BUSINESS • DATA • DIGITAL
Power BI • Excel • SQL • Business Intelligence • Process Improvement
I turn business challenges, data and ideas into practical solutions.
SELECTED WORK
A selection of practical projects where I combine business understanding, data analysis and digital development to solve real problems.
An entrepreneurial e-commerce project developed around a real operational need. I built a database-driven platform to manage products, inventory, pricing and sales, connecting business operations with a practical digital workflow.
This multilingual professional portfolio, built with Next.js and TypeScript, brings together my career journey, professional positioning, projects and contact experience in one responsive platform.
A data-analysis project using bicycle parking open data to explore availability, locations and patterns through structured analysis and interactive Power BI visualisation.
An analytics project exploring developer and technology survey data to identify patterns, compare tools and turn a large dataset into clear business-oriented insights.
Detailed case studies, project screenshots and measurable outcomes will continue to be added.
Professional Journey
My professional journey combines entrepreneurship, business operations, customer experience and data analytics. From building and managing a real estate business in Kenya to developing my career in France, each chapter has strengthened my ability to understand problems, improve processes, work with people and turn ideas into practical solutions.
The roles that built my professional experience, from my first position in Kenya to my current work in France.
2026 – Present
Au Fil des Lots • Trignac, France
Currently working as a Sales Assistant in a dynamic retail environment where I contribute to merchandising, customer service, stock management and daily store operations. The role continues to strengthen my organisational skills, adaptability and understanding of retail business operations while I pursue my long-term career goals in business and technology.
Continued building strong retail operations experience while balancing professional development and personal projects.
This role continues to strengthen my operational mindset and reinforces the importance of teamwork, organisation and customer satisfaction.
What I Learned
Growth comes from giving your best in every role while never losing sight of your long-term vision.
Businesses and entrepreneurial projects through which I have built, managed and improved real-world operations.
2026 – Present
Lavender Finds • France
Lavender Finds is my current entrepreneurial project, combining my passion for sourcing unique products with digital marketing and e-commerce. Through online platforms such as Vinted, Leboncoin and social media, I curate carefully selected home décor, fashion and lifestyle products from Europe and Kenya while continuously learning modern digital business strategies.
Successfully launched a new entrepreneurial venture and built a working digital management system that brings inventory, product information, pricing and sales tracking into one central platform.
Lavender Finds represents the combination of my business management experience and digital skills. By turning a real operational need into a structured dashboard and database-driven workflow, I have strengthened my practical experience in process improvement, inventory management, dashboard development, database management and digital business operations.
What I Learned
Entrepreneurship today is also about building systems. Turning an operational challenge into a practical digital solution showed me how technology can make a small business more organised, measurable and scalable.
Giving back through digital inclusion and community support.
January 2024 – January 2026
Espace Numérique PEP44 • Saint-Nazaire, France
Alongside my professional development, I volunteer as a Digital Facilitator at Espace Numérique PEP44, supporting people of different ages in developing essential digital skills. I assist participants with computer literacy, Microsoft Office, online services and digital confidence, helping bridge the digital divide within the local community.
Helped numerous participants gain confidence using digital tools while strengthening my own communication and mentoring skills.
Volunteering reminded me that technology becomes truly valuable when it empowers people. It strengthened my passion for education, digital inclusion and lifelong learning.
What I Learned
One of the most rewarding parts of learning is having the opportunity to help someone else grow.
The roles that built my professional experience, from my first position in Kenya to my current work in France.
Mar 2025 – Sep 2025
Intermarché • Pornichet, France
Worked as a checkout operator in a fast-paced supermarket, providing excellent customer service while ensuring efficient and accurate transactions. This experience strengthened my confidence, speed and ability to manage demanding workloads.
Successfully maintained excellent customer service standards while working in a busy retail environment.
Improved my confidence, communication skills and ability to work efficiently under pressure.
What I Learned
Consistency and professionalism create lasting impressions long after a transaction is completed.
Formal education and professional development that continue to shape my career.
May 2024 – Oct 2024
Wild Code School • Remote, France
Determined to combine my business background with technology, I enrolled in the intensive Data Analyst Bootcamp at Wild Code School. Over five months, I developed practical skills in data analysis, business intelligence and programming while working on real-world projects using industry-standard tools. This experience marked my transition from business operations into digital technology and data-driven decision making.
Successfully completed an intensive Data Analyst Bootcamp while building practical business intelligence and analytics projects.
The programme transformed my career direction by combining my years of business management experience with modern data analysis and digital technologies, opening opportunities in business intelligence, operations improvement and digital transformation.
What I Learned
Data tells stories that numbers alone cannot. Learning to transform information into meaningful insights has changed the way I solve problems.
The roles that built my professional experience, from my first position in Kenya to my current work in France.
Jan 2025 – Feb 2025
Carrefour Market • Saint-Nazaire, France
Worked as a checkout operator at Carrefour Market, building further experience in French retail while developing speed, accuracy, customer service and confidence in a busy supermarket environment.
Strengthened my retail experience and confidence working with French customers in a fast-paced supermarket environment.
This role added another layer of practical retail operations experience and strengthened the adaptability, accuracy and customer-focused mindset I bring to business operations.
What I Learned
Each new environment gives me another opportunity to learn, adapt and improve.
Feb 2024 – May 2024
Carrefour City • Saint-Nazaire, France
Worked as a checkout operator in a busy retail environment, delivering efficient customer service while developing confidence in the French workplace. The role strengthened my communication skills, attention to detail and ability to work under pressure.
Built confidence working directly with French customers in a high-volume retail environment.
This role strengthened my adaptability, resilience and communication skills while improving my understanding of French retail operations.
What I Learned
Every customer interaction is an opportunity to build trust and create a positive experience.
Formal education and professional development that continue to shape my career.
2024 – Jan 2026
Espace Numérique PEP44 • Saint-Nazaire, France
As part of my professional orientation journey, I completed an immersion at Espace Numérique PEP44 where I discovered the importance of digital inclusion. Observing digital facilitators supporting people with technology inspired me to combine my passion for helping others with my growing interest in digital tools.
Discovered a professional environment where technology is used to empower people and reduce digital exclusion.
This experience later inspired me to volunteer as a Digital Facilitator, helping others build confidence with computers and digital services.
What I Learned
Technology has the greatest impact when it helps people become more confident and independent.
2024
ARINFO • Saint-Nazaire, France
During my Career Orientation programme at CFP Presqu'île, I completed a two-week internship at ARINFO to explore careers in digital technology and better understand the French tech sector. This experience introduced me to software development, web design, digital communication and project-based learning while confirming my growing interest in technology and continuous learning.
Confirmed my interest in digital technology and strengthened my confidence to pursue a career transition into the tech sector.
This internship became one of the first steps towards my future career in technology and inspired me to continue learning through Wild Code School and volunteer work in digital inclusion.
What I Learned
Sometimes discovering a new career starts with having the courage to explore something completely different.
Dec 2023 – Mar 2024
CFC Presqu'île • Trignac, France
After gaining my first work experience in France, I joined the Orientation Professionnelle programme at CFC Presqu'île to better understand the French employment market and define my long-term career goals. The programme strengthened my confidence, helped me identify my professional strengths and introduced me to new career opportunities in the digital sector.
Successfully defined a new professional direction in France while helping other participants improve their digital skills and confidence with computers.
This programme became a turning point in my career. It helped me recognise that my future could combine my business experience with digital technology, ultimately leading me to Wild Code School, ARINFO, volunteer work in digital inclusion and the professional path I continue to build today.
What I Learned
Sometimes the right opportunity doesn't come from searching for a job—it comes from discovering a new direction.
The roles that built my professional experience, from my first position in Kenya to my current work in France.
Oct 2023 – Dec 2023
Campanile • Trignac, France
Working in the restaurant at Campanile allowed me to strengthen my French communication skills while delivering excellent customer service in a fast-paced hospitality environment. The role required efficiency, teamwork and attention to customer satisfaction throughout every service.
Improved my confidence communicating in French while providing quality customer service in a demanding hospitality environment.
This role taught me the importance of working efficiently under close supervision, maintaining high service standards and ensuring every customer received a positive experience.
What I Learned
Excellent customer service is about listening carefully, staying calm under pressure and making every person feel welcome.
Apr 2023 – Sep 2023
3S Propreté • Nivillac, France
My first professional role after relocating to France. Working at 3S Propreté gave me valuable insight into the French workplace while helping me develop discipline, attention to detail and confidence in a completely new environment.
Successfully entered the French workforce and adapted to a new professional environment within months of arriving in France.
This experience taught me that every opportunity contributes to personal growth and reinforced the importance of resilience, commitment and maintaining high standards regardless of the role.
What I Learned
Every honest job has value. This experience strengthened my discipline, adaptability and respect for every profession.
Personal milestones and transitions that shaped my professional journey.
27 September 2022
Life Transition • France
After years of building businesses and studying Business Management in Kenya, I relocated to France to begin a new chapter with my family. Moving to a new country meant leaving behind my businesses, professional network and familiar environment. It also meant adapting to a new language, culture and job market while remaining determined to continue growing both personally and professionally.
Successfully rebuilt my professional journey in a completely new country while embracing a new language, culture and career path.
This experience strengthened my resilience and reinforced my belief that every challenge is an opportunity to learn, grow and create new possibilities.
What I Learned
Starting over in a new country reminded me that resilience is one of my greatest strengths. Every challenge became an opportunity to grow.
Businesses and entrepreneurial projects through which I have built, managed and improved real-world operations.
2019 – 2022
Tourlover Realtors (Registered as Hudden Realtors) • Diani, Kenya
Founded and managed a real estate and property management company providing commercial property management, real estate consultancy, holiday rental management and hospitality coordination. Built trusted relationships with property owners, tenants and international visitors while ensuring high-quality service delivery.
Successfully managed an entire commercial complex, coordinated accommodation for groups of more than 100 guests and built a reputation that continues to generate client referrals.
Strengthened my expertise in operations management, customer service, strategic communication and business leadership while learning that trust, transparency and professionalism are the foundations of sustainable business success.
What I Learned
Managing people, properties and client expectations showed me that professionalism is built on integrity, organisation and trust.
Formal education and professional development that continue to shape my career.
Jan 2018 – 2021
Mount Kenya University • Mombasa, Kenya
After relocating to begin a new chapter with my family, I enrolled at Mount Kenya University to strengthen my knowledge of business management and leadership. While balancing family responsibilities, I continued developing the skills needed to build and manage sustainable businesses. My studies reinforced many of the practical experiences I had already gained through entrepreneurship while introducing me to strategic management, finance, marketing, human resource management and organisational leadership.
Successfully pursued higher education while balancing family life and preparing for the next stage of my entrepreneurial journey.
My university education strengthened my ability to combine practical business experience with academic knowledge. It gave me a broader understanding of business strategy, organisational leadership and sustainable growth, which later influenced the development of Tourlover Realtors.
What I Learned
Education doesn't replace experience—it gives you the knowledge to understand why experience works and how to build something even better.
Personal milestones and transitions that shaped my professional journey.
2016 – 2018
A New Chapter • Kenya
In 2016, I relocated to another town to begin a new chapter with my family. During this period I welcomed my second son in September 2016, made the difficult decision to close my boutique, and reflected on the direction of my future. Believing that continuous learning creates new opportunities, I enrolled at Mount Kenya University in January 2018 to strengthen my business knowledge before starting my next venture.
Successfully transformed a major life transition into the foundation for future professional growth.
This period reinforced that personal growth and professional development often go hand in hand, preparing me to build my next business with greater knowledge and experience.
What I Learned
Every ending creates space for a new beginning when we choose to keep learning.
Businesses and entrepreneurial projects through which I have built, managed and improved real-world operations.
2012 – 2016
Lavish Boutique • Likoni, Lunga Lunga Road, Kenya
Founded and successfully managed an independent retail business that evolved from a stationery and bookshop into a diversified retail store. By continuously analysing customer needs and market opportunities, I expanded the business to include cosmetics, clothing, handbags, household products and second-hand fashion, creating a sustainable year-round business beyond seasonal book sales.
Successfully transformed a small stationery and bookshop into a diversified retail business while creating employment opportunities and building a loyal customer base through excellent service and continuous business innovation.
Strengthened my leadership, decision-making, financial management and business development skills while proving that long-term success comes from understanding customers, adapting to change and continuously improving operations.
What I Learned
Entrepreneurship taught me to see opportunities where others saw obstacles, and to lead with resilience, creativity and determination.
Personal milestones and transitions that shaped my professional journey.
July 2011
Personal Milestone • Kenya
Welcoming my first son became one of the most meaningful turning points in my life. It inspired me to build a career that offered both professional growth and the flexibility to support my family. Rather than seeing motherhood as a limitation, I saw it as motivation to create opportunities of my own.
Turned a major life change into the motivation to become an entrepreneur.
This milestone shaped the mindset that has guided every stage of my career: embracing change, taking initiative and building opportunities through determination.
What I Learned
Some of life's greatest responsibilities become the beginning of our greatest achievements.
The roles that built my professional experience, from my first position in Kenya to my current work in France.
2010 – 2012
House of Knowledge Publishers • Kenya
Managed the development of the publisher's market across Kenya's Coastal Region, independently identifying new business opportunities, establishing relationships with schools and bookshops, negotiating commercial agreements, and growing regional demand for educational publications. Operated with full autonomy, managing territory planning, customer acquisition, product delivery, payment collection, and business development activities.
Successfully introduced the publisher's books throughout Kenya's Coastal Region, building a sustainable network of schools and bookshops while developing innovative distribution and commission strategies.
This role transformed my understanding of business development, strategic planning, negotiation, and entrepreneurship. It taught me that sustainable growth comes from building trust, creating value, and developing long-term relationships rather than simply making sales.
What I Learned
Helping businesses and customers succeed taught me that lasting relationships are built on trust, communication and reliability.
2008 – 2010
Royal Photo Studio • Kitengela, Kenya
I began my professional career immediately after completing secondary school. Starting in customer service and office administration, I quickly gained the trust of the business owner through reliability, professionalism, and strong computer skills. I was later promoted to independently manage a newly opened branch, where I became responsible for daily operations, customer service, sales, cash handling, and business performance.
Earned the owner's trust and was selected to independently manage a newly opened branch at an early stage of my career.
This experience laid the foundation for my professional journey by developing my confidence, customer service skills, business discipline, leadership, and ability to work independently. It also sparked my long-term interest in business operations, continuous improvement, and entrepreneurship.
What I Learned
Every great career begins with the willingness to learn. Curiosity, consistency and dedication opened doors I never imagined.
LET'S CONNECT
Thank you for exploring my professional journey. This portfolio brings together my experience, projects, learning and the solutions I am building as I continue developing at the intersection of business, data and technology.
Whether you are a recruiter, hiring manager, business owner, potential client, collaborator or professional connection, I would be happy to hear from you.
Business Operations • Entrepreneurship • Data Solutions
I enjoy understanding how businesses work, identifying opportunities for improvement and using data and technology to turn ideas into practical results. I believe continuous learning and adaptability are essential in a changing digital world.
I'd love to hear from you. Whether you have a career opportunity, project, collaboration idea, business enquiry or simply want to connect professionally, feel free to send me a message.
📧 lavenderoyugi@gmail.com
📍 Saint-Nazaire, France
🌍 English • French • Swahili