Professional trajectory then and especially

Strange path than that of Roberto Cirillo, the (young) man who rides in Sodexo. Geographical path first. Born in Zurich of a family of Italian emigrants, he grew up in Ticino, found the German city at the time of studies and began a life of Globe-Trotter who will lead it in Holland, China, Australia, Russia, Turkey until it is definitively his suitcases in France. Professional trajectory, then and especially. This engineer of the Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Zurich trained in the business in McKinsey had thirty-five years when it was directly admitted to the Executive Committee of a group which was then already more than 13 billion euros of turnover and it does not even know the existence a few weeks earlier!

Two and a half years later, this meteoric career leads to a crucial mission in the multinational which is now defined as a "total solutions provider" in the service of the quality of life. A phraseology that directly illuminates the nature of the new function of Roberto Cirillo.

Deputy appointed Director General of the group - a position he has with that of Director General France-, the youngest member of the ComEx supports the new "solutions of services on site" offer in France, which will be used for the occasion of laboratory and "driver" to 80 other countries in which the company of Pierre Bellon is established.

The catering and the "facilities management" (sterilization of surgical equipment, sorting and treatment of waste, crèche in companies, maintenance, technical maintenance services, etc.), this offer is one of the two pillars on which rests the new strategic positioning of Sodexo, the other being "motivation solutions", i.e. the cheques and card services.

This repositioning, the defector from McKinsey examined him under the seams during the two years and a half he spent at the direction of the strategic plan and innovation. His intelligence was not to be locking in the service of staff, but instead to survey the land. "When I arrived, Michel Landel, operational pattern of Sodexo told me:" the first two months you need to do that meet the collaborators and imbue you the company. "." "This is what I did", tells of her singing voice helvético-italien citizen. Visits Flash in the United States, Algeria, Poland, Italy, England, in South America, the meeting of the leaders of customer segments, have not changed it much of touring life that he was fighting when he was a "partner" at McKinsey, and always between two aircraft.

A first phase for listening

As a first step, Roberto Cirillo had the wisdom to speak little and listen to many. To establish its credibility, it has endeavoured, in each country visited, a small problem poisoning the lives of local teams. It was only after this first phase that it reversed the steam and began to preach the good word. "The techniques learned in McKinsey me have been used extensively", he admits.

Son of a worker and a school mistress, the stock has become Novazzano child of State was not born with a silver spoon in his mouth. Now that it weighs about 2.5 billion euros of turnover, resourcefulness and willingness to succeed without doubt remain his best weapons.