Judith Zaat-Gesthuizen

Freelance Consultant Blended Companies Expert in Retail, Fashion and Lifestyle. Consultancy Recruitment Retailization Training Industrialization

30 percent shareholder, member of the MT, responsible for all sales, negotiations, budgets and key accounts, acquisition, personnel training, service, advisement as to the collections, social media, PR, translations German-Dutch and advisement with respect to market development. Customers were amongst others: Gerzon Schiphol, De Bijenkorf, Berden Mode and Van Tilburg Mode Also Managing Director of the Luxury goods store La Camargue Laren (nh) and member of entrepreneurs association 'Naarderstraat'

Salesmanager at Mediaset Publishing for the professional journals Food Personality, Foodreport, Event & Image, Signaal, Foodprofile. Events as the Foodawards. Manager to six account managers and one project manager. Member of the management team. Customers were amongst others: Unilever, Nokia and De Efteling.

Managing 60 employees in nine privately owned stores of Intres/Livera. Responsible for turnover, purchasing, human resources, public relations and visual merchandising. Member of the purchasing committee of Livera. In the German stores new concepts and collections were tested, which possibly were transferred to the formula in the Netherlands

Acquired Certificate ‘Junior Sales Manager’ after internal training in 1996. Store manager since December 1996 in Venlo store. Trainer for the Junior Sales Managers at the We Selling School.

TMO is an officially recognized and private University of Applied Sciences for managerial positions in the national and international fashion industry.