RENÉE PEDERSEN

• Contribute to Derma Space’s rapid growth — recognized as a Børsen Gazelle in both 2024 and 2025 — by applying broad commercial experience and strong process management expertise to drive continuous improvement and professionalize operations.
• Serve as the key link between the Sales and Purchase departments, ensuring seamless coordination and efficient communication.
• Actively involved in the testing, development, and implementation of a new sales order management system to improve efficiency and data accuracy.
• Optimize processes and systems to enhance workflow efficiency and scalability across the organization.
• Support the company’s B2B market expansion through operational improvements and stronger cross-departmental collaboration.

2023 – 2024. Business Developer ISAM & Retail, Aarhus

• Supported the Retail leadership team and acted as a key link between ISAM and Retail team leaders.
• Worked on business development initiatives and optimization of internal sales processes.
• Drove change initiatives and the implementation of new IT systems and retail concepts with high user adoption.
• Key achievements:
  Implemented a new collaboration structure between ISAM and Retail, reducing customer response times by 20%.
  Improved cross-channel knowledge sharing, significantly increasing customer satisfaction (NPS).
  Reduced the share of slow-moving inventory from 60% to 20% through process optimization and data-driven inventory management.

2022 – 2023. Nuron Project Manager Retail (Interim), Aarhus

• Responsible for leading the successful transition to Hilti’s new Nuron battery platform across Retail Denmark.
• Coordinated implementation across multiple teams while ensuring high operational stability.
• Key achievements:
  Completed rollout across all Danish stores in under three months — ahead of schedule and without operational disruptions.
  Developed and executed a national training framework later adopted across the Nordic region.

2019 – 2022. Retail Team Leader West, Jutland and Funen

• Took on formal leadership responsibility for the Retail West team following a national restructuring.
• Focused on conflict management, team motivation, and employee engagement.
• Oversaw daily operations, sales performance, and people development.
• Key achievements:
  Increased employee engagement score from 72 to 96 in the annual satisfaction survey.
  Drove 10% sales growth in 2019 through focused team development and performance management.

2016 – 2019. Retail Coordinator

• Responsible for rolling out a new national Retail concept across Denmark.
• Held informal leadership for half of the Retail team and operational responsibility for the entire team.
• Led change management and implementation of new IT systems, including SAP S/4HANA Retail, with high user adoption.
• Key achievements:
  Successfully implemented Hilti’s new retail store design across 10+ locations.
  Improved store operations through process optimization and enhanced visual merchandising standards.
  Ensured strong stakeholder buy-in and smooth transition to new systems and workflows.

2015 – 2016. Project and Process Consultant, Business Development

• Served as a key advisor between the sales organization and IT in the development of a new Sales Planning Application for 900 stores.
• Identified and implemented process and system improvements to enhance operational efficiency and data accuracy.
• Mapped, optimized, and implemented a new product creation process (item master data workflow), including development of a comprehensive training program.
• Key achievements:
  Led change initiatives and implementation of new IT systems and business concepts with high user adoption.
  Successfully contributed to the rollout of Coop’s Sales Planning Application, improving sales forecasting and store-level execution.

2014 – 2015. Category Planner, Grocery (Viktualier)

• Responsible for assortment management, campaign planning, and supplier collaboration within the grocery category.
• Supported category development projects and worked closely with purchasing and marketing teams.
• Key achievements:
  Improved product mix efficiency through data-driven assortment analysis.
  Strengthened supplier partnerships and enhanced promotional planning effectiveness.

2013 – 2014. Project Coordinator, Category Excellence

• Managed Coop’s strategic Category Excellence Project from analysis to implementation and anchoring phase.
• Ensured strong cross-functional collaboration between category teams, procurement, and store operations.
• Key achievements:
  Drove end-to-end project management of Category Excellence, from initial analysis to execution and organizational adoption.
  Simplified complex data and processes, enabling better decision-making across Coop’s retail chains.

2011 – 2014. Space Management Consultant

• Designed and optimized planograms for all Coop retail chains, supporting layout and merchandising strategies.
• Contributed to the development of new store concepts and category management tools.
• Key achievements:
  Implemented data-driven category management methods that enhanced strategic decision-making.
  Played a central role in concept development projects through analytical insights and strong stakeholder engagement.