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New Head of Product Planning & Strategy - Europe

Mr. Eric Hurkmans joins forces with CHARMANT as Head of Product Planning & Strategy - Europe.

We are very much pleased to announce you that Mr. Eric Hurkmans and CHARMANT Group agreed to work together on various product topics as Head of Product Planning & Strategy - Europe. As we decided to bring the product planning function back to Europe, Eric is the one who shall assure this transition and product excellence strategy.

Eric, from Waalwijk, the Netherlands, has a long serving history at one of our most valued partners. Hans Anders and he lastly occupied the position of purchase director for entire Hans Anders Group. As he decided to seek for his professional carrier outside of Hans Anders, now our paths come across and he is set to lead our product team in Europe in close communication with Japan as well European operations.

In this time of change after and amid successive crisis, the market can only evolve into further consolidation and the domination by certain players is accelerating. First of all, we need to understand where our industry is heading to and how CHARMANT Group can create differences with its products and related services on top of our unchanged engagement in terms of quality and customer care. Eric’s long experience in the organized retail industry and its product development is our asset. Consequently, we are sure to build long lasting success with him and the engaged team in Europe.

We wish Eric a great start at CHARMANT!