Melody Harris-Jensbach

Melody Harris-Jensbach (* 1961 ) is an American-South Korean manager. She has lived in Germany since 1986.

Career

She studied at the Parsons School of Design in New York . Through her marriage, Melody Harris-Jensbach came to Germany in 1986, where she initially worked for the Cartoon and Triangle labels in Neuss . She then took over responsibility at Viventy by Bernd Berger , a fashion brand from Hennef . In 1993 she became chief designer of the Escada subsidiary Laurèl, then she moved to Fink in Darmstadt .

In 1998, Harris-Jensbach joined the fashion company Esprit de Corp. as the design director for women's clothing . From 2003 she took over the responsibility as International Product Manager Woman . Since 2005, she has headed the largest segment of Esprit Holding, the global women's casual wear division.

Puma announced in June 2007 that Harris-Jensbach would be appointed as a member of the Management Board with effect from January 1, 2008. She succeeded Martin Gänsler and took on responsibility for the areas of product, product development, design, business unit management and global procurement for the company's retail business. She was the first female vice-boss of a German stock corporation. In July 2011, Puma announced that Harris-Jensbach was leaving the company. On January 9, 2012, she returned to Esprit Holdings as Chief Product & Design Officer . After almost two years at Esprit, Harris-Jensbach resigned on October 31, 2013. However, she will continue to work as a consultant for the fashion company until mid-2014.

Harris-Jensbach has been CEO of the Idstein- based outdoor clothing company Jack Wolfskin since the end of 2014 .

Web links

• Melody Harris-Jensbach: Puma's polyglot manager (FTD of June 6, 2008) ( Memento of September 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive )

literature

• Anna Marohn : Top without a quota. - The American designer is number two at Puma in Herzogenaurach. A self-made career. In: Die Zeit , June 24, 2010, page 36.
• Carsten Dierig: The braked one. The marketing and product manager of the lurching fashion company Esprit throws down. As before at the sporting goods manufacturer Puma, she had no prospect of becoming CEO. In: Welt am Sonntag , October 27, 2013, page 32.

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1. ↑ TextilWirtschaft dated June 14, 2007
2. ↑ PUMA AG press release (June 4, 2007) ( Memento of the original from June 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ Powerful women: International business leaders (Spiegel Online from January 28, 2008)
4. ↑ Gerhard Hegmann: Stumbling Start for Puma as Europa-AG ( Memento of August 14, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) , in: Financial Times Deutschland , July 25, 2011. Retrieved on August 10, 2011.
5. ↑ Head of the week: Melody Harris-Jensbach , welt.de from January 15, 2012.
6. ↑ The braked one. , welt.de. Retrieved October 28, 2013.
7. ↑ Textile Industry from November 4, 2014: Jack Wolfskin: Melody Harris-Jensbach becomes CEO ( memento of the original from November 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.