Timo Eilingsfeld

- Supported event operations at trade fairs, career events and promotional activities. - Conducted on-site customer observations and interviews as part of a market research assignment. - Gained practical experience in retail sales, customer service and brand promotion across various short-term assignments.

- Independently facilitated outdoor experiential education and team-building activities for groups of approximately 18–40 participants, including school students and trainees. - Guided participants through collaborative activities designed to strengthen teamwork, communication, group cohesion and individual initiative. - Adapted activities and communication to different age groups, group dynamics and individual needs.

- Provided customer service in fast-paced hospitality environments. - Managed orders, payments and daily service operations while collaborating with team members to ensure a positive customer experience.

- Analyzed and visualized workflows across different teams to identify inefficiencies, unclear responsibilities and opportunities for process improvement. - Developed process maps and standardized documentation to improve transparency and understanding of internal operations. - Designed and evaluated internal surveys among team members and team leads to assess communication, leadership, collaboration and organizational challenges. - Developed actionable recommendations to improve task allocation, meeting st

- Participated in student consulting activities with a focus on HR- and marketing-related business topics. - Engaged in collaborative work within an interdisciplinary, business-oriented student environment. - Gained insights into consulting approaches and the application of business knowledge beyond academic coursework.

- Actively engaged in retail sales, advising customers on products, collections and purchasing decisions to support sales performance and customer satisfaction. - Provided personalized customer service, responding to individual preferences and helping customers select suitable products. - Maintained and optimized product displays, merchandise arrangements and sales floor layouts in accordance with the brand's visual merchandising guidelines. - Supported the implementation of seasonal collections, promotiona

- Developed and implemented visual merchandising concepts for showrooms, mono-brand stores, multi-brand retail locations and outlets. - Contributed to the creation of visual merchandising guidelines, including collection layouts, product arrangements and window display concepts. - Planned and executed showroom setups and store presentations, ensuring consistency with brand identity, product families and merchandising standards. - Adapted merchandising concepts to different store layouts, product availabilit

- Sustainability Strategy Research (Grade: 1.0): Conducted a comparative analysis of Patagonia, VAUDE and PUMA, examining sustainability strategies, ESG reporting, business models and organizational transformation. - Master's Thesis – Circular Apparel Design: Investigated decision-making processes

- Completed an English-taught exchange semester at Óbuda University in Budapest as part of my B.Sc. in International Fashion Retail at Reutlingen University. - Strengthened my intercultural communication skills, international perspective and ability to adapt to new academic and cultural environment

Academic Achievements - Graduated with a final grade of 1.4 (Very Good, German grading scale) and received recognition as a top-performing student of the semester. - Completed a broad business-oriented curriculum covering Sales Management, Fashion Forecasting, Business Planning & Controlling, E-Com