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Cooper JOHN

Paris

En résumé

SUMMARY

Multinational, multilingual executive with strong technical/product background including current work with ADAS (Advanced Driving Assistance Systems) and solid track record of directing worldwide sales and business development efforts with innovative high tech products in electronics and mechatronics .
•Recognized as a role model for effective, animated communication
•International specialist with success in federating diverse efforts separated by geography, culture and language
•Proven creative source of ideas in new technology and organizations

Mes compétences :
Advanced
China
Driving

Entreprises

  • Valeo - Director - Development international

    Paris maintenant

  • Valeo Switches and Detection Systems - Directeur commerical et Business Development

    Paris 2001 - maintenant VALEO SWITCHES AND DETECTION SYSTEMS, Paris, FRANCE 2001-present
    €900M worldwide leader in automotive sensing and switching electronics/mechatronics.
    Branch Director, Sales and Business Development
    Direct sales, business development and communication staff at six sites in Europe, NA, SA, Japan, China.
    Hierarchical report to Branch CEO, Functional report to Group Exec VP for Sales and Business Development.
    • Manage a functional network of more than forty sales professionals + 15 sales admin staff for high tech products including scanning radar, image processing, and ultrasonic sensing for automobiles.
    • Following the creation of a new business unit consisting of previously competing companies, established an effective balance between centralized coordination and local divisional autonomy.
    • Coordinate sales network dealing with almost all car makers worldwide to allow success in increasing order intake/Sales ratio (2003 ratio = 1.7 ).
    • Lead person for negotiations and agreements for
    • Strategic alliance with American software specialist for leading edge image processing software.
    • Acquisition of Japanese competitor
    • Market Analysis and strategy execution to form joint ventures in China
    • Creative energy behind award-winning communication campaign at 2003 Frankfurt Motor Show.

Formations

  • Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale De Lausanne (EPFL) (Lausanne)

    Lausanne 1979 - 1981 mecanqiue

    programme d'echange de Carnegie Mellon

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