At Rémy Cointreau since September 2002
Position: PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) & CSR Domain Manager
Work location: Angers (France)

3 skills needed to work on your team?
A strong entrepreneurial spirit and a commitment to long-term success; excellent teamwork skills; and curiosity.

Why should a candidate apply to Rémy Cointreau?
We talk about the Rémy Cointreau group, but we must also consider the teams who compose it. They bring an important human dimension. Working for Rémy Cointreau is an adventure. And in addition to offering exciting professional challenges and excellent career prospects, it also provides wonderful life experiences.

What are the main reasons for your long career at Rémy Cointreau?
I think my unconventional career path has instilled in me a great deal of humility. The support of the Group and the opportunities that have come my way have allowed me to establish myself here for the long term. Beyond the strictly professional aspect, I have a special affinity for our products and I share the company’s values. There is a genuine relationship of trust with the women and men who make up the Rémy Cointreau group today.

As Master Data and CSR Domain Manager, what does your role entail on a daily basis?
My role as Master Data and CSR Domain Manager is exciting and multifaceted.

In addition to managing my team, my responsibilities evolve around three main objectives: ensuring the stability and evolution of our PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) system to guarantee the quality and consistency of our master data for the entire Group; supporting our packaging development teams through numerous projects; and leading the integration of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) data into the heart of our processes and products.

I particularly value the close relationship with the Development and Packaging, Master Data, and CSR teams. These services are fundamental to the successful launch of our new products, to product lifecycle management, and also to achieving the ambitious CSR objectives the company has set for itself.

My new role involves discovering new processes and working methods, with a strong link to the company’s development.

Our goal is to transform data into a strategic lever, while ensuring an ethical and sustainable approach that anticipates market needs and the expectations of our stakeholders.

What are your interactions with the Group’s business teams?
Our missions require a very high level of collaboration with all departments. I maintain close relationships with the packaging teams to ensure that the new data produced is structured and integrated from the design stage and that our packaging information is accurate and traceable; and of course with the Master Data and CSR teams to orchestrate data governance and sustainable development initiatives.

I firmly believe that the work we are doing, particularly on data quality and CSR aspects, has the potential to improve the quality of team collaboration, modernize processes so they can focus on high-value activities, and provide a tactical advantage necessary to grow our business, especially to support the rollout of new products.

How is your team organized?
My team consists of two people, and despite our small size, we are extremely effective thanks to strong interconnectedness with all the teams in the IT department. This organization by domain, closely aligned with business needs, allows us to provide specialized expertise in our respective fields.

What are the objectives of your Master Data and CSR department for the coming months, or even years, at Rémy Cointreau?
The objectives of our PLM and CSR department are central to Rémy Cointreau’s strategy.

For the coming months and years, our roadmap is ambitious and extremely stimulating. We aim to strengthen our Master Data governance to ensure a single source of truth, essential for the agility of our processes, particularly for new product launches.

This includes optimizing data flows between systems and implementing high-performance tools for data lifecycle management. In parallel, we will intensify the integration of CSR criteria at all levels, from design to distribution, to measure and improve our impact.

Our ambition is to make Master Data and CSR not only pillars of compliance, but true drivers of innovation and added value for the Group.

You have a rich career within the Rémy Cointreau group. How does this experience contribute to your current role as Head of Master Data and CSR?
My 23 years at Rémy Cointreau have been an incredible journey, marked by internal and geographical mobility that has been both an opportunity and a challenge. From my apprenticeship contract in 2002 to my appointment in Southeast Asia, each step shaped my understanding of the Group’s challenges.

While the transitions were sometimes radical and the effort significant, the Group has a supportive management team, and Human Resources consistently provided me with guidance.

The various training opportunities, including funding for a degree in Information Systems Management, were crucial.

Today, this in-depth knowledge of the inner workings of Rémy Cointreau, from operational challenges to strategic opportunities, is a major asset in my role as Master Data and CSR Domain Manager. It allows me not only to understand the needs of the business teams but also to anticipate the impact of our initiatives across the entire value chain, always keeping in mind the long-term vision for the company’s development and the launch of new products.