Carsten Goldkamp

• Managing the Teams responsible for ... - Global Product Sourcing - Supplier Management - Process Management - Social- & Product Compliance - Technical Product Development

# Responsibilities: - Leading Category Management - Leading Product Development and Quality Assurance - Leading Supply Chain and Purchase Order Placement - Leading Sourcing- and Quality Control- Organization in Asia - Leading Human Resource Management of strategic milestones (quarter yearly) using OKR System in combination with AGILE system to manage weekly defined goals (Sprints) in a teamwork approach.

Niuland products are sold exclusively online and the brand is following the philosophy ... Transparency – Quality – Individualism

Amazon EU Sarl Luxembourg: Director EU Sourcing / Private Label --> 07/2012 - 02/2013 AmazonBuyVIP EU: Chief Sourcing Officer & Country Manager Germany --> 04/2009 - 07/2012

Responsible for the general day to day business operations of the European organisation (151 staff (including 10 Managers) and 130 independent Shop partners) such as Finance, Sales, Category Management, Supply Chain, Logistic, Marketing, Personnel; meeting quarterly / yearly EBITDA-targets, compiling weekly / monthly reports to the Board of Directors. Directly involved in any strategic business decision making and heading the operational implementation of the necessary and agreed measures / activities.

Full budget responsibility for the a.m. categories (turnover, margin, costs, marketing etc). Leading 5 Category Managers with total 45 staff plus 13 Merchandisers. As member of the real,- NF-Management, involvement in any decision making process related to the real,- NF retail strategy. In addition to my responsibility as Division Manager, the project leadership for any comprehensive logistical- and import related issues, within the Non Food-Management, should be mentioned.

Responsible for all business operations of the Hong Kong organisation ( 160 staff , including 3 Division Managers), the main sourcing office of the OTTO-Group worldwide. Budgeting, expense controlling, customer relations and supplier management were the main fields of responsibility. Meeting monthly / yearly turnover-targets, further reduction of order-leadtimes and decreased claim rates were major KPI’s.

real,- Turkey, Istanbul: General Manager Non Food --> 03/19999 - 01/2001 Adler Modemärkte, Haibach: Director International Expansion --> 04/1998 - 02/1999 Gemex Trading Ltd, Hong Kong: Product Manager --> 04/1993 - 03/1998 Gemex Trading Ltd, India: Liaison Office Manager --> 01/1991 - 03/1993 Kaufhof Warenhaus AG, Köln: Assistant to Buying Director Textiles --> 10/1988 - 12/1990