DIGITAL COMMERCE & GROWTH EXECUTIVE

Scaling digital commerce. Turning strategy into results.

I steer digital businesses with a clear focus on growth and customer value. I connect marketing, digital sales and CRM across the customer journey into one coherent commercial system. I use data, AI and digital products where they improve decisions, change customer experiences and create economic impact.

€1.6bn Online business scaled
20+ years Digital Commerce
20+ markets Digital Commerce across Europe
EXECUTIVE PROFILE
Portrait of Karsten Uhlig

As an E-Commerce Executive at bonprix, I scaled the international online business across more than 20 markets to €1.6bn in revenue. Most recently, I was responsible for a broad digital organisation and the interplay of E-Commerce, Digital Marketing, CRM, Data and Digital Product.

Commercial Management

Steering and scaling digital businesses for economic impact.

Growth, customer base, customer journey, commercial economics and scarce resources belong in one coherent management system. The decisive capability is to interpret signals correctly, set priorities and direct resources so that economic impact can scale.

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Leadership & Transformation

Turn strategy into organisation and execution.

Set direction, clarify accountability and align the organisation behind the critical priorities. Diagnose the cause and clarify the decision first, then choose the appropriate leadership and change intervention.

Data, AI & Digital Product

Turn better evidence into better commercial decisions.

The model alone is not decisive. Customer behaviour, analytics and Predictive AI need to lead to concrete action, while digital products require clear customer problems, ownership and prioritisation.

Track Record
bonprix (Otto Group), 20+ years

Commercial Scale in practice

From offer management and Digital Marketing through CRM and Data to the end-to-end steering of an international E-Commerce business.

Growth & Expansion

Built Digital Marketing internationally and developed E-Commerce across 20+ markets. Increased marketing-driven traffic from 0 to 50%.

Customer & Data

Integrated CRM and shared customer data across touchpoints. Productive ML applications for recommendations and forecasting.

Digital Product & App

Developed web, mobile and native apps as digital products and scaled them internationally. Advanced customer journey, conversion and personalisation across touchpoints.

Offer & Omnichannel

Connected online demand, assortment, pricing and availability, and linked digital touchpoints with CRM and physical customer contact points.

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Steering logic

Observation, decision and execution remain connected, turning signals into clear priorities and priorities into economic impact.

  1. 01

    Understand

    Outcomes & signals

    Make economic variances, patterns and relevant signals visible.

    Drivers & mechanics

    Go beyond KPIs to understand causes, bottlenecks and the underlying mechanisms of impact.

  2. 02

    Decide

    Priorities & trade-offs

    Make explicit choices where growth, customer value, margin, speed and complexity need to be balanced.

  3. 03

    Drive impact

    Decisions & execution

    Clarify accountability, concentrate resources and align the organisation behind the critical priorities.

    Impact & learning

    Assess real impact rather than activity, then sharpen decisions accordingly.

Growth·Customer Value·Margin·Competitiveness

Executive tensions

When growth becomes complex

  1. 01

    Growth is becoming less efficient

    More effort no longer creates proportionally more impact. Growth becomes more expensive, slower or less stable.

  2. 02

    Customer journey and customer value do not work as one system

    Acquisition, CRM, conversion and retention optimise locally, but not as one economic system.

  3. 03

    Priorities and accountability become fragmented

    Too many initiatives compete for resources, while decisions remain unclear or lose momentum in execution.

  4. 04

    Data, AI and digital products create activity, but too little economic impact

    Platforms, products and AI initiatives progress without a sufficiently clear contribution to commercial outcomes.

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