Josep Pous

Lead and manage a large number of people (+100) across Europe, within the global Commercial structure managing all product developments till deployment in all sourcing regions. Full end-to-end process starting from customer visit - Apparel Retailers and Brand Owners-, internal processes (sampling, costing, item set up, automation, etc) till product is ready to produce in any of our factories worldwide.

To manage and lead the Instore division in EU for mainly Apparel Retailers. Drive sales force to achieve double-digit growth by introducing highly added value Instore solutions into the retailers in order to improve its efficiency, accuracy and margins.Member of European Leadership Team.

Managed local subsidiary of for Spain, overseeing Sales, Logistics, Customer Service, Production, Product Management, Supply Chain, and S&R functions. Directed labelling and package solutions for RBOs with HQ in Spain but operations in North and South Asia, Far East, North Africa, Turkey, etc. Additionally led business operations for French subsidiary. Served as Board Director. Full P&L responsability. Member of European Leadership Team.

lead complete sales and marketing reorganisation of €200M jewellery and watch company, including all subsidiaries. Carried out extensive brand repositioning and introduced segmentation of products, markets, pricing, advertising, PR, and sales channels. Oversaw marketing, advertising, sponsorship, trade show, and sales support functions. Coordinated external media and advertising agencies. Administered €35M marketing budget. Developed point-of-sale definitions for stores.

Managed sales and marketing for €700M Spanish multi-national group focused on developing applications for sustainable water use. Actively involved in developing policies and procedures to facilitate company’s move from group of 80 companies to large corporation with branches and subsidiaries in 30 countries. Administered budgets. Performed forecasting and account planning. Coordinated brand, product, and market launches.

Oversee various business divisions in Spain within $850M Swedish company (Meto) later acquired by Checkpoint Systems. Full P&L responsability. Member of Spanish Management Team and several European work teams