Armin Devender

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ABOUT ARMIN DEVENDER

Proved turnaround and department store concept specialist accompanied by excellent crisis management skills.Extensive and in-depth experience in repositioning, further development and controlling of a retail company.Leader who thinks and acts entrepreneurially with excellent social skills.Pragmatic and fast decision maker.Strong executive manager with clear, consistent leadership qualities and the ability to drive change Responsibilities: CEO INNO M&A Best Mid Cap Corporate Deal: Axcent of Scandinavia and SKEL acquire INNOM & A process management Turnaround in 24 months Rebranding and new look and feel Development and go live digital Marketplace New store concept ERP implementation SAP S/4HANA, SAP advanced warehouse management, SAP CAR, SAP cloud platform integration, 320 Ctac POS systems and Ctac loyalty management INNO winner Gold award - SAP Best of Customer Success 2021 award- Category - fast delivery- General: Repositioning strategy l Omnichannel l Culture change l Process optimization l Marketing concept l Localization l Format control l Bank financing lCEO Hudson´s Bay restructuring strategy l repositioning concept l development of liquidation scenarios l set up and execution of the processes withdrawal from the Netherlands market l funding negotiations l social plan implementation l GSM HBC EuropeManagement of store business in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, as well as visual merchandising I Creating of transnational synergies by implementing European standards and networking the sales divisions for all three European department store brandsGSM Galeria Kaufhof Responsible for the store business for all Galeria Kaufhof department stores I Sales and EBIT responsibility | Management of employees I Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Dinea GmbH restaurants