
Yasmine Kolta
IT Project Lead
Salary / Daily rate
Paris, France
Freelance
Can come onsite
Skills
Languages
About me
Intro
IT Project Lead with 8+ years driving omnichannel digital transformations for luxury brands like Chanel, Hermès, Louis Vuitton and global enterprises. Expert in e-commerce project management and specialized in Agile methodologies and cross-functional team leadership to deliver complex digital projects on time and budget.
Work experience
Coordinatrice UAT - Projet Omnicanal
Louis VuittonFreelance
May 2024 - Feb 2025
10 months
Paris, France
Led and coordinated UAT (User Acceptance Testing) activities for the European region as part of a major digital transformation program migrating the e-commerce platform Drafted, reviewed, and validated test plans and test cases in collaboration with business and IT teams Managed and monitored the overall UAT timeline, ensuring testers’ active participation and reporting progress to central and regional stakeholders Organized and conducted regular meetings to communicate project status, issues, and solutions across departments Analyzed test results, identified issues, and worked closely with IT teams to ensure corrections before go-live Compiled comprehensive reports highlighting progress, key achievements, challenges, and necessary corrective actions Acted as the senior member of the UAT team, providing guidance, structure, and support to junior coordinators and testers Facilitated effective communication between project teams, business users, and leadership to ensure smooth migration waves
Senior Digital Consultant
Accenture
May 2018 - Jun 2024
6 years 2 months
Paris Area, France
Hermès
Dec 2022 - May 2024
1 year 6 months
93500 Pantin, France
Omnichannel Factory functional coordinator (Accenture consultant)
Mar 2023 - May 2024
1 year 3 months
93500 Pantin, France
Study of existing processes Strategic interviews and information gathering on current processes Creation of a maturity matrix based on different categories Definition of high-value recommendations Implementation of target processes Definition, implementation and monitoring of target processes: agile methodology, release strategy, test strategy, documentation, knowledge transfer to other teams Monitoring of an external team of 7 people (PPO, Lead dev, Developers) Transversal coordination with several players: Factory, PO, BPM, QA, Architects, PMO Training of the dev team on Scrum methodology and the use of Jira within the company Project coordination Follow-up and consolidation of project and program roadmaps Prioritization of each factory activity and creation of a roadmap for monitoring implementation of these activities Process industrialization and stabilization Definition and implementation of target processes with cross-functional stakeholders, driving strategic adoption of new digital practices
Customer 360 Study (Accenture consultant)
Dec 2022 - Feb 2023
3 months
93500 Pantin, France
Context understanding Gather and formalize market trends Review client data architecture Business and IT strategic meetings Customer data workshops including API, MDM/DQM, C360 Capabilities study Evaluation of Customer 360, API and MDM/DQM capabilities to strengthen digital foundations and prepare for AI-driven insights Identification of missing capabilities from current architecture and capabilities to be strengthened Identification of short- to medium-term projects to be implemented Presentation of solutions to be implemented and project preparation Presentation of 11 medium-term solutions including 3 short-term solutions
International e-commerce PMO manager (Accenture consultant)
Chanel
Oct 2020 - Nov 2022
2 years 2 months
Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Yearly roadmap follow-up Supported a global digital transformation initiative consolidating Chanel.com on a single integrated platform Coordination of annual roadmap preparation with over 60 internal partners (regions and divisions) Preparation of the in-person workshop week, from logistics to presentation content Alignment with the various participants: C-level, Managers, Leaderships, IT, Business Support for Chanel.com teams in prioritizing requests Change Management Coordination of the product backlog management migration - from Jira to Azure DevOps - and migration of + 150K tickets Creation of training materials for the new tool, and training for over 600 users - both internal and external to the program - Communication at all stages of the project with the teams involved in the migration Management of the service provider team in charge of tickets migration Seamless migration for users Program health / Program management Creation and update of consolidated KPIs and dashboards follow-up to provide status on project progress and quality of upcoming releases Presentation of program KPIs and release quality metrics to senior leadership ensuring alignment with strategic objectives Definition and implementation of agile processes at scale and follow-up with the 15 agile teams Facilitation and participation in various meetings: weekly program meeting, PI Plannings, Performance meeting Performance KPIs, team velocity and productivity tracking Monitoring of annual roadmap risks
Move to Cloud Study (Accenture consultant)
LVMH
Jul 2020 - Oct 2020
4 months
Paris, France
Assessment of the existing infrastructure and applications of the various group companies - Strategic interviews with each of the group's companies - Restitution and proposal of a potential move to cloud over several years
HRIS Study (Accenture consultant)
Sodexo
Jan 2020 - Mar 2020
3 months
Paris, France
Assessment of existing HRIS application landscape by geography Strategic interviews with NORAM teams (US and Canada) Reports based on results with key points to address for design phase
Digital Project Manager (Accenture consultant)
Danone
Jul 2018 - Nov 2019
1 year 5 months
93400 Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, France
Redesign of evianchampionship; an event website Redesign of an event website from design to production in 6 months: evianchampionship.com - site launched for the July 2019 championship Project coordination with various teams: Internal business, digital agency in charge of designing the site mock-ups, on-shore and off-shore developers (Italy, India), project management - Use of Scrum methodology on the Evianchampionship project and Adobe Experience Manager CMS Project management Management of a portfolio of various digital projects: drafting and monitoring digital assets and website roadmaps in conjunction with content management solutions under AEM and Typo3 Monitoring compliance of digital assets in coordination with team managers, business teams and compliance teams (RGPD Law – May, 2018)
E-Commerce Project Manager
TLScontact
Jun 2016 - Mar 2018
1 year 10 months
Lyon Area, France
Project Management Setting and driving project timelines, ensuring all deliverables are met and completed on time. Revamp and redesign of the TLScontact websites (corporate & applicants) Coordination with design teams, dev teams and IT teams for each project Creation of workflows for the E-commerce workflow in Jira Managing the day-to-day operational aspects of the projects Implementation of a worldwide point-of-sale solution Installation, configuration and steering of the deployment of the POS Worldwide training for all the agents using the POS Point of contact for the operations using the POS Creation and update of the service catalog for each country Presentation of the POS solution in Belgrade to Europeans Operations Manager Development of templates for multiple websites on the Magento platform (HTML, CSS)
E-Commerce Assistant
Editions Francis Lefebvre
Nov 2014 - Oct 2015
1 year
92300 Levallois-Perret, France
E-Merchandising Optimization of "up and cross selling" strategies and product placement Creation and update of product pages Analysis of sales Management of promotional campaigns Realization of the promotional banners planning Setting up new media display for product launches Start-up of an iPad app for a presentation kiosk Results: Improvement in the Web field and digital strategies in BtoB
Communication and Marketing Manager
Apila
Jan 2012 - Jul 2012
7 months
Paris, NY 13456, USA
Realization of a press kit, press releases and press conference Community Management of social media (Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest..) Writing articles on the company's blog Results: Work in a startup environment, press releases were picked up by other websites
Human Resources Assistant
Oak Recruitment a/t Driver & Labour Recruit Ltd
Jun 2010 - Aug 2010
3 months
Cork, Ireland
Training on the accounting of a company Use of the Quickbooks software and payroll Transfer of CVs and Job offers on the database Use of CRM Cheques depot to the bank Results: First professional experience abroad was very enriching
Client support service
CA CONSUMER FINANCE
Jul 2009 - Aug 2009
2 months
Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, France
Contact people who had incomplete files Verify clients' data Processing internal mail Results: Acknowledgment from my clients to my supervisors
Education
Sup Career Alternance by OMNES Education
Management of Web Projects and Digital Strategy
2014 - 2015
2 years
American Business College Paris
Bachelor of Business Administration; BAC + 4
2008 - 2012
5 years
Licenses & certifications
LVMH Inside
Issued: Dec 2024
Professional Scrum Master™ I (PSM I)
Issued: Nov 2023