Fabrice PARODAT

Space In France Ltd (Groupe KETER) (04/2005 – Present)
Lyon, France
Managing Director - Europe, Africa, Middle East

Groupe KETER is the world leader in home improvement products. Present in over 100 countries, total staff 6,000 and T/O Euro 1.0 billion. Brands: KETER, CURVER, US LEISURE, JARDIN, SPACE IN, ALLIBERT, KETERWARE

Mission: 1) to develop sales in Europe and find new distributors in Africa and Middle East areas. 2) to reorganize the whole factory layout with the production of new product categories

Responsibilities (direct report to CEO):
• Management of the company & factory (20,000 m² / 13,500 T finished goods)
• P&L, production, sales and marketing budgets, reporting to Keter head office in Israel
• Staff 123 (factory, sales, back office), T/O Euros 30 million


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