Daniel Botey

Vice President Global Inventory Management at Guess Europe Sagl

Lugano Metropolitan Area

About

Experience

  • Vice President Global Inventory Management at GUESS?, Inc.
    Jun 2019 - Present · 7 yrs 2 mos

    CEO’s Direct Report & ExCo Member. Leader of a +100 members team with 10 direct reports. Based in Switzerland and in charge of Merchandise Planning, Buying, Allocation and Inventory Management for the whole Group, managing the teams in US, EU and ASIA for all the channels (Retail, E-commerce, Factory, Wholesale). Achieved an inventory optimization of 22 WOS from 28 and operating margin expansion (from 5.6% FY20 to 12% FY22) while maximizing turnover opportunity. Planning and Allocation/Replenishment systems upgrade and AI/ML implementation. Full digitalization of the area improving inventory visibility, availability and productivity. Strong interaction with Supply Chain and Sourcing departments to ensure optimal arrival of product (production planning), as well as with Logistics (shipments) and Finance (SOX compliance – reporting).

  • Pronovias Group ()
    • Strategic Projects Director
      Sep 2017 - Jun 2019 · 1 yr 10 mos

      ExCo Member. Merger integrator and VCR Leader. M&A. Synergies identification and execution. In charge of Strategic Projects, Pricing and NPS (VoC). Direct report to PE Fund.

    • Director of Retail Operations
      Sep 2015 - Sep 2017 · 2 yrs 1 mo

      ExCo Member. Leader of a 49 members team. Key role in the selling transaction to PE Fund. In charge of: Sales Operations and Retail Support | Customer Service | Contact Center | Visual Merchandising Retail strategy definition: sales and profitability historical record of the channel.

    • Controlling Director
      Mar 2014 - Sep 2015 · 1 yr 7 mos

      ExCo Member. Leader of a 17 members team. Controlling Director of the Group's Commercial, Financial and Industrial areas. (9 people) - New budgeting and planning process. - Creation of new reporting system and definition of unified metrics and criteria for the whole Group. Stores Product Allocation Director (6 people). E-commerce Director (3 people)

  • Inditex ()
    • Director of Merchandise Planning
      Jan 2002 - Mar 2014 · 12 yrs 3 mos

      BERSHKA - CEO’s Direct Report. Leader of a 6 members team. In charge of planning, budgeting and rolling forecast ensuring sales maximization, supply chain optimization and gross margin profitability. KPI definition and development. In charge of pricing for all the countries/channels. Commercial strategy support. Reporting development and automation. Digitalization of the company’s operations.

    • Administration Manager
      Apr 1998 - Jan 2002 · 3 yrs 10 mos

      BERSHKA: In charge of financial bookkeeping and records for the organization. Budgeting, consolidation and reporting. Expenses control and monitoring. Cash and treasury management.