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Credo

My passion

I am devoted to create wow moments by delivering easy, enjoyable customer experience. I measure, test, and refine continuously to find user-centric solutions that truly impress.

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Work

I am a master in autonomous task management, but I also believe that collaboration is the key to success.

I talk straight - honest and clear communication is the most effective.

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Free time

I looove nature, doing sports and do not skip a single day. I am passionate about hiking and trail running.

I like discovering different cultures by wandering around foreign countries with only one backpack.

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What makes me different

Just as I enjoy solo hiking adventures, I’m not afraid when stepping into undiscovered territory in my work either.

I seek playful, creative solutions. Play is not only entertainment but a fundamental form of growth.

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Current responsibility

Customer Experience Leader at Decathlon

Research

I analyze customer data, feedback, and performance metrics to gain insights for the assessment of the managed areas. I stay updated on AI innovations.

Management

I build an environment where my team members trust communicate openly, and work collectively towards common goals.

In-store CX

I identify key moments in the customer lifecycle (acquisition, activation, retention, reactivation, loyalty).

Loyalty program

I monitor market trends and define the program's features based on customer needs and behavior.

Customer care

I regularly analyze the effectiveness of customer contact channels and apply AI solution to increase the efficiency and satisfaction.

CRM

I segment customer data to send personalized offers based on customer behaviors and I optimize campaign performance.

The skills I apply in this area

Hard skills

➜ budget management and ROI monitoring

➜ transform raw data into actionable insights

➜ customer segmentation and data analysis techniques

➜ awareness of digital trends such as personalization, and AI

Soft skills

➜ unification of cross-functional teams

➜ passion for designing impactful campaigns

➜ translate customers' needs into concrete actions

➜ interpretation of complex data, extracting actionable insights

Key results

✓ Introducing Customer Behavioral Segmentation in CRM.

✓ Integrated AI solutions into Customer Care Central Service.

CRM revenue 2.1 times higher than the company's expectation.

Key results

✓ 4.3% increase in team satisfaction over one year.

✓ Checkout with the highest NPS score among subsidiaries.

✓ Introducing a new role into store processes for premium CX.

Experience

Commerce and e-commerce

Department leader

Responsibilites
✗ Competitor and economic analysis
✗ Managing stock and merchandising
✗ Active participation in the enlargement process of the store to 8000sqm
✗ Developing the skill and managing the recruitment and training of the store

Achievements
✓ 100% merchandising audit compliance
✓ HR management of 38 sales assistants
✓ Outstanding TO performance of my department (store share: 26%)

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Recruitment & training leader

Responsibilites
✗ Find talents to ensure internal promotions
✗ Build up new HR structures adapted to the economic changes
✗ Make decisions on the training project to reach the performance of teams

Achievements
✓ Setting up the country recruitment and training policy
✓ Finding 4 talents to ensure internal promotions to the store leader positions
✓ Ensuring the company's HR transformation during the year of the crisis (agility in a VUCA environment)

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Stock leader

Responsibilites
✗ Guaranteeing the availability of products
✗ Helping the logistics and retail with my forecasts
✗ Analyze seasonal patterns, and promotional activities to identify stock fluctuations
✗ Act on trade uncertainties daily to anticipate changes in demand and stock lifetimes

Achievements
✓ Improving stock availability by 3%
Decreasing end of collection rate by 1.1% on YTD basis
✓ Achieved 89% accuracy in estimating sales quantities for 1 year at the supermodel level

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National sport leader

Responsibilites
✗ Animating the retail price policy
✗ Coordinating the quality of layouts
✗ Drawing up and manage the sport's commercial policy for the country
✗ Managing the stock to ensure availability through collaboration with the supply team

Achievements
✓ 11% increase in customer numbers
✓ 97% skilled product trainers’ team
✓ Constant TO and quantity progression each year

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E-commerce project leader

Responsibilites
✗ The launch of decathlon.hu webshop
✗ Develop strategies for sustainable and profitable growth
✗ Satisfying our digital sports users throughout the user journey
✗ Collaborate with store teams to create a cohesive 360° ecosystem

Achievements
✓ Overachiving the yearly TO plan
Launching of decathlon.hu webshop in July 2014
✓ Online marketing campaigns with 16,2% ROI

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CSR leader

Responsibilites
✗ Understanding the needs of disabled, senior, obese or inactive people
✗ Create new business opportunities thanks to game-changing human-centric insights
✗ Unlocking the solutions (products & services) to access sport or active practices
✗ Manage long-term programs to meet the sporting needs of people with special abilities.

Achievements
✓ 6 charity sport-partnership events each year
✓ 6.4% of team members are people with special abilities (2020)
✓ CSR activity is TOP1 driver why people apply for our positions
(Randstad, 2019)

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UX project leader
& junior developer


Responsibilites
✗ Tracking website activity
✗ Making researches, map user journeys
✗ Illustrating user interface elements
✗ Taking a design and bring it to life with code
✗ Integrating third-party tools to our website

Achievements
✓ Setting up the complex user journey of ecodesign products
✓ Establishing qualitative and quantitative UX research strategy
✓ Designing and coding the new product listing page for decathlon.hu

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Workflow

My multitool

  • Medallia, Salesforce Service Could, Tableau, Hotjar, Google Analytics, Google Data Studio

  • Photoshop, Figma, Salesforce Marketing Cloud, html, css, Javascript

  • Airtable, Jira, Trello, Confluence

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References

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Interested?

Let's talk!

I am a 43 years old Customer Experience Leader, with 18 years of experience in commerce.
Being an explorer and team oriented, I am confident that I can help you thrive in the world of customer experience.


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