The Hamburg Commercial and Service Group Otto Group announced the appointment of Martin Umland on the Group Vice President Supply Chain Management on Wednesday. The surrounding area will take over its new post on October 1st and will be responsible for “in particular for logistics planning, strategy, innovations and group services of the group of companies”, the group said.
The logistics expert follows Raphael Adrian Maier. The company will leave the company at the end of September to “go back to its Swiss homeland,” said Otto Group.
Kay Schiebur, who is responsible for the Services area on the Otto Group board, paid tribute to the outgoing manager. “With Raphael Maier we lose a very successful logistics expert. He has significantly further developed the Supply Chain Management of the Otto Group and lifted it on a new level,” he said in a statement. “I very much regret that Raphael decided to leave Otto Group and wish him every success for his new tasks.”
The surrounding area has been working in the group since 2006
The group found a successor in its own ranks. The surrounding area has been working in the group since 2006. During this time, according to a message, he initially worked as a project manager in the Otto Group Holding and at Hermes Fulfilment, before moving to the corporate-owned Bonprix group in 2010 and held various management posts there.
Most recently, around Bonprix as Vice President Logistics was responsible for the international logistics of the fashion brand, the group said. In addition, he had successfully managed and implemented a holistic transformation program for the overall organization of the Bonprix Group by the end of 2024.
“We are very pleased that with Martin we were able to win a competent and successful manager from the Otto Group for this strategically central position in the Otto Group Holding,” said board member Schiebur. “I wish him all the best and a successful hand for his new role in the group.”