Freelancer profile translated to English.

Description

Experienced Product Owner and Agile practitioner in digital product management, with a strong background in retail as well as significant experience in finance and industry.

Combining product vision, functional and technical skills, in both Build and Run, I adapt to strategic and operational challenges to design, manage, and evolve high-impact digital solutions.

After a rewarding professional break dedicated to real estate renovation projects and upskilling in English, I return with all my energy and focus to meet your digital challenges.

Industry field of expertise

Languages

French
Native or bilingual
English
Conversational

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Lille (up to 50km), Lens (up to 50km)

Leroy Merlin
Scrum Master
January 2022 - December 2022 (11 months)
Transition from the Kanban framework to a full Scrum methodology, in response to the increased workload of pricing activities and the structuring of expanded multidisciplinary teams.

Agile Management and Facilitation
=> Facilitation and optimization of Scrum ceremonies: Daily, Sprint Planning, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives
=> Definition of Ready (DOR) and Definition of Done (DOD)
=> Product backlog management with the Product Owner, Tech Lead, and Pricing Managers

Performance and Objective Management
=> Use of key indicators (burndown chart, velocity) to track sprints and objectives
=> Facilitation of retrospectives with SMART objective definitions to ensure continuous improvement

Skills Transfer
=> Support for the new DPL and PO in product onboarding
=> Continuity in carrying out certain tasks from my previous role

Key Results:
=> Significant improvement in team velocity
=> Reduction in delivery times
Leroy Merlin
Product Owner - Digital Product Leader
November 2018 - December 2021 (3 years and 1 month)
Lille, France
Agile management of a strategic pricing transformation with a dual objective: decommissioning a legacy ERP and deploying a new data- and performance-oriented microservices architecture.

Objective: to build more responsive, automated, and large-scale pricing, based on competitive data, to optimize commercial performance in a constantly evolving market.
Product Vision and Agile Management:
=> Co-construction of the product vision with business teams and the Business Product Leader
=> Management of a multidisciplinary team (devs, run, QA, data, UX, tech lead), facilitation of agile ceremonies and design workshops
=> Translation of business needs into user stories, backlog prioritization, and quality monitoring of deliverables
=> Change management support for business teams (especially pricing specialists).

Digital Transformation and Pricing Modernization:
=> As RA, managing the end-of-life of a legacy ERP:
* Management of corrective and evolutionary maintenance with an N2 and N3 support team
* Guarantee of production and deliveries
* Analysis and resolution of complex issues (SQL, Unix, scripts, logs)
* Awareness and proposal generation to meet user needs (new, existing, or to be adapted solutions)
* Seamless transition for users
=> Contribution to the design and deployment of innovative internal solutions integrating modern technologies (Kafka, API, MongoDB, GCP, etc.) with the Tech Lead
=> Automation of recurring tasks, improvement of reliability and time-to-market
=> Guarantee of the performance, stability, security, and compliance of deployed tools.
Leroy Merlin
Product Owner - Digital Product Leader
November 2018 - December 2021 (3 years and 1 month)
Support for Business Units and Teams:
=> Facilitation of interactions between business units, IT, and data to ensure strategic product coherence
=> Analysis and resolution of complex issues, proposing solutions and continuous improvement
=> Reference for the store sales price functional scope and mastery of the broader scope
=> Guarantee of knowledge capitalization
=> Support and training on new products.

Collaboration and Partner Management:
=> Project monitoring and RUN management with publishers, writing specifications
=> Integration and management of publisher tools for data-driven decision-making: matching, scraping, competitive analysis, etc.
=> Facilitator of cross-functional innovative projects:
* Electronic shelf labels
* Augmented reality after-sales service
* In-store geolocation
* Tagging

Key Results:
=> More responsive pricing alignment: shift from D+4 to D+1
=> Transition to a data-driven model: better exploitation of competitive data
=> Decommissioning of a 20-year-old ERP without disruption, with reduced maintenance costs
=> Significant time savings for users, allowing for an expanded product catalog
=> Production deployment of new solutions in less than 3 months thanks to agile management.