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Bavaria, Germany

München, Bayern, DE

München, Bayern, DE

• Cross-functional strategic program lead in close collaboration with top management on a group and business unit level; Reporting to the Board.
• Driving digital transformation in the respective area of responsibility;
• Defined strategic concept for and implemented a performance monitoring in main business areas;
• Defined and rolled out a new web-based application for all divisions worldwide. Achieved 60% process optimization.

Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, DE

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Cracow, Małopolskie, PL

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München, Bayern, DE

• Business Development lead; member of a CIS management team; Participation in Board Of Directors meetings in the Joint Venture; Reporting to the Board.
• Successfully negotiated and established the manufacturing Joint Venture with Russian Railways: 100+ mEUR target revenue, 400 FTEs, and 25 mEUR investment.
• Defined a new organizational structure in CIS market, established a CIS Holding in Moscow, Russia; coordinated the collaboration among sales departments in a new organizational structure.
• Established and rolled out jointly with cross-functional team an entity in Astana, Kazakhstan.
• Nominated for 6th Baden-Baden German-Russian Discussions, Committee of Eastern European Economic Relations (2013).

München, Bayern, DE

• Joint Venture Project lead in close collaboration with senior VPs and specialists as a cross-functional team (150+); Due Diligence; Reporting to the Board.
• Developed and implemented a stepwise Go-to-Market Strategy for a Joint Venture, which allowed to quickly enter the market and to start the localization.
• Established an assembly shop in Voronezh, Russia; supported the PMI.
• Developed and successfully implemented the technical certification strategy; Achieved up to 40% reduction of certification costs.
• Established and achieved the accreditation of Knorr-Bremse test center located in Europe as the first non-Russian test center for modern brake systems for Russia.
• Nominated for 33rd Young-Leader Seminar, Deutsch-Russisches Forum e.V.

Munich, DE

• Defined and implemented a strategy for products incl. a worldwide customization; Budget responsibility (> 100 mEUR) and complete end-to-end ownership for products over the life cycle. Reporting to VP Category.
• Successfully lead the integration of two product houses (Europe and Asia) and the market introduction of mobile phones with innovative features CF61 – mp3 player, EF61 – female phone, and EF71 – radio and mp3 player.
• Successfully launched special edition products, e.g. in UK and Latin America.
• Complete end-to-end ownership for products over the life cycle. Coordinated of hard- and software developers, production as well as sales and marketing teams worldwide.
• Optimized the CPM process leading to significant improvement of overall project KPIs.
• Supported Strategic Marketing in feasibility evaluation for 2008 mobile phone concepts.

Munich, DE

• Successfully managed the 2nd biggest Mobile Phone market; supervised Eastern Europe team.
• Optimized cross-functionally SCM related processes, resulting in 100% achievement of sales targets, SCM KPIs, and significant increase in customer satisfaction.
• Developed and implemented the optimized production process BTS (Build-to-stock) and achieved 40% process improvement and cost reduction.
• Successfully lead Carve Out for regions Russia and Eastern Europe, a SCM subproject.
• Integrated local sales department in overall SCM process resulting in improvement of customer satisfactions (Retailers: Beeline, Euroset); consistently ensured the 100% achievement of sales targets.

Munich, DE

Generated management recommendations for innovative product concepts, e.g. S68 (business; launched 2006), SL75 (image and style, launched 2005), M65 (outdoor, launched 2004). Defined target groups and communication plans for retailers.

Munich, DE

Significantly improved HR process by implementation of the tracking system. Consultant for human resources topics; preparation for documents for court.

DE

• Pre-/ after-sale consultant for IT security; Direct Marketing (traditional and electronic), Revenue and profit responsibility. Defined new business segments resulting in revenue increase.
• Developed 3 own accounts, e.g. HP/Compaq and Schweikert Netzwerktechnik, into Top 10 sales partners for the company based on business analysis.
• Developed direct and retail marketing plans and campaigns; Participant and counselor during the IT-Fairs (Cebit, Systems).
• Improved the offer process through a categorization of relevant sales data.

DE

• Lead the department Reclamations, leasing, warranty and repair
• Increased customer satisfaction as a consequence of permanent process improvements, e.g. set up the web presence with legal www-RMA forms and a digital tracking system.
• Achieved reduction of service costs by 45% by re-structuring the collaboration processes among Technical Support and Sales departments.

Data Monetization Strategy: Creating Value Through Data

Executive Education, Launching New Ventures, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies

Executive Education, Behavioral Economics

Program For Leadership Development (Pld), Business Leadership

Diploma (German) In Business Administration, Business Administration And Management, General; Economics; Marketing

Diploma (Russian) In German Philology, Germanic Languages, Literatures, And Linguistics; Latin; History;