Felix Schweizer Email & Phone Number

Switzerland

As Head of Operations, I report directly to our CEO and lead a team of approximately 140 employees across a diverse portfolio of 7 legal entities. Our portfolio includes hotels, several AAA retail locations in Interlaken and Luzern, a restaurant, and multiple real estate developments.My responsibilities are broad and varied, spanning all aspects of.

Bienne, Switzerland

Brand Manager Swiss Market- Lead Swiss Market Team - Full P&L(turnover, margin, profit) and budget responsibility with strong growth targets- Develop and execute sales strategy in different channels - Responsible for marketing strategy and its excution (focus on online: Programmatic Advertisment, Social Media etc.) - In charge of wholesale, retail and.

Bienne, Switzerland

- Responsible for Latin America, Germany (ad interim Brand Manager), Spain, Greece and Portugal. - Manage and consolidate the network of distributors, optimize growth in all markets- Definition and implementation of the sales strategy (Channel management, Pricing, etc.)- In charge of P&L: Reach the sales and qualitative objectives- Development of business.

• Part of Swiss Group “Hess Family Estates” (P&L confidential) with Wineries on 4 continents. Wines: Highly rated (In 2009 ranked 38th in the Top100 of Wine Spectator). Annual production: 1m bottles. Distributed in 25.
• Set up Marketing area. Hired and led a team of 3 and selected and guided relevant agencies (PR, Advertisement).
• Structured and optimized brand portfolio. We positioned the brands Bodega Colomé (high-tier), Amalaya (mid-tier) and Estancia Colomé (high-tier) among the best known products of Argentina in their segments. Launched.
• Worked closely with sales team in order to manage the key accounts, develop new markets and sales channels and insert Colomé wines in over 100 strategic crucial sales points worldwide (top restaurants, hotels (Park.
• Headed multimillion (USD) project of the construction of the "James Turrell Museum", a unique Contemporary Art Museum (1680m2) of the Hess Art Collection (among the 200 most important private Art Collections in the.
• Managed worldwide PR campaign for the opening of the museum to reinforce presence in existing markets, open doors to new markets and considerably improve brand equity. Presence in over 40 countries (BBC, NYTimes, WSJ.

• Optimized and aligned the tax strategy of clients with their market strategy taking into consideration international tax treaties. Clients: Consumer and Luxury Goods Industry (among the most renowned in the Swiss Watch.
• Gained deep insight in companies of the Luxury and Consumer Goods Industries. Acquired solid knowledge of international business and tax law.
• Performed "Due Dilligance" Investigations, working closely with Auditors. Solid Financial knowledge aquired.

• Service provider and "think tank" for companies like H&M, Peugeot, Virgin Coke, Henniez (No2 Swiss Mineral Water) among others and organized long lasting event-series. Management of bands and DJs. Responsible for key.
• Developed together with marketing areas of clients successfully implemented marketing plans or specific activities (Product launches and campaigns).
• Acquiered new clients (H&M, Virgin, etc.), managed key accounts and improved their rentability (15%) through process optimization.
• Secured many favorable contracts with providers and clients by improving constantly my negotiation techniques.
• Built the image of DJs and Bands that were nationally successful.
• Created and organized various innovative and profitable event series. Event Size: 500-3500 people.

Mba, Exchange Semester

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Ranked 8th by Wall Street Journal USA for 1-year MBA programms worldwide.

Licentiate Degree, Business Administration, Art History

High School Degree

High School Degree

Activities and Societies: exchange year in High School - Washington DC - USA