The women’s fashion specialist Gerry Weber International GmbH has two new additions. Susanne Delling supports the design team and Jeroen Timmer takes over the management of the IT area.
Timmer has been appointed to the role of Director Group IT, Gerry Weber announced on Tuesday. He succeeds Sven Ostheider, who is leaving the company “at his own request and by mutual agreement” to pursue new challenges. Ostheider has held this position since April 2022 after joining the Halle, Westphalia-based clothing provider in October 2021 as Head of IT Governance.
The new IT boss comes from eyewear manufacturer EssilorLuxottica, where he was Vice President IT and Head of EMEA Optical Retail IT at GrandVision. Other stops included the restaurant chain Vapiano, the retailer Karstadt and the cosmetics retailer Douglas.
“I am looking forward to helping to shape the implementation of the strategy with my new team through modern and powerful IT,” said Timmer. “Our ambition will be to make IT one of the drivers of Gerry Weber’s success, both in the back office and in relationships with customers.”
Gerry Weber brings in new trousers specialists
Delling is now taking on the role of team leader design for the trousers/skirts product area. She succeeds Julia von Obstfelder, who will leave the company “at her own request” to pursue new professional challenges, according to the statement. Von Obstfelder has worked in this area at Gerry Weber since 2006 and took over leadership of the team in 2012.
Her successor brings more than 25 years of international professional experience in womenswear design and specializes in the development of trouser collections. She worked for the brands Rosner and Gardeur, among others. Most recently she worked as a freelancer. She also founded the sustainably-oriented denim label One-Offsue.
“I always enjoy taking on exciting challenges. Above all, I’m really looking forward to sharing my passion for trousers with a new team and passing on my knowledge to them,” said Delling. “My plan: develop strong-selling, trend- and target-group-oriented collections with my colleagues in order to contribute to Gerry Weber’s success.”