Bertrand de Witte, bakery and patisserie expertise at the service of its customers.

Who better than an expert who fell into it as a kid?

Bertrand De WITTE, our French-Belgian expert in the bakery/pastry sector, began his career in Belgium working with passionate artisans. He learned the rudiments of the trade from the bakery elite, MOFs (such as Marc DEBAILLEUL) and pastry experts like Christine FERBER (pastry chef in Alsace, nicknamed "la fée des confitures").

With all this experience behind him, Bertrand has always been keen to pass on his expertise and knowledge to as many people as possible. To this end, he has passed on his passion for baking for years through courses at his home in Brussels. Enthused by human contact, and with an unfailing desire to learn, Bertrand chose to pursue his studies with a triple Master's degree in Business Management, HR Management and Sociology.

Passionate about entrepreneurship, Bertrand was keen to put his expertise to work for companies, so he co-founded and led a networking network organizing afterworks and inviting inspiring business leaders to discuss various issues and current affairs. At the age of 35, Bertrand became Sales and Marketing Director for a leading B2B industrial group in France. He heads up a department that manages 1,500 industrial customers in France. After a few years, Bertrand wants to give his career a new boost, return to coaching assignments and, above all, take the plunge into entrepreneurship.

In 2023, he joined the Alphea Conseil network and opened theAlphea Conseil Fontainebleau accompanied by Jean-François Lacour, Ile de France manager.

He now manages a team of recruiters in Fontainebleau, near Paris.

A headhunter specialized in Boulangerie Pâtisserie, Restauration, Food-service!

Over the years, Bertrand De WITTE has become a true reference when it comes to recruiting in the gourmet world. The expert says: "I started my professional life with bread, cakes and chocolate, then in talent management, consulting and numbers in B2B. Today, I offer my recruitment expertise and advice to groups and companies working for and in the food industry, in France and internationally. I'm part of the ecosystem, changing the lives of people in a world I'm passionate about. "

Bertrand De WITTE's solid background means he's comfortable understanding the challenges facing players in the bakery, patisserie, snacking, food-service and equipment industries. His extensive network facilitates his search for profiles that match expectations. He explains that his hunting grounds are quite vast, but the profiles are ultimately precise.

This recruitment expert is at the service of company directors and HR managers in the food industry: catering, distribution and industrial (raw materials, finished products, food service equipment).

Bertrand De WITTE is a passionate director of the firm ALPHEA CONSEIL Fontainebleau. The firm handles recruitment of both executive and middle management profiles, as well as technicians with rare skills. It is a multi-specialized headhunter and has surrounded itself with a team of specialists in the Paris region, in Fontainebleau.

Because of his multicultural background, Bertrand De WITTE and his team can meet the needs of regional, national and international employers. Bertrand can also call on the île-de-France team: he collaborates with his associates Jean-François LACOUR associate manager of the ALPHEA CONSEIL IDF network and with a career in distribution, as well as with Jekaterina NOGUERA responsible for the Paris branch.

A consulting firm at the service of its customers

Bertrand De WITTE is called upon by major groups and SMEs, in France, Belgium and internationally, with different activities and sizes: craftsmen, food and equipment industry, distribution, wholesalers, retail (grocery, retail, GMS and GSA), catering (RHF).

It receives recruitment requests both in Europe and on other continents: Middle East, Asia, Africa-Maghreb and America. "French know-how, or savoir-faire à la française, is recognized worldwide, and the demand for skills is high," explains Bertrand De WITTE. Demand ranges from factory managers for biscuit-snacking, chocolate, bread and viennoiserie, to head bakers - pastry chefs - chocolatiers for luxury restaurants and boutiques.

A well-known and recognized expert in his field

As an expert recruiter, Bertrand is regularly interviewed by the specialist press such as La Tribune des Métiers, Toque Magazine, ... He has also published an ebook on leadership, translated into several languages. It includes testimonials from Admiral Lajous and the New York CEO of EXKI Belgian fast-food restaurants.

"Passion and expertise for your recruitment needs"

Cabinet Alphea Conseil Fontainebleau, Un cabinet multispécialiste.

Profiles sought are experienced executives, leaders, managers, technicians; both in production, R&D, quality, purchasing, sales, marketing, finance and logistics and export roles. Our firm facilitates recruitment in all professions.

Concretely, Bertrand explains "I can recruit any type of profile, for example a bilingual pastry chef as well as a DG or sales and marketing manager to sell ovens, equipment, ingredients, bakery and pastry products, ice creams, cookies, chocolates, but also fast food and snacking such as aperitifs, burgers, drinks.

His office in the Paris region, in Fontainebleau, also recruits sector managers, sales or purchasing managers, agri-food store managers for products and services such as catering, cheese, charcuterie, delicatessens, drinks, ...

Bertrand de Witte, bakery and patisserie expertise at the service of its customers.

Who better than an expert who fell into it as a kid?

A headhunter specialized in Boulangerie Pâtisserie, Restauration, Food-service!

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Recruitment? Training? Coaching?

Contact Bertrand de WITTE

bertrand@alphea-conseil.fr

07 83 61 06 26