Professional Career

1998-1986 Systems analyst
Berthold AG, Electronic photo typesetting, Berlin / Germany

• Introducing an accounting software
• Developing a concept for decentralizing order entry
1988-1993 Controller in the Technology Department
Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Hamburg / Germany

• Analysing of and recommending decisions for projects and investments in the technology department
• Budgeting of projects and investments

Results
• More than 100 expertises to prepare the decision by the Executive Board on projects (> TEUR 250) in the areas of IT, maintenance and overhaul equipment, aircraft systems and real estate.
Additionally e.g.:
- Optimum lifetime of aircraft for the Management Board analysed
- Project guide for the Lufthansa Group developed
- Business plan for the Berlin-Schönefeld overhaul location elaborated
1993-1999 Head of Controlling Technical department and Flight Operations
LTU GmbH, Düsseldorf / Germany

Number of member responsibility: 2
• Targeting, budgeting, forecasting, reporting and variance of analyses (Personnel cost for the entire company)
• Strategic corporate planning, analysing profitability, annual financial statement work
• Collective bargaining
• Leading 2 employees

Results
• Restructuring of the means of production, here aircraft fleet
- annual costs in the double-digit million range saved
• Spin-off of the Technical department and Passenger Handling division of
LTU-Süd
- costs in single-digit million range p.a. reduced
• Merger of LTU and LTU-Süd airlines
- annual costs in double-digit million range saved
1999-2001 Head of HR Administration and Systems
LTU GmbH, Düsseldorf / Germany

Number of member responsibility: 13
• HR IT, working time management and payroll department
• Deputy Head of HR
• Leading 13 employees

Results
• SAP HCM implemented, fixed costs reduced and data quality improved
• Efficiency of shift plans for around 300 employees maximised
2001-2010 Beiersdorf AG, Hamburg / GermanyHead of HR Information Systems
Number of member responsibility: 8
• Developing and supporting local and global HR systems e.g. Compensation Management, Talent Track, E-Recruiting, Who's Who?, My Data /
My Employees, Salary Planning, Idea Management
• Enhancing the Group's IT strategy
• Leading 8 employees
• Budget over 4 million Euro p.a.

Results
• E-Recruiting introduced: Cost for external service provider reduced and at the same time process accelerated and expanded by various functions
• A total of fourteen Employee and Manager Self Services developed and implemented: Processes simplifyed and accelerated. Costs reduced, data quality and user satisfaction improved.
• SAP HCM (incl. payroll accounting) introduced for
- LaPrairie Group in Switzerland and Germany
- Subsidiary in Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines
- Florena Cosmetic GmbH in Waldheim/Saxony
Costs for subsidiaries and parent company reduced through targeted negotiation
• E-Supported Training implemented: Days of presence reduced by IT-supported preparation and follow-up work for selected training courses
• Personnel capacity reduced by 25% despite more than doubling the number of applications supported

2010 Independent HR IT Consultant
LSH ViToSo GmbH, Renscheid / Germany

• Development of the business model supported
2011-2013 Vice President HR Services and Systems
REpower Systems SE, Hamburg / Germany

Number of member responsibility: 15
• Controlling the global personnel cost budget at EUR 205 million p.a.
• Improving of HR processes
• Ensuring proper payroll accounting
• Managing cooperation with employee representatives
• Leading 15 employees
• Deputy Senior Vice President HR

Results
• Various employee and manager self-services to accelerate and streamline processes introduced
• Company remuneration system for headquarters against the considerable resistance of the trade union implemented. The savings volume compared to the regional collective agreement amounts to around EUR 20 million per year.
• Working hours in an important business area flexibilised and extended
2013 Independent Interim Manager
KB // HR Interim Management, Germany, Austria, Switzerland

• Managing HR functions transitionally
• Establishing and enhancing HR controlling
• Leading projects, introducing HR IT systems