Arvato Announces New Hires That Strengthen Ecommerce Team in North America

NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - July 26, 2016) -

• Industry Connoisseurs support rapid growth in Consumer goods vertical
• The new additions support growth in servicing fashion & beauty clients

To further support Arvato's rapid growth within the consumer products industry vertical, Arvato has added Consumer Goods veterans: Craig Hayes as VP of Supply Chain operations, Ferka Vukel, Business Development Director and Benjamin Messner, Sr. Director of Account Management.

Craig Hayes brings extensive experience from his former role as VP of Operations at eBay Enterprise (now Radial), where he drove innovation at 3PL fulfilment operations across North America. His background has helped accomplish cost reduction, successful distribution expansion, improved processes, transportation optimization and holiday peak volume/ labor scaling. Additionally, Craig is well-versed in domestic and international manufacturing, B2C Ecommerce distribution, B2B store fulfillment, distribution engineering, inventory optimization, and logistics.

Ferka Vukel also transfers comprehensive client and supply chain knowledge from her fourteen years at Bergen Logistics. Based out of New York City, her focus will be on consulting the fashion & beauty Industry, in particular, advising on strategies that will support their growth expectations globally.

On her next steps at Arvato she states, "Fashion has always been my passion, logistics is the last touch point for a brand -- providing knowledgeable advice and logistics solutions makes my position a key component for clients. Arvato is a 'well-oiled machine' and complements my career of building relationships to the next level."

Benjamin Messner is an eCommerce leader with broad insight on full-service eCommerce. He came to Arvato from Netrada in 2014 and has recently transitioned from Germany to our New York office. Ben will deploy his expertise to grow our consumer products account team in North America and promote Arvato's global Omni channel solutions.

Benjamin said, "I'm really looking forward to helping provide leading Omni channel services that will delight the end-consumers and make our clients more successful."

About Arvato
Arvato SCM Solutions has worked in the Consumer Products segment with world renowned fashion, beauty and FMCG brands for over 15 years. Arvato's brand-specific service portfolio covers retail logistics, omnichannel and the entire e-commerce process chain: development of online shops, frontend management, online marketing, B2B & B2C logistics and shipping including returns management as well as payments and accounting, customer service and e-commerce consulting.

Arvato SCM Solutions is part of Arvato, a leading international service provider. Approximately 70.000 Arvato employees in more than 40 countries design and produce innovative solutions for business customers from all over the world, covering a wide range of business processes along integrated service chains. These include financial, CRM, SCM and IT solutions, as well as digital marketing services. Arvato is a wholly owned subsidiary of Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA

Arvato is a division of Bertelsmann. www.arvato.com/us

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