Markus Engelbrekts
Stockholm,AB
Summary
Results-driven CEO with forward-thinking approach centered on company success competitive growth. Demonstrated record of success in building successful teams and managing profitable operations.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
CEO
Bodén & Lindeberg
09.2019 - Current
- Leading importer, producer and distributor of natural plant based ingredients with 300 mSEK in revenues.
- Completed significant turnaround and restructuring operation.
- Achieved 5+% sales growth by streamlining sales operations.
- Expanded bottom line profit with more than 12 mSEK.
- Improved fixed cost structure with 30+%
- Refinanced company with new banking partner.
- Consolidated warehousing and production to new facility.
- Implemented financial reporting structure.
- Developed new company identity platform.
- Created positive work culture resulting in increased internal collaboration.
- Acquired and integrated consumer brand into company,
- Developed high-performance leadership team for improved productivity and efficiency.
CEO
Plusstid Home AS
07.2017 - 08.2019
- Founding CEO of technology startup company backed by Orkla ASA.
- 2-sided market model (like Uber) for approved and insured professional in-home services in Norway.
- Acquired and integrated another start-up to accelerate time-to-market.
- Hired and led team of Marketing, Operations and product development professionals.
- Built full technology stack both from scratch and through partnerships.
- Led company from 0 to 10 mNOK in gross sales.
Digital Director
Orkla ASA
10.2015 - 07.2017
- Group lead on digital development initiatives within Sales and Marketing.
- Part of Orkla Group CMO's leadership team
- Led group wide digital transformation projects within D2C e-commerce, content marketing and D2C consumer dialogue marketing.
Business Development Director
Pierre Robert Group
01.2011 - 10.2015
- Men, women and children underwear company in the Nordics with annual revenues of 600 million NOK and 180 employees
- Member of management team and reporting to CEO
- Launched D2C e-commerce channel with full P&L responsibility
- Grew online sales from 0 to 30 mNOK in 3 years
- Led team of 4 marketing and communication professionals.
- Led Supply Chain team of in total 45 FTE (2011)
Category Manager
Orkla ASA
03.2008 - 12.2010
- Led group-wide strategic sourcing projects and teams.
- Project management with 20+ stakeholders.
- Negotiated several multi-year raw material contracts.
- Expanded supplier base from regional to European suppliers
- Accomplished more than 50 million NOK in realized cost savings.
Business Controller
H&M Hennes&Mauritz AB
07.2006 - 03.2008
- Business Controller at Men's department at H&M Global Buying Office
- Financial Controller at H&M Norway A/S
- Providing business analysis to team Buying teams.
- Retail operations analysis and operational management sales, staffing, and financial analysis.
Education
MSc in Business Administration and Economics - Finance and Strategic Management
Lund University
Lund06.2006
DELE Exam - Spanish
Colegio Maravillas
Malaga, Spain12.2002
High School Diploma -
Leland High School
San Jose, CA06.2001
High School Diploma -
Bromangymnasiet
Hudiksvall06.2000
Skills
- Business turnaround
- Leadership team development
- Brand development
- Sales leadership
- Organizational restructuring
- Business startup
- Financial Acumen
- Operational Excellence
- Change Management
- Executive Leadership
Accomplishments
- Achieved [Result] through effectively helping with [Task].
Languages
Swedish
English
Norwegian & Danish
Spanish
Other Merits
- 2010, 2011, Orkla Management Program (OMP), Leadership development program for Level 3-4 management in the Orkla group. Focus on developing a leadership framework based on personal characteristics and profile. Involves individual coaching with organizational psychologists and tests such as MBTI profiling combined with a leadership development case from actual work situation.
- 2004, Editor-in-chief, Nådiga Lundtan, Member magazine of LundaEkonomerna, Lundaekonomerna is the student union at Lund School of Economics with 4 500 members.
- 2002, D.E.L.E exam (Diploma de Español como Lengua Extranjera), The D.E.L.E exam is an exam authorized by the Spanish Department of Education and the University of Salamanca. The exam includes audiovisual tests, ability to speak and communicate.
Technology Skills
Experience from leading team of tech professionals developing full technology stack with Backend, Frontend, QA and Content platforms. Technology stack components and tools use: VueJS, Ruby on Rails, Gitlab, Heroku, Zapier and Wordpress, Former super user of Salesforce Commerce Cloud ecommerce platform incl integration with ERP-systems (Microsoft AX & SAP). Experience from leading Newsletter and CRM-systems (Dynamics & Pipedrive), Google Analytics 360 and AdWords, Facebook Ad Editor, Klarna, Dibs, PayPal and Adyen payment solutions and Adobe Photoshop., Spreadsheets: Advanced user, extensive experience of complex modeling, database and pivot analysis in both MS Excel and Google Sheets. Presentation software: Advanced user of PowerPoint and Google Slides, creating powerful and comprehensive presentations of Strategy outlines, project progress and targets and simplifying complex analyses.
Personal Info - Activities
Leads an active lifestyle with daily workout, gym, pilates, yoga and running. Activities such as tennis, golf and skiing integrated in everyday family life. Competitive downhill skier and cross-country runner until age 18. Married with 2 children and living in Stockholm, Sweden.
Personal Information
Date of Birth: 08/27/1982
References
References may be obtained upon request.
Personal interests
Personal well-being, work out, skiing, family
Timeline
CEO
Bodén & Lindeberg
09.2019 - Current
CEO
Plusstid Home AS
07.2017 - 08.2019
Digital Director
Orkla ASA
10.2015 - 07.2017
Business Development Director
Pierre Robert Group
01.2011 - 10.2015
Category Manager
Orkla ASA
03.2008 - 12.2010
Business Controller
H&M Hennes&Mauritz AB
07.2006 - 03.2008
MSc in Business Administration and Economics - Finance and Strategic Management
Lund University
DELE Exam - Spanish
Colegio Maravillas
High School Diploma -
Leland High School
High School Diploma -
Bromangymnasiet
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