Arne Kirk

Sales Director

Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

About

Arne is an experienced leader and has an extensive expertise in Marketing and Sales in the FMCG industry as well as Procurement on retail side. With almost 20 years of experience he has a proven track record in successfully devising and executing effective marketing, sales and procurement strategies in highly competitive markets. He has managed company transformations by establishing new structures, teams and processes in a very effective way and led projects to successfully achieve significant profit improvements in very challenging times. He is a passionate person, open communicator and entrepreneurial thinker. Highly skilled negotiator with a keen sense for budget planning and increasing profitability. With his strong leadership skills, he encourages and motivates crossfunctional teams, leading them to a high performing level. He values building trustful relationships with internal and external stakeholders and strives for exploiting new potentials.

Experience

  • Sales Director Consumer Care D/AT at Kao Corporation
    Oct 2024 - Present · 1 yr 9 mos

  • Sales Director at Bolton
    Jul 2023 - Mar 2024 · 9 mos

  • International Buying Director, Prokurist at ALDI Nord Group
    Jun 2020 - Jun 2023 · 3 yrs 1 mo

  • Customer Group Leader Mass Market at Johnson & Johnson
    Jul 2016 - May 2020 · 3 yrs 11 mos

  • Group Key Account Manager & Head of National Field at Barilla Group
    Oct 2014 - Jun 2016 · 1 yr 9 mos