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Copenhagen, DK

Copenhagen, Capital Region, Denmark

• Heading up the entire Portfolio and Experience team for Demant's Hearing Division.
• Strategic Market Leadership: Envisioning and creating market outlooks to guide Demant's direction and strategy for the next decade by user research, experience strategy, design (UX/UI) and Generative AI to translate.
• Key Account Management: Providing direct support to the largest and most strategically important customers/chains, ensuring optimal B2B, B2B2C, and B2C value propositions.
• Leadership and operational Excellence: Implemented the Traction framework to enhance meeting structure and task prioritization, driving data-driven decisions and optimizing efficiency. Additionally, deployed the SAFe.

Copenhagen, Capital Region, Denmark

• Leading the strategic direction for Strategic Accounts, prioritizing future product initiatives for hearing aids and digital offerings.
• Portfolio Optimization & Product Lifecycle Management: Own and optimize the full product lifecycle, developing and digitalizing systems to prioritize development efforts, resulting in a more profitable and competitive.
• Key Account Partnerships: Drive partnerships with key accounts and introduced a tier-driven approach for private label products and digital ecosystem offerings.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Leading and Managed profit and loss for two manufacturing facilities and distribution centers in the USA and Canada, overseeing all operational aspects, totaling 450 reports. Key results during my leadership:
• Profitability and Efficiency: Deployed value stream mapping and data-driven tiered management to increase profitability by 15% and improve on-time delivery rates by 25%.
• Cost Reduction and Automation: Digitalized and automated operations, achieving a 5% reduction in cost per unit produced annually - outsourcing.
• Crisis Management and Recovery: Led a swift response to the Covid-19 pandemic with a 40% staff reduction and a rapid recovery, hiring 200+ employees in 5 months, without down time.
• Product Innovation and Sales Growth: Enabled the invention and initiation of new products, enhancing sales and strengthening customer relations.

Copenhagen Area, Capital Region, Denmark

• Built and led a global manufacturing organization across ten sites, ensuring operational excellence and efficiency.
• Operational Globalization: Globalized operations including Deploying ISO13485, operations quality and developing contingency plans to ensure business continuity.
• Digital Strategy Implementation: Developed a digital strategy to ensure closed-loop product and manufacturing quality/reliability with data-driven tools.
• Global Ownership of Custom and Ear Mold Production: Streamlined processes and materials, established lean practices, and developed cost-efficient 3D manufacturing capabilities. Increased first-time fit and reduced.

• Led the development of wireless capabilities and research activities, advancing the company's technological edge. By developing world’s first hearing aid featuring 2.4 GHz technology for direct wireless and for.
• Product Data Management: Developed and implemented a product data management system to streamline R&D processes, resulting in faster response to customer feedback, and optimization of manufacturing.
• Manufacturing Standards: Defined and established standards and processes for design for manufacturing, ensuring seamless production transitions. Unified and restructured the entire test flow and test systems from.
• Customer Engagement and R&D Advocacy: Frequently engaged with visiting customers at headquarters, delivering presentations on GN's history and the development journey of 2.4G wireless technology—a key selling point for.
• Strategic Business Development: Developed and pitched my MBA project on entering the OTC market, leading GN to start and successfully launch its first OTC product.

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Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Distinction

Main fields of study are: - Business Strategy - Marketing Management - Executive Leadership - Finance & Economics - Management.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Telecommunication/Rf/Antenna

M.Sc., Telecommunication