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Christoph - COO/Managing Director - Germany - iCEO #34028
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Christoph's Profile
iCEO #34028
Position: COO/Managing Director
Nationality: Germany
Experience
A Senior Executive with international education and training followed by international retail and industry practice. Proven track record on turnaround, establishing and developing local retail concepts, building market positions for newly opened retail operations, applying know-how and growing personel management skills, building work practises and directing productivity and customer services.
Major Achievements
Start operation and establish structures; build a team and prepare openings; participating in due diligence, identifying cost saving potentials, evaluating the sales organisation; focussing the assortment and introduction of modern procurement techniques; positioning two newly opened shopping centers and operating them within their targets; growing ca. 400 local management to assure smooth operations and develop man-power; installation of controlling to enable steering/guidance; restructuring the group upon centralising service structures; cutting expenses upon discharging redundancies; refocus buying; installing logistics to enable efficient response to clients needs; re-positioning the multi-format company upon opening of Hard- Discounters
Industry Sector Competencies
Textiles
Retail operations
Retail
Professional Objectives
Function: Key operational function
Sector: Retail
Interim Manager: Yes
Permanent Position: Yes
Operational: Yes
Availability: Full time
Prefered Locations: Prague, Cologne
Additional Professional Interests
Non executive director assignments
Countries Covered
Czech Republic
Germany
Operational Competencies
Business development (Professional)
Acquisition and shadow management (Professional)
Geographical expansion (Professional)
Company rescue or turnaround (Professional)
Nationality
Germany
Home Country
Germany
Availability
Full time
Education
University degree
Languages
Czech, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Russian
Management Experience
More than 10 years
Company Size
Start-up, Multinational
Interim Manager
Yes
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