Valérie Blandin

Valérie Blandin has extensive experience in various leadership roles in the logistics and supply chain industry. Valérie is currently the Managing Director BtoC at Heppner, where they oversee the full BtoC supply chain, focusing on home delivery of heavy and bulky products. Prior to this, Valérie served as the Business Unit Director Europe at PlantSwitch, a sustainable catering consumables supplier, where they were responsible for launching the start-up in Europe.

Valerie also worked at XPO Logistics Europe as the Director of Sales & Marketing, leading a team of 64 employees and implementing a 3-year commercial strategy. Valérie has also held multiple roles at DHL Express, including Area Director of Retail - Marketing BtoC & BtoB - Customer Service, where they developed a revenue budget of €100 million across 30 countries and led a team of 96 employees. In addition, they have experience in sales and marketing at DHL Express, managing a revenue budget of €50 million across 6 countries.

Valérie's early career includes roles at Manutan Group, where they served as the Group Project Management Director and the Export Business Manager. Valérie also worked as a Sales, Marketing, and Customer Service Project Manager/Internal Consulting at the company. Prior to that, they were a Sales and Customer Service Project Manager/Internal Consulting at JM Bruneau Benelux.

Throughout their career, Valérie has demonstrated expertise in strategy development, commercial and marketing operations, team management, and organizational transformation.

Valérie Blandin's education history includes a Master's Degree in International Supply Chain Management from ESSEC Business School, which they completed from 2000 to 2001. Prior to that, they obtained another Master's Degree in International Business Administration from ESCE - Ecole Supérieure du Commerce Extérieur between 1996 and 2000. In 2012, Valérie participated in an Executive Education program at CentraleSupélec where they earned a Black Belt Lean Six Sigma certification. Valérie also has a certification in Black Belt Lean Six Sigma, obtained from CentraleSupélec in June 2012. There is no information available regarding Valérie Blandin's education at ESSEC Business School, beyond the fact that they attended, but did not pursue a degree there.