Pepijn Koster

Leading 2 Business Units, i.e. Stanno & hummel. Bringing together, in close cooperation, the skills from the Sales, Marketing, Buying, Planning and Design teams.

*Heading a team of 13 People (7 direct-reports) + indirect management of own brand teams (20+). Reporting to Buying Director. Commercially responsible for Margin, Sales and Market-share of Men's World (Fashion, Body-fashion and Accessories), Kids World (Fashion, Body-fashion, Accessories and Baby) and Sportswear. Description: - Defining the Strategy for the above area’s (based on V&D Strategy, YTD-results, market figures, store-feedback, customer feed-back), incl Budgetting Margin, Sales, Stock etc.. - Develop this Strategy into high-level Buying- and Assortment plans, for own brands and external brands. - Follow-up and adjust if necessary via monthly Open-to-Buy meetings. For short-term opportunities, weekly&daily decision-making. - Defining Commercial program for long & short term in cooperation with Marketing team. - Defining Store layouts, Routings, Shopping experiences. - Deal-making and Contract negotiations with external Brands, mainly consignment & concession. - Relation Management / Supplier management - Running several projects. - Member of Senior management team. - After Feb 16th 2016, myself and a handfull of colleagues have been working for the Administrators to guide the preparation for the execution sale.

*Heading a team of 27 People (11 direct-reports), incl management of own brand teams. Reporting to Buying Director. Commercially responsible for Margin, Sales and Market-share of: - Men's World (Fashion, Body-fashion and Accessories) and - Sportswear. Description: - Defining the Strategy for the above area’s (based on V&D Strategy, YTD-results, market figures, store-feedback, customer feed-back), incl Budgetting Margin, Sales, Stock etc.. - Develop this Strategy into high-level Buying- and Assortment plans, for own brands and external brands. - Follow-up and adjust if necessary via monthly Open-to-Buy meetings. For short-term opportunities, weekly&daily decision-making. - Responsible for Own Brands portfolio, incl Strategy, Positioning, Target-group, D&A etc for each of the Own Brands - Defining Commercial program for long & short term in cooperation with Marketing team. - Defining Store layouts, Routings, Shopping experiences. - Deal-making and Contract negotiations with external Brands, mainly consignment & concession. - Relation management / Supplier management - Running several projects. - Member of Senior management team.

*Heading a team of 3 people. Reporting to Category manager. Commercially responsible for Margin, Sales and Market-share of: - Men's Young Fashion, own brand (SOHO NY) and external brands. - Defining the Strategy for Men's Young Fashion area (based on V&D strategy, Men's strategy, YTD-results, market figures, store-feedback, customer feed-back), incl Budgetting Margin, Sales, Stock etc., in close cooperation with Category manager. - Develop this Strategy into high-level Buying- and Assortment plans, for own brands and external brands. - Follow-up and adjust if necessary via monthly Open-to-Buy meetings. For short-term opportunities, weekly&daily decision-making. - Responsible for the own brand SOHO NY, incl Strategy, Positioning, Target-group, D&A etc - Defining Store layouts, Routings for Men's Young fashion area. - Deal-making and Contract negotiations with external Brands, mainly consignment & concession. - Supplier management - Running several projects.

*Heading a team of 3 people. Reporting to Category manager. Commercially responsible for Margin, Sales and Market-share of: - Men's External Brands ('A-Brands') - Defining the Strategy for Men's A-Brands (based on V&D strategy, Men's strategy, YTD-results, market figures, store-feedback, customer feed-back), incl Budgetting Margin, Sales, Stock etc., in close cooperation with Category manager. - Develop this Strategy into high-level Buying- and Assortment plans, for own brands and external brands. - Follow-up and adjust if necessary via monthly Open-to-Buy meetings. For short-term opportunities, weekly&daily decision-making. - Responsible for ambitious growth plan, which we managed. - Defining Store layouts, Routings for Men's Young fashion area. - Deal-making and Contract negotiations with A-Brands, mainly consignment & concession. Supplier management

* Heading a team of 3 People. Further indirect Management of Design Dept. Reporting to CEO. Main Responsibities: - Restructuring the Design, Buying and Production Department. - Margin, Quality, In-time delivery of all orders and samplings. Further description: - Setting up Work processes and systems, as well internally (logistics, sales) as externally (suppliers). - Recruiting new colleagues for Design, Buying and Production. - Organising Sampling & Production of all Styles and orders, as well for own brand (Arma) as the many brands we worked for (Tommy Hilfiger, WE, M&S Mode, Bonita). - Running several projects.

Heading a team of 3 People. Further indirect Management of Design-team. Reporting to Collection&Production Managers. Main Responsibities: - Development of commercial and well-balanced collections (Sportswear & Distinction), in line with the McG Brand DNA's, incl in-time sample-deliveries. - Commercial success of these collections (Sales). - Organising productions (FB & CMT) and herewith realising margin%, in-time deliveries and McG quality-level.

*Reporting to Junior and after 4 months to Product manager (after being promoted to Junior Product manager). Main Responsibities: - CMT productions in Europe and Leather productions in Turkey. - Realising in-time deliveries in correct quantities against correct delivery period of the orders produced in Europe and Turkey. Therefore being in contact with the factories as well with the suppliers of all the materials.