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Burgos, Castilla Y León, España

Member of Country Management TeamRetail Manager of Center, North, Northwest of Spain and Portugal.• Ensure that the country improve turnover• Ensure high store standard • Ensure optimal management in all stores and districts in the region• Ensure the optimization of the P&L• Contribute of the decision-making process of the Country Management Team concerning JYSK Spain and JYSK Portugal• Ensure that the pipeline includes qualified staff for Store Manager; Store Supporter and District Manager positions• Conduct talent spotting and performance management in the countries• Ensure relevant and appropriate training and development of the District Manager and Store Supporters• Development, implementation and follow up on the annual Business Plan and Strategy• Development and obtaining budgets, Balance Score Card goals and other country objectives/goals. • Ongoing launching and follow-up on actions to counter any deviations• Ensure that the salary policy and – budget is followed in the region• Participate in JYSK Nordic Retail Manager Meetings across borders• Ensure that all JYSK concepts are implemented and working in all stores in all districts in the region.• Contribute to the development of the concepts• Optimization of the store network according to country goals and objectives and to secure the best possible store facilities by opening new stores, relocating and enlarging existing premises

Northern Spain

Reporting to the COO. - Manage of stores- Implementation of Values and culture of the company- Developing and coaching store teams- Recruiting and training manager and store staff - Optimize P&L figures of store: Sales, Known Loss, Unknown Loss, and Distribution Costs.- Setting KPI’s for store performance- Coordinating the work of opening of new stores- Stock control: Unavailability on shelf and optimization of stock levels- Coordinating and training of SAP system implementation on POS- Logistic incident management- Managing labour conflicts with union representativesGreatest Achievement: Managing the opening of 16 new stores in a new region in less than one year.

Madrid, Comunidad De Madrid, España

Independent Retail Consultant. Focus on expansion projects for retail companies.

Madrid, Comunidad De Madrid, España

Financial, accounting, tax, Labour advice and consultancy for retail franchises.Develop operative KPIs and advise the franchisee on the relation with the franchisor company. - Client acquisition- Managed marketing area- Developed specific KPIs tools for franchise clients- Guided clients on the relation with the franchising companyGreatest Achievement: Create a new model of service in the market and get 27 clients out of 120 commercial visits which is an unusual high exit rate on the advisory sector even more when the service fee was higher than the rest of suppliers.

Northern Spain

Reporting to the Chief Regional Manager.Manage the back-office sales department of the Northern Region- Automatic Store Order Area, Settings of the store ordering system.- Perishable Area, follow-up and training of store teams on perishable issues.- Franchise Area, setting of KPIs and training of new franchisees.- Stores Auditing Area, follow-up of store performance indicators and performing of stores audit.- POS System Area, solving of POS system problems.- Sales Controlling Area, follow-up and setting of KPI: sales, Known loss, Unknown loss, and other indicators.- Lay-out Implementation Area, implementing of store lay-out.

Northern Spain

Reporting to the Chief Regional Manager. 70-75 Stores. 10-14 Supervisors. 350-400 employees- Establish sales strategy and sales milestones- Monitor objectives, targets, and sales forecast- Implementation operational procedures and best practices- planning of operations- supervise regional stores- Coordinate, monitor and coaching regional sales team.- P&L analysis and set of action plans- Collaborate with the expansion department on the study of potential store locations.

Estambul, Turquía

Reporting to the CFO.- Preparing the Annual Budgeting and Business Plan of DIA Turkey- CAPEX Control- Analyse variance and deviation of P&L- Support of Commercial and Operation Departments in different projects- Margin Analyse

Madrid Y Alrededores, España

Reporting to the International CFO- Development financial models and KPI’s for the follow-up of counties and activities: proximity stores, attraction stores and franchises.- Managing the Business Intelligence tools used by the company (SAP BI)- Development of internal training- Execution of financial reports for board of directors.

Madrid Y Alrededores, España

Reporting to the CFO. - Study of business development in new countries and new regions: retail market structure, socio-economic variables, and financial simulations of company store formats.- Analysis of company store formats: average sales, average clients, leverage area & market share- Datamining- Develop and manage of Store database- Produce financial and operational reporting

Madrid Y Alrededores, España

Reporting to the Chief National Expansion Officer- Modelling of store format P&L- Monthly Reporting of Expansion operations- Study Expansion Operations- Study acquisition of competitors (store network)- Implementation of cost killing projects on store rents- Making of the National Store Development Potential Plan

Madrid Y Alrededores, España

- Preparation of financial reports to the financial board and board of directors- Follow-up of the compliance of the SOX Rules regarding the independence with the external auditors

Madrid Y Alrededores, España

Currency Risk Consulting

Madrid Y Alrededores, España

Assistance in different tasks in the Marketing Department

Programa Superior De Dirección De Ventas (Psdv), Ventas, Distribución Y Marketing, General

Graduado Superior Ciencias Empresariales Internacionales (E4), Doble Licenciatura

B.A. In European Business, Doble Licenciatura

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