Antwerp Metropolitan Area
- Store leader for the Belgian flagship store, located in Brussels - One of six stores worldwide with a Van Rysel Shop inside the store - Day-to-day store management in order to assure our economical, environmental and human commitments - €45M TO per year - 9200m2 - Between 130 and 200 staff members depending on the time of year
- Growing, managing and coaching a team of five Department Leaders by accompanying them in: human decision making, goods flow, project management, commercial decisions, layout trainings, etc. - Leading an in-store project on sustainability, reselling and decreasing our environmental impact. - Managing €18M in turnover and +/- 60 employees
- Responsible for day-to-day decision making of the sixth largest Decathlon store worldwide (out of 1.700 stores) - Ensuring the safety of all of our goods and people in and around our store. - Managing and coaching a group of department managers and sport leaders - Optimizing the commercial aspect of our store and challenging teamplayers to stay oriented on the commercial aspect of their departments. - Managing internal and external communications through mailings, POS-advertising, social media, OOH, etc. - Establishing a local policy around the reduction of our ecological footprint.
As a student I worked as a waiter in central Antwerp and came in contact with a bunch of tourists and locals. This was great practice for my English and to improve general communicative and people skills. Because of my seniority I was promoted to student manager in 2011. This meant I was in charge of setting up a schedule in which all students would work an equal amount of time and still take time off whenever possible. Besides planning I was also in charge of hiring new students and training them during their first week on the job.
Vemma positions itself as a brand which offers healthy energy drinks as an alternative to all sugar filled alternatives in the market. Its products are unavailable in stores and Vemma relies solely on their employees to generate sales. As a sales representative I build up a team of motivated, hard-working and target driven individuals. We organized weekly recruitment meetings and focused on getting the products on the menu of several bars and restaurants throughout the country.
Mobistar & Luminus fall into a category of products where customers rarely switch brands because they're unaware of all the different prices, formulas and special offers. My main task consisted of informing non-customers about the benefits of both Mobistar and Luminus and convincing them to make a switch. My other task was recruiting other likeminded people who could sell these contracts and thus form a great addition to my team.