Stefan Kohlbauer

CEO | ORTOVOX

Greater Innsbruck

About

www.ortovox.com/de-de/ortovox/jobs

Experience

  • ORTOVOX (Taufkirchen, Bavaria, Germany)
    • CEO
      Mar 2025 - Present · 1 yr 4 mos

    • Director Sales & Marketing
      Oct 2023 - Mar 2025 · 1 yr 6 mos

      Leads global sales, eCommerce, and marketing at ORTOVOX. Executive Board Member.

    • Head of Global Sales
      Oct 2022 - Oct 2023 · 1 yr 1 mo

      Leading and overseeing the global sales organization, responsible for all sales activities, including Wholesale, eCommerce, Retail Marketing, and Professional Relation Business.

  • Esprit (7 yrs 9 mos)
    • Vice President - Head of Retail Europe, Managing Director
      Mar 2020 - Sep 2022 · 2 yrs 7 mos

      Responsible for the entire European retail business of Esprit, including Retail Operations & Real Estate. In charge of approximately 3,500 employees. Reports directly to the Group CEO of Esprit Holdings Ltd. Concurrently serving as Managing Director at Esprit Nederland B.V. (Esprit Retail B.V. & Co. KG) (Global eCommerce and Retail Germany) Managing Director at Esprit HandelsgesmbH (Austria, Slovakia, Slovenia) (Retail/Franchise/Wholesale) President of the Board of Directors of Esprit Switzerland Retail AG Executive Board Member

    • Managing Director - Head of Retail Austria, Switzerland & Poland
      2019 - Feb 2020 · 1 yr 2 mos

      Managing Director of Esprit HandelsgesmbH (Austria, Slovakia, Slovenia) Retail/Franchise/Wholesale President of the Board of Directors at Esprit Switzerland Retail AG Directly reports to the CEO Europe & Americas. Head of country management in Austria/Salzburg, Switzerland/Zurich, and Poland/Warsaw.

    • Managing Director - Head of Retail Austria + Switzerland
      Jan 2018 - 2019 · 1 yr 1 mo

      Managing Director of Esprit HandelsgesmbH (Austria, Slovakia, Slovenia) Retail/Franchise/Wholesale Directly reports to the CEO Europe & Americas. Head of country management in Austria/Salzburg and Switzerland/Zurich.

  • Sport Eybl & Sports Experts GmbH (11 yrs)
    • Retail Director - Sport Eybl
      Jan 2013 - Dec 2014 · 2 yrs

      Member of the Executive Management Team Reported directly to the CEO and owner's family as Director of Retail, Retail Operations, and Regional Marketing. Led the entire retail division, overseeing operations, and regional marketing strategies. Managed a team responsible for 1,000+ sales personnel and store managing directors across 16 Eybl stores. Positioned the company as Austria's leading sports retailer with a 25% market share and a €410 million gross revenue in the 2010/11 fiscal year. Spearheaded Sport Eybl's premium positioning with a focus on Sport, Fashion, and Lifestyle. Established Sport Eybl as a premium brand known for innovative experiential stores, exceptional consumer service quality, unparalleled product selection, attractive warranty and service offerings, and a unique customer loyalty program (CRM - over 1.4 million active customers). Positioned Eybl as a sports industry-leading quality provider and trendsetter with the most exclusive, trendy, and high-quality brands, themes, and products. Sport Eybl gained worldwide recognition for its unique and innovative premium concept, earning the "Leading Retail Concept Award" in Chicago. Founder Ludwig Eybl also established, led, and owned INTERSPORT Austria, which simultaneously operated as a purchasing association. Introduced Sports Experts as a dynamic discount concept offering world-renowned brands at competitive prices. In summer 2013 the global discounter Sports Direct (SDI) purchases 51% of SSG and in 2014 the previous owner (the Eybl family) decided to sell the remaining 49% to SDI. With a turnover of about €2.4b and over 500 retail stores, the discounter SDI is among the top 3 European sports retailers.

    • Sales Director, Region West + South
      Jan 2012 - Dec 2013 · 2 yrs

      Member of the Executive Management Team. Direct reporting to the CEO. Sales Director for all 18 locations of Sport Eybl, Sports Experts, and Seven Summits in the federal states of Tyrol, Vorarlberg, Salzburg, Carinthia, East Tyrol, and Bavaria. Head of Expansion

    • Sales Director, Seven Summits
      Jan 2009 - Dec 2012 · 4 yrs

      Led the development, positioning, distribution and marketing of the private label Seven Summits. Establishing a successful and replicable monolabel concept for the Seven Summits brand. Direct reporting to the CEO. Seven Summits is the private label for outdoor sports (with a focus on skiwear and outdoor gear) exclusively launched, distributed, and designed by Sport Eybl. Since its introduction in 2007, Seven Summits has become the most popular and highest-grossing brand among Sport Eybl customers, stands for high quality equipment for mountaineers, outdoor adventurers, and skiers. In collaboration with two-time Olympic champion Hermann Maier, who serves as a testimonial, the skiwear line Seven Summits Extreme by Hermann Maier was created. Seven Summits is also a proud and long-time partner to ORF sports moderators. Seven Summits stands out with experiential Shop-in-Shop concepts at Sport Eybl's point of sale and a unique, specially developed Monolabel store concept. (latest update 2012)