATCH DEVELOPMENT. Contributed to 40% yearly growth and overseas market entry by bringing optimisations to branding strategy and consolidating the collections portfolio, and by suggesting improvements for cost optimisation. Facilitated the acquisition of IP and retainment of selected staff. • Nordgreen • NUUN Official • Patria Watch • Festina Candino • Techné • Movado Group MGI
3 Jahre und 4 Monate, Nov. 2015 - Feb. 2019
Product Manager
Kronaby
EU LEADER, HYBRID WATCHES. Steered the product positioning, design workflow, detailing of colour, material and finishing (CMF) and design for manufacturing. Co-led supplier scouting and setup of supply chain, for production of 60,000 watches by year 2.
2007 - 2013
Product Design Manager
Compagnie des Montres Longines Francillon SA
PREMIUM CORE, SWITZERLAND'S TOP 5 WATCHMAKER. Contributed to a double digit growth by creating new collections and standardising the design process from concept to mass production launch. Commissioned by CEO to submit reports on competitive intelligence.
2003 - 2007
Industrial Designer
Morellato Group
DOMESTIC LEADER, CONSUMER MARKET WATCHES. Contributed to a double digit growth, by supervising the development and bi-annual launch of watches and costume jewellery for fashion licences. Handled trends monitoring and research for new materials.
2001 - 2003
Product Design Manager
Homegate Srl
WEB DEVELOPMENT AGENCY. Contributed to doubling the volume of projects, by developing proprietary HTML4 standard-compliant content management software (CMS).
2000 - 2001
Assistant Design Manager
Giallo108
WEB DESIGN AGENCY. Contributed to doubling the studio team size by training and supervising junior staff and interns.
1999 - 2000
Assistant Design Manager
T'Ai Ken
DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING OF INTERIORS FURNITURE Contributed to the business expansion from B2C to B2B by cutting the development lead time in half, while improving quality.
Ausbildung von Francis Jacquerye
Bis heute 4 Jahre und 6 Monate, seit Jan. 2020
MSC Marketing
King's College London
1998 - 1999
MA Industrial Design
University of Kent
Industrial Design
1994 - 1998
BA Industrial Design
ESA St-Luc Liège
Bachelor's degree in Design
Sprachen
Englisch
Muttersprache
Französisch
Muttersprache
Italienisch
Fließend
Schwedisch
Gut
Deutsch
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