ANDRÉ BENAYOUN

SENIOR EXEC / GLOBAL SUPPY CHAIN / RETAIL & DISTRIBUTION / TECHNOLOGY

Salary / Daily rate

Paris, France

Mobility: London, Barcelona, ...

Freelance, open to permanent contract

Can come onsite

Skills

BlockchainAIBig Data

Languages

French (Native)English (Fluent)Spanish (Fluent)

About me

Intro

Highly experienced, trilingual senior director with an extensive track record delivering measurable results at C-level. 'Hands on', energetic leader with a passion for transformational projects, driving business efficiency and growth through the use of technology. Strong commercial acumen and ability to quickly grasp complex business challenges and deliver strategic solutions harnessing digitalisation to align with organisational objectives. Well versed in due diligence and execution of business turnaround plans. Culturally aware, accustomed to leading remote teams and working across multiple geographical territories.

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Work experience

Senior Programme Executive

SNCF Voyageurs Transilien

Nov 2022 - Present

4 years

Paris, France

– Leading key performance and transformational projects in the context of the opening up of the French rail network to competition in line with European regulation. – Streamlining of organisations and operational systems for the Paris metro and Suburban network, creation of separate subsidiary and corresponding P&L for 10 mass transit lines – Design and implementation of a complete Business and IT service catalogue – Answering tenders for each line on the market and building 11 yr roadmaps

Senior Programme Executive

SNCF Fret (Freight)

Jul 2019 - Nov 2022

3 years 5 months

Paris, France

– Transforming the FRET France Business into an independent subsidiary of SNCF Group – driving datacenter and applications migration projects and cloud implementations. – Moving the complete Freight IT System from in-house datacenter managed by the Group to external provider – Redesigning the business application portfolio and transferring them to the Cloud – Selection & management of implementation of Cloud ERP systems for Finance & HR across the 4 European subsidiaries

Country Manager, Spain

Toucan Toco

Jun 2018 - Jun 2019

1 year 1 month

Barcelona, Spain

– Opening the Spanish market for customer facing SaaS analytics solution. – Managing Inside sales: segmentation, pipeline, lead generation, marketing materials & events – Developing and maintaining excellent customer relationships – Delivering growth through customer acquisition (4 big customers over the year)

Group Innovation Director (Interim)

LVMH Moet Hennessy

Sep 2017 - May 2018

9 months

Paris, France

– Business transformation through innovation. – Delivering 3 smart Apps - smart irrigation, smart tasting, smart menu using AI &VR – Launching a blockchain project to decrease level of counterfeit alcoholic beverages – Building the first draft of the global IT roadmap including the creation of a Digital Factory – Introducing new design thinking methods (SAFe, Lean, Agile)

CIO Iberia, France, Italy, Nordics

Tech Data

Feb 2015 - Aug 2017

2 years 7 months

Barcelona, Spain

– Transformation of distribution processes into an optimized digital business through automation, cloud, big data and eCommerce. – Introducing Blockchain and IoT into WEB platform to improve customer engagement – Implementing a full Big Data / BI strategy across Europe (Data Lake, Qlik, Tableau) – Managing a front office digitalization program (Cloud services, mobile Apps) resulting in significant increase in web driven revenue.

CEO, Maghreb Region

DHL

Jan 2011 - Jan 2015

4 years 1 month

Casablanca, Morocco

– Anchoring DHL's reputation and position in the Maghreb area and managing growth. – Overall executive responsibility for the company leading 1500 FTE – Gaining new customers through Innovation & Technology solutions differentiating DHL from competition: LG (€17m), Pernod Ricard (€1.5m), Ricoh (€1m), Nespresso (€0.8m), HP (€2m), Total (€1m) – Building a reliable and sustainable regional organization (training policy conforming to Group standards, strong leadership, links with government and development agencies) – Developing transit lines between China, Turkey and Morocco

CIO, France & Maghreb Region

DHL

Sep 2007 - Dec 2010

3 years 4 months

Paris, France

– Bringing value added technology solutions to customers. – Building a 3 yr IT business roadmap to support operations and sales – Managing a portfolio of business and technical projects (control tower, warehousing and transportation applications) – Managing Finance and IT P&L, PM 101, Lean and Six Sigma implementations across the region

COO

Stef TFE Agrostar

Aug 2006 - Sep 2007

1 year 2 months

Paris, France

– Managing operations for Agrostar, the STEF Tech company developing cold supply chain solutions – Managing the business unit (150 FTE, Rev €45M) – Defining the sales strategy for cold supply chain solutions – Leading R&D product management and web applications strategy – Managing the datacentre

CIO & Solution Director, Western Europe

CEVA TNT Logistics

Mar 2002 - Jul 2006

4 years 5 months

Barcelona, Spain

– Transforming the basic supply chain activity to an added value customer centric business. – Actively participating in RFPs, delivering innovative solutions – Managing international transversal projects (control tower, BI, data management, WMS) – Leading large IT Transformation Programs (applications and infrastructure) – Project Manager oversight for integration of Wilson Logistics acquisition – Driving a 3 yr European datacenter migration program

CIO & Solution Director

TELEMARKET - eCommerce Galeries Lafayette

Jan 2000 - Feb 2002

2 years 2 months

Paris, France

– Creation of a new logistics platform adapted to the specific needs of online sales, and launch the first French eCommerce website – Designing, developing and launching the eCommerce site www.telemarket.fr (+500% in volume transactions) – Implementing a mechanized platform for online order preparation (1500 orders/d) – Structuring the transport activity and optimizing routes (profitable deliveries)

Consultant

Freelance Consultant

Mar 1998 - Dec 1999

1 year 10 months

France & Congo

– Developing sales for various clients in the region (Mansoft, Carrefour, CREL, Muracef) (+5M€ Rev) – Managing joint venture project with SNCFI and Congo: railway line between Brazzaville and Pointe Noire

Deputy CIO

SAGA Group Bolloré

Jan 1993 - Feb 1998

5 years 2 months

Paris, France

– Product Management, IT Purchase, Business IT projects management, Global Network, team management

Software development Engineer

GEC ALSTOM

Sep 1989 - Dec 1992

3 years 4 months

Paris, France

– Developing embedded real time systems on the TGV


Education

École Supérieure de Commerce de Paris (ESCP)

Executive MBA, Executive Master Cadre Dirigeant

2006 - 2009

3 years 1 month

Université Paris 13

DUT, Diplôme Universitaire de Technologie

1989 - 1989

1 month

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