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Back to original languageAbout Jürgen Norbert
Retail professional with extensive management experience. Strong analytical, strategic thinking, results-oriented, and communicative. Focus: Process optimization in purchasing and category management. My strength: The interface between business and IT. I support retail companies, consulting firms, and software manufacturers in...
1. ...defining effective and efficient processes in purchasing, category management, and related areas (space management, pricing, promotions, master data, supply chain);
2. ...developing or procuring IT solutions for these processes, from requirements management, provider selection, and customizing to system integration;
3. ...the successful, sustainable implementation of standardized, digitized business processes, including change management;
4. ...building effective operational controlling.
Selected Achievements:
- IT: Conception, development, and implementation of software for assortment management in the METRO Group. In a dual role as Business Process Owner and IT Product Owner. The IT solution is explicitly part of METRO AG's transformation strategy, and its implementation is mandatory in all country organizations.
- Project Management: Reduction of €130 million in old inventory in 20 METRO country organizations (2014). Project lead, reporting directly to the METRO AG board. Implemented "on time & in budget".
German
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
French
Fluent
Spanish
Conversational
Dutch
Basic
Can work on-site
Köln (up to 40km), Düsseldorf (up to 40km)
Experience
- REWE digital GmbHIT Project Lead Category ManagementRETAIL (SMALL BUSINESS)February 2026 - May 2026 (3 months)Cologne, GermanyWith a fixed-term secondment contract: Program lead for the Category Management cluster within the NEO Program of Rewe Group. New development of the merchandise management system.
- METRO.digitalDomain Owner / Business Process Consultant Assortment, Space, PromotionsJuly 2017 - September 2025 (8 years and 2 months)40 Düsseldorf, GermanyIn the IT organization of METRO, responsible for the conception and development of IT solutions for Category Management. Led 6 Agile development teams in Düsseldorf and Romania. Also responsible for successful implementation, including change management, in over 20 METRO Cash & Carry country organizations.
- Metro AGHead of Category Management ProcessesRETAIL (LARGE RETAILERS)July 2016 - June 2017 (11 months)Düsseldorf, GermanyDefinition and implementation of standard processes for Product Life Cycle management and system solutions for Category Management in METRO Cash & Carry country organizations. Project initiation and management.
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Education
- M.Sc., International Accounting & FinanceThe London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)1993M.Sc., International Accounting & Finance, International Accounting & Finance
- D.E.S.E.M, Controlling, MarketingNEOMA Business School1992D.E.S.E.M, Controlling, Marketing. Unter den Top 5% des Jahrgangs. Integriertes Studienprogramm mit dem ESB Reutlingen. Doppel-Diplom beider Hochschulen.