
Caroline Vargues
Project manager/Transformation/Change management
Salary / Daily rate
Lille, France
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Skills
Languages
About me
Intro
Experienced manager with 20+ years in retail transformation, digital project management, and category expertise. Successfully led cross-functional international teams at major retailers like Auchan and SYSTEME U, implementing digital solutions and managing product portfolios across 10 countries. Combining EDHEC Executive MBA strategic vision with practical expertise in Agile methodologies to deliver impactful transformation projects.
Work experience
Users Love iT
Jul 2020 - Nov 2024
4 years 5 months
Lille, France
Project manager - Retail expert
Jan 2022 - Nov 2024
2 years 11 months
Lille, France
• Workshops management and customer needs analysis (AMOA) • Draft of functional specifications with technical teams • Backlog management • Technical development coordination • Project monitoring (PMO) and customer relationship management • Delivery and Run support • Final users demos and training
Digital Project Manager - PMO Freelance
Jul 2020 - Dec 2021
1 year 6 months
Lille, France
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May 2019 - Jun 2020
1 year 2 months
Lille, France
Following my EMBA, I have worked on an entrepreneurship project on a new type of food store "sustainable development" oriented: market research, strategic positioning, framing of the offer, products sourcing, P&L forecast over 3 years ..
Auchan Retail
Jan 2013 - Apr 2019
6 years 4 months
Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France
Digital project manager - Toys & Stationnary
Mar 2018 - Apr 2019
1 year 2 months
Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France
Leading the Digitalization of the Non-Food Product Offering. • Implement a common product database to standardize and enrich product information (product data dictionaries and web-specific attribute frameworks) • Coordinate efforts with country business teams, IT departments, and external providers • Develop and formalize new processes to support digital transformation • Train and support business teams in the adoption and use of new digital tools • Collaborate cross-functionally with design teams to envision the store of the future, integrating digital solutions and innovative customer journeys
International product manager - Toys
Jul 2014 - Mar 2018
3 years 9 months
Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France
• Define offer and private label product development • Source and negotiate products, prices, logistic conditions, agreements… • Present and sell the collection to the 15 countries in the Group • Participate in the brand project construction • Manage countries and suppliers relations with the Buying Sourcing Office in China
International buyer - Food division
Jan 2013 - Jul 2014
1 year 7 months
Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France
• Negotiate the international agreements • Lead and follow their implementation within the countries of the Group • Drive the international ressources
SYSTEME U
Jan 2004 - Jul 2011
7 years 7 months
Région de Paris, France
Head Buyer - Sweet Grocery
Jan 2007 - Jul 2011
4 years 7 months
Région de Paris, France
• Build and drive the sales, market share, margin targets and purchasing index of the perimeter • Write and coordinate the setting out of the marketing strategy : offer, private label product development, promotions, merchandising, price positionning • Lead or support the suppliers negotiations • Recruit, manage and train a multi-disciplinary team
Product Manager
Jan 2004 - Jan 2007
3 years 1 month
Paris, France
2006 - 2007 Breakfast categories 2004 - 2005 Salted grocery categories
Buyer - Grocery
Intermarché
Jan 2002 - Dec 2003
2 years
Région de Paris, France
Department Manager - Textile and Furnitures
Auchan Retail
Jan 1997 - Dec 2001
5 years
78140 Vélizy-Villacoublay, France
Education
EDHEC Business School
Executive MBA
2017 - 2019
2 years 1 month
IAE Lille
Master 2 (MAE)
2012 - 2013
1 year 1 month
Université Paris Dauphine - PSL
Master 1
1991 - 1996
5 years 1 month