Matthias Verstraete – Product Manager Hardware, Safety and Security MAXEDA DIY GROUP
I grew up in the beautiful city of Bruges.
In 2005 I graduated as sports teacher which was a logic choice then since I’m a real sports fanatic.
After my studies I started working in sports retail @ Sportsdirect (Frasers Group) & quickly progressed to stores manager.
During the 9 years at Sportsdirect I had the chance to be part of the team helping for the expansion in EU (France, The Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, Cyprus); have also been area manager for 3 years and worked for 2 months at the HQ in the UK on the marketing department.
After that, I worked 2 years at A.S.Adventure and 1 year as key account manager at Bestseller.
Since 2018 I’m working for Maxeda DIY Group where I started as merchandising manager for different departments (technical sanitary, storage, garden, electrical) and since 4 years now I’m product manager for the hardware department.
I can say that I have learned a lot in the past 7 years within a quickly transforming environment & by being part of different work groups. And next to that we had some challenging global events (Covid, SC issues, financial crises)