Andreas Kemper Email & Phone Number

Hamburg, HH, DE

Munich, DE

• Responsible for managing the Westwing Collection (product design, sourcing, quality, sustainability), brand partnerships and buying, global supply chain activities, warehousing, and customer service, while guiding a.
• Expanded and elevated the Westwing Collection by introducing 2.7k new products, resulting in a 47% revenue share within the Group (+6%pts yoy).
• Initiated strategic partnerships with premium brands, returning to revenue growth in the second half of 2023 in a declining market (presumed -10% yoy).
• Enhanced operational efficiency with several strategic initiatives, highlighted by a reduction in the Logistics ratio by -1.3%pts yoy, alongside enhancements in customer experience.
• Achieved significant improvements in Adj. EBITDA (+5.1%pts yoy to 4.1%) and net working capital led to positive Free Cash Flow of EUR 30m up EUR +48m yoy (attributed to COVID inventory reduction, negotiations on.
• Initiated the transition towards a Software-as-a-Service technology platform and the consolidation of the warehouse footprint.

Munich, DE

• P&L responsibility for Westwing Shop and the entire Private Label business.
• Leading a team of 190 people across Category Management & Sales, Buying & Sourcing Offices, Product Quality & Sustainability, Supply Chain Management, International Business Development and Strategy.
• Member of the Westwing Group Executive team, reporting to the Group CEO.

Munich, DE

• Responsible for buying, product development and supplier management of Private Label and Westwing Shop brands
• Strategic business planning and development of the expanding product range for all categories including furniture, lighting, dinnerware, decoration, kids, kitchen, outdoor, textiles & rugs
• Recruit, manage, mentor and develop a growing team of 45 buyers, product developers and business developers and 25 merchandisers and quality controllers and quality assurance staff in the sourcing offices Hong Kong.
• Develop and enhance a high growth business model by implementing new buying and product development processes to ensure best standards to exceed customer expectations
• Improve profitability through benchmarking, negotiation of trading terms & product improvements
• Build strategic supplier relations and manage global purchase budget (triple-digit million revenue)

Munich, DE

Munich, DE

• Built up a new team of 9 involving project managers, BI analysts and content managers
• Project lead and process implementation for regular Collection launches across many departments in the group with owning the critical path
• Launch of the beds category
• Centralization and streamlining of content management processes incl. capacity planning
• Developed and implemented a supply chain compliance risk management system
• Realization of a Hong Kong expat program for buyers and preparation for setting up an inhouse sourcing office

Seattle, WA, US

• Part of the Fresh country launch team in May 2017 as one of the first members
• Definition of strategic direction and implementation of the most complex categories (in-house fresh bakery & sliced deli on HACCP standards) plus prepackaged bakery with P&L responsibility requiring high equipment.
• Category management including supplier tendering, product range optimization, software feature requests, terms negotiation & sales of marketing packages
• International project management with various stakeholders and input from operations, food safety, finance, legal, marketing, supply chain and software development
• Definition and implementation of the entire Fresh product pricing strategy as subject matter expert incl. competitor analyses, steering the remote pricing team in India
• Leading the setup of technical retail configurations & catalog listing processes

Seattle, WA, US

Seattle, WA, US

• New business development: Lead generation, market segment analysis, onboarding new suppliers, negotiations, weekly reporting, best practice sharing across categories
• Strategic vendor services for Summary GmbH (top1 supplier): Expanding the exclusive brand business to other product lines and countries, implementation of an EU wide preorder process, development of the monthly EU.
• Category responsibility of inline & skate: Selection expansion, preordering, annual strategic meetings, supplier terms and marketing negotiations

• Sponsoring sales & new business, consulting, project-/event management, social media management & media documentation
• Projects: DVV and FIVB beach volleyball series, FIS ski cross world cups and CRM promotions for Mini

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Management (Marketing & Sales)

Diploma, Science Of Sports Majoring Sports-Economics

Prediploma, Elementary Studies In The Science Of Sports