Felix Zahn

About Felix Zahn

As Product Director of the ECCO Americas, I am currently responsible for the U.S. and Canadian markets of one of the world\'s most popular, premium and global shoe companies. I bring an especially personal passion to my work - my own 100-year roots in the shoe business. With more than 17 years of worldwide experience in collection building and nearly a decade selling in various major distribution channels for Men, Women, Kids, Outdoor and Golf shoes, I now work closely with the design and product team in ECCO HQ in Denmark to ensure the right fit for ECCO shoes in the Americas. The primary focus is on keeping the brand fresh and vital with new and innovative product initiatives and an unstinting insistence on quality and comfort. I like to say that \'I was born in a shoe box\'. I was raised in a mid-size town in the western part of Germany, where I worked summers from childhood in the family\'s now 10 shoe stores. For me, selling shoes is a business, certainly, but also a tradition, and even a mission, beginning with the opening of my great-grandfather\'s first store in Westphalia, Germany in 1912. Throughout my career, I have continuously expanded my relationships with customers, management, designers, salesmen and suppliers, throughout the global shoe and leather industry. As an executive, I take particular pride in attention to detail devising financial plans, markdown and gross market forecasting and in my strong organizational and social skills. With my European background, my ongoing 11year tenure in North America and countless business trips to the Far East, I think of myself as a global citizen in a global business.

Experience

1. Director of Merchandising and Merchandise Planning & Allocation (Dtc)

   ECCO

   Oct 2021 — Present · Londonderry, NH, US

   In a dual role, I am on the one hand responsible for designing and managing the ECCO Americas merchandising strategy for the key category of Men\'s shoes. The second part of my role is to effectively guide and oversee our DTC MP & A team and strategies, while successfully managing the assortments and inventory levels for one of the most premium footwear and leather goods retailers in the Americas.

Education

• BAW Weserbergland, Germany

  Bachelor of Arts - BA, Business Administration and Management, General

  2001 — 2004