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Robert Tjón Vorstand at Norma Unternehmens Stiftung Nürnberg Area, Germany, Retail Geschäftsführer, Member of the Board at NORMA - ROTH Gruppe

Summary

After 3.5 years in the sale force of an A-brand food manufacturer, Robert Tjón switched to the retail side, where he worked in multiple fields, finally in a general management position. After about ten years at the Dutch Vendex Food Group in Belgium and in France, he changed to the Norma-Roth group, where he spent 10 years as CEO of the French operations, and moved to the head office in Germany in 2004, to manage the overall purchasing and assortment strategy for the group.

Robert is principally concerned with the purchasing strategy and product range – structure in the Norma hard discount stores, which are offering high quality food and basic consumer goods at the lowest possible price and at extremely low cost, thanks to a limited assortment of about 1000 articles, mostly private labels and self developed “umbrella”-brands, and a well oiled logistic organization.