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A little more than a year after his appointment as the head of the No.1 a French furniture - surpassed in 2008 by Ikea-, and must carry out a broad restructuring plan, Thierry Guibert, the CEO of Conforama, it surrounds of loved ones. Just before the summer, is Olivier Rigaudy, Secretary General, that the costs of the appointment of Alexandre Nodale as Executive in charge of the Finance Director. Aged thirty-one years, he had the opportunity to work with Thierry Guibert to the financial officer of PPR Group, where he became the Director of financial control.

Last week, then, Michèle Kerrad, commercial Director, was thanked in a reorganization of the service, marketing and purchasing. It has been entrusted to Didier Fourmy, last of the historical framework of Conforama (more than 20 years of House), which he already Director summer commercial before taking the direction of the operation. "My idea is to bring product procurement marketing", commented to the "Echos" Thierry Guibert, moreover, appointed two other of his knowledge at the FNAC (he was General Secretary), Yves Lagier, former boss of Surcouf, who succeeded Didier Fourmy and Philippe Morel, new Director of operations and programs. Finally, Anne - France Lucas, far Conforama-France 72 of the activity of the Group HR - Director, she returned to the FNAC, Pascale Rus, DRH group, live with this position.

Restore profitability

This Waltz of leadership comes at the time where Conforama - promised sale by PPR, which intends to focus on the brands of equipment of the person of global dimension - is confronted with a challenge: restore its profitability. According to our information, it is stabilized at 2.4 of the turnover in the first half of 2009, for the first time in five years. Therefore, both to put an end to commercial hemorrhage (sales declined by 10.9 in the first half of 2009), and to carry out a social plan with the key, the deletion of "approximately 800 positions by end 2010". Not easy in this context. "The heads turn more quickly, at all levels, and there is much of corporate culture", regrets a franchisee, interviewed by "Les echos". Another is concerned about the errors related to the centralization of purchases. They translate, according to him, by shortages on the right products and overages, for which the Distributor has created as deposit, to sell them. The sleep of PPR Purchasing, and return to the autonomy of the subsidiaries in consumer electronics purchases, should partly improve things.This same franchisee welcomes also the outcome of the logistics building and launched by the former management information systems. While having the feeling of having more efforts and services centralized plan "Cape as" to save 50 million full-year savings.

Thierry Guibert walk, it is true, on eggs oe. After seeing the image of the sign damaged by the scandal of contaminated armchairs, the pattern of Conforama cannot afford a social movement hard. After the signing of a new agreement of engagement in June, he proposed a freeze on hiring rather than a PES, plan for the employment protection to trade unions.