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Experience

Jun 2024 - Dec 2024
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Interim CCO, Chief Commercial Officer

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  • defining product/market fit and strategic positioning including ramp-up planning

  • designing, implementing & optimizing target-group-oriented marketing activities

  • strategic alignment of sales & digitalization as well as process optimization (CRM: HubSpot, ERP: weclapp)

  • developing new markets & partners as well as operational sales of charging solutions including key account management

  • tripling revenue compared to the previous year and building an AE funnel of over €4 million

  • increasing sales efficiency through clear prioritization of leads, customers and partners as well as centralizing sales work in one CRM (HubSpot)

  • introducing partner management

  • recruiting new employees, building and leading a sales team including necessary processes and preparing handover to the successor

Feb 2024 - May 2024
4 months
Frankfurt, Germany

Interim SaaS Sales Manager

node.energy GmbH

  • operational sales of software solutions for nationwide operators of solar and wind farms (individual plants > 1 MW) in the area of commercial operations management (revenue harvesting, electricity tax, municipal participation under § 6 EEG 2023, and cross-site use of renewable self-generated energy)

  • expanding the existing portfolio with key accounts and winning new customers

Apr 2022 - Dec 2023
1 year 9 months
Regensburg, Germany

Interim Head of Sales & Business Development

WegscheidEntrenco GmbH

  • operational sales of biomass cogeneration plants including key account management

  • strategic direction of sales & digitalization as well as process optimization (based on Salesforce); development of new business models, markets & partners

  • design, implementation & optimization of target-group-oriented marketing activities

  • preparation and execution of the merger of predecessor companies with management including change management

  • close advisor to the management

  • acquisition of key new customers & partners

  • doubling order intake and building an AE funnel of €180 million

  • support for management in investor search, e.g. successful crowd funding

  • recruiting new staff, building and leading a sales team including necessary processes and preparing handover to the successor

Jun 2021 - Dec 2021
7 months
Bochum, Germany

Interim Sales Manager for Charging Solutions for Electric Fleets

BP/Aral Deutschland AG

  • business development and sales of charging infrastructure for electric fleets (B2B, B2B2B and B2B2C)

  • development and negotiation of nationwide framework agreements for charging infrastructure solutions

  • creating market-ready product, pricing and contract solutions

  • advising and supporting key customers until framework agreements are signed

  • contributing to the setup of an own sales unit to support the leasing business

Oct 2018 - Sep 2020
2 years
Hamburg, Germany

Managing Director, Centrica Business Solutions Germany GmbH

Centrica Plc

  • building the German business for Centrica Business Solutions

  • creating and implementing a business plan for the solutions business based on battery storage, combined heat and power plants, and energy metering solutions (energy efficiency)

  • building and leading a highly qualified team

  • expanding the product portfolio with innovative developments

  • designing and executing target-group-oriented marketing activities

  • successful integration of REstore into the Centrica group

  • establishing and expanding the German business; building an AE funnel of €80 million

  • building and managing a partner network

  • winding down the GmbH after the UK Centrica board decided on a global reduction of 5,000 employees

Sep 2016 - Sep 2018
2 years 1 month
Antwerp, Belgium

Senior Vice President Sales Belgium & Germany

REstore N.V.

  • Leading sales for Belgium and Germany as part of the management team since 01/2018

  • Supporting the successful company sale and integration into the Centrica group

  • Setting up and expanding the Germany business since 09/2016

  • Consulting, sales and implementation support for automating and marketing industrial (power) flexibilities mainly in reserve markets

  • Winning and prequalifying the first key customers in Germany

  • Growing the business in Belgium and Germany; order intake: €40M

  • Successful sale of REstore to Centrica

Jul 2013 - Jun 2016
3 years
Stuttgart, Germany

Head of Business Development, EnBW Sales

EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG

  • Setting up and leading an innovation unit for new, mainly digital business models: energy efficiency, e-mobility (charging infrastructure solutions), smart home, virtual power plant and decentralized energy systems

  • Designing and running a project house (incubator)

  • Introducing new methods: Lean startup, SCRUM, Business Model Canvas

  • Ongoing optimization of the innovation and development process

  • Generating new revenues in the low single-digit million range

  • Developing a project portfolio with about €40M revenue potential

  • Reducing the average project duration by about one third

Feb 2011 - Jun 2013
2 years 5 months
Karlsruhe, Germany

Head of Innovation & Energy Services, EnBW AG Holding

EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG

  • Acquiring and executing mid-term development projects

  • Strategy to bundle the service business within the EnBW group

  • Successful implementation of the car2go (electric) project in Stuttgart (> 300 public charging points) and two hydrogen stations

  • Launch of smart home development with Qivicon (Deutsche Telekom)

Jan 2009 - Jan 2011
2 years 1 month
Paris, France

Head of Europe B2B Sales

EDF Électricité de France SA

  • Streamlining and optimizing European key account management

  • Identifying and leveraging synergies across the 10 countries in European sales (A, B, CZ, D, E, F, GB, I, PL, SLO)

  • Responsibility for subsidiaries in Spain, Belgium and Poland via AR mandates

  • Improving efficiency by reducing European key accounts by 40% and key account managers by 50%

  • Cutting costs by about €4M p.a.

  • Successful spin-off of the Spanish subsidiary

Oct 2003 - Dec 2008
5 years 3 months
Stuttgart, Germany

Sales Director Key Account Management, EnBW Sales

EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG

  • Responsibility for annual sales of about €500M and functional and disciplinary leadership of 12 employees

  • Increasing sales by about 30% while also raising overall contribution margin

Dec 2002 - Jun 2004
1 year 7 months
Stuttgart, Germany

Head of European Key Account Management, EnBW Sales

EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG

  • Responsible for a budget of approx. €1M p.a. and technical and disciplinary leadership of 5 employees

  • Increased sales efficiency in cross-border customer cases

Jan 2000 - Nov 2002
2 years 11 months
Stuttgart, Germany

Key Account Manager, EnBW Sales

EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG

  • Responsible for €40M p.a. in revenue and managing 10 key accounts

  • First Europe-wide framework agreement for energy supply to an international group (8 countries)

Sep 1996 - Dec 1999
3 years 4 months
Kassel, Germany

Regional Sales Manager

PHILIPS Automation Projects GmbH

  • Turnkey automation projects for wastewater and drinking water treatment plants and waste incineration plants in northern Germany (postal codes 0-5)
Mar 1990 - Aug 1996
6 years 6 months
Minden, Germany

Project Manager

ABB Hartmann & Braun AG

  • Power plant control systems for power stations and waste incineration plants in Western Europe
Oct 1987 - Feb 1990
2 years 5 months
Berlin, Germany

Sales Engineer for Power Plant Automation

SIEMENS AG

  • Sales of power plant automation solutions in West Berlin

Summary

  • My added value for you: customer-focused developer of your sales & market processes for further profitable growth and success | strong execution-driven innovation driver with methodological strength
  • Experience: over 37 years of professional experience in B2B, project and solution business as well as in plant engineering, including more than 20 years of leadership experience in various market areas and roles from corporations to start-ups and mid-sized companies
  • Expertise: Business Development | Key Account Management | winning new customers | B2B | Sales & Innovation Strategies | Change Management | Professional Partnering & Networking | Process Optimization | leading & developing employees according to their potential
  • Achievements: establishing and expanding company locations | acquiring & retaining strategic, valuable customers & partners | opening new markets | building highly skilled & motivated teams | successful change management & turnaround
  • Responsibilities: revenue up to €2 billion p.a. | professional & disciplinary leadership of up to 80 employees
  • Intercultural Competence: work experience in Europe | managing multicultural & virtual teams
  • Soft Skills: customer-focused | goal-oriented | resilient | organized | hands-on | reliable | strong strategist | flexible | humorous | responsible | cooperative leadership style
  • Entrepreneurial Values: determination | personal responsibility | excellence
  • Motto: "I come to go."

Skills

  • Communication

  • Sales

  • Key Account Management

  • Crm

  • Ai

  • Work Methodology

  • Microsoft Office 365

  • Salesforce

  • Hubspot

  • Weclapp

  • Base Crm

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced
French
Advanced

Education

Sep 1983 - Jun 1987

FH Hamburg Berliner Tor

Dipl.-Ing. Plant Operations Engineering (FH) · Plant Operations Engineering · Hamburg, Germany · 1.57

Oct 1973 - Jun 1982

Emil-von-Behring Gymnasium

General University Entrance Qualification · Großhansdorf, Germany

Certifications & licenses

Training to become a Common Good Economy Consultant (GWÖ) including auditing

Certified Common Good Economy Consultant

Business Coach IHK

BCA Business Coaching Academy, Hamburg

CAS Business Ethics

Thales Academy Freiburg

Effective Management

Antion Consulting

Intercultural Management Training D/F

JBP

Management 3.0

Happy Melly

Strategy & Corporate Management

EnBW/esmt

Business Development Manager

Management Circle

Leading to Success: Leading Managers

EnBW

Entrepreneurship

IMD Lausanne

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