From studying literature and commerce to coordinating group logistic
I started my career working as a manager in McDonald's whilst continuing my studies. I am a woman that needs to learn a lot of things and I am interested in many different topics! That's why my career has been made with such different roles! I have enjoyed learning how to manage and train people at McDonald's and I have enjoyed helping people and companies to find the best candidate and the best employer and I lived a wonderful adventure creating my own company!
Following this, it was important that I find a company where I could use all my skills. I personally felt it was
important to start in a commercial department because it helps to understand value and DNA of a company. So, I started working in one of Kingfisher group's retail banners called Brico Depot in France. After 6 months, a job opened in the logistic department which looked very interesting, so I gave it a try... and loved it so much!
I feel I have finally found a position where I am never bored and where I still learn every day. I am working for one year as Group Supply Specialist and I will share more details with you in "Current Position"
I coordinate logistic between group, brands and suppliers
As Group Supply Specialist you have 2 main roles to carry off :
- Follow Business As Usual
- Manage new projects
This position allows you to promote and manage the dialogue between the brands, the group and the suppliers. The objective is to set up monitoring indicators to promote prevention instead of cure.
I think the biggest challenge is to gain the trust of brands and suppliers in order to make them want to change their work habits to support the objectives set by the group.
Within this role I speak with a lot of people from many different locations and am responsible for setting up a lot of meetings to be sure that everybody is on the same page.
This role does also require the need to travel to meet brands and suppliers personally which helps you to create a strong link and really understand what is important for all.
Being able to interact with many different roles in several countries
I am extremely enthusiastic about this role because it allows you to take advantage of all the different assets that you may have acquired during your professional career.
I love to investigate and find where there is a congestion in project and encourage people meet and work with each other to solve issues quickly. It also allows you to travel and meet other cultures to be open to different ways of working.
Kingfisher want to build a supply chain community spanning Group and Brands - focussed on becoming as one team.
The Group Supply Specialist is a key profile in this strategy. It requires great communication, leadership, influencing, collaboration and motivational skills as well as the more traditional supply chain skills such as analytical and organisational with an agile mindset.
Be who you are
The best advice that I can give you is to be true to your values during the interview. Like everywhere, a company is above all made up of people so be yourself and think about the people you are meeting and potentially working with as well as the job itself. If you are not hired after an interview, it means that this role is may not have been the right one, but the right one will come along. Keep believing in you and your capabilities and never give up!
My son's creation
Being a woman, I have chance to create lives. I always said that my best achievement is my son's creation. It is hard to build a career but it is more difficult to be a good mother and guide our children in how to be happy.
My Job at Kingfisher allows me to have an exciting position and to spend time with my family :)
