Bertrand Fouquoire (c)

Equipaje is a generalist HR management consulting company.
It's aim is to identify, qualify and coordinate the activities of free lance consultants -both junior and senior-in order to provide companies with taylor made, and cost competitive, support for their HR projects.

website- http://www.equipaje.fr

Launched in 2007, dualexpat is an internet platform for developping an expatriates and their partners professional network.

website- http://www.dualexpat.com
blog- http://dualexpat.free.fr/index.php

Sector: Human Resources and recruiting

A worldwide fuel-dispensers manufacturing and maintenance company with US $700 million annual revenue

Structured all aspects of HR for 1600 employees in a post business-acquisition environment, including labor relations, unification of compensation and benefits and managing policies to promote cultural change and support high employee morale and retention.

Promoted and implemented the effective merger of the 4 companies preventing attrition of key managers while maintaining the market share at its highest rate of 80%.
Restructured the organization, which resulted in the reduction of agencies from 38 to 16.
Implemented a headcount reduction from 1600 to 1300 while preserving the social climate.
Participated and promoted the building of a new corporate culture by achieving the harmonization of the compensation and benefits policies.
Reorganized and streamlined the HR Function (14 down to 10) making it more operations oriented.

Sector: Industry

A worldwide Oilfield Services, Utility Meters and Smart Cards Company with US $8.5 billion annual revenue

Human Resources Manager- Paris, France 1998

Directed all aspects of HR for the 800 employees of the Retail Petroleum Systems Division, including managers development, counseling and support, creating continuity plans for key positions, employee and labor relations

Developed and conducted the crisis communication processes during the sale of the division, which minimized the social impact and helped, keep teams motivated at work.
Managed and solved all the legal and social issues linked with the sale, completing the process within 2 months
Coordinated the rapid closing of the Schlumberger RPS headquarters which resulted in immediate savings, facilitated the relocation of the employees affected and simplified the transition process.

Human Resources Manager- Velizy, France 1995 - 1997

Coordinated all aspects of HR for the 350 employees of the Data Acquisition and Recording Division and of it's sales offices in US and UK, including recruitment, training, internal transfers and the conception and implementation of programs to enhance employees' motivation and influence positive change

Engineered a comprehensive HR strategy (training, recruiting and organization) which accelerated the company's refocusing on new market segments.
Participated in the due diligence process ending in the sale of the Division.
Worked, jointly with the French Ministry of labor and the labor unions on a strategic plan that enabled the downsizing of the Division by a third which secured the transaction while ensuring the future economic balance of the business.
Succeeded in successfully transferring more than 60 persons within other divisions of Schlumberger.

Personnel Manager Industrial site- Poitiers, France 1993 - 1995

Managed recruitment, training, employee and labor relations, department heads counseling and internal communication for the Electricity meters French manufacturing site (600 employees).
Anticipated and communicated the consequences of a forthcoming major technological change affecting electricity meters.
Conceived and implemented mid term training plans for enhancing the basic qualifications of the employees which increased their employability and prepared them for moves to other manufacturing positions.

Personnel Manager- Paris and Liege, Belgium 1990 - 1992

Implemented and coordinated the corporate HR policies and practices within the Security & Control Department (220 employees).

Led social negotiations in Belgium with the labor unions, which contributed to the improvement of the social climate while reducing the frequency of social conflicts.
Implemented an integrating action plan resulting in bridging the gap between the operations in Belgium and France.
Coordinated an intensive recruiting and integrating program which enabled the start-up located in Paris to grow by more than 100%.

Personnel Manager- Abbeville, France 1988 - 1990

Managed Personnel administration, employee and labor relations, recruitment and training for the 170 employees of the 2 Abbeville Plants.

Sector: Petroleum - Exploration - Production - Refining