Jochen Schmidt

Transformational Leader in Fashion, Jewelry & Retail | CEO / COO | Scaling Brands through Strategy, Expansion & Operational Excellence

Zürich Metropolitan Area

About

Senior-level executive with over 20 years of experience in sales, marketing and real estate. Maximize profitable revenue by deriving company strategies, assessing operational initiatives, and leading change. Build bridges to connect ideas and resources to tangible actions and profits. Achieve operational excellence by forging new opportunities, evaluating market research, and pursuing analytics. Consistently deliver successful outcomes during times of crisis and uncertainty within the most challenging environments. Serve as a trusted mentor and consultant to executives, management teams, organizational partners, and relevant staff on a global level. Inspire and lead teams to identify hidden opportunities and develop innovative solutions by collaborating with key stakeholders. Establish greater transparency and accountability while leveraging adaptive leadership skills to mold underperforming individuals and groups into dedicated teams driven to achieve aggressive goals and objectives.

Experience

  • Managing Director at Studio Tonic AG
    Feb 2026 - Present · 6 mos

  • Chief Operating Officer at Miaouxx LLC
    Jul 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 1 mo

  • Vice President Distribution & Real Estate at D. Swarovski AG
    Jun 2019 - Apr 2024 · 4 yrs 11 mos

  • Vice President Retail Real Estate & Store Development at D. Swarovski Corp. AG
    Jun 2014 - Jun 2019 · 5 yrs 1 mo

  • SWAROVSKI (6 yrs 4 mos)
    • Director Retail Architecture
      Mar 2012 - Jun 2014 · 2 yrs 4 mos

    • Materialgroup Manager Retail Architecture
      Mar 2008 - Mar 2012 · 4 yrs 1 mo