Sreemoyee Ghosh Dastidar

Chief Digital Transformation Officer (CDTO), Emerging Markets, R&I @ L'Oréal

About

Experienced senior technology leader with a distinguished track record spanning over 18 years, specializing in orchestrating transformative digital programs within the FMCG industry. As the Chief Digital Technology Officer for Emerging Markets at L'Oréal, I am at the forefront of propelling digital advancements within the Research & Innovation sector. By doing so, I'm instrumental in presenting consumers with a more all-encompassing beauty experience—one that embraces inclusivity, honors the principles of resource circularity and planetary boundaries, all while upholding L'Oréal's unwavering commitment to safety and quality.This role stands as a pivotal opportunity to revolutionize the employee experience, harnessing the potential of data, digitalization, and technology. I am passionate about nurturing talent in this journey to drive rapid growth, sustainable business practices and inclusive work environments. In the past I have led digital transformation in global roles at Unilever and Procter & Gamble across key initiatives delivering topline and bottom line growth.Key Industry Accolades:Cloud Champion Award in 2023Rising Woman CIO of the year in 2021Awarded Chevening fellowship to pursue research at Oxford university in 2020

Country

India

City

Mumbai

Industry

Consumer Goods

Skill

Cross-functional Team Leadership, FMCG, Business Transformation, Vendor Management, Project Management, Business Process Improvement, Service Operations, Application Lifecycle Management, IT Strategy, ERP, IT Service Management, Team Management, Business Intelligence, Business Process, Outsourcing, Management, Business Analysis, Business Strategy, Strategy, Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG)

Experience

Chief Digital Transformation Officer (CDTO), Emerging Markets, R&I

L'Oréal

2023-8 - Present · 3 yrs 2 mos

- Chief Digital Transformation Officer for Research & Innovation for Emerging Markets (South Asia, Africa, South America) - Global Head of Open Innovation for Digital Research & Innovation

Head Of IT - Business Applications

Marico Limited

2020-6 - 2023-7 · 3 yrs 2 mos

- Develop and Deliver IT strategy roadmap for all business functions at Marico India - RUN the entire IT landscape - GROW the existing applications to incorporate statutory (ex. GST) , business (ex. new Go-To-Market Models) and technical changes (ex. SAP upgrades) - TRANSFORM: Determine whitespaces (ex. build DTC tech stack , Industry 4.0 Automation at Manufacturing Facility) - Increased team size (IT employees) by ~100% in 3 yrs by driving digital transformations - Responsible for ~50% of budgets and ~40%employees of the IT department

Solutions Architect & DevOps Lead, Digital Marketing

Unilever

2020-3 - 2020-5 · 3 mos

Bengaluru, Karnataka

Group IT Manager, Route-to-Market (RTM) Technology

Unilever

2018-1 - 2020-3 · 2 yrs 3 mos

Bengaluru Area, India

- Develop Fit for Purpose Solutions for Distributor Technology across Asia and Africa - Own Distributor ERP Application delivery & maintenance end to end including management of PaaS IT infrastructure - Vendor Relationship, Contract negotiations, design specifications, implementation and maintenance of three flavors of Distributor ERP systems in 28 countries across Asia and Africa -Stakeholder management with Sales and internal IT teams, partners onsite and offshore - Annual Budget of ~ €10 M to deliver the complex program on time, in full with quality - Post implementation accountable for operations KPI of SLAs, Ageing and Incident/Problem reduction by at least 30% Year on Year - Optimized Unilever spend by 20% via implementing devops, reducing incidents, rate card and contract negotiations, improving design, securing landscape and challenging business asks - Automated key processes like distributor onboarding using RPA reducing cycle time by 70%

Group IT Manager, Route-to-Market (RTM) Technology

Unilever

2015-4 - 2017-12 · 2 yrs 9 mos

Bengaluru Area, India

-Responsible for IT service operations -Stabilise the distributor application landscapes across 20+ countries in Asia and Africa

Global Operations Manager, Virtual Solutions

Procter & Gamble

2014-7 - 2015-3 · 9 mos

Mumbai Area, India

- Led P&G Global Operations delivered from India on virtually creating packs, shelves and stores - Nominated for Global recognition among entire IT function as Manger demonstrating End2End responsibility (most prestigious) & recognized by Global IT VP  

Subject Matter Expert, Next Gen Distributor Management Program

Procter & Gamble

2012-12 - 2014-6 · 1 yr 7 mos

Mumbai Area, India

- System Design of a Cloud ERP to replace all legacy systems in distributor channel globally - Business Process Re-engineering as well as Change Management - Responsible for ensuring all business scenarios were catered with minimal customization

Application Manager, India Distributor ERP

Procter & Gamble

2008-2 - 2012-11 · 4 yrs 10 mos

Mumbai Area, India

- Application Development enabling P&G India distributors to gain competitive advantage - Application Maintenance delivering Operation Excellence and Value creation via $ savings delivered - Stewardship via IT Audit & Controls of P&G’s money spent via distributors - Managed spends of USD 1 Million