- General Manager Jörg Kramer to become Head of HR
Frank Kretzschmar joins management board as Chief Operations Officer - Labour Director Andreas Schrödinger assumes new task within the METRO GROUP
- Contracts of CEO Didier Fleury and CMO Patrick Müller-Sarmiento extended by three years
Düsseldorf, Germany, 2014-10-3— /EPR Retail News/ — Hypermarket chain Real reorganises responsibilities within its management board. As the Mönchengladbach-based company announced subsequently to a meeting of the supervisory board, the management board positions for HR and operations will be reassigned. At the same time, the employment contracts of Didier Fleury, Chairman of the Management Board, and Patrick Müller-Sarmiento, Chief Merchandise Officer, were extended for another three years until August 2018, respectively September 2018.
Former General Manager Jörg Kramer will lead the HR department of Real as new Labour Director as of 1st of January 2015, taking over the position from Andreas Schrödinger, who at his own request, will leave the Real management board in order to accept new responsibilities within the METRO GROUP. In addition, Frank Kretzschmar, former Chairman of the Management Board of Media Markt and Saturn Austria, will manage the sales activities as new Chief Operations Officer (COO) and will be at the same time responsible for the region north from the beginning of next year. Together with CFO Henning Gieseke, Real’s Management Board comprises five members as before.
“The realignment of Real initiated by Didier Fleury and his team is returning first successful results,” says Olaf Koch, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Real and Chairman of the Management Board of METRO AG. “The early extension of the employment contracts ensures the required continuity during our transformation process. The reassignment of management responsibilities paves the way for the company’s future success. We would like to thank Andreas Schrödinger for many years of excellent work and also wish Jörg Kramer and Frank Kretzschmar all the best and success for their new tasks.”
As General Manager in the Real management board, Jörg Kramer currently is responsible for the sales region north, and furthermore coordinates all sales activities regarding national topics. He previously coordinated the non-food sector within the Real management board from 2004 to March 2013. Frank Kretzschmar joined the management board of Media Markt and Saturn Austria in 2005 and became Chairman of the Management Board in 2008. He also served as COO of Media-Saturn-Holding in Ingolstadt from 2011 to 2013. Andreas Schrödinger has been Labour Director and a member of the Real management board since 2003. He previously held various executive positions outside of the METRO GROUP, e.g. as HR Manager of the ABB AG.
METRO GROUP is one of the largest and most important international retailing companies. During the financial year 2012/13 (pro forma), it generated sales of about €66 billion. The company operates around 2,200 stores in 31 countries and has a headcount of around 250,000 employees. The performance of METRO GROUP is based on the strength of its sales brands that operate independently in their respective market segments: METRO/MAKRO Cash & Carry – the international leader in self-service wholesale – Media Markt and Saturn – the European market leader in consumer electronics retailing – Real hypermarkets and Galeria Kaufhof department stores.
real,- SB-Warenhaus GmbH is a METRO GROUP company. real,- offers a comprehensive range of food and non-food products, high quality fresh items and attractive prices. All this makes Real one of the leading hypermarket companies in Germany. Under the umbrella of real,- Group, the company operates about 300 hypermarkets throughout Germany, as well as a 2 Drive-In-Food-Stores in Germany and the real,- Online-Shop. The company, employing about 40,000 employees, generated a sales volume of around €7.3 billion in the 2012/13 fiscal year (pro forma). Further information on www.real.info and www.metrogroup.de
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