Hagen Adler

Managed fast growth: Founded Ruby Compass UG in 2013 and increased revenue by tens of million USD in North America & EU. Drafted organizational and process plans and adjusted those continuously to a 40-employee business. Developed budget systems enabling a debt-free growth. Created financial forecast models to plan capital requirements and investments for 5 warehouses. Developed and Introduced 20+ products a year: based on market analyzes, suppliers and surveys, and grew them to Online top sellers

Managed all facets of inventory planning for thousands of suppliers with millions of articles: forecast, turnover, delivery time, space planning and transport Improved profitability by reducing lead time by 7.5 days through strategic partnerships and by adjusting accrual process. Enhanced customer experience: Developed tools to identify promotion candidate and drove adoption which lead to double the offerings. Introduces direct shipping from suppliers to expand the product range

Formed strategic partnerships or negotiated with over 500 suppliers. Increased sales by 69% and profitability. Lead a $ 100 million profit center Improved customer experience by doubling product selection growth; reducing price volatility, increasing availability and shopping cart value Innovative: Developed and Introduces luxury shop with automatic product selection. Wrote first packaging guideline and helped roll it out company-wide

Category spend responsibility for HR, Marketing, Professional Services and IT totaling 160 million GBP. Manage internal and external direct reports tendering pan European mobile phone, FTL, lighting and merchant fees. Develop global and regional sourcing strategies with US counterparts for above categories. Promoted after three month in the company

Controlled 70 million GBP of store development, Capex and FM spend for Europe. Created a sourcing strategy for Germany with a savings target of 20%. Tendered FM, Fixture for pan Europe of over 20 million GBP saving 10% and implemented KPI and SLA.

Developed sourcing strategies for North America, led 10 projects: created commodity profiles, categorized spend and developed commodity strategies. First to get FM, IT and marketing to collaborate with sourcing. Lead the First Genie outsourcing of 11 facility services: improved SLA and saved $2.1 MM annually Lead RFP concentrating $9 million in print, promo, creative services and fulfillment over Germany, Netherlands, UK and USA. We build one E-shop, reduce articles and saved 20%

• Developed sourcing action plans and reported directly to the sector and corporate Sourcing Managers : o Full automation of processes • Directly reported to CFO INDEX ( travel, FM, car, marketing, utility, consumable, transport, IT and insurance expens

Managed and Expedited the exchange of product parts during a major product recall through: Managed 3 levels of the supply chain, organized exchange in production and lead customer information meetings

Developed an automated material transport system (Investment € 2.3M, IRR 45%)

• Board member of Treffpunkt e.V. a 2 day job fair (2003/2004) • Project Manager: new product development, Link-Electronics GmbH Germany 8–12/2003 Market analysis, determined specifications, pricing suggestion. The satisfied customer placed several further projects with the team I direct

Tested the ASICS, selected a simulation tool Wrote Wait papers and represented the company on Industrie Fairs

• Assisted the accounting in settling the payments, factoring, opening LC and pay rolling • Restructured the employee transportation (10% savings)

• Managed the supply chain: e.g. arrival of goods as well as shipments to customers and conducted the export facilities • Managed merchandising and order process for apparel and controlled the clearance of the goods into production

Masters of Business & Electrical Engineering (MBE) April 2006 • Business Majors: Marketing, Int. Competitive Policies and Financial Management • Electrical engineering major: Microelectronics , Electronics Thesis: material flow automation

Winston-Salem, NC Master of Business Administration (MBA) • GPA 7.265 • Emphasis in Entrepreneurship & Family Business • Scholarship of Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst • member of Operations Club and Consulting Club