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Stéphanie Giniès

Marketing and E-commerce Director, Pierre & Vacances

 

Why I joined the PVCP Group

Having worked for a long time in the world of digital marketing agencies, I wanted to move over to the advertiser’s side with two motivations in mind: firstly, to work upstream in the strategic process and, downstream, to bear the results of the deployment of this strategy. The second reason was my interest in the tourism sector. In these professions, there’s a kind of pressure that suits me well: every evening, our stock runs out and to renew it, we have to be efficient, move fast and move forward.

 

How I’ve developed, by broadening my range of skills

Since 2015, I’ve been lucky enough to be able to develop professionally. I’ve changed jobs, constantly broadening my scope of responsibilities, and I now sit on Pierre & Vacances’ management committee. Each position has been a challenge in terms of skills that the Group has been bold enough to take up with me. I came from a digital marketing background, so I took charge of e-merchandising (the commercial development of our websites), and social media, which were not my original training. In 9 years, I’ve been given three jobs, two of which I wouldn’t have had anywhere else. The Group’s HR culture is based on autonomy and trust. You’re given a lot of responsibility, you’re expected to deliver results, but you’re allowed to make mistakes, as long as you know how to challenge yourself.

 

For me, “getting back to basics” means…?

Holidays! I’m convinced that holidays are essential to the smooth running of the world. I’m totally committed to my work, but I have the freedom to disconnect completely, and I can do so because I work with my teams and management in a framework of trust.

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More success stories…

“We are developing a programme in our villages called Happy Family Makers, which aims to further improve service quality by training our staff. I spend a lot of time on it, it’s important.”

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“Then I was asked to be an ambassador for the Group Foundation. I’d always wanted to be involved with an association, and now it was possible to do so in a corporate context.”

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“It’s a real vote of confidence and it’s also very rewarding to be approached internally for a job you’d never thought of.”

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“I have a great deal of freedom and autonomy to develop and manage the countries for which I’m responsible. […] What I like here is the team spirit. If you need support, you can count on your colleagues.”

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“Although maeva is growing fast, we still operate like a small organisation: everyone knows everyone else, we work in close proximity and flexibly”

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“In practical terms, we can’t do anything without our teams. So it’s very important to support your teams by being close to them and on the ground.”

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“When I started here as a receptionist, I saw how the hotel worked at every level. […] The work of each and every one of us makes this site a success.”

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“Bringing joy is what our job is all about. But what we do for these struggling families is very powerful.”

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“Today, Mission Handicap is very active and very present in the company and thanks to it I feel protected, supported.”

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