Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Analytically strong, pro-active, flexible. I enjoy working in fast-moving companies, always striving to improve the way we work, preferably working cross-functional and across departments.
- Manage team of Retail and Online Merchandisers across Europe - Set Category Strategy and work with the local teams to implement Category Plans - Collaborate with vendors to set yearly Marketing strategy and activity calendar - Run, analyze and improve pan-European promotional activities in Retail stores and via Online Marketing (Digital Marketing, Email campaigns, On-Site campaigns, Affiliate campaigns) - Drive pan-European improvement projects to innovate Online business model (e.g. new Web Hierarchy on pan-European eCom platform to improve SEO) and to streamline operational processes (e.g. standardized pan-European marketing materials) - Sales and Margin responsible
- Design and implement new centrally-driven article creation process, including new tooling, taking into account around 20 different (local) systems involved, including hand-over to the business - Drive the implementation of new European process to create and implement category plans, across Category Management, Channel Merchandising, Channel Marketing and Corporate Marketing - Organize and drive central process to identify and capture rebate opportunities across Europe
- Design and implement new European-wide Marketing gift process - Design and implement tooling needed to support new centrally-driven European process of promotional activities; tool to include workflow and information sharing - Improve briefing templates used throughout the organization to brief Marketing material to the internal agency
- Process design in preparation for tool implementation as enabler for centralization - Process flow analysis throughout service chain to identify process improvements - Redeveloping daily operating procedures for a newly created shared service center - Strategic sourcing program
Managing the operational process, the financial process and the salary administration Setting up management reporting system Reorganizing backoffice process (including outsourcing part of it)
Analyzing work processes and providing input for improvements
English professor for a company servicing management of Brazilian companies in São Paulo, Brazil.