Career transition, family-time & travelling.

P&L responsibility for the group’s flagship rehabilitation clinic in Bad Zurzach and 4 other inpatient clinics in Baden / Basel, with a total capacity of 300 beds, as well as outpatient services. Additional responsibility as Deputy Group CEO.About ZURZACH Care: Switzerland’s leading chain of rehabilitation clinics with 20+ locations, focusing on prevention, rehabilitation, and reintegration services

Managing various growth projects (incl. new clinics)Coordination of group-wide project portfolioResponsible for new Division "Prevention/Corporate Health Services" (B2B)

Responsible for building up, leading, and transforming GBS function as part of 3-way merger between Hotelbeds Group, GTA Travel and Tourico Holidays. Leading a team of 2’000 staff across Operations (contact centers, data loading), Finance Services (transactional finance/accounting), Procurement, and Excellence & Development (business process optimization, digitization/automation incl. RPA/AI) across two dozen locations worldwide. Successfully integrated, consolidated and transformed teams. Achieved significant cost synergies via offshoring / outsourcing / digital transformation of tasks. Increased Operating Margin contribution. Substantially transformed and improved customer experience.About Hotelbeds: The world’s leading Bedbank / B2B wholesaler, operating in the travel / e-commerce industry, with multi-billion EUR annual turnover. Private Equity owned.

Responsible to execute group-wide transformation program along commercial, operational, technology / digital and people levers, contributing strongly to significant increase in company profit within one year. Additionally, GTA integration lead for 3-way merger between GTA Travel, Tourico Holidays and Hotelbeds Group.About GTA: A leading B2B wholesaler / digital travel company, providing hotel accommodation and land services, with multi-billion EUR annual turnover. Publicly listed as part of Kuoni Group, Private Equity owned from 2016.

Global commercial responsibility for key account management and contracting with hotel chains (annual turnover of ~500 million EUR)

Broad functional responsibility for >100 FTE in 13 locations across all continents. Leadership scope: Destinations Services (P&L responsibilitiy for new business line for transfers, tours and activities, growing to EUR 100 million), Commercial Management (new function, bridging customer/supplier requirements), Sourcing Strategy & Projects (overall responsibility for global strategy incl. new rate models, new revenue generators, 3rd party supply), Sourcing Technology / Digital lead incl. CRM / Supplier Connectivity / Processes, Commercial Optimization, relationship management with BPO provider (reducing spend by 75% in 2 years), Health & Safety (commercial enabler), Training & Development, Supplier Marketing

Established/led new function (following acquisition of GTA by the Kuoni Group), successfully managed integration of Sourcing units of GTA and Kuoni Connect (supplier cost of ~1 billion CHF). Introduced new rate model (turnover >200 million CHF), developed new product / segmentation strategy, led organizational restructuring (>250 FTE affected), led strategy exercise for new business line (turnover >200 million CHF)

Growth strategy development for Kuoni India, sales processes / call center redesign for Kuoni UK, PMO lead for a major Group reorganization, operational lead for restructuring of 4 group units in financial difficulty, hotel project developmentAbout Kuoni: a leading European travel company with Divisions operating in B2C, B2B and B2G (business-to-government)

Experience as Senior Associate / Junior Engagement Manager across retail, banking, insurance, (agro-)chemical and travel industries in Switzerland, UK, South Africa, U.A.E. and Saudi Arabia. PMI, sales effectiveness programs, business plan reviews, category strategies, corporate growth / portfolio / M&A strategies, start-up feasibility analysis