Letter of reference for interim manager Jürgen Schmidt

Office DEPOT / Viking is one of the international market leaders in office supplies and office equipment. (Formerly a portfolio company of the Aurelius Group) Mr. Jürgen Schmidt was Interim Manager for the DACH/BENELUX region for Office Depot from August 2019 to April 2022. During this phase he worked on a daily basis with the Senior Management Operations of AURELIUS.... ..

..... You could rely on Mr. Schmidt in all phases of the cooperation and he showed an extremely high and proactive willingness to perform. Particularly noteworthy is the reliable implementation of the necessary and jointly decided measures at all times, whereby he always managed to control and motivate the directly subordinate managers with the necessary sensitivity, but also to inspire the managers of other areas as well as the management and to create the necessary alignment. Even in the ongoing, complex and difficult phase of merging the two company channels Office DEPOT and Viking, Mr. Schmidt's support and input was always very much appreciated and in demand. Mr. Schmidt handed over the restructured sales organizations in DACH and Benelux to the new management after the new definition and setup of the combined marketing and sales organization. We recommend Mr. Schmidt as an experienced, motivated and reliable interim manager with a very high level of sales expertise. We ended the interim management mandate after two extensions and with the highest level of satisfaction with the results achieved.