Thomas Rötgens

Experience

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  Lidl België & Luxemburg

  Dec 2013 - Nov 2021

  - Regional head of sales operations- General management of 38 shops in Flanders and Wallonia- Responsible for coaching & development of my team of 8 district managers, 38 shop managers and a total of 900 employees- Plan, analyze and monitor the sales region's KPIs- Optimizing work processes of the store and district managersNominated by the Board to participate in the national leadership development programme 'Expedition XII’ - Managing the commercial, operational, financial and personnel responsibilities of 5 shops- Responsible for the coaching and development of 5 shop managers and over 100 employees- Recruit, coach, develop and manage the performance of the shop managers their team to obtain results- Coach the store managers to achieve their objectives (turnover, costs, productivity, inventory, audit-results)- Applying exceptional store standards Creating, optimising and implementing sales projects for the regional direction.Responsible for process development and implementation.I combined this function for 1 year with my job as a district manager - Introduction to the supporting retail departments (purchasing, logistics, personnel and administrative services)- Field experience in several shops, in which I got to know all of the different operational jobs and specifics of small and big shops

  • Commercial Manager/ Vertriebsleiter

    Jul 2018 - Nov 2021

  • District Manager/ Verkaufsleiter

    Feb 2015 - Jul 2018

  • Regional Project Manager/ PMV

    Sept 2016 - Jul 2017

  • Sales Management Trainee

    Dec 2013 - Feb 2015
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  Lidl in Deutschland

  Nov 2021 - Nov 2022

  GF-Entwicklung

  Int. GF-EntwicklungsprogrammInternational development programme in Germany, Heilbronn, to develop into the role of Geschäftsführer/ Regional Director

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  Lidl België & Luxemburg

  Nov 2022 - now

  - Geschäftsführer- Managing Director of region LAL.Region LAL consists of 58 Lidl stores and more than 2000 colleagues in the cities of La Louvière, Brussels, Mons and Charleroi.- Managing Director of the the regional office and the logistic center of CLW/ Centre Logistique de Wallonie. A brand new center of 42000 square meters. GF-Einarbeitung | Int. GF-EntwicklungsprogrammIn France, the Netherlands and Belgium

  • Regional Director

    Mar 2023 - now

  • RD/ GF in training

    Nov 2022 - Mar 2023