Lars Lund, CEO

Lars Lund

CEO

XXXLutz

Location
Sweden
Education
Bachelor's degree, Business administration and economics
Experience
20 years, 7 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :20 years, 7 Months

CEO at XXXLutz
  • Sweden
  • My current job since June 2014

-To turnaround to profitability
-Plan expansion
-Optimise range for biggest profitability
-Improve customer experience through change management

Country manager Romania, Serbia and Croatia at kika
  • Romania
  • April 2011 to May 2014

- Create the business plan for the 3 countries to decrease overheads
and return Croatia to profitability with in 12 month which is at the
moment 9% ahead of budget.
- Reorganize the marketing plan to increase visitors in the first 6
month by 6% over last year at this moment 8.5% over
- Set clear goals with follow up in all 3 country organization to help
with increasing the average ticket and conversion rate.
- Setting KPI’s and their follow up method for all stores and HO
departments, Purchasing, HR, Organization, Marketing and
Finance
- Help plan the store expansion for Romania and Croatia with
another 2 stores
- P&L responsible.
- Set individual leadership goals and trainings for the management
group.
- Lead over 500 people

Country manager at kika
  • Romania
  • December 2009 to March 2011

-Crease a strategy with the management group to get kika back to
profitability
- Set up feedback channels from the store and the HO like 6 monthly
appraisals and once every 2 years with 360 degree feedback.
- Set clear goals for the store and HO to ensure everyone works in
unison.
-Set a training plan for the country for techniques and leadership.

Franchise manager at kika
  • Other
  • December 2008 to December 2009

- Open the stores with routines and procedures for them to work
properly from the opening.
- Support the franchisee in the buildup of the store with time plans
and requirements, shop fittings, logistical issues, merchandising
and marketing for Moscow, Samara, Krasnodar and Tel Aviv.
- Project management for buildup of the store in the CEE and
Moscow and Samara franchise
- Set up KPI’s to benchmark against existing stores in the group
- Project manager for the creation of written concepts within the
entire group

Sales manager (deputy country manager) at kika
  • Other
  • December 2006 to December 2008

- Opened two 22.500m2 stores, in Riyadh and Dhahran with a total
of 350 staff members.
- Organize the hiring of almost 500 coworkers for the Riyadh and
Dhahran store opening in November and May.
- Set up a 2000m2 training store in Riyadh and run 55.000 hours of
training for the staff with the management group and suppliers for
the coworkers.
- Analyse the store KPI’s and create action plans to increase sales
for a better bottom line
- P&L responsible
- Created a benchmark for the stores to reach the KPI’s
- Create a succession plan for the future stores.

Director of sales at IKEA
  • Other
  • October 2003 to December 2006

- Created and implemented retail business plan to achieve 10%
home furnishings market share in the Twin Cities. Initial year
strategy resulted in a sales performance 43% above goal that has
continued in the second year of operation.
- Directing sales performance of 16 managers and 280 coworkers.
55% of stores business areas rank nationally in the top 5% since
opening.
- Conducting international store audits identifying commercial potentials.Stores complying with audit results increase sales by an average of 7%.
- Directing Twin Cities’ marketing promotions attracting over 3 million visitors annually, making it one of IKEA North America’s most successful stores in the first two years of operation.
- P&L responsible

Education

Bachelor's degree, Business administration and economics
  • at Danish Business school
  • May 1997

Specialties & Skills

Change Management
Team Leadership
Strategic Leadership
Profitability
Strategy Building
Leadership

Languages

English
Expert
Danish
Expert
German
Intermediate

Training and Certifications

Training and trainer (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2000
Valid Until:
December 2006