Robert Schmidt

• Responsible for Group Finance: Accounting, Controlling, Treasury of the group and its subsidiaries: 16 entities, 400 Mio. EUR sales • Restructuring of the reporting to a form of "management cockpit" • Implementation and Roll-Out of SAP ERP, modules SD, MM, FI, CO, PP, WM, QM, OGSD • Investment Strategy, Hedging, Cash-Pooling • Acquisitions, PMI, Sale of Business Units

• Turnaround Management / Restructuring Project • Accounting, Controlling , Reporting, Treasury • Strategy Marketing & Sales • Product Development, Product Communication • Customer Liason, Consulting, Key-Accounts

• Operative supervision and financial responsibility of over 60 shops with 15.000 plus sqm selling space and 170 Mio. CHF annual sales • Corporate Strategy, Strategy Execution, Strategic Planning • Annual Closings in Fast Close methodology in IFRS and Swiss GAAP • Preparation of Budgets, Forecasts, Long-Term Planning • Investment Calculation / Feasility Studies for new Shops and Locations • Style and Amount Planning / Procurement and Import from Eastern Europe and Asia

• Implementation of several Planning Tools • Monitoring of Budgets / Planning of over 20 PUMA subsidiaries • M&A, PMI, e.g. Due Diligence and successful Acquisition of the Japanese subsidiary, Overseeing/Management of the Integration into the PUMA group • Assistance at the yearly Annual Closing (Fast Close) and Compilation of the Annual Report

• Implementation of a Sales Controlling System • Operative Controlling, Budgeting, Planning • Reporting / Accounting in US-GAAP for the German "New Market" • Strategic Planning, Reorganization, responsible for the adoption of EURO in systems • Budget-Responsibility for Marketing (300 kEUR), Planning and Management of Fairs • Compositions of Product Information and User Reports

• Controlling of two Strategic Business Units with a total Sales of 600 Mio. EUR • Planning, Budgeting, Monthly-, Quarterly-, and Yearly Reporting with Analysis • Teamwork in Acquisitions (Due Diligence) • Changeover of the Group to a Controlling System based on Value Management in a Project with BCG • Projects: Knowledge Management in the Group, reengineering of Energy Expenses, Analysis of the Influence of the Oil price on the group

Graduated in the top 5 of my class, being part of the “Dean’s List” (a recognition for outstanding academic achievement), and inducted to the Beta Gamma Sigma honour society. IE Business School is one of the top ranked business schools in the world.

Modules: Strategic Business Leadership / Financial Accounting and Analysis / Competitive Strategy / Managerial Finance / Strategic Marketing / Executive Leadership / Executive Coaching

The program includes modules in these critical areas of finance: • creating shareholder value by strategic finance • integrating economic and financial tools into day-to-day operations • financial choices and decision making for large investment projects

Member of the Social Committee at Longhirst Campus, worked part-time at the IT facilities at the Longhirst Campus