Interim- and reference projects

04/2014-12/2014 Head of Product Management / CPO
Hosting & Cloud Service Provider, Karlsruhe / Germany

Number of member responsibility: 13
+ Leading Product Management team until permanent successor is found | Product Strategy
+ introduction of agile processes
+ increase Product Owners and Product Managers focus on the market and customers
05/2015-02/2016 Managing Director
Telecommunication & Data Center Services , Lindau (B) / Germany

Number of member responsibility: 25
Tasks:
+ Optimization of company results
+ 3-year-plan to increase profitability

Results & Achievements:
+ New structure: B2C and B2B sales
+ Optimization of data centre services
+ Realistic and achievable business plan including mile stone achievements
04/2016-05/2018 Managing Director Sales
Surface Treatment, Kerpen / Germany, 18 plants in Europe, 1 plant China

Number of member responsibility: 45
Surface Treatment (service provider for automotive, manufacturing, aerospace

Tasks:
+ Centralization of sales (decentralized, independently acting in 19 plants)
+ Optimisation of sales processes and quality
+ Focus sales on growth

Results & Achievements:
+ Change Management Sales: organisational change | centralized sales worldwide | Implementation of new roles: Key Account Management, Inside Sales, Sales Operations & Sales Controlling
+ Revenue growth: 20 % (total 130+ Mio. €) within 12 month
+ New markets: Asia, e.g. China
+ Key Customer Management and negotiation: e.g. Bosch
+ Over achievement of sales goal by 10 Mio. € p.a.
06/2018-11/2018 Project Manager M&A Sales Units
Surface Treatment, Kerpen / Germany, Doorn/Netherlands

Number of member responsibility: 100
+ Develop roll out plan for sales to integrate the two independent group companies (one with central sales, the other with decentralized sales)
+ Build central sales structure to serve 50 plants worldwide
10/2013 Coach / Trainer / Consultant - Product Management and Strategy
Namasas GmbH and affiliated companies of Namasas GmbH , misc companies

+ Trainings | Workshops | Coaching for Product Management

+ 75+ Events (Trainings, Workshops, Speeches) | 100+ different companies | 450+ attendees (95% Germany)

+ Some Customers: Fujitsu Technologies, De-CIX, eccenca GmbH, Open-Xchange AG, Vitaliberty, 1&1 Internet AG, Brox IT-Solutions, Consol Software GmbH, DaWanda, DB Mobility Logistics, Immowelt AG, Schott AG, solute GmbH (billiger.de), T-Systems International, Unify, Bender, etc.
02/2019-07/2019 COO, Product and Strategy
Software Solutions | Big Data | Data Management, Leipzig, Stuttgart, Hannover / Germany

+ Develop and roll out concept to change from project driven company to product driven company and better scale
+ Increase professionalism of important processes in Product Management, Development, Sales and Marketing
+ Increase customer and market focus
05/2019-05/2019 Plant Manager
Automotive Supplier , Spartanburg, South Carolina / USA

Technical Solutions for Automotive, Aerospace, Manufacturing | 30+ plants worldwide |
3.000 employees

Plant Management, Identification and Optimization Processes & Increase Quality in USA
Plant Management role, reporting to CEO of Holding

Tasks:
+ Identification and Optimization of processes to increase performance and quality of plant (Supply Chain, HR, Quality Management, Sales, Pricing, Production)
+ Analysis of market, customers and pricing
+ Change of existing focus and priorities to become more profitable
11/2019-07/2020 Engagement Manager, Strategic Project Manager (Sales-IT)
Electric Utilities Company, Karlsruhe, Germany

Supplier of electric energy | e-Mobility solutions | 23.000 employees

Engagement Manager, Strategic Project Manager (Sales-IT)
Reporting to upper Management (C-1)

Tasks:
+ Cost reduction IT-landscape with focus on DMS and Archiving
+ Analysis, selection, implementation, pilot development projects with Nearshoring-Partner
+ Collaboration model for B2C and national market divisions

Results & Achievements:
+ Reduction productive storage: 92%; cost reduction p.a. >0,5 Mio. EUR
+ Two successful pilot projects with Nearshoring partner in Romania
+ Development of Collaboration models for two IT-divisions