Strategic and operational responsibility for 10 retail stores, sales volume: approx. €8m/year, around 60 employees
Planning and executing the expansion strategy including scouting & business planning
Planning and implementing the entire HR strategy
Operational responsibility for all retail stores in the German-speaking region
Budget and personnel cost planning
Talent development
Recruiting and onboarding
Reorganizing the HR strategy (DACH region)
Due to expansion and the effects of labor shortages, a realignment of the HR strategy was necessary, goal: employee retention, increasing applicant numbers, hiring the right employees
Initiation and responsibility for the overall project, work examples: realignment of recruiting processes:
Adapting all online/offline communications, goal: improving people-organization fit
Designing and launching an employee referral program
Introducing additional recruiting channels
Building a headhunter network
Optimizing all recruiting steps to increase speed
Aptitude diagnostics (management level), values- and competency-based interviewing (< turnover during probation)
Oct 2020 - May 2022
1 year 8 months
Berlin, Germany
People Development Trainer & Sales Trainer
FFG Finanzcheck/Smava
People Development: responsibility & building internal talent development including recruiting & onboarding of the trainer team, designing and launching a leadership development program including aptitude diagnostics, e-learning & blended learning strategies
Sales: designing and implementing internal sales onboarding, developing existing sales teams
Planning & introduction of a 6-month talent development program
In the context of the merger of FINANZCHECK and smava, a joint talent development program for filling management positions was to be developed.
Role: project lead of a cross-functional project team
Developing a shared leadership model
Designing and running an assessment center for internal applicants
Designing 12 training modules including transfer assurance
Launching a mentoring program
Conducting trainings & workshop formats (e.g., peer case consultation)
May 2019 - Sep 2020
1 year 5 months
Berlin, Germany
Area Manager Berlin/East
Rituals Cosmetics
Leadership development: onboarding, training and coaching, recruiting
Operational retail management
Store openings: coordination of all planning through to opening
Planning and hosting store events/marketing activities
Responsibility for all relevant KPIs
Budget planning
Feb 2018 - Apr 2019
1 year 3 months
Berlin, Germany
Senior Store Manager
Rituals Cosmetics
Managing own store
Responsibility for store openings including onboarding new store teams