Resume Cyril Cieslak

PROJECT DIRECTOR
Cyril CIESLAK
Key points:
32 years old
Married – 1 son
French
Director of French subsidiaries in Serbia
Founder of ComAction Serbia, a consulting firm
12 years experience in Russia, Serbia, Ireland and France
Entrepreneur, proactive, ability to synthesize, innovative, high
degree of autonomy, reliability and operational and strategic
management in difficult environments
Specialist in International Project Management, creation and
development of structure in complex settings
Ability to Create, Imagine, Build, Organize, Develop and Pilot
Fluent in English, good level of Serbian and basic Russian
Professional operational experience in Belgrade, Vojvodina and
South of Serbia
[email protected]
Mobile: +381 6 21 81 94 75
BACKGROUND
Director
Jlb-Soulier
@ Pirot, Serbia
January 2012 to date
Senior Project Manager
Paxton Equity
@ Belgrade, Serbia
January 2011 to date
Founder and director
ComAction
@ Belgrade, Serbia
June 2009 a January 2011
Business Development Manager
Klimatel
@ Moscow, Russia
February 2008 to May 2009
Account Manager
Chubb Security
@ Pau, France
February 2005 to January 2008
Business manager
The Sourcing Biz
@ Dublin, Ireland
February to August 2003
Apprentice business manager
FCC
@ Dole, France
September 2000 to June 2002
STUDIES
Master VAIMI/ESV MULHOUSE Business School
Sales & Purchase of Industrial Product and Services in International context
Mulhouse, France / 2002-2004
BTEC HND speciality Home Automation
Dole, France / 2000-2002
BTEC NVQ3 speciality Industry – Pilot of Industrial Production Line
Aire sur Adour, France / 1998-2000
BTEC NVQ1 speciality Electronic
Pau, France / 1996-1998
Cyril CIESLAK
Project Director
Skills
Areas
Formulate and set up business strategies
Project and team management in an international environment
Team building
Target driven
Bring new ideas and innovative solutions
Understand client needs and internal process in a company
Establish a company from start to finish and at all levels
Bring short, middle and long term vision to a business
Easy adaptability to new environments
Industry
Production
Construction
Alarm System/CCTV/Access control
HVAC
Home Automation
Industrial Sourcing
Negotiation
Low cost production
Achievements @ Jlb Soulier
Objectives
Establish an industrial structure with
financial profit from the start of the
process
Results
Create a legal entity in Serbia
Full legal entity created
Signing a first contract to launch the
activity
Negotiated and signed a multiyear contract with guaranteed Turnover with Michelin/Tigar
Setup of the manufacturing plant
Found the premises, negotiated and signed the lease and installed 16 manufacturing
machines within 15 days to launch the production
Recruitment of staff (or worforce) and of
a managing director
Hired 10 people, including the next director of the structure that I trained to European
standards
Business Development nationally and in
South Eastern Europe
Prospection and partnership offers made
Business Development to the EU markets
Creation and launch of the website www.devisindustriels.com to market complementary
services the Serbian low cost sector can offer
Reduce financial Investment and make
profit from day 1 (Excluding depreciation
of investment)
Choice of premises and outsourcing of the non core business tasks in order to optimize cash
flow
Increase of production capabilities
Signed partnership agreements with local companies in order to increase production
capabilities and to offer complementary services to our clients
Management in complex situation
Winning markets in front of local established competitors – 1st foreign investment in the
region for 40 years
Achieved
[email protected]
Mobile : +381 6 21 81 94 75
CYRIL CIESLAK
Project Director
Achievements @ Paxton Equity
Objectives
Within 9 months, create the company,
find funding and open the Mecaplast
factory in Serbia
Results
Create a legal entity in Serbia
Full legal entity created
Find funds
Project completed for 15 million Euros (Team Paxton Equity)
Deliver a turnkey factory according to the
needs
Purchased a brownfield site (3000m2) and extended it to 6000m2.
Negotiated with the landlord extension financing and step by step payment during
construction, in order to limit the impact on cash
Lobbying to the Serbian state in order to
get non refundable financial grants for
this project
Direct negotiation with the minister of the Economy. Obtained for our client the maximum
amount of financial grant available for this kind of project. (Team Paxton Equity)
Deliver the turnkey factory to the client
Delivered to the new plant manager on time and within budget
Inauguration with officials
Inauguration in presence of the president of the Republic of Serbia (Team Paxton Equity)
Achieved
Achievements @ ComAction
Objectives
Setup a consultancy firm and carry out
operational missions in Serbia
Results
Launch my website Vipshopping.rs
Creation of a concept of location-based couponing via SMS
Full implementation of veryfashion.com,
the first online flash sales website in
Serbia
Carry out a market research for a French
client about truckstore and catalog sale in
Serbia
Achieved
Management of all aspects of the business (products logistic, delivery, marketing…)
Carried out market research and offered alternative solutions in order to secure the
business model in Serbia
[email protected]
Mobile : +381 6 21 81 94 75