Günes Yenen

Successful Post Merger integration into the Mewa group

• P&L responsibility, budgeting and cashflow planning • Revenue growth, delivered significant increase in a highly competitive market • Operational efficiency, implemented cost-cutting program, boosting the bottom line • Digital transformation, deployed ERP, CRM, and BI systems to enhance productivity • Leadership & culture, strengthened corporate culture and values to drive engagement and performance

• Led a cross-functional, hybrid team – managed team to a <1% sick leave (2021-2023) • Owned P&L, budgeting and cashflow – achieved break even in 2023 • Scaled business model, delivering 50% and 55% YoY revenue growth (2022-2023) • Designed and executed logistics strategy – ensured zero delays despite Covid and Brexit • Grew existing customer base by 12,9% (2022) and 15% (2023) • Implemented CRM, logistics and finance systems and led change • Led the implementation of ISO 9001 and 14001 certifications

• Founded and launched the UK company from scratch • Established legal and organizational foundations for market entry • Selected UK headquarters location through strategic market and geo análisis • Recruited and developed a high-performing local team • Built logistics network and end-to-end supply chain • Designed and implemented operational processes to ensure high service qualtiy

• Project lead: process optimization, restructuring and reorganisation of customer service, including touchpoints to other departments • Project lead: overhaul of customer complaint management • Project group to enhance profits within the working and business clothing division • Re-evaluation and re-negotiation of suppliers with considerable savings • Talent search, conduct of interviews and conception of assessment days • Setting and monitoring of performance goals for various departments

• Process analysis and improvement in different departments • Coordination of optimization of warehousing Italy according to just-in-time aspects • full insight and involvement into corporate decision making • Setting and tracking of objectives of different departments • Coordination of different projects with leading role within the projects • Profitability analysis of clients and improvement • Communications between Italy and foreign business units • Talent search and conduct of interviews

• Development of marketing strategies and brand management • Brand communication in the course of campaigns • Planning and implementation of PR activities and events • Market and trend studies • Project responsibility – own clients • Budget planning and control of own projects

• Collaboration in marketing strategies • Writing of press releases and articles • Brand communication in the course of campaigns • Social media marketing

Organised a conference dealing with the impact of EU law on sports media and broadcasting; Participants: Premier League, Hill & Knowlton, BskyB, Burson Marsteller, European Commission

Key Account Management, responsible for point of sales in compliance with marketing guidelines, sales support (placement, pricing and selling of new collections), recruiting and training of new interns

Intensive mini MBA course that focusses on the three core pillars of business leadership: - the strategic environment - the financial toolkit - the human element

European politics, economics, law and lobbying

European and American Relations, European History and Politics, Political Development of Central and Latin America

Management Accounting-Cost accounting, Marketing, International Economics, New Institutional Economics, Emerging Markets, Italian and Anglo-Saxon culture and language