Julien Romestant

Creation of a "Global Foreign Trade Observatory" - analysis of customs tariff impact, trade flows, international competition evolution (market share, sales variation, product segment, market target, ...).

- Data-driven transformation management (KPI definition, dashboard)

- Python, SQL (semantic model) and Power BI (DAX) for processing complex data masses (national customs and global databases: USA, France, India, China, South Korea, ...).

Strategy & change management: Role: Definition of the 3-year strategy for the value chain of the perfumery and cosmetics industry. Issue: Drafting recommendations for the sector's development. Lever: Drafting 2 strategic 3-year roadmaps (SWOT, BCG, Pestel, Porter). Impact: Identification of priority innovation areas and market opportunities.

Role: Strengthening the competitiveness of French players. Issue: Positioning France within the global market. Lever: Monitoring international competitors (export performance, industrial strategy, mergers and acquisitions, public industrial support policy). Analysis of global customs data (UN Comtrade), definition of market shares by product segment and time evolution. Impact: Identification of France's global leadership position and communication recommendation. Documenting South Korea's rise and its industrial strategy. Signing a partnership with the city of Seoul.

Role: Management of scientific & innovation intelligence (cosmetology, packaging, beautytech, ...)

Issue: Definition of priority innovation areas and identification of technological leaps. Lever: Coordination of researcher/industrial working groups. Innovation benchmark. Organization of two hackathons for LVMH. Organization of scientific conference programs (Keynote and round tables). Impact: Emergence of collaborative projects and startups (OASHE on upcycled perfume, collaboration with Guerlain). Positioning of the sector on innovation trends. Support for the digital transition of the perfumery and cosmetics sector. Raising awareness and supporting the impact of AI and digital. Lever: Digital innovation intelligence, best practice benchmarking and dissemination. Impact: Recommendation of work streams on artificial intelligence (signing of a partnership generating €100k annually). Innovation benchmark in BeautyTech & data in cosmetology, Metaverse & makeup, and generative AI.

Role: Support for the ecological transition of the perfumery and cosmetics sector. Issue: Raising awareness and supporting planetary boundaries, the implementation of the circular economy, and the reduction of carbon and water impact. Lever: Benchmark on the circular economy (reduce, reuse/refills, recycle, upcycling). Impact: Recommendation to convert a packaging congress to the circular economy. Content creation (articles, conferences): Waterless Beauty, Circular Packaging, Clean Beauty. Conference on AI at the Maison de la Chimie (see video).