Posted on Jan 11, 2022 at 3:37 PM
A family business and proud of it, Proman stands out in the temporary employment market. In three decades, the company from Manosque, in the Alpes-de-Haute Provence, has become a major player in the interim. In competition with multinationals, Proman has been able to develop both in France and internationally while retaining control of its shareholders and perpetuating the values of proximity and responsiveness that drive the company and are its strength with its employees and customers. A strategy that is bearing fruit and which allows Proman to continue to grow rapidly despite an economic context marked by the health crisis.
« Proman was founded in 1990 by my parents Roland and Evelyne Gomez”, says the current general manager Roland Gomez, who joined the company ” since its creation ». « Today, we are the fourth European player in temporary work, in particular thanks to the acquisition of the Agilitas Group in 2020”. And to clarify; “Proman is the first 100% independent, family-owned French company in a sector dominated by international Dutch, American and Swiss groups listed on the stock exchange”. The group positions itself as l’alternative to the three majors Adecco, Manpower and Randstad.
With three billion in turnover in 2021, and growth of between 15 and 20% over the last two fiscal years, the group does not intend to stop there and has strong ambitions for the coming years. However, Roland Gomez wishes above all to highlight the social role of the company. ” Behind the conversion of our activity into euros, there are above all jobs “, he argues, “ this represents approximately 80 to 85,000 people who work every day in the 15 countries where we are present, so it is starting to count ».
This model of success, Proman intends to reproduce it at the next Rugby World Cup 2023 as the official recruiter of the competition, after having already held this role during the Euro 2016 football, and the Cup of the 2019 Women’s World Cup. The company wishes to ” bring back to work the people who are furthest from it by offering them professional opportunities and training before, during and after the event which takes place throughout France “, explains Roland Gomez, who expects that the international influence of the next Rugby World Cup will generate significant economic and social benefits. ” This event corresponds perfectly to our ambitionsof sharing and solidarity “. Proman is already beginning to prepare for the competition by participating in the launch of a program in partnership with the Rugby World Cup France 2023 to train 3,000 young apprentices in sports professions by then.
In 2022, Proman aims to consolidate and develop its positions in France, where “ There’s still much to do – and in the fifteen countries where the group operates. Since 2012, the company has been deploying an international expansion strategy. It is present in particular in the United States, Switzerland, Belgium and the Netherlands, and achieves 40% of its turnover abroad. But how do you keep a family spirit and adapt the typical company way of doing things to such a wide area? ” Work, trust, exemplarity, the pleasure of doing this job and respect for the word given are human values, which are found in all countries, Explain Roland Gomez. What changes is the culture, the way of seeing things and the uses, and, with great humility, we try to adapt and understand all that. »
As a result of this entrepreneurial success, the Proman Foundation dedicated to vulnerable youth and ecology was created in 2019. This organization makes it possible to carry out all of the company’s CSR actions. Among the most recent, we can mention the partnerships with Le Rire Médecin, an association that helps hospitalized children, the French Secours Populaire for the Day of those forgotten on vacation or the waste collection operation with the Pure fund Ocean.
In the same logic of sharing, Proman has been part of the Les Excellence de Bpifrance club for several years. A good way for Roland Gomezto exchange with other business leaders on best practices and feedback from each other. ” The difficulties that we encounter today, some have already overcome them, this makes it possible to create a positive dynamic “, he confides; ” sometimes business leaders and their teams can feel alone in certain situations. These meetings are very enriching moments of sharing on a professional and human level. ».
