Portrait of Sarah Bentounes
Now
Product / Brand Manager · FMCG
Where
Based in France · open to relocation within France · driving licence
Languages
French, English, Arabic

About

I turn consumer data into brand decisions.

I started in computer science, with a bachelor's degree in information systems in Algiers, before moving into marketing at ENSM. My first thesis was already about consumers: the effect of influencers on purchase decisions, measured with 358 Algerian internet users.

Before consumer goods came more than ten years of community work: Earth Hour in Algiers, the Algerian delegation to the World Youth Forum, then the non-profit SIDRA, where I led communications, trained more than 150 people and coordinated the Algerian Food Bank. Alongside that, I ran more than 70 market research projects as a freelancer for clients in 20 countries, including an African expansion study for Sendy.

Since then I've worked at Bel Group (insights), Dr. Beckmann (brand) and Mondelez on Côte d'Or (product). My master's thesis tackles a very practical question for brands: what really happens in the snack aisle when a parent sees a Nutri-Score?

Behind the scenes

  • At Mondelez, in the product storeroom
    At Mondelez, in the product storeroom
  • Côte d'Or internship · Mondelez, 2025
    Côte d'Or internship · Mondelez, 2025
  • Behind the scenes at Dr. Beckmann, 2024
    Behind the scenes at Dr. Beckmann, 2024

Community work & awards

  • 2023Prize winner, Dictionnaire des francophones competition
    AUF, French Ministry of Culture and RFI · Paris
  • 2020–2022Project coordinator · Algerian Food Bank
    Algiers
  • 2019–2021Algerian delegation member · World Youth Forum
    Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
  • 2015–2022Event organiser · Earth Hour
    6 editions · Algiers
  • 2018Algériennes en Mouvement
    Event organisation · Algiers
  • 2017–2018Project coordinator · L'Enfant Citoyen
    Algiers
  • 2017Arab Youth Summit
    Algerian delegation · Casablanca, Morocco

Outside work

  • Mental health

    The subject of my personal project, Nafsoléa.

    Nafsoléa →
  • Sport

  • Travel

  • Photography & video

  • Camping & hiking

  • Logic games