Olivier Loess

Group IS Director

Greater Lyon Area

About

I am a driven, focused and highly motivated senior IT Manager with more than 20 years of experience in managing Global Information systems in large companies. With the MBA program I completed, I have expanded my knowledge far beyond information systems. I have a successful track record of global positions in large industrial companies. I am an effective builder and leader of multi-cultural teams. I drive results which have changed the face of IT to business leaders. Successful implementation of business improvement changes is my reward.

Experience

  • Director of Information Systems at Reel
    Mar 2025 - Present · 1 yr 4 mos

  • IT Service Delivery Director at FM Logistic
    Apr 2019 - Mar 2025 · 6 yrs

    Managing the delivery of IT Services to the whole FM Group. Infrastructure solutions architecture and design, Infrastructure operations, Application support. Engaged a global transformation of IT Service Delivery to implement industrialisation, automation and service quality improvement. Through better ITIL processes implementation and continuous improvement actions, I implemented double digits improvements on all major service Key Performance Indicators such as major incidents (-60%), volume of incidents (-20%), downtime (-80%), SLA's (>95%) and backlog (-66%).

  • Head of Infrastructure Services Transformation at Walgreens Boots Alliance
    2015 - Apr 2019 · 4 yrs 4 mos

    In the context of an IT Shared service organisation, my role is to lead the transformation of IT services from a group of individual Business Units to a global IT infrastructure service offering. Consolidate large datacentres in Europe (2000 servers) Align email, desktop and user account management across Europe (30k users) Lead IT Operation improvement and service management for France • Implemented service review meetings, monthly KPI’s, problem management. • Orders traceability performance improvement. Reduced response time by 25% • Storage consolidation to simplify infrastructure and save on maintenance costs

  • MBA Student at Grenoble Ecole de Management
    Sep 2013 - Nov 2015 · 2 yrs 3 mos

    Graduated with distinction, valedictorian / major de promotion - The International Environment ..........International Macroeconomics ..........Geopolitics - Sustainability and Management ..........Ethics, Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility ..........Risk Management - Business Law ..........Introduction to Law and Corporate Governance ..........Contract Law - Accounting and Auditing ..........Managerial Accounting ..........Financial Accounting ..........Auditing - International Management ..........Intercultural Management ..........International Negotiations - Technology Management ..........Innovation Management ..........Operations Management - Tools for Decision-Making ..........Managerial Economics ..........Quantitative Methods - Managing Organizations ..........International Human Resource Management ..........Organizational Behavior and Change Management - Strategic Information Systems - International Marketing - Strategic Management - Corporate Finance - Microeconomics of competitiveness (Harvard course) - Finance specialization ..........International Financial Management ..........Managing Financial Performance ..........Investment and Valuation

  • Rio Tinto (Greater Grenoble Metropolitan Area)
    • Global Service Owner, desktop operating environment
      Oct 2011 - Sep 2013 · 2 yrs

      I created this role in the information technology department in order to align and optimize computer management globally in the company. I built an international and multi-cultural team with the following mission : • Engineer, develop and maintain Rio Tinto standard Desktop solutions. • Deliver and support Rio Tinto standard computer image • Operate inventory, software deployment, patch management, operating system distribution, application packaging on worldwide scope (48000 Computers) In addition, 10 people in different countries are functionally reporting to me to implement our standard desktop solutions worldwide. The main challenges were : • To convince my management that this role was required to improve services and reduce costs • Work with regional teams to sell and implement the new global service model • Change the organization to optimize resource usage and implement worldwide accountability The key achievements are : • Global desktop solution is now standard for the entire fleet • The entire desktop fleet is under control • Full security compliance is achieved for 95% of the computer fleet • We now have the capability to execute global deployments of software seamlessly • Desktop operating costs have been reduced by 27%

    • Director, IT Infrastructure Operation EMEA
      Jan 2009 - Oct 2011 · 2 yrs 10 mos

      With a team of 20 people, my role was to run Information technology infrastructure (Network, Messaging, Datacentre, Desktop) for all customers in EMEA region Organize high expertise support based on ITIL processes Focused on customer service : availability, incident resolution time, information and communication Organize crisis management when required Collaborate with peers in other regions to align services and improve efficiency