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Mounia ZaouakMZ

Mounia Zaouak

Strategy Consultant, Consumer & Retail Expert

€860/day
Dubai, AE
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Mounia

If you’re looking for a strategic partner to help you grow, transform, or sharpen your business, I can help. I am a senior strategy consultant with 10+ years of experience in consumer goods, retail, beauty, and e-commerce, combining Bain consulting expertise with deep operational leadership across L’Oréal, LVMH, Coty, and Jumia.

I support companies across the GCC and Europe on high-impact projects such as:
• Market analysis, opportunity sizing & competitive benchmarking
• Go-to-market and commercial strategy design
• Business development, partnerships & revenue acceleration
• Pricing, portfolio & retail channel strategy
• PMO, project leadership and cross-functional coordination

What makes me different is my ability to blend top-tier strategy problem solving with hands-on industry intuition. I move fast, structure complex problems clearly, and deliver pragmatic recommendations backed by data and real market insight.

My goal is simple: help you make smarter decisions, accelerate growth, and execute with confidence.

Happy to support founders, SMEs, corporates or investors looking for actionable strategy and measurable results.
  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • Arabic

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

Can work on-site
Dubai (up to 50km)

Experience

  • BAIN & COMPANY
    Strategy Consultant, Generalist
    January 2024 - September 2025 (1 year and 8 months)
    Dubai - United Arab Emirates
    • • Built a 5-year investment and liquidity roadmap for a Saudi family holding, consolidating subsidiary business plans, stress-testing growth strategies, and allocating capital to achieve a consolidated net income of +240M$ by 2030 (6x 2024)
    • • Designed a Wealth Management strategy for a UAE bank, introducing new client segmentation, product portfolios, and a go-to-market model to double Assets under Management (AUM) and operating income by 2028
    • • Developed a sustainability strategy for the Saudi government, benchmarking global leaders and translating ESG priorities into actionable policies, KPIs, and an implementation playbook adopted across departments
    • • Led P&L by category analysis for a regional mall operator, identifying key cost drivers & global trends to optimize commercial terms
    • • Delivered C-suite recommendations shaping investment, commercial, and policy decisions at national & corporate level
    • • Applied Bain's toolkit (market sizing, benchmarking, financial modeling, org design) to build replicable frameworks & playbooks for clients
    • • Collaborated with cross-functional teams in KSA and UAE, driving execution in complex, cross-border environments with senior stakeholders
    • • Supported business development by contributing to commercial proposals across sectors (energy, public sector, healthcare, etc.)
    Strategic planning Go-to-Market (GTM) Strategy Growth Strategy Business Plan Development Commercial strategy
  • HENKEL ADHESIVE GROUP
    Regional Ecommerce Manager
    April 2021 - December 2022 (1 year and 8 months)
    Dubai - United Arab Emirates
    • • Defined the strategy to launch two brands (Pritt, Pattex) online and accelerate sales in six countries in IMEA, for annual sales of +1M$
    • • Negotiated regional retail partnerships with marketplaces & distributors; led a UAE pilot on Q-commerce & created a best practices playbook
    • • Managed a team of 3 eCommerce specialists to set new operational processes with distributors, reducing shortages by 70%
  • JUMIA (NYSE: JMIA)
    Regional Category Director Beauty & FMCG Ecommerce
    November 2018 - December 2019 (1 year and 1 month)
    Dubai - United Arab Emirates
    • • Defined & implemented the Categories Strategy for sales and assortment mix, +80% YoY, reaching +50M$
    • • Built & managed a team of 15 category managers in 5 markets; led large events' execution (first Beauty week, x2 sales of Black Friday)
    • • Set up yearly partnerships with leading Beauty & FMCG brands, with +300K$ worth of marketing contribution
    • • Led tech projects for user experience improvement, increasing category's time spent on site by 40%

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Education

  • MBA
    INSEAD
    2023
    MBA
  • MASTER of Science
    ESSEC BUSINESS SCHOOL
    2012
    MASTER of Science

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