Bilingual business consultant · France ↔ Spain

Your commercial bridge between France and Spain.

I help French SMEs grow in Spain — and Spanish companies break into France. From market-entry strategy to the first handshake, in the right language and with the right cultural codes.

Illustration: Emilie Vernack at the centre of a business bridge, connecting French SME leaders with Spanish partners
“My mission: break down language barriers to build professional connections.” — Emilie Vernack, founder
Trilingual FR · ES · EN | 15+ years in international Key Account Management | “Farmer” profile — key account retention | Lille (MEL) · working across France & Spain

Three situations where a commercial bridge makes all the difference.

Winning a foreign market isn't about translation. It's about the right contacts, the right pace and the right level of trust.

01 — Your needs

Three typical cases.

From market mapping to key account retention.

Every quote is tailored — a bespoke solution for each client. Click a service to see exactly what I do.

02 — Services

Five services, one complete sales cycle.

International Business Developer

  • Market mappingEngineering firms, end customers, integrators and specifiers.
  • Strategic relationships with influencersPositioning your solutions as the reference in tenders.
  • Long sales cycles (6 to 12 months)Coordinating multiple stakeholders across decision-making units.
  • Public / private tendersCoordinated responses alongside your technical teams.

Multichannel prospecting, native-level

  • Targeted prospectingOutreach by phone, email and professional networks; needs qualification.
  • Negotiation & closingPresenting the offer, running meetings, finalising contracts.
  • Client follow-up (CRM)Logging interactions, performance indicators, reporting.
  • Cultural adaptationTranslating and adapting your sales pitch to the target market.
  • Multichannel follow-upEmail, phone, WhatsApp — structured follow-ups suited to each market.

Bilingual support on the ground

  • Native pre-show prospectingQualified meetings with French or Spanish buyers before your trade show.
  • Booth supportSales and language support, visitor qualification, post-show follow-up.
  • Business interpretingSeamless language support to secure contracts or VIP meetings.

Outsourced KAM · farmer profile

  • Portfolio retentionSecuring and renewing key account contracts over the long term.
  • Account Planning strategyMapping subsidiaries, C-level decision-makers and decision paths.
  • Upselling & cross-sellingSpotting new needs and growing account value.
  • Cross-cultural mediationAdapting communication to each country's business codes.

Sales support & sales administration

  • Sales administrationOrder tracking, customer interface, logistics coordination and invoicing.
  • Bilingual customer interfaceBusiness correspondence, answering requests, qualifying inbound leads.
  • Reporting & dashboardsFormatting indicators and translating management documents.
  • Pre-sales & after-sales supportBilingual quotes, complaint handling, after-sales service in the target market.
French market

Process, data, ROI.

Structured, formal client relationships focused on deliverables and SLAs. Analytical decision-making.

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Spanish market

Confianza, network, proximity.

Relationships built on rapport, trust and flexibility. Decisions made through networks and sign-off from key executives.

About · My method

The culture of Confianza.

A commercial bridge is built on fifteen years of international key account management, hands-on mastery of both business cultures, and one conviction: trust is a deliverable like any other — you prepare it, you measure it, you nurture it.

“Fluent in business, fluent in cultures.”
3 Working languages — French, Spanish, English
15+ Years in international Key Account Management
6-12 Months: complex sales cycles I know how to steer
2 Markets — France and Spain, side by side
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Next step

Let's talk about your project.

30 minutes to map your context, pinpoint what's holding you back, and tell you honestly whether — and how — I can help.

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