Results are my passion. Challenges are my drive. My agenda is to develop, advance and make companies successful. In more than 20 years at C-level, I have achieved this in a wide variety of sectors.
Mobility:
- Definition of a new corporate strategy to improve EBIT and achieve break-even in a timely manner by defining sales and cost measures with potential savings in the three-digit million-euro range per year
- Achieving a positive contribution margin in all cities
- EBIT improved by more than 50% in three consecutive years
Automotive:
- Initiation of global profitability program; Result: cost reduction of a single-digit billion amount
- Optimization of management functions; Result: cost reduction by 20%
- Harmonization of factory structures; Result: optimization of structure costs by 20%
- Development of 500+ measures to optimize 200+ processes in a vehicle plant; Result: cost reduction by 30% vs. Benchmark
Consumer:
- Restructured Tupperware manufacturer and saved 200 jobs (www.zenker-backformen.de)
- Implemented turnaround program Hardware Store (bauMax AG Austria) incl. debt restructuring
Mobility:
- Development and implementation of a new corporate strategy with the aim of improving EBIT
- Restructuring and realignment of the company along a newly developed business model. In this context, implementation of numerous costs measures, including the closure of the North American business, an operating cost program for Europe and the introduction of a franchise model
- Initiation, execution, and successful completion of M&A transaction
Software:
- Founding and development of the company as well as successful launch of the software
- Quarterly doubling of sales
Automotive:
- Optimization of refinancing cost between 15-20bp.
- Implementation of various investor roadshows in USA, CAD, MXN, BRL, ARG
- Realizing profits by developing and establishing a global FX hedging program and commodity hedging
- Development and introduction of a global cash pool concept with concentration of excess liquidity at group level
Private Equity:
- Initiation and development of a private equity fund with a volume of €20 million.
- Setup private equity fund and network to generate deals
Software:
- Ensuring corporate financing via venture capital i.H.v. €5M
- Successful company sale
Mobility:
- Automation of data reconciliation
- Automation of invoice processing
Automotive:
- Use of robotics for standardized generation of reports and analyses
- Using blockchain technology to control and audit transactions
- Development of algorithms to optimize the sales forecast
- Development of demand models to improve working capital
- Optimization of the cash flow forecast using forecast models (reduction of planning volatility from 15% to 2% through AI and pattern recognition)
- Setup, structure and management of the finance department,
- Development and control of all finance related activities
- Development of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements according to IFRS & Local GAAP, audit, taxes
- Setup investment reporting for listed investors
- Management of the purchase price allocation (incl. impairment test)
- Implementation of new accounting standards (e.g. lease accounting)
- Management of audits at group and local level
- Development of KPI-based controlling including budget and long-range planning
- Development of purchasing organization including contract management
- Setup environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) program
- Implementation compliance and risk-management concept