Samy Barakat

Business Steering Director at Decathlon

Brussels Metropolitan Area

About

Experience

  • Decathlon (Full-time · 4 yrs 8 mos)
    • Group Business Steering Director
      Apr 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 3 mos

    • Digital Finance Director - Belgium
      Nov 2021 - Apr 2024 · 2 yrs 6 mos

  • Veepee (Paris Area, France)
    • Group Operations Finance Director
      Mar 2020 - Oct 2021 · 1 yr 8 mos

    • Head of Group Enterprise Performance Management
      Oct 2018 - Mar 2020 · 1 yr 6 mos

  • Vente-exclusive (soon to be Veepee) (2 yrs 11 mos)
    • Head of Corporate Performance Management - North Region
      Sep 2017 - Jan 2019 · 1 yr 5 mos

    • Lead Project Owner - Strategic Initiatives
      Nov 2016 - Aug 2017 · 10 mos

      - Setting up of the Strategic Initiatives Department (Processes, Tools, Recruitment) - Strategic Projects Prioritisation, Follow-up & Reporting to the Executive Committee - Program Management (Full IT Infrastructure Re-platforming) - Managing a Team of Business Analysts/Projects Managers on Cross-Departmental Topics - Coaching of Project Managers across the company - Facilitating communication between IT & the Business

    • Senior Business Analyst - Strategy and Business Development
      Mar 2016 - Oct 2016 · 8 mos

      - Business Analyses for the Executive Committee - Supporting the Head of Strategy on Projects Prioritization - Management of Cross-functional Projects - Coaching of Junior analysts

  • SWIFT (3 yrs 6 mos)
    • Sanctions Product Manager - Compliance Services & Innovation
      Jan 2015 - Feb 2016 · 1 yr 2 mos

      - Support of new compliance products from idea generation to Board approval - Competitive analysis and strategic review of the compliance products portfolio - Customer requirements gathering and customer engagement for new offerings

    • Enterprise Risk Analyst
      Sep 2012 - Dec 2014 · 2 yrs 4 mos

      - Risk assessment of new commercial initiatives for the Executive Committee, the Board and senior management, liaising with relevant departments to assess new products opportunities - Review of enterprise risks and update of the SWIFT risk profile - Periodical support of strategic initiatives - Improvement of the Enterprise Risk Management framework and best practices - Risk awareness training

  • Internships at Various Companies
    Aug 2007 - Sep 2011 · 4 yrs 2 mos

    Various Internships and seminars at SWIFT, Total and E-Capital Private Equity