Anne-Marie BRAYER THIEBAUT

Sensory & User Experience, Consumer Insights Director - EMEA

Paris, Île-de-France, France

About

Committed strategic business partner and transformation leader with proven success in embedding consumer & user insights in product design and brands strategies. Active promoter of Consumer centricity and user experience for more sustainable (for business, people, environment) growth. Passionate about bringing teams & partners towards this common ambition ! 25 years of experience in Strategy & Consumer Insights, both for Marketing and R&I (NPD, sensory design, trends, brand positionning, advertising, consumer behaviour ...), in international environment (Europe and Asia/Pacific), on the industry (FMCG and Service) and agency side. Key skills : STRATEGIC vision to ensure focus of research agenda is on growth oriented initiatives / INNOVATION to set up new relevant creative solutions to business issues / LEADERSHIP and influencing to impact decision-making at all levels / CROSS FERTILISATION of multi-functional teams / people MANAGEMENT in multi-cultural environnements.

Experience

  • Danone (11 yrs 10 mos)
    • Sensory & User Experience, Consumer Insights Director - EMEA
      Feb 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 5 mos

    • Global Sensory & User Experience Director Waters
      Sep 2017 - Aug 2022 · 5 yrs

      Strategic partner driving user centric innovation and competitiveness, via insightful consumer behavior understanding and great holistic sensory experience. #Superiority for growth #User Centric Innovation #Sensory UX Design #Behavior Change Labs ... CATALYST for a USER CENTRIC organisation ....

    • Global procurement Director for Marketing&Sales
      Sep 2014 - Aug 2017 · 3 yrs

      Initiated the globalisation and scaling up of Marketing sourcing in Danone, cross-divisions (Dairy, Water, Early Life Nutrition, Advanced Medical Nutrition), to optimise impact of A&P investments through size leverage and breakthrough sourcing solutions

  • Consumer Insight & Experience Director at SFR
    Mar 2009 - Aug 2014 · 5 yrs 6 mos

    Embedded market dynamics, consumers’ needs and behaviours in the marketing and innovation agenda / Co-built the brand platform evolution / Co-led the transformation of “quality” team from silo approach to a transversal multi-channel “customer experience” view

  • Mars (14 yrs 1 mo)
    • Consumer Intelligence Programme Director
      Mar 2004 - Sep 2008 · 4 yrs 7 mos

      Investigated in-depth feeding behaviour of the product category (pet & owner), providing new insights for product innovation in Asia-Pac, US and Europe, thus enabling Mars Petcare mission “to delight pets and their owners”

    • A&P Effectiveness Manager
      Dec 2002 - Feb 2004 · 1 yr 3 mos

      Better understanding of A&P efficiency and modelisation with Marketing Mix Modelling / Guidelines & Key beliefs to improve copy and media strategy

    • Innovation & Knowledge Market Research Manager
      May 2000 - Nov 2002 · 2 yrs 7 mos

      Set up of consumer driven innovation process, "Consumer innovation toolbox" and key consumer trends

  • Marketing Analyst, then Group Director at GfK Custom Research
    Apr 1990 - Aug 1994 · 4 yrs 5 mos

    Set up the "adhoc research" division of GfK in France Launch of market research tools (advertising pre & post testing, brand tracking, product tests, trade offs ...) on the French market / Management and development of client portfolio (P&G, Mondelez, Ferrero, Johnson&Johnson ...)