Uta Bonacker

Head Hunting for Fashion HR Consultancy Management Assessments HR Due Diligence Outplacement Moving your Business to Ticino

Overall HR responsibility for Guess EMEA Core responsibilities/projects: - overall responsibility for HR strategies, processes and HR teams: - Business Partner for all key VP functions in the areas of Product Buying (GMM), Brand Management, Merchandizing, Retail Operations, Planning & Allocation, Visual Merchandizing, E-Com, Logistics, CS, Finance, IT, Legal. Business partner for Market Heads in Major Markets.

Ermenegildo Zegna (Italian high end fashion company) start: Nov. 07 Director Human Resources - responsibility for 4'600 employees: Customer Service, Model Makers, Production Planning, Sourcing, Purchasing, Production of all Zegna products, logistics. - guiding a 2 year project designed to map business processes and improve business performance (Supply Chain and Brand/Designers) - HR Team of 14 HR people in Switzerland, Italy, Turkey, Spain and Mexico. - Designed and implemented HR strategy and to

- resp. for 5 product groups: Shoes, Accessories, Shirt & Ties, Knitwear, Bodywear & Hosiery and IT, Finance, Supply Chain, Designers; turnover approx. 400'000 EUROS; - major achievements: established HugoBoss Academy in cooperation with Bocconi (MAFED), IMD and local Universities - built up HR structure - processes - HR KPI's - implemented HR scorecard and service unit scorecard - introduced the HR Model of Dave Ullrich - role of HR as business partner - flanked SAP introduction process

HR related responsibilities for KerrEurope (Sales, Marketing, Finance & Admin, R&D, Supply Chain) - built up entire HR structure and strategy Europe - closed one branch in CH and moved it to the Headquarter - managed European payroll via external consultants - wrote all HR policies for the Headquarter/Europe - built up European Headquarter (from 120 employees to 600 within 3 years; one acquisition included) - designed bonus programs for sales staff and Country Manager

HR Manager for an Austrian E-commerce company (from Vienna). Sites in Paris, London, Amman, Vienna, Lugano. Start up company providing an Internet Website for SMS communities. HR responsibility for 120 people world wide, 1 direct report (without payroll).

Developer and Facilitator of cross cultural courses for NYU and also international companies; lecturer of Business Germa; German culture at Deutsches Haus at NYU. First HR job: hired staff for NYU, trained lecturers on learning psychology and didactics.

- hired core managers for call center in Ireland for a German company from the base of NY; built up all staff and entry tests from scratch; looked after work permits and was in touch with irish government for all kinds of permits (run the business, rent an office for 400 people etc).

Various teaching positions as Tutor for Foreign students at a Berlin University; as assistant teacher in a British comprehensive school, teacher at a Berlin College