Romane Defossez

Business Unit Manager (Energy & Transport)

Brussels, Brussels Region, Belgium

About

I bring over 5 years of professional experience in digital transformation, consulting, and business management. For two years, I worked as a consultant supporting public institutions in designing and implementing digital roadmaps, optimizing processes, and managing complex transformation projects. Today, as a Business Unit Manager in Brussels for Acensi, I develop client portfolios in the energy and public sectors, lead tender processes, manage teams of consultants and contribute to the development of the Energy & Transport business unit. Alongside this, I have contributed to several European projects (Horizon Europe, Eureka), gaining experience in proposal writing, consortium coordination, and stakeholder engagement. Passionate about innovation, sustainability, and European cooperation, I enjoy connecting strategy and execution to deliver tangible results. Fluent in French and English, with working knowledge of German, I thrive in multicultural and cross-sector environments.

Experience

  • Business Unit Manager at ACENSI
    May 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 2 mos

    Acensi is a consulting company offering IT services (Consulting, Development, BI/Big Data Infrastructure) to several key accounts (BEL20) Business Development • Client prospecting (from scratch) • Identification and understanding of customer needs • Physical appointment with CIO, IT Manager & Project Manager • Commercial Proposal & Price Negotiation with the Purchasing Department • Answer file Call for tenders on fixed price projects Recruitment • Candidates interviews • Drafting & Proposal of permanent / Freelance contracts Team management • Management of consultants • Career planning

  • Digital transformation consultant at Artimon
    May 2022 - May 2024 · 2 yrs 1 mo

    Main assignment : AFD (French Development Agency) - Creation of a platform to bring together start-ups and energy operators. The aim of the platform is to support start-ups in setting up cooperative projects around access to electricity on the African continent. Project management, user needs assessment, support for development teams, promotion of calls for projects, innovation, partnership management. Port of La Rochelle - Design of a service platform for port users (access management, real-time information, property management). INSA Group - Elaboration of Information Systems master plan for the next 5 to 10 years

  • European cooperative project management support - area of artificial intelligence at NXP Semiconductors
    Apr 2020 - May 2022 · 2 yrs 2 mos

    Based on various missions: - Find call for projects (European, National, Regional) - Find interesting partners and proposals with whom we can build innovative proposals that matches our roadmap - Market studies regarding position of AI in European countries and in semiconductor industry - Support coordination of various projects with partners and public authorities - Support advancement of projects

  • Marketing project assistant at Marchon Eyewear
    Jan 2018 - Jan 2020 · 2 yrs 1 mo

    Marketing project assistant as an apprentice - Creation of marketing tools for sales persons - Markerting project management - Internal communication - Redaction, translation - Press relations

  • Operations assistant at Credit Agricole
    Jul 2017 - Aug 2017 · 2 mos