Nicolas Hauduc

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Senior Director - Global Business Analytics at Smith+Nephew

St Albans, England, United Kingdom

Overview

Nicolas is a commercially-minded data leader with over 20 years of experience in supply chain, retail, and logistics. A former management consultant, he now serves as Senior Director at Smith+Nephew, focusing on converting data into competitive advantage. He holds an engineering degree from Centrale Lille.

He values work-life integration, having spent time working remotely from South-West France to ensure his daughter could be with her grandparents and cousins. This experience also allowed him to connect with his French heritage and help his daughter improve her language skills.

Unique fact: At a previous FTSE 100 company, he successfully scaled a multi-disciplinary data organization from 12 to 35 people.

Personality Overview

Judgemental

ROI Conscious

Hard To Convince

They can be nudged to make faster decisions by offering what they value.  They respond well to confident salespeople. They don’t always try to control the conversation but neither do they like yielding it fully.

Topics They Care About

Data Team Leadership
He has a proven track record of scaling data organizations and actively recruits for roles in data engineering, analytics, and data science to build high-performing teams.
Supply Chain Data
His expertise lies in using data from supply chain, forecasting, and last-mile logistics to create value and data products for global retailers.
Data Governance
As a leader, he is a vocal champion for improving data governance and data literacy across the business to bridge the gap between strategy and execution.

Media Appearances

Nicolas has no verified media appearances

Work History

9-2025
Senior Director - Global Business Analytics at Smith+Nephew
6-2025 - 9-2025
Director of Data at Ocado Technology
5-2023 - 7-2025
Head of Data at Ocado Technology
9-2022 - 5-2023
Acting Product Director - Logistics, Supply Chain and Core at Ocado Technology
8-2021 - 9-2022
Head of Data Science at Ocado Technology

Education

1994 - 1997
Ingénieur Diplômé Généraliste from Centrale Lille
1996 - 1997
Master of Science from Brunel University of London

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Insights For Selling To Nicolas

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Refer to testimonials from others in similar positions
  • Make sure that you you respond to any queries from them quickly
  • Get to the point quickly instead of spending too much time on pleasantries

DONT's

  • Do not give up if they are not convinced, try again with a different approach
  • Avoid repeating yourself or making generalizations
  • Don't try too hard to get friendly, let it happen with time

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Nicolas is

  • Conviction in the product matters to them, followed by proof points and strong testimonials.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Nicolas

  • They may not be very forthcoming, but they will say no if needed.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Nicolas move?

  • Their decision making speed is somewhere in the middle.
  • Can Nicolas take some risk or not?

  • They can take risks but after weighing up the pros and cons.

You And Nicolas

Personality Compatibility


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