Ramona Ramsauer Appointed As Blue Tomato's New Head Of Human Resources

Ramona Ramsauer (32) is the new Head of Human Resources at Blue Tomato. In this position, she is responsible for all agendas in the “People & Culture” area at the Austrian board sports and lifestyle specialist based in Schladming and with additional headquarters in Graz and Vienna.

Blue Tomato employs more than 850 people and, with more than 80 shops in nine countries and over 450,000 products, is one of the world's largest online retailers in the snowboarding, freeskiing, surfing, skateboarding and street style sectors. 

Ramsauer has many years of experience as well as extensive knowledge and skills in global and national human resources management. Born in Lower Austria, she studied economics at Johannes Kepler University in Linz, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Science. She also has a Master of Science in Business Administration with a specialization in Change Management & Leadership from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

She  gained international experience in China. Her professional career took her through the Agrana Group and the construction supplier Doka. In these renowned, internationally active companies, she was responsible for tasks such as HR reporting & controlling, supporting organizational development projects, recruiting, labor law, management and personnel development.

She gained international experience at Agrana Fruit during a one-and-a-half-year stay as Regional HR Manager North Asia in Shanghai, China, where she was responsible for personnel planning and development as well as the design and implementation of HR processes.

“Expect many exciting challenges” Ramsauer is now looking forward to her new job at Blue Tomato: “The job market is characterized by change and complexity. I see it as an exciting challenge to react to these dynamics together with a highly motivated and talented team and to help shape the internal company requirements for the further development of Blue Tomato. The focus of my work is the further expansion of operational excellence, dealing with the changing requirements of the job market and the focus on human relations.”