As CPO, Alexander Schmökel has been responsible for strategic purchasing, category management, global procurement, and quality management since January 2017. With impressive experience in textile and non-food trade, also on the part of manufacturing companies, Alexander Schmökel optimizes the purchasing and procurement processes – always geared towards the goal of offering NKD customers a varied range with guaranteed high-quality standards. In the course of 2020, Alexander Schmökel also took over the areas of merchandise management, marketing, and logistics. This means that he is responsible for the entire supply chain management. To continuously develop, optimize and implement the successful growth strategy of NKD, the management has been reorganized from January 2022. During this realignment, Alexander Schmökel was appointed CEO.