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Samia B.SB

Samia B.

Expert Demand Planning - S&OP - APICS CSCP

€700/day
Paris, FR
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Samia

Freelance Consultant – Demand Planning • S&OP • Inventory Management • Supply Chain Recruitment

I support companies in luxury, cosmetics, and retail in structuring their Supply Chain, improving forecasts, and reducing stockouts and overstocks.
Over 10 years of international experience – Team management – Process implementation – Transformation projects.


✅ 🧩 Proposed Missions

1️⃣ Structure your Demand Planning department

✔ Definition of roles & responsibilities
✔ Standardization of processes and tools
✔ Implementation of reporting
✔ Team training and skill development


2️⃣ Implement a simple, clear, and effective S&OP

✔ Definition of roles & responsibilities
✔ Monthly rituals, agendas, roles, and deliverables
✔ KPIs & cross-functional coordination
✔ Facilitation of S&OP in the initial months if necessary


3️⃣ Optimize stock and improve customer service

✔ Analysis of overstocks / stockouts / obsolete items
✔ Corrective action plan + monthly monitoring
✔ Forecast reliability
✔ Objective: availability + cash released


4️⃣ Automate and make reporting reliable

✔ Data cleaning
✔ Excel Dashboards
✔ Reduction of processing time
✔ Transfer of skills to the internal team


5️⃣ Demand Planning Recruitment

✔ Definition of needs and job description
✔ Shortlist of qualified candidates
✔ Interviews, profile scoring, final recommendation
✔ Integration and skill development possible


✅ 📍 Modalities

📌 Remote or hybrid – France / International
⏳ Occasional, recurring missions, or interim management

✅ Examples of results achieved

✔ +17 service level points → 97% over 10 months
✔ -75% data processing time
✔ Restructuring of a department with full turnover → operational again in 2 months and at 100%
✔ Standardization of KPIs & processes across several international regions
  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

  • Spanish

    Fluent

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

Experience

  • Diptyque
    Demand and Distribution Planning Manager
    LUXURY GOODS
    July 2023 - October 2024 (1 year and 3 months)
    Paris, France
    →Overhaul of the Demand Planning department in a critical situation: Targeted recruitment in 1 month and 100% operational service in 2 months

    →Restructuring of S&OP meetings: +80% active participation, strengthened inter-departmental collaboration

    →Automation of sell-out and sales forecast data consolidation: Processing time reduced by 75% in 1 month

    →Improvement of service level in a context of severe shortages and customer dissatisfaction: +17 points in 10 months => 97%

    →Optimization and standardization of processes and KPIs between central and local Demand Planning teams: Reduction in central reporting time, increased data reliability and performance comparability
    Demand Planning Amélioration continue Optimisation des processus S&OP
  • Groupe Rocher
    International Demand Planner Manager
    FASHION AND COSMETICS
    January 2016 - July 2021 (5 years and 6 months)
    Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
    →Transformation of the Demand Planning division following a strategic reorganization of the Export department: Task reorganization, recruitment of 2 key profiles, merged IT flows from 5 commercial divisions, 100% standardized and automated processes

    →Reduction of stock levels to meet the Group's "Cash Culture" objectives: -€400k in 5 months

    →Implementation of monthly "Demand Reviews" with each cluster in the region

    →Organization of the 1st Logistics Seminar "Supply Chain Academy": Forecasts for top sellers from agents collected in 2 months.

    →Training provided to strategic agents to resolve their logistics issues: Reduced overstocks with our Indonesian agent, +€300k in turnover in 3 months with the Korean agent, implementation of group logistics processes with subsidiaries
  • Groupe Rocher|Issy
    International Demand Planner – Middle East, Asia & Brazil
    FASHION AND COSMETICS
    January 2013 - December 2015 (2 years and 11 months)
    Moulineaux, France
    →Responsible for sales forecasts over a rolling horizon of 24 months: Active catalog of approximately 4,000 SKUs including POSM

    →Forecast reliability for minor and 360 launches: 100% service level up to 3 months after launch

    →Agile management of phase-in / phase-out: Reduction of year-end overstocks by 30% →Optimization of the tester order process: €30k of overstocks cleared in six months

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Education

  • Formation APICS-CSCP (Certified Supply Chain Professional)
    2025
    Formation APICS-CSCP (Certified Supply Chain Professional)
  • Lean Management + Six Sigma Yellow Belt
    Lean Six Sigma France
    Lean Management + Six Sigma Yellow Belt

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