In this sector, which is comprised of the agri-food and non-food markets, major companies with the capacities to adapt to market developments rub shoulders with a multitude of SMEs that have to evolve in order to survive. On the non-food market, which will very soon suffer from excess capacity, businesses will have to restructure and reexamine their offers. In agri-food, although major companies have managed to hold their own by streamlining, the many small operators are struggling and often have complicated relationships with distributors. Profits are plummeting and their long-term future is under threat.
However, striving for greater volumes is not the solution. Vertical integration strategies, with associations upstream to avoid the hazards of inevitable increases in the price of raw materials, and procedures to enhance productivity and achieve international growth, are the emerging key drivers of success. This struggle to ensure a long-term future has brought about new challenges for the sector in terms of human resources and employment.
«To restructure and to anticipate the jobs and skills required , a win win stratgy for companies»
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Sylvie joined Arthur Hunt in 2009 as General Manager of recruitment. She leads searches for senior executives in a variety of areas but specialising, in particular, in Industry and Consulting.
Previous Experience
Sylvie was a director of several Business Units at HUDSON (IT, Consulting, Marketing and Sales at Hudson France) where, for 10 years , she was also responsible for "back -office" teams. She had previously worked with large organisations e.g. Accenture, PwC and had established an outsourcing enterprise for Human resources, setting up large accounts with the Banking , Pharmaceutical and Food-processing industries.
Educational Background
After two years of « classes preparatoires» in literature, Sylvie transferred to the Institut d'Etudes Politiques and then took simultaneous M.A.`s in French Literature and European Law.
Sylvie Baychelier
baychelier@arthur-hunt.com
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Damian has joined Arthur Hunt in February 2013, as a Senior Consultant experienced in executive search for the FMCG, Retail and logistics sectors. He is also Arthur Hunt’s CEE FMCG & Retail Practice Group Leader responsible for coordinating processes and share of expertise amongst our consultants in the region. For over 16 years, he was associated with the FMCG market, where he started his experience in sales and after moved for recruitment sector.
Already during his studies Damian started to work in sales department for one of the global leaders in the FMCG industry in Poland. His first experience in recruitment was gained in the UK where he spent over 7 years working with the Executive and Middle Management Search in Western Europe, Asia and Central Europe with key focus on Polish and Baltic Countries. He collaborated with the Polish Embassy and the organization of Polish Professionals in London on projects that promoted employment in Poland. He specializes in assignments involving mainly the sales areas, marketing, trade marketing and category management.
Damian is graduated in Management and Marketing at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Maria Curie-Sklodowska in Lublin. He also studied Marketing at Thames Valley University in London and Sales Management in Warsaw University. His native language is Polish and also speaks fluent English.
Damian Odzioba
odzioba@arthur-hunt.pl
We help businesses with their new performance challenges. We implement innovative, tailored and, where necessary, pooled commercial procedures allowing them to conquer new markets, enhance their productivity and preserve their profits. We help them restructure and anticipate the jobs and skills they require: assistance with the implementation of a new organisational structure, creation of new business lines, process optimisation and cost reductions, forward-looking skills management, HR due diligence where integration occurs and training, etc. Moreover, we do everything we can to enhance the motivation and mobility of employees.
We also assist businesses with their recruitment and assessment procedures. Boasting renowned expertise in this field, our consultants enable companies operating in the consumer goods sector to surround themselves with talented individuals combining leadership and performance who are able to devise new, competitive business models, and to take on employees with strong commercial potential capable of meeting international challenges.
