René (Dipl oec troph) Tilly
Managing Director
Experience
Managing Director
Le Shop Vegan
- Shop & ERP systems, performance marketing
- Fulfillment: setup and operation of warehouse & shipping
- Finance: management and liquidity planning
Interim Manager Trade Marketing
CEWE
- Leading the trade marketing department
- PoS development and management
- Retail partner communication
Brand Owner & Managing Director
Dispenser-Design.com
- Development of customizable dispensers for paper towels and soaps in the premium segment
- Building the business model, network, website, and shop
- Clients: still too few
Head of Business Development
Kirchhoff GmbH
- Building webshop, ERP, and warehouse systems and sales
- Introducing platform sales and an OKR system
- Implementing a university partnership with Münster University of Applied Sciences
- Clients: ernstings family, cities & municipalities
Managing Director
misterT
- Leading and implementing transformation, process design, business development, and digital governance projects
- Integrating and managing network partners
- Clients: Birkenstock, Brandit fashion, alltours, Cewe Foto
General Manager
MAVIS GmbH
- Retail design, creative consulting, brand activation
- Development and production of POS, trade fairs & pop-ups
- Helped grow the agency from 6 to 32 employees
- Introduced budget planning & career system
- University partnership in Düsseldorf: holistic retail design
- Clients: Rimowa, Meissen, Walbusch
Sales & Senior Project Manager
MAVIS GmbH
- Business development and sales in fashion, beauty, footwear
- Planning and management of global retail campaigns
- Increased sales unit from 250K to 2M
- Clients: Mexx, Karstadt, BMW, Brooks
Branch Head FM West Region
Thyssen Krupp Industrieservice GmbH
- Led FM department for the West region with budget and staff responsibility for 420 employees
- Integrated SWI GmbH from Oberhausen into TK Services
- Clients: König Brewery, Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann
Project Engineer
Thyssen Krupp Industrieservice GmbH
- Project costing, planning and execution of new contracts for cleaning, security, landscaping, and machine maintenance in industrial plants
- Post-calculation and handover to the regional unit
- Clients: ThyssenKrupp PrestaSteerTec, Continental
Department Manager
ISS Deutschland GmbH
- Operational management of the department with budget and staff responsibility for 260 employees
- New client acquisition and project kick-offs
- Quality manager for the West region according to ISO 9001
- Clients: Dresdner Bank, ThyssenKrupp DeliCate, Henkel
Process & Organizational Developer
ISS Deutschland GmbH
- Implementation of DIN EN ISO 9001:2000 and 14001
- Planning and conducting audits
- Process optimization in headquarters and branches (started as a student assistant and diploma candidate)
Summary
What sets me apart
experienced 20 years of process design and communication for the hands-on build-up of business units with staff leadership, always in the context of digital transformation; managing marketing campaigns and sales projects.
competent flexible and confident to succeed in different cultures: from old economy corporations to a retail design agency with an agile way of working to medium-sized companies in transformation.
adaptable across industries in corporations and mid-sized businesses with strong analytical thinking, a structured mindset, and a focused hands-on mentality.
convincing with flexibility in mind, motivating and goal-driven, with openness and humor, enjoying complex systems and always focusing on the question: What needs to be done now?!
What is important to me? Openness, a positive attitude, respect, drive, and expertise.
What am I good at? Understanding potentials and connections, assessing impacts, and bringing people along.
What do I value in companies? A competitive spirit in the sense of wanting to win, willingness to perform, and methodological competence.
What is critical for success? A data-driven strategy that brings people on board, connects, and defines clear responsibilities.
What makes me angry? When progress and speed suffer because of politics and conflicts.
When do I get impatient? When unwillingness is hidden behind inability.
What do I bring with me? The different perspectives of a consultant, service provider, and client. Professional expertise and reliable execution in communication and process. A long-standing specialist network for operational acceleration.
Skills
- Communication
- Leadership
- Organization
- Digitalization
- Marketing
- Analytical
- Hands-on
- Approachable
- Motivating
- Flexible
- Curious
- Focused
- Networked
- Constructive
- Innovative
- Human
- Mid-sized Business
- Athletic
- Apolitical
- Agile
- Windows & Mac
- Ms & Open Office
- Asana
- Jira
- Slack
- Trello
- Shopware
- Jtl
- Wawi
- Wms
- Ffn
- Keynote
- Navision
- Wordpress
- Sendinblue
- Amazon Seller
- Google Ads & Analytics
Languages
Education
University of Applied Sciences, Niederrhein
Oecotrophology & Industrial Engineering · Mönchengladbach, Germany
Certifications & licenses
Nanodegree DIT 42
AKAD University
EFQM Assessor
pro:concept - Society for Quality Development
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