Erik Aaftink Email & Phone Number

Amsterdam, Nh, Nl

Utrecht, Netherlands

Non-food retail lead at Capgemini / Invent Netherlands. Board room advisor / member.

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

Retail Realisation is an advisory and investment firm focussing on retail businesses facing significant challenges.With over 30 years of experience within the Retail Sector, we are uniquely positioned to offer support to businesses facing liquidity issues or those with unprofitable stores which need to be closed efficiently.Focus on Disposition, Stock Realisation, Retail Operations, Asset Valuation, CVA, Cost Reduction, Retail Asset Based Loans, Retail Debt Financing, Store Closure, Restructuring, and Insolvency. With more than 30 engagements in the UK and mainland Europe over the past decade, we work closely with our clients and key stakeholders and are proud of an impressive record in always delivering the agreed results.www.retailrealisation.com/nl

Leusden, Utrecht, Netherlands

Intergamma is the market leader in the Benelux with close to 400 DIY markets in three formats; GAMMA, GAMMA Belgium and KARWEI. Managing the category management teams. Member of the holding Board overseeing the management teams of GAMMA, GAMMA Belgie and KARWEI.

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

Board member responsible for Category Management, Assortment, Buying, Planning and Sourcing.Led the reorganization, suspension of payment, sale and restart of the new Intertoys:• Set up of Category Management• Implementation of crosschannel buying• Restructuring planning & execution• Supplier deal making for continued trading (ROT)• Restart of compact Intertoys• Restructuring the head office

Utrecht Area, Netherlands

IG&H is the driving force behind a wide range of radically customer-friendly solutions in the retail sector. IG&H currently works with over half of the Netherland’s Top 25 retailers.IG&H focusses primarily on three areas:- Radical customer focus, improving processes and making organisations more agile- Omni-channel transformation- Digital logistics chain

Basel Area, Switzerland

Member of the Executive Committee (Raad van Bestuur).Responsible for Fashion and Hard Goods - Buying, Planning, Sourcing, Supply Chain planning.MANOR is the largest and most successful department store chain in Switzerland. The corporation includes 63 Manor department stores with approx. 11,000 employees. It generated in 2017 a revenue of CHF 2.7 bn. With an estimated market share of 60 % Manor holds the leadership position in the department store sector.Led Non-Food Buying, Planning and Sourcing departments and transformed these through:– Implementing the Buying / Planning organization and improved processes, right-sized to Manor’s needs– Building up In-Season Management from scratch in Buying and Planning (OTB now 20%+)– Improved Pre-Season collection- and brand development and planning (less #SKU, improved assortment clarity, improved collection turnaround)– Drastically improved assortment desirability and readability through concierge preselection– Upgraded and flexible strategic sourcing based on channel management (Far East, Eastern Europe and Traders)

Den Bosch, Assen, Maastricht, Uk

Macintosh Fashion NL Country Director (were 464 stores, 5000+ employees). Macintosh Fashion NL operated the Shoe formats Dolcis, Intreza, Invito, Manfield, PRO, Scapino and Steve Madden. General management and P&L end responsible:– Manfield (premium luxury)– Invito (high fashion)– Steve Madden (popular chiq)– PRO (sports & lifestyle) – Dolcis (family shoe store)Managing own stores, webshops and third party deals with Wehkamp, etc. Results:Realized strong improvement in gross margin and inventory position since 2011Improved the negative market position of Manfield and PRODigital transformation strategy (demand and fulfillment side) including growth of online stores and wholesaleMacFit program to close stores and shift focus to crosschannel turnover Development and execution of successful new Dolcis branded A1 Family Shoe Store concept (10 stores)Led the integration of Hoogenbosch and Scapino into the country organization Macintosh Fashion NL together with the Country MD, a full restructuring program of the 5000+ FTE Dutch organizationLeading role in the international Macintosh transition team to realize synergy in cross-channel buying and supplier / supply chain activities

Utrecht, Uk, Belgium, Switzerland, Us

Concept development, buying, merchandising, crosschannel development, change management / transformation, and sourcing management. Main clients / projects:Macintosh Retail Group (2008 - 2011):Interim Buying Director ScapinoInterim Buying Director Manfield and InvitoWE Fashion (2008 - 2009): Design / implementation of in-season management with improved Open to Buy, reducing markdowns and obsolete stock. Globus (Switzerland 2008): Definition and implementation of in-season management processes and organizational structure at Globus.Hunkemöller (2007 - 2008): Development / implementation of structured Calendar Management involving Buying, Styling, Marketing & Communication, Import, DC and Transport. The result was 25% improvement in lead times leading to less markdown and higher net marginsMaxeda - M&S Mode, Bijenkorf, Claudia Sträter, Hunkemöller (2006 - 2008):Development and implementation of efficient in-season management processes based around adequate forward-looking management information. Improved Open-to-Buy in-season, and being able to react more quickly to sales and missed trends. End-of-season stock, markdowns and net margins have improved substantially. HEMA (2006 – 2007, 2010): Buying organization transformation, and design and implementation of improved in-season management and assortment planning with improved Open to Buy, reducing markdowns and EOS stock. V&D (2005 - 2006):Analysis and introduction of improved processes at V&D's logistics distribution centres and DC consolidation planHeineken (2003 - 2006): Strategic sourcing & buying and supply chain development of Heineken's key packaging and consumer innovations (Tapvat / Draft Keg, BeerTender) and B2B (David)

Amsterdam

Co-managing of the investment bank’s Strategic Advisory Team, preparing mergers & acquisitions and carrying out post-merger integration in Retail and FMCG.• Strategic Fit and valuation of several supermarket chains in The Netherlands• Strategic fit analyses and post-merger integration for fashion and apparel retailers.• Company portfolio analyses for several FMCG companies (dairy, beverages, etc.)

Amsterdam, Germany, Us

Specializing in Retail and FMCG

Bergen Op Zoom & Paris

Analyst - FP&A Department, and management of the financial department ABS France

High Performance Leadership Program

Mergers & Acquisitions And Executive Leadership

Msc., Industrial Engineering & Management Science

Activities and Societies: Member of the AIESEC team 1993 - 1994 (organised the annual career days) Internship in Russia (St. Petersburg /.

Gymnasium