Duravit strengthens top management: Jutta Langer becomes “President Europe Plus
Die Duravit AG verstärkt das Top Management: Jutta Langer startet zum 01.09.2023 als „President Europe Plus“. In dieser Funktion berichtet sie direkt an CEO Stephan Tahy und übernimmt die strategische, organisatorische und P&L-Verantwortung für die Märkte in Europa und Afrika. Jutta Langer verfügt über mehr als 20 Jahre Führungserfahrung in Unternehmen wie Procter & Gamble und L’Oréal und war Geschäftsführerin in der Werhahn Gruppe. Zuletzt baute sie als Global Vice President Consulting den strategischen Consulting-Bereich für die GfK auf, ein weltweit führendes Consumer Intelligence-Unternehmen.
Duravit AG is strengthening its top management: Jutta Langer will start as “President Europe Plus” on 01.09.2023. In this role, she will report directly to CEO Stephan Tahy and assume strategic, organisational and P&L responsibility for the markets in Europe and Africa. Jutta Langer has more than 20 years of leadership experience in companies such as Procter & Gamble and L’Oréal and was Managing Director in the Werhahn Group. Most recently, as Global Vice President Consulting, she built up the strategic consulting division for GfK, a leading global consumer intelligence company.
As part of the new appointment, the Europe Plus region with its core market Germany will be structurally strengthened: in future, a separate marketing organisation will focus even more intensively on the special requirements and needs of the German trade and customers in Europe. In addition to design, the key competitive advantages include functionality and sustainability. The e-commerce activities will also be bundled within the new structure.
“With Jutta Langer, we are gaining an internationally experienced and successful executive for the central sales region Europe Plus with our home market Germany,” comments Stephan Tahy, CEO of Duravit AG. “With her broad B2B and B2C background and her experience in the strategic development of business models and organisations, she will continue Duravit’s successful course.”
“I am very much looking forward to bringing my experience to Duravit and, together with the team, to further
Duravit’s market position,” says Jutta Langer. “The brand’s charisma is excellent and appreciated worldwide. In line with the Duravit mission ‘Upgrade your everyday’, I will work intensively with my team to make our customers’ lives a little bit better every day.”
Duravit AG, based in Hornberg, Germany, is one of the leading international manufacturers of designer bathrooms and is active in over 130 countries worldwide. The product portfolio of the complete bathroom supplier includes sanitary ceramics, bathroom furniture, shower trays and bathtubs, wellness systems, shower toilets, fittings and accessories as well as installation systems of the highest quality. In addition to its in-house design expertise, Duravit AG cooperates closely in product development with an international network of designers such as Cecilie Manz, Philippe Starck, Christian Werner or Sebastian Herkner and Bertrand Lejoly as well as talented newcomers. Through the interplay of pioneering designs, uncompromising product excellence, a keen sense of human needs and responsible entrepreneurship, Duravit AG works ambitiously to make the lives of its stakeholders a little better every day. A key measure in this is the overarching mission to act in a climate-neutral manner without exception by 2045.