Christian Bähr

Interim Controller

Heidelberg, Germany

Experience

Mar 2022 - May 2023
1 year 3 months

Interim Controller

RKW SE

  • Managed controlling during two-month absence of the position holder
  • Introduced volume, margin and EBITDA planning
  • Co-developed the group business case for banks
  • Redesigned the business case process for CAPEX-intensive machinery projects
  • Streamlined program controlling for strategic projects
  • Supported establishment of a resource board for CAPEX projects
  • Budget planning for 2023 and year-end closing 2022 for headquarters functions
  • Developed meaningful monthly reporting for headquarters
  • Assisted with monthly group reporting for the Executive Board and holding
  • Conducted various ad-hoc analyses for CFO and Executive Board
  • Visualized complex data using SAP BW, VBA for Excel, SAP SAC
Apr 2021 - Present
4 years 4 months

Inhaber und Geschäftsführer

Sceiva Consulting

  • Freelance consulting and interim management
Mar 2019 - Mar 2021
2 years 1 month

Assistenz des CFO Mercedes-Benz Trucks

Daimler Truck AG

  • Coordinated and participated in global strategic key projects as well as various cost, personnel and organizational optimization programs
  • Supported operational profit, budget and product controlling units
  • Responsible for the Executive Assistant office, budget and headcount plan
  • International interface to CxO offices
Nov 2016 - Feb 2019
2 years 4 months

Controller Global Budget und Headcount

Daimler AG

  • Personnel requirement planning for Mercedes-Benz Trucks
  • Key account Latin America and Turkey
  • Created global transparency on all personnel requirements within Mercedes-Benz Trucks (project management and SCRUM Product Owner)
  • Conducted global personnel requirement assessment with support from strategic management consulting
Sep 2015 - Oct 2016
1 year 2 months

Controller Mercedes-Benz Special Trucks

Daimler AG

  • Plant controller
  • Business partner for all specialist functions
  • PMO member of the strategic efficiency program
  • Active KPI optimization
Sep 2015 - Oct 2016
1 year 2 months

Strategie Projekt MB Special Trucks

Mercedes-Benz Special Trucks (Daimler)

  • PMO member
  • Realigned MB Special Trucks across all departments
Jan 2015 - Dec 2021
7 years

Future Business Strategie

Mercedes-Benz Trucks (Daimler)

  • Swarm member
  • Defined, validated and scoped innovation fields across all business areas
Jan 2015 - Dec 2021
7 years

Globale Personalbedarfsermittlung und interne Benchmarkanalyse

Mercedes-Benz Trucks (Daimler)

  • Controlling team member MB Trucks in the global project staff
  • Global personnel requirement determination and internal benchmark analysis as a potential indicator for the personnel optimization program (BCG project)
Jan 2015 - Dec 2021
7 years

Kostensenkungsstrategie im nicht-operativen Einkauf

Mercedes-Benz Trucks (Daimler)

  • Supported pitch process
  • Operational project work and PMO during transition to operational structures
  • Achieved significant savings rates across all non-operational procurement areas through process optimization in the procurement process
Jan 2015 - Dec 2021
7 years

Personaloptimierungsprogramm I

Mercedes-Benz Trucks (Daimler)

  • Operational controller with global responsibility for project tracking
  • Action tracking (operational implementation), potential calculations, tracking target achievement in headcount
Jan 2015 - Dec 2021
7 years

Personaloptimierungsprogramm II

Mercedes-Benz Trucks (Daimler)

  • Member of the core controlling team MB Trucks in the global project staff
  • Idea generation, potential assessment, definition of rules, measures for operational implementation (process optimization/simplification/dispensation/outsourcing, etc.)
  • Risk scenarios and possible countermeasures
  • Global reporting
Jan 2015 - Dec 2021
7 years

Personaltracking weltweit

Mercedes-Benz Trucks (Daimler)

  • Project responsibility and Product Owner
  • Transformed manual, partially incomplete or redundant Excel lists into a globally uniform IT structure with web frontend, database structure, Power BI dashboard and approval processes
  • Global consistent headcount structure history
Jan 2015 - Dec 2021
7 years

Restrukturierung Controlling

Mercedes-Benz Trucks (Daimler)

  • Project assistant MB Trucks
  • Content preparation and political pre-steering of all decision documents of the steering committee
  • Significant reorganization and reallocation of tasks across locations and business units affecting a four-digit number of employees
Feb 2011 - Aug 2015
4 years 7 months

Controller Daimler Truck Headquarter

Daimler AG

  • Business partner for IT, HR, communications and logistics
  • Controlled global IT strategy projects
  • Budget consolidation and global key account for Daimler Truck G&A functions
  • Responsible for IT reporting system
Sep 2006 - Jan 2011
4 years 5 months

Consultant Finance und Performance Management

Accenture GmbH

  • Optimized sales controlling reporting system (project management, insurance industry)
  • Group-wide harmonization of SAP financial modules (analysis of sub-group processes, energy industry)
  • Introduction of SAP Industry Solution – Utilities (SAP process design, energy industry)
  • Change management for SAP Industry Solution – Utilities (blueprint creation and release management, energy industry)
Sep 2005 - May 2006
9 months

Famulant, Lehrstuhl Produktionswirtschaft und Controlling

Universität Mannheim

Jan 2004 - Dec 2005
2 years

Werkstudent Controlling Sales Passenger Cars

Daimler Chrysler AG

  • Developed a global business planning tool
  • Designed the Excel pilot (VBA)
  • Test design and execution
  • Technical contact for IT service providers
Jun 2002 - Feb 2003
9 months

Mitarbeit Start-up Multimedia

Jive Media – interactive solutions

  • Client acquisition
  • Concept development
  • Implementation of web presences
Sep 2000 - Mar 2002
1 year 7 months

Catering Logistiker

CCM Dorint/Rosengarten

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced

Education

Apr 2000 - Jun 2006

Universität Mannheim

Diplom in Business Administration · Business Administration · Mannheim, Germany

Jul 1998 - Jan 2000

Betty Barclay GmbH

Industrial Clerk · Nußloch, Germany

Aug 1987 - May 1996

Dietrich-Bonhoeffer-Gymnasium

General higher education entrance qualification · Weinheim, Germany

Certifications & licenses

Systemic Coach I including NLP Practitioner

NLP Rhein-Neckar