Christopher Koerber Email & Phone Number

Coldrerio, Ti, Ch

Metzingen, Baden-Württemberg, De

HUGO BOSS is one of the most renowned brands in the fashion industry - globally recognised for high quality womens and mens apparel, shoes & accessories. We operate a portfolio of strong brands - BOSS and HUGO. The companies ‚Claim 5‘ growth strategy aims to achieve the company‘s vision and ambition to establish HUGO BOSS as the leading premium tech-driven fashion platform worldwide and becoming one of the top 100 global brands.In his role Christopher utilises his deep know how in transforming organisations into high performance teams based on growth culture mindset and collective brilliance. Christopher oversees all of HUGO BOSS Ticino product divisions and Business units globally - such as all knitwear, shirts & neckwear, Bodywear & Hosiery, Footwear plus all of the groups accessories products. This includes the footwear production facilities in Italy and Poland plus the sourcing offices in Asia.Most recently Christopher assumed responsibility for the Global Licensing at Hugo Boss which office is located in Zug - most renowned licenses for the group would be fragrances, eyewear, watches, Home, pet accessories and many more. All as part of the strategy to become a global lifestyle brand.

Amsterdam, North Holland, Nl

President, Global Tommy Hilfiger Product & Licenses, 2018 - PresentTOMMY HILFIGER is one of the world’s leading designer lifestyle brands, internationally recognized for celebrating the essence of classic American cool style. Founded in 1985, TOMMY HILFIGER delivers premium styling, quality. and value to consumers worldwide. Today, the brand has more than 15,000 associates and an extensive distribution network of over 1,800 retail stores in 100 countries.In this role, Christopher continues a tradition of excellence with the company, achieving corporate objectives in both growth and turnaround scenarios. Most notably, he revitalized the core business with a clear product and brand segmentation strategy while driving exponential growth and profitability. He oversees all Tommy Hilfiger Product divisions and all product-related activities and is accountable for the design, merchandising, development, and production of all Tommy Hilfiger offerings globally (menswear, womenswear, kids, footwear, and accessories). Christopher’s responsibilities also include product strategy and management of the customer experience. He reports to the CEO.KEY ACCOMLISHMENTS INCLUDE:♦ Achieved a 21% growth in revenue globally during the period 2017-19 ♦ Reframed collection structure to reduce complexity by more than 40% while increasing product efficiency by 60%♦ Drove a seamless product creation process between design, merchandising, sales, and customer experience leading to a flawless go-to-market calendar with high sales impact and minimal failure rate♦ Helped navigate the company through COVID-19 times by reducing operational expenses by 30%, increasing digital sales with fast-track capsules for pure players and strategic partnerships, reusing 90% of leftover fabrics after initial supply chain shock during initial lockdown phase, and driving digital market launches globally to achieve unprecedented growth (20% from spring 2020 to spring 2021) during the pandemic.

New York City, Ny, Us

As the President at PVH for Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger for Menswear, Womenswear, Accessories, and Footwear he reported to the CEO. Key accomplishments include:♦ Applied cross knowledge transfer and business experience between Tommy Hilfiger divisions and new developed Calvin Klein business♦ Revitalized TH Menswear after several years of stagnation by delayering team structure, empowering high potentials, modernizing design language, implementing a powerful essentials strategy (CAGR 2016 – 2020: 9%♦ Successfully launched Calvin Klein WSW business in Europe♦ Repositioned CK MSW business for success

New York City, Ny, Us

♦ Led integration of Calvin Klein Accessories division into PVH Europe structure♦ Increased CK Accessories business from 2015-2018 (CAGR: 29%) by setting up a divisional structure from zero, defining the business strategy, competitive set and target consumer, upgrading the design and pricing strategy; expanding into CK Jeans while reducing the overall collection size; CK Accessories is primarily sold in Europe

Amsterdam, North Holland, Nl

• Led buy back of TH Accessories in 2010 • Increased TH Accessories business from at a CAGR of 31% until 2019 by setting up a divisional structure from zero, defining the long-term business strategy and clearly developing the TH DNA for Accessories while expanding into Tommy Jeans accessories and strategically exploiting each category of the business (belts, softs, small leather goods, minibags, etc.); TH Accessories is sold globally

Amsterdam, North Holland, Nl

♦ Led buy back of licenses for TH Footwear in 2008 ♦ Increased TH Footwear business from 2008 to 2019 (CAGR 24%) by developing clear TH DNA, clear business strategy with white space and consumer profile♦ Hired and built structure and Footwear teams from scratch ♦ Started sourcing office in Dongguan China (1 Person 2010 –100 people in 2020 – developed into PVH global sourcing office for shoes and accessories), expanded into Vietnam and Portugal♦ Handled European licenses for Hosiery (Dobotex), Tailored Clothing (Holy Fashion Group), Watches (Movado), Accessories (Mandarina Duck) and Footwear (Hamm Group); Global licenses for fragrance (Estee Lauder), Watches (Movado), Eyewear (Safilo)

Amsterdam, North Holland, Nl

Metzingen, Baden-Württemberg, De

• Led Brand management team for Shoes and Accessories in Coldrerio, Switzerland from scratch, leading merchandising and sales teams globally• Achieved strong growth with Shoes and Accessories from 45m € to 150m € (CAGR 35%)

Metzingen, Baden-Württemberg, De

Amp, Business Administration And Management, General

Textilbetriebswirt, Textielbetriebswirtschaft