Supply chain & IT
project management
An IT project to scope, restart or secure? Scoping, governance, schedule, risks and decisions. Connecting the business, the vendor, the integrator and IT through to go-live.
Independent consulting · Supply chain & IT
Supply Chain & IT Consultant
in Lyon, from strategy to execution.
I am Jérôme Dumas, an independent supply chain and IT consultant. I support your planning, logistics transformation and data governance projects, from scoping to go-live.
SUPPLY CHAINDecide
right.
Act better.
right.
Act better.
↗Decisions
⌘Systems
◉Teams
⌁Data
A project does not succeed because a tool has been installed.
It succeeds when the sponsor is committed and the right people, the right data and the right routines come together.
What I bring
Linking strategy
to day-to-day operations.
Hands-on and leadership experience to scope projects, get teams working together and make change last.
Supply chain & IT
Planning,
MRP & S&OP
Scattered forecasts, stock that is hard to control or an S&OP to structure? Forecasting, production planning, business rules and decision routines that give teams a shared direction, while improving the quality of your data.
Data
governance
Unreliable master data and unclear responsibilities? Clarifying responsibilities, mapping systems, cleaning up master data and building the workflows and KPIs that keep master data quality at the right level.
Practical digital
transformation
A process to improve before choosing a technology? Connecting business needs, processes and technology.
Exploring AI when data and use cases allow it.
Structuring your data for AI.
My expertise
Supply chain and IT project management
Do you need to launch an ERP, WMS or TMS, or bring visibility back to a project under way? I clarify the need, responsibilities and success criteria, then coordinate the business, IT, the vendor and the integrator.
What we build: A shared scope, a roadmap, governance and risk tracking. Test scenarios and go-live preparation check that the solution fits how people actually work.
Experience: Orange: e-commerce processes and WMS specifications. Transports Mousset: ANDSOFT TMS project from requirements to go-live.
Planning, forecasting, MRP and S&OP
Forecasts spread across several spreadsheets, or inventory decisions that are hard to share? I help you define the planning level, business rules and decision routines before choosing or upgrading tools.
What we build: Explicit objectives, defined responsibilities and a common process linking forecasts, capacity and operational decisions.
Experience: a major HVAC company: SKU Science in SaaS and a monthly review with sales. Haulotte: forecasts centralised in DynaSys, clear RACI and a common workflow.
Master data governance and quality
Is unreliable data slowing down operations or putting your IT project at risk? I help you identify critical data, define who creates and approves it, then organise its control and monitoring.
What we build: Clear responsibilities, workflows and quality KPIs that are useful to the business. The goal is to make data quality manageable over time.
Experience: Sanofi: PMO of a global data governance programme, operating model, KPIs and business workshops.
Digital transformation, RFID and applied AI
Do you want to save time on a process or test a new use case? I start from the teams’ real work to pin down the problem, compare options and check the value of a solution in the field.
What we build: A defined need, test criteria and lessons learned to decide on roll-out. For AI, data quality and the relevance of the use case guide the approach.
Experience: Microstore: RFID tag and reader tests and inventory process validation. Sanofi: AI documentation agent POC put into production.
CSR & environment
Building environmental issues into supply chain decisions.
Environmental issues play a growing role in supply chain decisions. I help you build them into projects and operational choices, taking account of regulatory requirements and company priorities. The goal: make the supply chain a lever for sustainable progress and performance.
Experience at every level
From the shop floor to transformation
25+years in supply chain,
projects and transformation
projects and transformation
25consultants coordinated
on a data programme
on a data programme
FR · ENworking in French
and fluent English
and fluent English
Experience
Real projects.
Tailored answers.
Consulting assignments and in-house roles: the context, my role and the results.
RETA major French footwear company
Consulting assignment, 2026
Consulting assignment, 2026
Building the logistics master plan
Outcome: a master plan with two costed options, delivered to management to inform its strategic decisions.
RETMicrostore
Consulting assignment, 2025-2026
Consulting assignment, 2025-2026
Cutting inventory time by four with RFID
Results: inventory in under 30 minutes instead of 2 hours, with a team of 2 instead of four teams.
PHSanofi
Consulting assignment, 2024-2025
Consulting assignment, 2024-2025
Structuring master data governance across 30 plants
Results: data with an owner, a single source and rules known to all. €15M stock reduction, measured, from identifying duplicate items and pooling purchases between plants. Other gains, real but not quantified during the assignment.
INDMcPhy
PLM Project Manager, 2022-2024
PLM Project Manager, 2022-2024
Selecting and rolling out a PLM in France, Italy and Germany
Outcome: solution live in all 3 countries. All other tools were retired in favour of a single platform: harmonised creation processes, controlled document update workflows, and everyone knows which version to work on.
INDA major HVAC company
Short consulting assignment, 2022-2024
Short consulting assignment, 2022-2024
Rolling out a lightweight forecasting solution
SKU Science implemented in SaaS mode, accessible on the web, to roll out a lightweight solution quickly and learn by doing. Before choosing the tool: clarify objectives, organisation and stakeholders. What to forecast, at what level, to inform which decisions?
INDHaulotte
Group Supply Chain Manager, 2018-2020
Group Supply Chain Manager, 2018-2020
Reliable forecasts for 3 subsidiaries worldwide
Outcome: one set of forecasts for the whole group. Everyone knows who does what and when, and S&OP is based on figures everyone recognises.
INDSolvay
Supply Chain Excellence, 2012-2018
Supply Chain Excellence, 2012-2018
Running supply chain projects for the group’s business units
Within the Supply Chain Excellence unit, which helps the group’s business units improve their supply chain, I ran transformation projects at several European sites.
TRTransports Mousset
TMS Project Manager, 2011
TMS Project Manager, 2011
Managing a TMS project from requirements to go-live
Roll-out of the ANDSOFT TMS, from requirements to go-live: specifications, coordination, testing and user support.
LOGKuehne+Nagel
for Orange
Deputy Site Manager, 2002-2006
for Orange
Deputy Site Manager, 2002-2006
Setting up and running Orange’s B2B and B2C distribution centre
Results: over 4,500 orders a day, service level up from 75% to 99%.
How I work
Making the project
clear and manageable.
My role is to bring clarity, create the conditions for success and help teams move forward together.
Understand
Listen to the business, observe flows and separate symptoms from causes.
Scope
Define objectives, responsibilities, milestones and success criteria.
Drive progress
Coordinate stakeholders, handle trade-offs and make decisions visible.
Support change
Involve the sponsor, explain the purpose of changes and support teams through to adoption.
Embed
Test with users and check results over time.
Insights & lessons learned
Articles and
lessons learned.
3 November 2026 · PLANNING / S&OP
One set of forecasts for the whole group: S&OP lessons from Haulotte
Machines piling up in car parks, forecasts scattered across subsidiaries: how a monthly S&OP and a single source of forecasts restored order.
Read the article →2 November 2026 · IT PROJECTSChoosing a PLM or ERP without relying on vendors’ pitches
A software tender is won or lost before the demos. Lessons from selecting and rolling out a PLM in three countries.
Read the article →2 November 2026 · PLM / ENERGYNew assignment: PLM in the nuclear energy sector
Supporting a nuclear energy company with the implementation of a PLM: mastering the configuration of complex products.
Read the article →
About
A committed partner,
from scoping to the shop floor.
I am Jérôme Dumas, an independent supply chain and IT consultant. My background combines operations, consulting and leading transformations. I work at the interface between the business, IT teams and integrators, with particular attention to how solutions are used and to data quality.
I also teach supply chain management at Mines Saint-Étienne. Teaching extends my consulting practice: making complex subjects accessible, passing on methods and helping everyone make them their own.
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Business partners and consulting firms
Let’s work together on your projects.
I work directly with companies or in partnership with consulting firms and business introducers. Tenders, expert support on a supply chain or IT project, interim management: I join your team and work with full respect for your client relationship.
Do you have a project to scope or move forward?
Let’s simply talk about it.
Tell me about your context and challenges, and we will see together whether I can help.
Prefer to talk it through? Pick a 30-minute slot directly in my calendar.