Never limit yourself !
Can you tell us about what you do at Groupe Rocher and your background, along with the qualities and skills you need to do your job?
If you don’t know what a “continuous improvement” job is, you can see it as helping teams eliminate the things that irritate them on a daily basis! My job is to facilitate communication between departments, so that they can work together and find ways to improve processes and tools. I base my work on the 14 principles of continuous improvement: don’t judge, eliminate fixed ideas, think outside the box, etc.
I’ve been with Groupe Rocher since I the beginning of my career, after getting my masters in logistics, and never wanted to leave. After several positions in market sourcing, I made the leap to continuous improvement, first within the Supply Chain team, then as of 2024 for all the Operations Department teams.
How has the group supported you in your learning and what concrete actions have been most useful to you?
My managers have always encouraged me to learn and grow. They trusted me to take on a new job, to move from sourcing to continuous improvement, despite my lack of expertise at the time. The group organized a certification course for me (Green Belt management), where I was able to develop the necessary skills and advance in this area. After that, it was mostly by putting what I’d learned into practice that helped me to fully understand the job.
I learn all the time on the job. For example, I learned how to program in order to automate repetitive tasks in Excel that were part of my daily duties in sourcing, thus developing a new skill and improving my productivity.
I currently coach coworkers around me to develop their programming basics so that they can continue to gradually automate the processes they use in Excel. I particularly appreciate my contribution to interns’ learning as a mentor. I pass on my knowledge to young talent, while I learn to trust and delegate – skills I didn’t necessarily have at the start of my career.
What advice would you give to anyone who wants to go further with their learning?
Nothing is impossible. Go for it! Learning is a continuous process, as shown in my experience. Continuous improvement wasn’t my objective when I joined the group, but I’ve developed expertise in this area. Never limit yourself.
