{"id":6584,"date":"2018-12-11T10:23:12","date_gmt":"2018-12-11T09:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corporate-idkids-com.azurewebsites.net\/a-la-rencontre-des-collaborateurs-okaidi-a-linternational\/"},"modified":"2019-01-07T17:48:56","modified_gmt":"2019-01-07T16:48:56","slug":"meet-the-okaidians-abroad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corporate.idkids.com\/en\/meet-the-okaidians-abroad\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Oka\u00efdians abroad!"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>The \u00cfDKIDS community is always on the lookout for new talent and offers a number of roles for those seeking an adventure overseas!\u00a0 Let&#8217;s hear more from S\u00e9bastien, country director, Canada; Thomas, retail director, China and Timoth\u00e9e, international area manager.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>With more than 1,100 sales outlets in over 60 countries, the \u00cfDKIDS group and its 10 brands, which include Oka\u00efdi, Oba\u00efbi, Jacadi and Oxybul, has become a key player in the global children&#8217;s market.<\/strong> With 6,000 employees in 70 countries, \u00cfDKIDS has a revenue of 779 million euros, with 8.7% of this generated from internet sales.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><strong>S\u00e9bastien, country director, Canada<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3699 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/corporate.idkids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/sebastien-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/corporate.idkids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/sebastien-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/corporate.idkids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/sebastien-52x52.jpg 52w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After graduating from business school, I worked for almost 20 years in business and management, which were always the areas I was most interested in and wanted to develop further. First, I worked for a large French retail group in the textile sector before moving into women&#8217;s fashion and then joining the \u00cfDKIDS group.<\/p>\n<p>At Oka\u00efdi every day is different, as it is shaped by the priorities of our employees and customers. But some areas are always a high priority. These can be grouped into three categories: people, doing business and management. People, because recruiting, training and employing generous, energetic and passionate staff to serve our customers is the most important part of our job. In terms of doing business, a successful store relies on a wide range of skills from customer relations to sales and from merchandising to operational management. A typical day is also dependent on the network&#8217;s sales and marketing activities and what is required in terms of operational planning, pricing policies, marketing events, and so on. Lastly, the management aspect is very important. Generally speaking, it involves monitoring the financial indicators vital to the success of each branch and country and ensuring future investment capability. Consideration must also be given to each country&#8217;s medium- to long-term strategy (goals, key ratios and contribution capacity), development plan (e.g. how many stores, where and when) and the structuring of individual branches (e.g. key skills, when and who).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Multiple opportunities for career development <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are multiple opportunities for career development at Oka\u00efdi because, as the group grows, it assimilates new brands and launches operations in new countries. I\u2019ll soon have been working at \u00cfDKIDS for ten years and am already onto my fourth role in the group! I was recruited as regional director and now I\u2019m working as country director in Canada.\u00a0 Each new role is an opportunity for me to establish or join a new team and work with my colleagues to achieve the group&#8217;s ambitions, learning new skills, creating new innovations and taking new risks to move forward together. The Oka\u00efdi environment is full of skilled people who are experts in their field and passionate about our common goal, which can only be achieved if every brand and employee is fully committed. It is underpinned by a management culture that puts people first. The business is there to support them. This motivates us to give 100 per cent every day.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><strong>Thomas, retail director, China<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3700 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/corporate.idkids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/thomas-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/corporate.idkids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/thomas-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/corporate.idkids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/thomas-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/corporate.idkids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/thomas-81x80.jpg 81w, https:\/\/corporate.idkids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/thomas-52x52.jpg 52w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After graduating from business school, I worked in management control in the finance sector before joining the \u00cfDKIDS group as south of France regional director. My family and I have always wanted to experience living abroad, and now we\u2019ve been in China for ten months! It has been rewarding both for my career and my family, and I would love it to continue.<\/p>\n<p><strong>No such thing as a typical day<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The beauty of this job is that there is no such thing as a typical day. We are constantly doing something different. Every Monday I analyze our weekly performances with my teams. We decide what actions need to be taken, what challenges need to be overcome that week, what key messages to send our stores, and so on. I spend the rest of the week visiting stores around the country.<\/p>\n<p>All stores have the same objective: to respond positively to customers whatever the country, region or channel used. To do this job you have to like people. It\u2019s essential. If you don\u2019t love your customers and are not willing to go out and meet them, it won&#8217;t work. There&#8217;s always something new to think about when you\u2019re managing a project on the other side of the world: it\u2019s important to retain the essence of our brand while remaining sensitive to the country&#8217;s culture. The three founding values of the \u00cfDKIDS group \u2014 respect, sharing and progress \u2014 are very important to us. They are part of our daily life. We are always asking ourselves what we need to do today to build a better world for our children tomorrow. It&#8217;s what motivates us, and we work every day to achieve it. For example, we always try to design products whose style and quality will endure and develop more environmentally friendly and socially responsible materials. We also make sure that our partners and suppliers are fully involved and our customers \u2014 both large and small \u2014 are kept regularly informed about the key areas of protecting children, their rights and their environment. Because we know that together we can make a difference.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><strong>Timoth\u00e9e, international area manager<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3702 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/corporate.idkids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Timmotee-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/corporate.idkids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Timmotee-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/corporate.idkids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Timmotee-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/corporate.idkids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Timmotee-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/corporate.idkids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Timmotee-52x52.jpg 52w, https:\/\/corporate.idkids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Timmotee.jpg 297w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After graduating from management school in Lille, I worked for D\u00e9cathlon before getting involved in sports marketing through a business project. I then joined Nature et D\u00e9couvertes as store director before moving to Oka\u00efdi eight years ago to take up a position as regional director for the Paris region. After consolidating my experience, I became international area manager. I work with Cyprus, Malta, Israel, Greece and Egypt. What I love about my job is that there is no such thing as a typical day. Each day has different priorities: sometimes I am at head office where I organize my travel and work on cross-functional subjects, and sometimes I am out in the field. I travel once or twice a month and aim to visit each country twice per year. While I am there, I visit our stores with our partners. We help them with their merchandising, opening new stores, and so on.<\/p>\n<p>I strongly believe in the group&#8217;s values. We should embrace them and make them part of our everyday activities. As we work with partners from other countries who don\u2019t share the same history, values or culture, we take this into account while still instilling our fundamental values.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Four different jobs in eight years<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve had four different jobs in eight years \u2014 proof that it is easy to progress your career within the group. There are many others like me at head office. You can move from a branch to a partner company, or from France to an overseas destination.\u00a0 It all depends on what you want to do. There is no set path: my future job may not even exist yet. Your career is as rich and varied as you want it to be. The door is always open &#8211; you just have to walk through it! 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