Michael Gartner

Digital Commerce & Omnichannel Leader

Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

About

Authentic leader with 20+ years of retail experience, combining strategic thinking with a pragmatic, hands-on mindset. I build high-performing teams and scale profitable digital retail businesses. After 10 years in brick-and-mortar retail, including roles in Buying and Purchasing, I transitioned into eCommerce in 2013 and have since helped build one of Europe’s leading multi-brand omnichannel fashion platforms. Today, I lead Shop Management, Onsite Performance and Product Content for Peek & Cloppenburg, overseeing the European online shops across Germany, Austria, Poland and the Netherlands, as well as ansons.de. Together with three direct reports and a team of 20+, we drive commercial performance across the full digital customer journey. My scope includes onsite search and recommendations, content and promotion strategies, personalization, live shopping and omnichannel services such as in-store personal shopping appointments. As a central performance hub, my teams work closely with Marketing, Buying, Product, UX/UI and CRM to continuously improve relevance, conversion and customer experience. In addition, I initiated and scaled the company’s highly profitable Retail Media business, building strong partnerships with key brands and delivering data-driven, customer-centric media solutions with measurable commercial impact across our network.

Experience

  • Fashion ID GmbH & Co. KG (13 yrs 7 mos)
    • Head of Ecommerce Shopmanagement & Product Content
      Nov 2024 - Present · 1 yr 9 mos

    • Head of Ecommerce Shopmanagement & Retail Media
      Dec 2019 - Nov 2024 · 5 yrs

    • Head of Ecommerce Shopmanagement
      Jan 2016 - Nov 2019 · 3 yrs 11 mos

  • Dozent at Hochschule Ruhr West University of Applied Sciences
    Sep 2021 - Present · 4 yrs 11 mos

  • Peek & Cloppenburg KG Düsseldorf (6 yrs 6 mos)
    • Retail Buyer
      Jul 2010 - Dec 2012 · 2 yrs 6 mos

    • Abteilungsleiter
      Jul 2006 - Jun 2010 · 4 yrs

  • Sales Assistant at Selfridges
    Oct 2002 - Jan 2003 · 4 mos