About the candidate
A Head of Operations with over ten years of hands-on experience taking early-stage companies into structured scale-ups – with his operational DNA rooted in cycling-components manufacturing.
Most recently, he served as Head of Operations at a Paris-based AI computer vision hardware company of around 60 employees, where he led a team of six, managed an operations budget of approximately €750,000, implemented ERP and MRP as a single source of truth across the business, cut stock-on-hand by 75 percent, reduced fulfilment lead times by 90 percent, and halved product go-to-market time.
His foundation was built over nearly eight years at a South African cycling-components manufacturer, which he joined as the first employee and helped scale to a team of 20 and roughly €5 million in revenue – progressing from Sales & Marketing to Revenue & Supply Chain and ultimately Head of Revenue & Operations.
In that role he designed a make-vs-buy strategy, built a custom MRP system, scaled production capacity two- to sixfold, developed the distributor network across B2B and D2C channels, and acted as the CEO’s right hand across product, supplier management, hiring and budgeting.
Mechanical Engineering degree. Portuguese EU citizen based in Paris, open to the Aix-en-Provence/Marseille area. English native, French B2.
The candidate is available immediately.
Specialized in ...
Operations leadership and scale-up execution for cycling-components and tech-hardware companies
Manufacturing and supply-chain design, including make-vs-buy strategy and in-house production for high-mix product lines
ERP, MRP and systems architecture with API integrations across finance, sales and product
Commercial operations, distributor-network development and multi-channel B2B/D2C sales growth
Financial planning, P&L management, KPI tracking and dashboarding across early-stage and scale-up environments
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