Pierre LHEUREUX

Business Unit : Information, Communication, Entertainement (ICE)

Sector: Financial Services

• Prepared a monthly competitive intelligence newsletter for the Executive Committee
• Completed and updated the group’s competitive database : performed research and analysis of other hotel chains’ strategies, development plans, and financial results
• Participated in the preparation of the group’s Strategic Committees and Board of Directors
• Contributed to research studies ordered by the Executive Committee

Sector: Hotel and restaurants

Trainee in the accounting department of Hotel Sofitel San Francisco Bay***:

- Performed daily & monthly reporting for the Headquarters, contributed to the preparation of the hotel budget for 2008
- Prepared two Internal Audits and checked that the hotel financial procedures were well applied
- Created reporting tools for all the Sofitel F&B departments in North America
- Learned how to manage Accounts receivable & Accounts Payable and answer the clients’ needs on a daily basis

Sector: Hotel and restaurants

- Performed financial statement analysis to assess the potential of hundreds of prospects
- Canvassed CEOs for commercial offers: got 50 appointments in 700 phone calls
- Designed much appreciated reporting tools to better follow up commercial achievements
- Oversaw client relations and routine upkeep of their portfolios

Sector: Banking

Member of a group project aiming at advising the 3rd European video game publisher:

- Interviewed consumers and merchandise managers
- Drafted a report resulting in recommendations for Ubisoft ’s merchandising policy
- Presented our conclusions to the management of the marketing department

Sector: Software publishers