Monica Grosso

Full Professor of Marketing at emlyon business school

Greater Lyon Area

About

I help companies to reach their target customers by structuring the best go to market and retail strategy in the omnichannel era. My objective is simple: boots the revenues, without forgetting the distribution cost and therefore improve the margin. Dygital technologies and environmental priority are reshaping the distribution logic and play a key role nowadays on the distribution competitive advantage, being sustainable and profitable is feasible and should be companies’ key priority. Concretely I teach, do research and advisorship on sustainable channel management and retailing at the international level both on traditional and digital channels. My areas of expertise: technology & digital transformation in retail, multichannel & omnichannel management, relationship management, channel management, retail marketing strategy and innovation. Key topics I work on: retailers CSR policies, customer centricity, online shopping and e-commerce, digital technologies in retail, privacy management, multichannel distribution strategies, omnichannel integration, retail innovation, category management, loyalty management, partnership management, sales boost, retailer-manufacturer collaboration. Industries: Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG), fashion, telecom, pharmaceutical, optical sector, household building material and business-to-business industries.

Experience

  • emlyon business school (13 yrs 11 mos)
    • Full Professor
      Apr 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 4 mos

      Customer centricity, retail marketing, go to market & omnichannel management. Pedagogical Responsible of all the courses in retail and channel management of the school.

    • Professors’ representative at the Social and Economic Committee (CSE)
      Oct 2019 - Present · 6 yrs 10 mos

    • Head of the Marketing Department
      Mar 2022 - Aug 2025 · 3 yrs 6 mos

  • Scientific advisor at Focus Management
    Dec 2010 - Present · 15 yrs 8 mos

  • SDA Bocconi (21 yrs 9 mos)
    • Affiliate (Fellow) Professor of Marketing
      Jan 2017 - Present · 9 yrs 7 mos

      Affiliate stands for: external Professor, collaborating with SDA on specific activities, that is a core faculty member working full time for another business school - emlyon Business School.

    • Affiliate Assistant Professor of Marketing
      Dec 2011 - Dec 2016 · 5 yrs 1 mo

      Affiliate stands for: external Professor, collaborating with SDA on specific activities, that is a core faculty member working full time for another business school - emlyon Business School.

    • Researcher & Adjunct professor of Marketing
      Sep 2006 - Nov 2011 · 5 yrs 3 mos

  • Member of the Board at BCGO Basket Club
    Sep 2017 - Jul 2022 · 4 yrs 11 mos

  • Università Bocconi (Milan Area, Italy)
    • Adjunct Professor of Marketing
      Dec 2011 - Jul 2012 · 8 mos

    • Ph.D Candidate in Marketing
      Nov 2008 - Dec 2011 · 3 yrs 2 mos

    • Ph.D Student of Management
      Sep 2006 - Oct 2008 · 2 yrs 2 mos