1. What is your career path?
Christophe Friboulet: Engineer by profession, I worked for ten years as a technical
services manager in the industry and then I worked another ten years being in charge
of a profit centre. I branched out into the field of operational excellence for a year,
but that meant losing contact with customers, which I like most. So in 2016, when
Philippe Linden, operational director of SPIE Est, got in touch with me on LinkedIn
to offer me a position in business development, I jumped at it! Today, I am business
development manager for industrial maintenance.
What role do you play at SPIE?
C.F.: We are fortunate enough to have an extensive and dense network of in-house
engineering and process planning resources and specialist technicians specialised
in all maintenance-related trades electrical and mechanical engineering and HVAC
(Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning). My job consists of offering a multi-technical
maintenance contract tailored to my customers’ needs. Alongside that, I take part
in defining a strategic approach to industrial maintenance, I manage a sales network,
and I work with the Human Resources team, helping them recruit the best profiles.
Have you found what you were looking for when you joined SPIE?
C.F.: Absolutely… and even more! At first, I simply thought I was adding another string
to my bow by working in business development in the HVAC sector, which is my area
of focus in engineering. But what I’m doing today is providing my customers with
a much broader range of technical expertise, which makes my job very cross-functional
and much more interesting.
As business development manager for industrial maintenance at SPIE Est,
Christophe Friboulet, 46, supports operational departments and develops the maintenance
for customers’ industrial facilities by offering multi-technical contractual solutions.
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