
Mai Tran
E-commerce Strategist | Business Development
Salary / Daily rate
Paris, France
Mobility: London, Berlin, ...
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Can come onsite
Skills
Languages
About me
Intro
E-commerce strategist with 4+ years at TikTok Shop & Shopee, specializing in marketplace growth and data-driven strategies. Exceeded annual GMV targets through strategic planning, seller program management, and budget optimization using SQL & analytics. Expert in B2B2C strategy and growth acceleration for global markets.
Work experience
E-commerce Analyst
EssilorLuxottica
May 2025 - Present
1 year 6 months
Île-de-France, France · On-site
* Identified untapped growth opportunities in e-commerce markets and channels for prescription and Transitions® photochromic lenses, with a strategic focus on the APAC region. * Led 20+ strategic e-commerce audits across EMEA, North America, and APAC (pure players and omni-channel distributors), delivering actionable recommendations to drive commercial activations in line with brand innovation and market-entry strategies. * Hosted meetings and followed 5 key partners in implementing initiatives: Certified Transitions Program, Global Brand Campaign. * Tracked and analyzed e-commerce trends, disruptive business models, competitor strategies, and consumer behaviors in eyewear industry, generating insights to shape agile digital initiatives (e.g., Generative Engine Optimization, AI-driven ROI in B2B sales, Leveraging B2B2C Shopify solution for smart eyewear). * Collaborated with 5+ cross-functional teams to build a roadmap for improving the digital customer journey experience of e-retailers, leveraging AI assistants and subscription models.
Category Strategist
TikTok Shop
Apr 2023 - Aug 2024
1 year 5 months
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
* Strategic planning: Identified growth opportunities, built a robust forecasting model, and formulated comprehensive quarterly strategies covering assortments, merchants, campaigns, and logistics, driving GMV growth for Home & Living. * Business performance monitoring and data analytics: Utilized internal BI tools and SQL to produce weekly and monthly reports covering key business metrics of traffic efficiency, live-video-shopping card channels, merchant operations and incentive initiatives. Directed the implementation of action plans for account management teams and offered timely recommendations, exceeding annual GMV target. * Seller Program management: Designed, set up target, launched and optimized ROI for high-impact initiatives that fuel product assortment expansion, merchant acquisition and tier level-up for Home & Living category with hands-on execution process. * Budget Optimization: Led quarterly budget reviews and crafted a cost optimization framework using regression analysis. Monitored CIR and budget allocations across the subcat team, which boosted ROI while meeting commercial objectives. * Coordination: Collaborated with cross-functional teams to implement and customize regional projects, including ‘Advertising Level Up’, ‘Affiliate Match-Making’ and ‘Free Shipping Program’, exceeding adoption and GMV targets.
Shopee
Aug 2020 - Dec 2022
2 years 5 months
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Senior Business Development Analyst
Aug 2020 - Dec 2022
2 years 5 months
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
* Strategic planning: Initiated “Incubation Lite" program that assists prospective sellers to onboard and drive sales on a marketplace e-commerce platform using relevant Shopee services product set. Identified, qualified, and managed a pipeline of prospective sellers, contributed to platform selling sellers. * Data Analytics: Analyzed the sales performance of platform-wise small and medium-sized sellers on a marketplace. Developed a seller tier framework based on GMV and identified key assortment, promotion, and advertising strategies to accelerate tier upgrades, successfully increasing the monthly upgrade ratio. * Project management: Led a team to launch ‘Priority Seller Program' to gain market share against competitors with the focus on products' competitiveness and seller investment. * Product Management: Collaborated with the Product team to develop new features and tools that supported the seller journey at the onboarding stage.
Marketing & Campaign Growth Analyst
Aug 2020 - Dec 2021
1 year 5 months
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
* Strategy & planning: Set KPIs and develop marketing sales plans and promotion strategies for strategic initiatives during big campaigns. * Campaign management: Activation, planning, optimization, insight generation and implementation. Launched, monitored and optimized engagement-boosting projects with sales and product teams during campaigns, achieving double-digit growth in new user acquisition and retention rates. * Promotion planning and optimization: Designed targeted promotional strategies based on user data, driving consistent attainment of redemption, CIR and GMV targets. * Market Intelligence: Conducted in-depth competitive analysis and market research on market share, industry trend and campaign activities. Compiled key insights and developed presentations for top management and cross-functional departments.
Research Trainee
Kantar
Feb 2020 - Aug 2020
7 months
Cà Mau, Ca Mau, Vietnam
Analyzing statistical data and metrics for brand health track studies specializing in FMCG industry. Deeply diving into client’s problems in terms of brand performance. Consulting and compiling reports about solution for penetration and media optimization.
English Teacher
Topica Edtech Group
Aug 2017 - Oct 2018
1 year 3 months
Cà Mau, Ca Mau, Vietnam
Teaching English to adults and supporting foreign teachers in classes. Encouraging students to learn and organizing activities to help them improve their languages. I received well-performing assessment and improved my time-managing, problem-solving skills.
Education
Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers
Master's degree
2024 - Present
2 years 2 months
Foreign Trade University
Bachelor's degree
2016 - 2020
4 years 1 month