Help needed identifying achievements

Hi all,

I would welcome some help identifying achievement as I am struggling with it. (Any additional advice on my situation is also welcome).

Current situation: Since last June, I am employed in a small company for which I relocated (Scotland to France), changed industry and took a small pay cut. The company management has told me that they don't have work for me anymore and French laws being what they are they don't want to go through a layoff procedure and would much prefer that I search for a new position and quit when I have one (no maximum duration provided yet). I am now spending my days in the office searching for a job (since yesterday). My CV is mostly up-to-date but I am struggling to identify achievements.

How I got there: I was hired as a team manager to lead and manage a team of 5 to 8 software developers. Starting at the company right after my relocation I found that there was no team for me to lead! After a month of having very little to do, except for internal networking and reading on products, I got assigned for a 3-month "partner mission" as a 2nd level sub-contractor on the client site, with no team. I started this task in July, and in August I finally managed to convince my management to bring reinforcement. Two 3rd level sub-contractors working part-time for the next month were introduced to me to help deliver a data migration product. I ended up doing most of the work myself to the best of my abilities but limited by my knowledge of the specific technologies. On mid-September, the project moved on, the 1st level contractor having decided to change sub-contractor. My employer has since tried to contract me out as a Technical Project Management consultant but with no success. The team I was initially supposed to lead got formed but in the meantime my company acquired a smaller company and they got a more experienced manager to do the job. Since September, I don't either report to anybody in particular.

Waiting for an assignment from month to month, I voluntarily took up tasks such as putting together a "management standards review" with actionable suggestions and changes to improve operations; I also did quite a bit of coaching of engineers from other groups who had been given project management tasks with no support or training. All along, I have tried to get measures of my actions but in all cases the company’s management didn't have time to look into what I proposed to them...

Any advice on what I should do now? What should I explore next? 

I am now looking for other management positions but the industry here in Toulouse, France seems to be polarized towards technology-specific technical leadership or sales/business development management, with extremely flat and "self-managed" team members.

Thanks a lot for the help,

François