Cedric Brochard

Cedric Brochard

Chief Human Resources Officer EMEA
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GEFCO

โœจ Transforming Organizations Through Strategic HR LeadershipIโ€™m an ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‡๐‘ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž with a strong track record in ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ฎ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ, ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ and ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง sectors. I specialize in ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ, ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€ and ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€-๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, always with a clear focus on ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐—›๐—ฅ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป. My focus: ๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐‡๐‘ ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง - boosting ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž, developing ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž-๐ซ๐ž๐š๐๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ and building ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ in complex global environments.A firm believer in ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ, I empower teams, inspire strategic thinking, and drive innovation by aligning people strategy with business goals.Key Strengths:โœ… ๐“๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ฒ & ๐’๐ฎ๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  โœ… ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง & ๐‘๐ž๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ โœ… ๐‡๐‘ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง & ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญโœ… ๐‚๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ-๐‚๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ & ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉโœ… ๐‡๐‘ ๐“๐ž๐œ๐ก & ๐ƒ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง Passionate about ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค, I welcome connections with fellow HR leaders, executives, and change-makers. Letโ€™s connect and explore how we can drive meaningful transformation and unlock human potential.HR Transformation ๐Ÿ”ท Talent Management๐Ÿ”ท Strategic Leadership ๐Ÿ”ทOrganizational Design ๐Ÿ”ท Innovation ๐Ÿ”ท Sustainable Performance

Led game-changing restructuring initiative across 20 countries in Europeโ€ข Orchestrated consolidation of 20 European entities into 5 high-performance clustersโ€ข Impacted 7,000 employees and nearly โ‚ฌ2 billion in revenueโ€ข Achieved 30% headcount optimization and substantial cost savings in just 12 monthsโ€ข Boosted operational agility and competitiveness across the organizationKey wins:โ€ข Successfully navigated complex negotiations with European Works Councilโ€ข Rebuilt and empowered multicultural leadership teams for each clusterโ€ข Drove rapid change management while maintaining business continuityโ€ข Balanced cost optimization with strategic growth initiativesGefco is a French international industrial logistics company with a private multimodal land transport network (road and rail) with eighty hubs and agencies in 40 countries.