Christoph Kleine

Data, Business Intelligence and Webtracking for your business.

Christoph Kleine
Düsseldorf, Germany

Experience

Jul 2024 - Present
8 months
Berlin, Germany
Remote

Digital Sales Support

remind.me

Restructuring of the webtracking infrastructure to increase measurability of funnel and lead activities.

  • Google Tag Manager & Google Analytics Server Side Migration
  • Checkout and Lead Funnel Reporting
  • SEO Audit
  • GTM Process and infrastructure documentation
Jun 2024 - Dec 2024
7 months
Remote

Expert Webtracking

Bicycle Retailer

  • Implementation of a standard ecommerce webtracking setup post-relaunch.
  • Establishment of basic funnel and item interaction tracking with a GA4+GTM stack.
  • Extensions for drive-to-store processes
  • Documentation and coaching.
Jan 2024 - Present
1 year 2 months
Remote

FTTH Development Controlling

Confidential

Development of a self-service Power-Bi Report environments that monitors FTTH construction progress and forecasts future business performance in a timeframe of up to 5 years into the future.

  • Report visualization for construction progress as well as contractor performance
  • Forecasting of FTTH production in relation to business objectives and targets
  • Construction pipeline modelling for production targets (business cases) for periods of up to 10 years into the future.
Sep 2022 - Present
2 years 6 months
Düsseldorf, Germany
Remote

Shopify Webracking Agency

Multiple Clients

  • Webtracking consulting and implementation services for small and medium sized companies within the Shopify ecommerce ecosystem.
  • Tracking implementations (Google Analytics 4, Google Tag Manager, Matomo) for client- and server-side setups including ad network trackers.
  • Server Side Migrations
  • Tracking Audits
  • Shopify specific developments (checkout extensibility, customer events, cookie switches, etc.)
Sep 2022 - Jul 2023
11 months
Remote

Performance Manager FTTH Retention

Confidential

Development of a self service Power Bi report environment that allows for monitoring of customer base changes in relation to FTTH development initiatives.

  • Enablement of effective retention measures within FTTH development areas
  • Planning and forecasting of customer base development
  • Ad hoc analytics / business cases
  • Re-Design and facelift of existing reports as well Excel-To-Power-Bi-Migrations of report interfaces.
Jan 2021 - Sep 2022
9 months
Düsseldorf, Germany
Remote

Expert Power Bi

Confidential

Customer Support and Service Controlling. Initial setup of a Power Bi report environment that enables management and team leads to evaluate sales and support performance in hardware & software market.

  • Aggregate multiple distributed data sources (call logs, upsell records, utilization forecasts, supplier performance)
  • Automate data supply chain and report delivery
  • Built out conclusive reporting structure that allows for a transparent view of the status quo and allow for actionable interpretation.
Apr 2021 - Present
3 years 11 months
Düsseldorf, Germany
Remote

Developer / Creator

beta-net.de

(Sideproject) Challenge: Build a remote office / collaboration platform using only self-hosted open source / free software components on a Webhosting LAMP stack. Find out what a basic digital office infrastructure would cost for teams of 10-50 employees / users and gain insights on why so many offline and traditional companies are having trouble implementing this kind of infrastructure. Components

  • A web-based platform consisting of multiple digital self-hosted software components: File Storage + Sharing and Sync (Nextcloud), Webmail Client (Nextcloud or Rainloop), Calendar and Contacts Application (Nextcloud), Collaborative Project and Task Management Software (Kanboard), Knowledge Base + Document Collaboration (Bookstack App), Website / Webshop, Infrastructure (WordPress), Webanalytics Suite (Matomo)
  • SaaS-like web frontend that invites people to try and replicate the idea (beta-net.de)
  • Installation and Maintenance of all components on webhosting server
  • Branded theme development and customizations (HTML & CSS) for platform components
  • Proof of concept pricing structure: A platform like this could be sustained for as little as 3,99€ / 5,99€ per month regardless of number of seats!
Sep 2017 - Jul 2022
4 years 11 months
Düsseldorf, Germany
On-site

Head of Online-Marketing

nexible GmbH

Create a digital sales infrastructure for an insuretech spin-off of an established insurance player. Recruit a team and consistently grow the business and brand reception in an otherwise conservative industry utilizing state of the art technology and customer centricity principles.

  • Channel development and management: SEA, SEO, Display, Affiliate, E-Mail-Marketing, Paid Social, Native Advertising
  • Commission scheme development and optimization for third party broker and price-comparison platforms
  • Tracking stack implementation and development (GTM, Web-Tracking, Ad Networks, etc.) including consent management implementation
  • Development of sales measurement framework including forecasting and ad-hoc performance analytics
  • Support of hypothesis-driven frontend development: Webanalytics implementation & coaching, implementation of experimentation suite, etc.
  • Ownership of sales-focused core processes
  • Budget control and allocation
  • Content Management System implementation and optimization (non-dev)
Sep 2016 - Dec 2016
4 months
Stuttgart, Germany
On-site

Process Analyst

Confidential

Reduce the number of product-data-based development issues within the pre-production process of a sports car manufacturer. Map and evaluate the as-is-process and propose measures to improve the cross-unit process going forward.

  • Inventory of the organization, processes and tools in product data management during the analysis (Interviews and data collection)
  • Exposure of complexity sources and symptoms
  • Elaboration of solution concepts with more than 40 partial measures to reduce the complexity and vulnerability of product data management
  • Implementation planning and roadmap
May 2016 - Aug 2016
4 months
Berlin, Germany
On-site

Analyst

Confidential

Utilize digital cash-register data dumps (> 100k rows) from 6 small / medium-sized Berlin-based restaurants and cafes to produce business-critical insights for restaurant owners. Aggregate and visualize the data to allow for conclusions concerning customer behavior, business and product performance.

  • Metric Concept Definition (average voucher value, table utilization revenue, opening hours distributions)
  • Gastro-Dashboard Excel Applications
  • Restaurant owner brief on metrics insights and further utilization
Jan 2015 - Jun 2016
6 months
Düsseldorf, Germany
On-site

Online Sales Controlling

Confidential

Build a controlling foundation for digital hardware-related cell phone contract sales to ensure:

  • Robust actual performance evaluation
  • Accurate cost loading and attribution
  • Systematic procurement cycles based on forecasting logic

Deliverables / Activities:

  • Data source merge routines (sales, costs, channels)
  • Hardware Sales controlling cockpit
  • Procurement forecast input-output Excel-application (for hardware-sales owner)
  • Report automation routines (E-Mail, .xlsx)
Jan 2015 - May 2016
5 months
Cologne, Germany
On-site

Analyst

Confidential

Model a valid potential business model for the extension of the customer operations services into sales-driven revenue streams. Accumulate a status quo evaluation based on historic contact and utilization data and project future performance based on a measure-based project approach.

  • Establishment of as-is baseline performance and KPI framework
  • Extrapolation of baseline-potential in relations to product, demand and organizational structure for t + 3 years into the future
  • Development of measure-based improvements forecast
  • Finalization of financial business modelling by including unit structure changes, commission scheme development and overhead costs
Sep 2014 - Nov 2015
1 year 3 months
Munich, Germany
On-site

Project Manager Online Marketing

Confidential

Create the initial digital marketing setup for a formerly offline-based traditional insurance company. Implement tracking, reporting, performance marketing and digital branding measures for the initial sales-focused season of a newly developed digital-first car insurance product.

  • Forecast sales performance for car insurance busy season
  • Tendering procedure & selection online creative agency
  • Tendering procedure & selection SEA and Display Marketing agency
  • Manage ad-creation and marketing activities
  • Manage IT-development process for insurance application lead forms
  • Setup web controlling processes
  • Coordinate offline creatives and partnerships
Jun 2014 - Sep 2014
4 months
Munich, Germany
Hybrid

Business Analyst

Confidential

Support an internal retail expansion project by moderating workshops and supply data sources to steer internal discourse towards a new profitable product vertical. Help the company and department heads to identify and agree on the most promising product category to add to the successful but stagnating online business branch.

  • Identify attractive e-commerce market segments within retail to setup one to three new online shops
  • Market analysis for 13 retail segments
  • Establish strategic fit based on current organization and processes
  • Business case for timeline market entry +3 years
  • Basic concept and requirements for marketing and IT ecosystem
Apr 2013 - Present
11 years 11 months
Düsseldorf, Germany
Remote

Blogger

internetzkidz.de

Personal blogging project featuring articles evolving around topics like Online Marketing, Web Tracking, Web Technology, Data and E-Commerce. Create a content platform that can be utilized as a public notepad, an organic traffic magnet or a personal reference while learning the ins and outs of web-development and hosting.

  • 400+ articles and 290+ pages over the last 8 years
  • 80+ daily sessions purely based on organic search-engine traffic and referrals
  • Multiple #1 rankings for niche how-to content pieces
  • Major WordPress-based optimization achievements includes pagespeed, site migration, tracking optimization, consent management
Jan 2013 - Dec 2015
3 years
Germany

Lecturer: E-Commerce Executive Education

Günther Rid Stiftung

Annual executive education track. Provide regional business owners and executives with the means and knowledge to setup or expand their digital business activities across pure play, multichannel or digitally supported offline retail journeys. Help close the gap between major international online retailers and established local retail businesses. (Limited to companies located in Bavaria; sponsored by Günther Rid Stiftung)

Study Tracks / Modules:

  • Search Engine Advertising (SEO & SEA)
  • ROM – Regional Online Marketing
  • Social Media and Content Marketing
  • Web-Tracking Basics
  • Rid Coaching (1 to 1 business consulting track)
  • E-Commerce Manager (Modules: SEA, ROM, Social Media)

Summary

I create stunning Power Bi report environments for client who are "really into data" and help ecommerce companies with their webtracking (client-side, server-side) infrastructure.

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced

Education

Oct 2008 - Jun 2011

University of Europe for Applied Sciences

Bachelor of Science · Communication and Media Management

Oct 2010 - Jun 2010

Metropolitan College Malaysia

Semester Abroad · Marketing and Management

Certifications & licenses

Pyramidales Präsentieren (PEP)

Professional Scrum Master (PSM I)

Axure Basics

Google Analytics Individual Qualification

Google Adwords Certified Professional