Marcel de Groot

CEO Vodafone Germany - Vorsitzender der Geschäftsführung

Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

About

Currently serving as CEO of Vodafone Germany since April 2024, combining over 30 years of leadership experience with expertise in strategy, marketing, and driving organizational growth. Through a collaborative approach, Vodafone Germany continues to prioritize customer-centricity and operational excellence. Previous leadership roles include Managing Director of Vodafone Germany's Consumer Division and CCO Consumer at VodafoneZiggo, where measurable contributions were made toward enhancing customer experience and driving brand growth. Dedicated to fostering team collaboration and aligning customer focus with business objectives to consistently deliver impactful results.

Experience

  • Vodafone (Full-time · 3 yrs 10 mos)
    • CEO Vodafone Germany
      Apr 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 3 mos

    • Managing Director Consumer Division
      Sep 2022 - Apr 2024 · 1 yr 8 mos

      Leading the consumer division in Vodafone Germany

  • CCO Consumer at VodafoneZiggo
    Jan 2017 - Sep 2022 · 5 yrs 9 mos

  • Vodafone (8 yrs 7 mos)
    • Director Consumer Business
      Feb 2016 - Dec 2016 · 11 mos

      Leading the consumer team in the Vodafone Netherlands.

    • Director Consumer Business Unit
      May 2012 - Feb 2016 · 3 yrs 10 mos

      Leading the consumer team in Vodafone Ireland. Scope: Marketing (Prepaid, Postpaid, and Fixed), Retail sales and operations, Brand & Marcom, Base management, Distribution management, Terminals, Strategy & insights.

    • Head of Consumer Postpaid
      Jun 2008 - May 2012 · 4 yrs

      Role purpose: Outperform the market with regard to revenue share, EBIT share and customer satisfaction. Minimize churn with segmented differentiating propositions for the consumer market by developing, implementing and executing an integrated marketing plan. Guiding the marketing communication strategy, customer base (value) strategy, distribution strategy and trade marketing.

  • Directeur CRM & Marketing at Pon Automotive
    Oct 2007 - May 2008 · 8 mos

    Established a centralized Marketing & CRM department, with 70-75 FTE from existing business units. Facilitated best practice sharing and chairing the marketing board for all brands (VW, Seat, Skoda, Audi, Porsche and VW commercial vehicles). Managed marketing services (marketing control, sales incentives and sponsoring).

  • Nuon N.V. (Amsterdam Area, Netherlands)
    • Marketing Group Manager
      Oct 2003 - Oct 2007 · 4 yrs 1 mo

      Successful realisation of the retention and acquisition strategy; lowest churn in the market, increase of the number of long term contracts to 300k, and increase of the average margin per customer with >60%. Setting up and optimizing the direct marketing activities, resulting in more targeted and efficient marketing of target groups. Successful introduction of new propositions, supporting the retention strategy. Personal development by participation the Nuon Management Development Programme (Nijenrode).

    • Customer Group Manager
      Mar 2001 - Sep 2003 · 2 yrs 7 mos

      Marketing and sales of Heating Boilers/Appliances (consumer market). Responsible for the strong growth in profit and revenue in the acquired heating business. Resulting in a dominant market position on the market