Zadoff boasts 30 years of expertise in management roles throughout footwear, clothes, sporting items and equipment.
He spent almost 20 years at Nike, the place he labored in a variety of roles together with gross sales director of footwear and basic supervisor of world gear for Asia Pacific, in addition to managing director for the Pacific area. Throughout his time with the sportswear big, he operated out of the US, the Netherlands, Sweden and Australia.
Since leaving Nike in 2009, Zadoff has held positions together with president of health model TRX Coaching, VP of world gross sales at Patagonia and SVP of Americas business operations at Levi Strauss & Co. He’s at present chief working officer of eyewear model Caddis.
Headquartered in Portland, Oregon, Americas is one among three areas that Dr Martens operates in, together with EMEA (Europe, the Center East and Africa) and Asia-Pacific.
Zadoff can be liable for main the Americas group in “driving efficiency, development, and profitability”, Dr Martens mentioned. He’ll turn out to be a part of the model’s international management group and can report back to CEO Ije Nwokorie.
Dr Martens has been current within the US since 1980 and now has 59 owned shops throughout the area, with complete gross sales accounting for almost 40% of group income.
Nwokorie mentioned: “It’s a testomony to the ability of our model to have somebody of Paul’s calibre be part of our group to form and execute our regional technique. His expertise main groups, working in partnership with wholesale clients, constructing omnichannel companies and driving development at among the world’s most recognisable manufacturers can be vastly useful.”
Zadoff added: “I’m a lifetime admirer of the craftmanship of Dr Martens’ merchandise and the sturdiness of this heritage model in an ever-changing shopper panorama. The model already has a well-established footprint within the USA, however there’s huge untapped potential forward throughout the Americas.”
