Restaurant HR, minus the headache: Skello eyes 3000 clients in Belgium
- François Remy
- Sep 11
- 2 min read
Updated: Sep 12
Already present in Belgium through its French clients, Paris-based Skello is now publicly unveiling its ambitions for our national market.
As the new school year approaches, a pivotal time in human resources planning, French company Skello officially unveils its ambitions for Belgium. Already used by more than 25,000 companies in Europe, including Starbucks, KFC, and Big Mamma, this collaborative HR platform aims to "simplify teams' lives." This is thanks to its all-in-one SaaS solution for planning, automating, and optimizing personnel management.
Designed for demanding sectors like catering and retail, Skello promises up to 35 hours saved per month, improved communication, and a better work-life balance. At the same time, the solution adapts to our local specialties (flexi-jobs, joint agreements) and integrates with the main social secretariats (SD Worx, Securex, Partena).
Available in French, Dutch, and English, Skello relies on embedded artificial intelligence to support managers "without ever replacing them." The stated goal: to become the HR benchmark in Belgium within two years, with 3,000 clients.
"Our mission is clear: to free up time for people. Skello is a co-pilot that helps field teams organize themselves better, not a control tool," explains co-founder Emmanuelle Fauchier-Magnan.
A Californian business launch
Skello was born in 2016 from a meeting between Quitterie Mathelin-Moreaux, the future CEO, and Emmanuelle, the future COO, both of whom were immersed in the startup world in San Francisco. While having lunch together, they identified a striking gap between Californian foodservice and the French model: on this side of the Atlantic, restaurants were largely under-equipped, particularly when it came to scheduling, which was still mostly done on Excel or, worse, by hand.
Back in Paris, they surveyed 250 restaurateurs and confirmed that 95% of them were managing their teams without suitable tools, wasting valuable time. To bring their idea to fruition, one of them decided to undertake intensive coding training in order to quickly create a first version of their application.
In just two weeks, they developed a simple but viable prototype that allowed them to juggle their employees' schedules. The first challenge Quitterie and Emmanuelle set themselves was to convince four restaurants to adopt and pay for the solution before the summer... The rest is history.
