Carsten Mehl Email & Phone Number

Randers, Dk

Langå, Midtjylland, Danmark

Together with my skilled colleagues we strive to place Char-Broil securely on the BBQ map of Scandinavia. My responsibilities include but are not limited to :* Full P & L responsible for Char-Broil Nordics* Establish and create sales strategy for the region* Lead customer negotiations and contract management* Develop and execute on budgets and forecasts* Market analysis * People management

Char-Broil is a well known producer & supplier of BBQ's. Char-Broil is one of the largest grillbrands in the world, with sales across the globe.Main task were :• Maintaining and developing of the markets in Denmark, Norway, Finland & Iceland• Developing sales strategies for individual customers• Visiting selected stores• Developing budgets and KPI for customers

Ellwangen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Betzold is one of Germany's largest web / catalogue based suppliers to educational facilities from kindergarden to univerties, with own produced furnishing, toys, educational tools and IT. Betzold is a second generation family owned company.Main task :• Purchasing / Sourcing of a wide range of furniture in both Europe and Asia (China & India)• Product development• Full P & L responsibillity for the category • Assortment selection and optimization.• Preparation of sales material• Management of 5 people plus co-ordination of production facility• KPI & Budget preparation and follow-up

Ikast - Midtjylland

With more than 20 years of experience in sales, purchasing, category & product management, I can offer a broad commercial and exciting profile that takes the lead and enjoys developing a department, so we jointly can achieve the set goals.In short this means for your company, that I can bring :• Purchasing / Sourcing of a wide range of non food products in both Europe and Asia (China & India)• Product development of a wide range of non food items• Run, lead and develop several non food categories with full P & L responsibillity • Fairs in Europe and Asia• Audits of production sites in Europe and Asia• Quality Monitoring• Price negotiations - • Assortment selection and optimization.• Preparation of sales material• Management• KPI & Budget preparation and follow-up

Århus Area, Denmark

Inbogulve amba administrates the chains Garant and Inbogulve Erhverv.Garant is the largest specialized retail chain for interior flooring and curtains in Denmark.My main tasks are :• Full responsibility for the category “ Carpets “• Negotiating of supplier contracts• Product Management• Marketing• Negotiations • Building full private label assortments• Facillitating Road Show once a year for 250 sales staff. Fueling them with new products and POS material.

Ikast

Indeks Office was one of Denmarks largest independant office supply chains, who through a strong network of office supply stores were able to supply all types of businesses. Through a large and wide assortment Indeks Office also offered end consumers a competetive platform.Main tasks were :• Expansion of the chain through new members• Recruitment of new stores• Marketing• Product Management• Negotiations

Vildbjerg, Denmark

During my year at Kvik, I worked with the following :Contract and price negotiations, supplier development & evaluationsPromotion and assortment developmentTogether with Category Management Team develop and manage store concept, layout and range.

Ølgod, Denmark

Full responsibillity for the whitegoods category for Nobia in the Nordic countries and AustriaAssortment managementProduct developmentManagement of transit department at HTH Kitchens, 3 people

Full budget responsibillity for the categories :ToysFurnitureGift articlesHousehold accessories and hardwareManagement of promotion, catalogues, stock, store layout, space managementCreate large scale purchase from far east.

Glostrup

Scanigros was a wholesale company in the DIY businessI had the following responsibillities :• Startup of a whole new purchase department• Daily purchase operations• Purchase fairs in Europe