The added value is in the team.

Thomas Jesewski

Managing Director and dedicated consultant for vertical integration in clothing retailing. Main focus: Process Management, Project Management, as well as IT Strategy Development.

Prior to the founding of TAILORIT he was responsible for the strategic direction and development of IT and process organization at ESPRIT. While there he implemented worldwide supply chain projects – ultimately as Global CIO.

As consultant at TAILORIT he is and has been active for concerns such as C&A, H&M, s.Oliver, Adler, KATAG und HSE24 in the areas of project management, CRM, customer loyalty systems and eastern european expansion.

René Preloger | SCM & Logistics

Partner and expert in the area Supply Chain Management & Logistics.

As Senior Business Analyst and project manager at ESPRIT he successfully directed international logistics projects, and collected valuable experiences that are absolutely decisive for a goal-oriented pragmatic course of action. His degree in business administration with emphases on production and industrial information management as well as marketing and trade assured him methodological competence at the highest level.

He successfully optimized a whole range of processes in the supply chain at many well known clothing companies:

starting with the integration of production centers and ending with optimized store delivery. He is currently directing the largest Source Tagging project in apparel retailing.

Daniel Schmälzle | Retail & POS

Partner and expert for store operations

Since his degree in busines administration he works over 15 years within the Retail segment. He developed his special interests for store operation while his working for dm-drogerie markt. There he was over 6 years as a member of the board responsible for the department store applications and for all projects concerning cash software, EFT, store ERP, workforce management, mobile store solutions and self service kiosk systems.

As consultant at TAILORIT he work succesfully e.g. as interim manager IT-Retail at ESPRIT.

With his wide retail competence and management experience his consulting topics focus on store operations optimization, store logistics, store IT-systems and store IT-management, ERP, multi-channel, replenishment plus project and change management.

Dr. Axel Seeger | E-Commerce, Retail & POS

The Principal Consultant specialized in E-Commerce and Retail has been an online enthusiast from the very beginning. 



After business management training, technically oriented business degree and receiving his doctorate, Axel Seeger discovered his passion for retail at Breuniger. Following his time there he drove E-Commerce forward at s.Oliver, expanded his range in consulting areas rapidly: Retailer, Internet Pure Player, Mail Order Business. The enjoyment of increasingly individualized challenges, the rapid understanding of connections as well the whole are personal success factors which characterize his professional career for more than ten years.



The bandwidth of his successful projects at well known clothing and retailing companies ranges from an E-Commerce Check of present activities, the development of an E-Commerce strategy carefully aligned with company goals, through to the setup of complete structures and teams in international environments. 



Alex Seeger sees the networking of E-Commerce and stationary retailing, the commercial use of social networks and cross-media customer communication as the most praxis-relevant challenges for the near future. 

Uwe Quiede | RFID, SCM & Logistics

RFID expert with comprehensive background in retail logistics.

For over 18 years at GALERIA Kaufhof GmbH he was intensively occupied with logistical processes. As project director he was responsible for, amongst other things, the development and realization of future-oriented concepts as well as a personnel planning system. In 2003 the topic of RFID became his main area of responsibility. He then represented Kaufhof in committee work at GS1 and EPCglobal, directed the Bridge Project in the scope of the Item Tagging Project in their branch stores in Essen and was responsible for the Kaufhof/Gerry Weber Project as well.

The graduate engineer started his career at MTU in Friedrichshafen as assistant to the regional director for logistics and applied his theoretical and practical knowledge for TAILORIT customers with great dedication – in order to realize added value for retailers.

Ingo Dicke | Retail & POS, SCM & Logistics

Consultant in Merchandising Management with focus on branch store logistics and merchandise control processes.

With a degree in business administration, he worked on numerous projects with strategic and operative focus for more than six years for the in-house consulting unit of Peek&Cloppenburg KG, Düsseldorf, beginning with the introduction of mobile branch store systems through to Mystery Shopping and end customer surveys. In his most recent endeavor he was responsible for the area of branch store logistics, especially for process optimization and organizational structure. Subsequently he was employed at a management consulting firm in the area of merchandising and process issues.

Bringing profound knowledge and experience in the areas of business development, merchandise planning, control and process design in the fashion industry as well as in the FMCG domain, Ingo Dicke started on the 1st of January 2010 at TAILORIT as Senior Consultant.

Dr.-Ing. Martin Gliesche | RFID

Consultant for Supply Chain Management & Logistics and Expert in EAS and RFID-Technology.

As director of the first german RFID laboratory, LogIDLab, he was responsible as early as 2006 for numerous RFID pilot applications in industry and trade. At the same time he directed various research projects for BMWi, BMBF as well as BMELV in the department of logistics at the Technical University of Dortmund. Within the scope of his dissertation at the TU Dortmund, he delved into the experiences gained in his research projects and activities.

Additionally, he contributes his knowledge in standards committees such as EPCglobal and thus enables the best possible adaption of the technology.

Mirco Schönebeck | Retail & POS

Consultant for POS Optimization

With a degree in business administration, and through his 17 years of activity in retail in various management positions, he has built up an extensive theoretical and above all practical collection of experience in the area of retail. He possesses fundamental knowledge of retailing processes, gained especially through his many years of work as partial project director in the strategic development of the merchandising system SAP Retail for fashion retailing and its successful introduction at Karstadt. The comprehensive coordination, introduction and realization of processes and interfaces between purchasing and sales were the main emphasis in his functions in this project, which was noticed all over Europe. These and a qualified practical competence in project management make him capable to solve enormous project challenges pragmatically.

Since 2008 he has been responsible as the special area director in the purchasing process organization for the continuous optimization of processes in the areas of automatic replenishment, optimal merchandise distribution as well as the process interfaces to branch stores and logistics.

For him “Humans and Machines” belong inseparably together for the purpose of developing and introducing sustainable process optimizations.

Jessica Pröpper | RFID, SCM & Logistics

Consultant for commercial logistics with emphases on Supply Chain Processes and Standardization.

With a degree in business (FH) she has been associated with retail since 1997. Already before she finished her international continuing education MBA degree with honors in 2003, she was responsible for different functions in the areas of business development, marketing and purchasing/merchandising. Following this, she accepted a position at a large mail order and department store concern and in 2005 took over the direction of an international standardization initiative in the area EPC/RFID. Together with the representative of leading concerns in the clothing industry, she helped lay the foundations for new standards for the use of wireless technology in the clothing business.

She has proved in numerous projects, which she has successfully designed and implemented for TAILORIT, that standardization means “more than Standard” for her.

Dr. Michael Baurschmid | IT-Business Alignment

Expert in the area IT-Business Alignment with emphases on IT Strategy and IT Governance.

Before his start at TAILORIT in 2008 he worked as a scientist at the University of Duisburg-Essen. He earned his doctorate degree on the subject of the career development of CIOs. Parallel to this he was active as an external project director in the area of Corporate Performance Management and IT Strategy Development in the clothing industry with such companies as ESPRIT and Gerry Weber.

He has gained renown which spans various industries as a reviewer for industry projects and with contributions to professional journals.

Mehmet Kartal | IT-Business Alignment

Consultant for Requirements Engineering, Project Management and Test Management

The degreed economist has supported the design and implementation of business applications with competence and engagement since 1997.  He guides projects in retail and mail order business as project leader, test manager or business analyst, for example in concerns such as C&A and HSE24. 

He utilizes his economics background and his concentration on IT actively in order to drive professional and technical aspects of a project ahead and to mediate between both “worlds”.  Project success for him is mainly based on a consistent definition and pursuit of goals.  Thus it is necessary in one’s approach to have a good mixture of formal methods and healthy pragmatism.  Regarding organization, it is his goal to create a project culture of openness and cooperation in order to motivate and guide the various parties involved in a project toward mutual success.

Martin Hesse | Retail & POS

Consultant with focus on vertical sales structures, CRM and E-Commerce.

Business economist with twin foci of Management and Business IT, he has been working since the end of his German and French studies in 2003 in the sport and fashion industry.  As Manager of Retail Business at s.Oliver he was responsible for international Retail Marketing with a focus on CRM, the introduction of new business ideas as well as numerous optimization projects based on vertical structures.  Within the context of a restructuring he had the interim lead within the s.Oliver Group for the Catalog Sales department and developed strategic concepts in the areas of Retail, Franchise and international Wholesale.  Before his move into the fashion world he worked for two years as Marketing Manager for the Norwegian sport and outdoor brands Swix and Ulvang.  There he successfully built up the areas of brand, product and trade marketing.

With a combination of floorspace oriented, practical experience and strategic vision, Martin Hesse advises customers as Senior Consultant in the areas of introduction or optimization of retail structures, customer loyalty instruments and E-Commerce strategies.  One important emphasis is on the development of vertical sales structures for historically evolved wholesale firms.

Marcus C. Ehrmann | RFID, SCM & Logistics

Project Manager and Consultant for RFID Projects in Production und Distribution. With pertinent know-how from the areas of RFID, manufacturing processes and process design, Marcus Ehrmann has been at TAILORIT since September 2009 as a Consultant. In his three plus years as Project Manager at van Laack GmbH the clothing engineer led numerous projects for the shirt manufacturer. Conceptual design and implementation of a pilot project for RFID enabled information systems were among his core topics. The control and monitoring of the logistical processes in the manufacture along the whole value-add chain with a focus on a smooth rollout were the central features of the project. At TAILORIT he advises customers in the areas of the introduction of RFID and Source Tagging. And this begins with the development of the strategy on through to the global implementation on site. The optimization of production processes and product development round out his consulting expertise.

Johannes R. M. Vilmar-Burgert | RFID, SCM & Logistics

RFID Expert with retail experience.

Before his start at TAILORIT, the trained electrical engineer worked as consultant and project manager on numerous RFID pilot projects and rollouts for the METRO Group. There he was in charge of the RFID hardware and middleware for rollouts in two different marketing lines. Furthermore, he was responsible for implementation and operations for the RFID hardware and system testing in the Kaufhof RFID Item Level Tagging Projekt.

Most recently, Mr. Vilmar-Burgert developed and realized an RFID-assisted search function and stock logging system with handheld readers for a large electronics retailer in the METRO Group. Tasks included were evaluation of the hardware, process analysis, process design, as well as the design and conception of the application. His RFID expertise is founded upon a scientific analysis of the individual components – tags, readers, antennae – as well as function sharing as a part of his activities at the METRO RFID Competence Centers in Neuss.

At TAILORIT Mr. Vilmar-Burgert contributes his expertise to RFID projects – from initial idea to feasible rollout.

Natalie Horn | Retail & POS, RFID

Consultant for RFID in Retail.

In February 2009 she finished her business studies with an emphasis on retail and marketing. Within the scope of her thesis she examined – for a studied initiated by TAILORIT – the RFID potential for branch store processes at an international clothing retailer.

She previously worked for a Russian fashion retailing concern as textile purchaser and was responsible for the planning of their collections.

As native Russian she is also responsible for developing the eastern market for TAILORIT and our customers can profit from her international knowledge in clothing retailing.

Julia Schiminski

Associate. 

After having graduated with a licentiate degree in Business Administration majoring in Service Management and Retailing and Human Resource Management, she worked in the event sector as a Marketing and Sales Manager for three years. Through her part-time jobs of several years for leading fashion companies, e.g. s.Oliver, she has gained substantial experience in the retail market. Thus, she could complement her theoretical knowledge by valuable practical experience at the point of sale. TAILORIT remarkably benefits from Mrs. Schiminski’s retail and sales expertise.

Carlos Sandoval

Associate. 

Carlos studied at the Mercator School of Management in Duisburg. He graduated in 2007 with a degree in Business Administration, his areas of concentration during his studies were Service Management and Commerce, as well as, Logistics and Transport Management. Since graduating, Carlos has worked in fashion retail for more than four years, and has gained practical experience in floor- and merchandise management at the fashion retailer Anson´s Herrenhaus KG. 

He supports the senior consultants of TAILORIT on several projects.

Mirja Schmitz

Responsible for Marketing & Communication. 

While studying communications science, the examined management assistant in advertising supported different companies in marketing-projects, customer-relationship-management and market-research. Furthermore she gained knowledge in project management due to her work in an institute of media research.

With her profound knowledge in marketing and advertising, she is responsible for the professional marketing of the company and the optimization of the internal and external communication.  

Jutta Niederehe

Company Management Assistant.

With a degree in business administration with focus on marketing she gained extensive experience in the fashion and consulting business, e.g. in companies like GARDEUR, ESPRIT, FALKE and IGEDO Company. She has knowledge in strategic marketing- and distribution concepts, textile fair- and event-management, organization and project coordination. 

Due to her widespread knowledge she supports the consultants, accelerates the internal company development and is responsible for recruiting. 

Miri Keller | Retail & POS

With a degree in business administration (VWA) she works as a freelance consultant and project manager in store operation optimization, store logistics, test-management and change-management. 

Working more than 15 years in retail business she gained longtime experience in managing national and international IT-projects. Due to her profound retail-competence and management experience she often works as the head of project and leads the internal and external project staff. Her experience and her excellent analytical and problem solving skills – in combination with her positive attitude to life and people – make it easy to motivate a team and lead this to success.

Dr.-Ing. Bernd Lambrecht | IT-Business Alignment

As freelance consultant and project manager, he is specialized in the conception, introduction and realization of operational application systems. His 20 years of experience in many international projects and his dedication to the industry help him from the very beginning to see a software project as much more than a mere development of a technical system.

With degrees in Computer Science and Business Engineering, he is convinced that success factors are often to be found far outside of pure software development. His guiding principle is “Building Bridges between Business and IT”. He presses home this principle over the long term and with consistency in his areas of process consulting, business process analysis and optimization, requirements management, business analysis and quality control, as well as in software project management.

He worked previously for the following retail concerns: C&A/RSC, Charles Vögele and HSE24.

Frank Hoffmann | IT-Business Alignment

Freelance consultant and trainer in the areas of requirements management, test management and quality management. He has a degree in Computer Science.

With more than 17 years of vocational experience, he has a depth of knowledge in the introduction of application systems – beginning with process analysis, to requirements management, system modeling, test management and quality management. He is consulted in many projects as methodological consultant in the setup and establishment of, for example, quality management systems.

In the retail area he was recently responsible for the testing and introduction of a warehouse and disposition system as well as the quality management and test management for an SAP CRM implementation.