Walid Khan

Founder & CEO at Re4vive GmbH | Expert in Reverse Logistics | Driving Circular Economy Solutions

Germany

About

✨ About Re4vive GmbH ♻️ Re4vive is your trusted circular logistics partner, helping businesses reduce waste, cut costs, and embrace sustainability through practical, innovative solutions. We specialize in refurbishing warehouse-damaged, in-store defective, and returned products with minor flaws, restoring them to like-new condition using expert, scalable methods. Our services help retailers and logistics providers recover lost value while reducing environmental impact. With over six years of hands-on logistics experience, a solid background in operations, and entrepreneurship training from Heidelberg University, I founded Re4vive to challenge wasteful practices in retail. What many see as unsellable, we see as an opportunity. 🚀 Backed by Hei_INNOVATION, Heidelberg University’s startup initiative, Re4vive was built on a foundation of deep market research, industry testing, and consulting experience. We’ve worked closely with the fashion and retail sectors and understand their need for smart, sustainable reverse logistics. Most returned or defective items are discarded due to minor cosmetic issues caused during trial fittings, inventory handling, or automated packaging, despite being easily restorable and resellable. That’s the problem Re4vive is solving. 💡 Our Services: 👟 Mismatched Shoe Pairing Over 50,000+ shoes stored and matched in our own warehouse. 🧼 Targeted Garment Cleaning Area-specific cleaning without full washes, preserving value and enabling resale as like-new or second life. 🧴 Textile Glue Removal Remove glue stains from packaging or warehouse handling. 🧷 All-in-One Refurbishment Dust removal, minor surface fixes, missing tag reattachment, hygiene & safety checks—all under one roof. 🔄 Retail & Logistics Collaboration Flexible integration into your existing supply chain with full alignment to your ESG, quality, and brand standards. 🌱 EU Regulation Compliance & Sustainability Helping brands stay ahead of circular economy policies while recovering profits. 💬 At Re4vive, we believe circular logistics isn’t the future, it’s already essential. Let’s turn your unsellable stock into revenue, while building a greener, smarter economy. 🔗 Visit us: www.re4vive.com 🤝 Open to partnerships, pilots & smart conversations.

Experience

  • Founder and CEO at Re4vive GmbH
    Mar 2025 - Present · 1 yr 5 mos

    Re4vive GmbH specializes in the refurbishment of returned and warehouse-damaged products. We offer end-to-end services including cleaning, textile repair, stain removal, tag reattachment using AI, safety inspections, hygiene sanitization, and custom reverse logistics solutions — helping businesses recover value and reduce waste.

  • Decathlon Deutschland ()
    • Sustainability Project Manager
      Jan 2021 - Jun 2025 · 4 yrs 6 mos

    • Warehouse Specialist- Working student
      Jan 2019 - Dec 2020 · 2 yrs

  • Territory marketing officer at Abul Khair Group
    Aug 2017 - Oct 2017 · 3 mos

  • Co-Founder and CEO at Joyjattra Ltd and NANO Corporation
    Feb 2008 - Nov 2016 · 8 yrs 10 mos

    Founder of two organizations, leading 10+ business & social initiatives through strategic decision-making, event planning, and operational excellence.