About Charles
Charles Bianchi est un expert en stratégie et transformation d'entreprise avec plus de 20 ans d'expérience, à la fois dans des fonctions de dirigeant et de consultant, en Europe et en Amérique latine.
En tant que consultant indépendant et manager de transition, il conseille depuis plusieurs années des CEO, CDO, COO ou CFO de grandes entreprises, ETI, PME, scale-up et start-ups dans les secteurs du Consumer et du digital.
Il a notamment été Directeur de la Stratégie de GPA (premier retailer du Brésil, filiale de Casino) ; membre du Comité exécutif de la Fnac, où il a successivement piloté la stratégie, les activités commerciales en France, puis la filiale brésilienne ; et COO de Pixmania, un acteur majeur du e-commerce européen.
Auparavant, il a travaillé sept ans chez McKinsey & Company comme consultant.
Diplômé d’HEC Paris (1996), Charles a également suivi l'executive program de Singularity University dans la Silicon valley. Il parle couramment français, anglais, espagnol et portugais.
English
Fluent
French
Native or bilingual
Spanish
Native or bilingual
Portuguese
Fluent
Can work on-site
Paris (up to 50km)
Willing to travel
Experience
- Free-lanceIndependent consultant - expert in Consumer, retail & digitalCONSULTING AND AUDITSJune 2016 - Today (10 years)Paris, FranceFree-lance consulting in strategy, organization and digital transformation, focusing on retail/consumer.Example of projects led :Example of projects/clients :
- Lead of the 360° transformation, also driving a major digital project at Maisons du Monde (retail)
- Lead of the 360° transformation overseeing 20 cross-company projects at Air Corsica (airline)
- Interim CFO at Skello, HR Tech Saas scale-up (personnel management software, 40 M€ Series B)
- Definition of a staff costs reduction plan for ManoMano (leading DIY marketplace, 665 M€ Series F)
- Deputy Chief Restructuring Officer at Solocal (leading to acquisition by Ycor, Maurice Levy family office)
- Global head of Project management for Digital Transformation at Pernod Ricard (during 1 year)
- Operational deployment lead for Beyond Budget project among key affiliates at Pernod Ricard
- Definition of the strategic plan and PMI for the new Hospitality business unit at Compagnie des Alpes
- Definition of the commercial strategy and operational roadmap for Française Des Jeux (pre-IPO)
- Definition of the 5-year strategy & business plan for Easycash (leading circular economy retailer)
- Strategic advice and assistance to the selling process of an omnichannel clean beauty start-up in Brazil
- GPA - Grupo Pão de Açucar (Casino group)VP Group Strategy, member of the Executive CommitteeRETAIL (LARGE RETAILERS)May 2015 - May 2016 (1 year)São Paulo, BrazilGPA (Grupo Pão de Açúcar) - largest retailer in Latin America, controlled then by Groupe Casino - turnover of US$ 25 billion, 2.000 stores in Brazil, 150.000 employees.Business units : supermarkets, hypermarkets, consumer electronics and furniture, convenience stores, cash-and-carry, real estate, and e-commerce.
- FnacSenior VP, member of the Executive CommitteeRETAIL (SMALL BUSINESS)January 2011 - April 2015 (4 years and 3 months)Paris, FranceCEO - Fnac Brazil (may 2013 - may 2015)- Supervision of Fnac Brazil (550 M R$ sales, 12 flagship stores, e-commerce, 900 people)- Responsibility for the P&L, improving the day-to-day operations (turnaround)- Strategic assessment and M&A deal (disposal of the subsidiary to a local player)VP Commercial & Sales - Fnac France (june 2011 - may 2013)- Responsibility for the sales (3 bn €) and the commercial teams for France- Multi-channel category management for all the product ranges (consumer electronics, books, etc.)- Launch and roll-out of new product categories (Toys, Small domestic appliances, e-books, etc.)VP Group Strategy & Chief of Staff of the CEO (january 2011 - may 2011)- Definition of the strategic plan "Fnac 2015" impulsed by the new management led by Alexandre Bompard, together with the shareholder (PPR / Artemis, Pinault family office)- Strategy and launch of the e-book platform through a strategic partnership with Kobo
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Education
- Master - ManagementHEC Paris1996Grande Ecole
- Executive Program - Exponential TechnologiesSingularity University2015Executive Program in the Silicon Valley
Skill set
Business Plan Development
Organizational Design
Post-Merger Integration
Corporate Restructuring
Transformation digitale
Management d'équipe
Stratégie d'entreprise
Business plan
Budget
E-commerce
Retail
Direction générale
Stratégie commerciale
Gestion des opérations
Chief Operating Officer
Business Unit Strategy
Consumer Goods
distribution
Operations
Food & Beverage
Travel
Hospitality
Luxe
Vins et Spiritueux
Scale-up
B2B SaaS
Cost Reduction
Réduction des coûts
Stratégie de Business Unit
Digital Transformation
Business Unit Strategy
DAF
CEO
CDO
Direction de projets
Gestion de portefeuille de projets
Développement international
Brésil
Amérique Latine
Mexique
chief of staff
FMCG
Mergers & Acquisitions
Management Consulting
Consulting stratégique
Categories
- General Management Executive
- Management Consultant
- Strategy Consultant