Strategy & operations · Senior Manager · Paris
Seven years at McKinsey & Company redesigning operating models and taking out cost across retail, consumer goods and financial services — 12 engagements led, €380m in identified client value.
Featured engagement
Clients are described by sector and region only, as on the CV.
A major European retailer was losing margin to the shift to e-commerce.
Led an eight-month operating model redesign spanning three countries.
€140m in cost savings and an 18 percentage-point improvement in fulfilment speed.
More engagements
Three more pieces of client work, from AI-enabled process automation in banking to a procurement programme for 120 managers.
With 40% of loan-origination processing still manual, she designed an AI-enabled automation roadmap across six workflows.
62% less processing time; €28m annual cost saving
A supply chain fragmented across nine markets, brought under a unified procurement and logistics strategy.
€72m in savings; SKU range rationalised by 34%
Led a client capability-building programme for 120 managers across procurement and operations.
85% reported measurable improvement at 90-day follow-up
Inside the firm
A strategy and operations consultant who redesigns operating models, takes out cost and brings automation into manual processes — working in French, English and German.
Isabelle is a Senior Manager at McKinsey & Company in Paris. She joined as a Consultant in Berlin and Paris in 2018 and has since worked across retail, consumer goods, travel and financial services, leading 12 engagements that generated €380m in identified client value.
Her work centres on large-scale operating model redesign, cost transformation and AI-enabled process automation. She holds a Master in Management from HEC Paris and a BSc in Economics from Sciences Po Paris.
Capabilities
Experience
McKinsey & Company, Paris
Retail operating model redesign (€140m) and a banking automation roadmap (€28m a year); teams of 4–7 consultants.
McKinsey & Company, Paris
Consumer goods procurement and logistics strategy across 9 markets (€72m); capability programme for 120 managers.
McKinsey & Company, Berlin / Paris
5 engagements across retail, travel and financial services; built the zero-based budgeting framework.
Education
HEC Paris
Top 5% of cohort; exchange semester at the London School of Economics.
Sciences Po Paris
Magna Cum Laude.
Contact
isabelle.fontaine@email.com
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