Steve Beyer Email & Phone Number

Vienna, Austria

Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany

- Providing our customers from Germany, Austria and CIS countries with investment advisory service- Asset and Wealth Management

Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

- Search for mail order companies (catalogue and E-Commerce) to enter Russian market

Moscow, Moscow City, Russia

- Foundation of an enterprise in September 2008 together with partner- Representative for German shop fitting company- Market analysis for 4 groups of products – search for investors and partners- 1 staff member - Russian General DirectorSuccess: creating and shipment of first own catalogue

Moscow, Moscow City, Russia

- Responsible for complete process from search for rental space till shop opening (furniture import from Germany, fitting, whole logistics, negotiations about prices and contracts, coordination of team of 10 members)Success: 4 opened shops (1 showroom in Moscow, 3 shops in region)- Production of shop equipment in Russia (negotiation and contract signing)Success: enormous saving of expenses (no customs, transport, cost of material 5-times lower)- Direction of cooperation with German consultantsSuccess: transfer of knowledge, adoption and implementation in choice of location, opening, staff- Development and implementation from merchandising standards and store check Success: positive influence on turnover (increase by 10%)

Moscow, Moscow City, Russia

- Project coordinator „reorganization of disposition and buying“ under direction of a German consultant (Integration of all 3 sales channels in one system to automatically generate buying proposals and to improve forecast/planning)Success: systemic proposals worse than manual skills, project was stopped, no further cooperation - Project coordinator „execution of buying and order handling“ under direction of a German consultant (general conditions of purchasing ,labelling, packaging and delivery, purchase agreement) Success: no implementation because German guidelines were not compatible with Russian reality or implementation was not wished or not possible- Coordination retail department- Search for German specialists in book retail sector Success: intensive consultation and workshops on site- Search for personal inside and outside of RussiaSuccess: 6 candidates – hiring of two in higher management position

Moscow, Moscow City, Russia

- Coordination of catalogue creation process (deadlines between departments)Success: every catalogue came out in time- Support by implementing an instrument to control purchases (supplier analysis regarding turnover, quantities, delivery reliability and dates)- Preparation of monthly board member meetings, workshops and diary management- Development of concepts to get rid of overstockSuccess: Execution failed because of negative impact on operating results by Russian law- Analysis of market and competitors- Description and optimization of processes (gateways of all departments to SAP, optimization invoice received)- Coordination development and enhancement of existing internet shop- Integration and implementation of acquired Internet shops from „Mir Knigi“ throughout all departments in existing company „Moy Mir“

Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany

- Buying department: catalogue creation process, receiving of quotations and negotiations with suppliers, calculation of turnover per page, evaluation and analysis of the catalogues using different tools, cooperation with foreign daughter companies- Quality Management: control of goods, law cases process, evaluation of suppliers- Projekt Management: Besorgungsgeschäfte, management of overstock, creation mailings for new clients, internet sales, creative department- Disposition: disposition of goods, using of different analysis tools, analysis of articles, pages and catalogues