Hans (Jürgen) Friedrich

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Hans Friedrich
Königswinter, Germany

Experience

Jan 2020 - Present
4 years 2 months
Bonn, Germany

Managing Director

Agens digital GmbH

  • Strategic advice to medium-sized and large companies on the further development of sales B2B &B2C & Direct2Consumer D2C and customer service
  • Distribution & sales of Omni-Channel Commerce platforms (Unified Commerce) to mid market and large enterprise in Germany
  • Marketing of unified commerce solutions in the German market by establishing extensive online marketing
  • Product Management, further development of commerce platforms to meet future customer requirements like seamless registration, etc.
  • Partner management, structuring and activation of international partners (software manufacturers)
Jan 2015 - Dec 2020
5 years
Berlin, Germany

Senior Partner

O'Donovan Consulting AG

  • Management Consulting Company in Bad Homburg and Berlin
  • Experts in customer-centric management
  • Focus on innovation and transformation management with project and program management
Feb 2015 - Dec 2015
11 months
Shenzhen, China

Customer Experience Principal

Huawei

  • Advising Huawei telecom customers worldwide on customer experience and customer satisfaction
  • C-Level presentations & performances from New Zealand to Canada
  • Participation and presentations at various international events held by Huawei
  • Further development of the CX platform
  • Development of data models on the CX platform (churn prevention)
  • Training of the Chinese CX sales team in solution selling
Oct 2011 - Present
13 years 5 months
Bonn, Germany

Freelancer & Owner

Go2Market Experts & 4-sales I Vorteil Vertrieb!

  • Management Consulting Company in Bonn
  • In the areas of business development, sales & marketing and project management in b2b2c
  • With a focus on e&mCommerce, terminals, mobile marketing, cloud services, payment, mobile ecosystems and social gifting
  • Customer training, e.g. in solution sales of ERP, CMS, DMS, CRM, IT security, hosted & cloud services, outsourcing
  • Selling the consulting services at board or management level
Jan 2009 - Mar 2013
3 years 3 months

Senior Executive Partner

4-advice GmbH Change und Innovation

  • Advice to 4-advice customers in the area of marketing and sales
  • Development of new business areas for customers
  • Project management for major customers
  • Consulting in CRM projects
  • Control of change management processes

Success: Setup of a B2B Cloud PBX solution for the DT startup Revell

Jun 2006 - Dec 2010
4 years 7 months

Executive Partner, Entrepreneur

Heinrich Management Consulting

  • Support in sales optimization for companies in the IT, telecommunications and mechanical engineering sectors
  • Support in the areas of project management, marketing & sales, change management, corporate management, coaching and training

Success: Acquisition of the top customers Lufthansa and hp Europe

Jun 2005 - May 2006
1 year
Mainz, Germany

VP Enterprise Business

dtms AG

  • Sale of IT and telecommunications services to the top 500 companies in Germany (direct sales and partner sales), personal support for the top 10 customers, responsibility for sales of € 70 million
  • Restructuring of sales, implementation of IT systems for sales control (MIS, CRM, P&L planning on a customer basis)
  • Restructuring of the sales methodology from product sales to solution sales in order to achieve higher profit margins
  • Member of the Executive Board, report to the CEO of dtms AG
  • 6 direct reports (sales manager) and 25 sales representatives in the area
  • Development of an international sales team and sales structures
  • Negotiations at board and management level

Success: Increase in contribution margins and overachievement of targets by over 35%

May 2003 - May 2005
2 years 1 month
San Mateo, United States

Sales & Business Development Director Telecommunications & Enterprise

VoiceObjects AG

  • Overall responsibility for sales (direct and partner) of the VoiceObjects software (Voice Application Management System) to the telecommunications network operators in Central Europe and to all companies in Eastern Europe
  • Sale in different models Enterprise Usage, Managed Service (SaaS), Application Service Provider based on the customer's business process
  • Development of an international sales team and sales structures
  • Negotiations at board level and presentations at various conferences in Eastern Europe

Success: Sale of the software to T-Mobile Deutsche Telekom, Czech Republic and Polska Telecom and strategic partnership with Nextira One CEE

Jul 2002 - May 2003
11 months
Schwalbach am Taunus, Germany

Sales & Marketing Director Wireless Communication Division, Executive

Samsung Electronics GmbH (SEG)

  • Overall responsibility for marketing and sales of GSM and DECT phones in Germany
  • Report to the Korean Managing Director of SEG
  • Global account support for T-Mobile International AG
  • Managed 17 sales people, account managers, sales assistants and 8 marketing people
  • Negotiations at board level with all German mobile network operators, service providers, retailers (MediaMarkt, EP, RIC, Expert, Promarkt, ...)
  • Target for sales of EUR 250 million and for 900,000 mobile phones sold
  • Marketing and Sales responsibility for telecommunication terminals in Germany

Success: Actual target achievement of €310 million and 1.24 million phones sold = approx. 30% above target achievement

Aug 2000 - Jun 2002
1 year 11 months
Bonn, Germany

Head of Project Management & Sales Mobile Operator & Business Development UMTS

Lucent Technologies Network Systems GmbH

  • End-to-end customer responsibility
  • Management of account managers, account consultants and project managers
  • Negotiations at board level
  • Sales responsibility of US$120 million in 2001 and US$600 million in 2002

Success: Successful establishment of the UMTS project and winning various orders from an international mobile network operator in Germany, turnover approx. 150 million USD

Feb 2000 - Jul 2000
6 months
Bonn, Germany

Head of Business Development UMTS DACH

Lucent Technologies Network Systems GmbH

  • Responsibility for business development UMTS in Germany, Austria and Switzerland (D.A.CH.)
  • Tasks Project management, marketing, business development, sales and program management, construction of the project team with 6 direct reports and 40 employees
  • Gaining cooperation partners in the field of mobile internet and network deployment
  • Creation of the Lucent UMTS story including the USPs in the area of access network, core network, transport network
  • Preparation of offers and contract negotiations at C-level with mobile phone companies in D.A.CH.

Success: Signing of 3 MoUs for UMTS with network operators in Germany

Jan 1998 - Jan 2000
2 years 1 month
Bonn, Germany

Head of Sales Marketing Projects & Products

T-Mobil, Deutsche Telekom MobilNet GmbH

  • Management of project managers in product and process development
  • Responsibility for 3 departments, standard market T-D1, large and system customers T-D1, landline and Internet marketing DTAG and T-Online
  • Organization of road shows and in-house exhibitions
  • Information management for indirect sales (500 field staff, 12,000 outlets) and direct sales of DTAG (10,000 sales staff)
  • Interface management between operational sales and marketing T-Mobil/DTAG/T-Online
  • Development and implementation of T-Mobil's sales approval process
  • Personnel management of 20 employees

Success: Extremely successful market launch of new end device packages (e.g. prepaid package XtraPac) and introduction of innovative product and sales information systems

Jan 1994 - Jan 1998
3 years 1 month
Stuttgart, Germany

Head of the sales department

T-Mobil, Deutsche Telekom MobilNet GmbH

  • Marketing to business and private customers with P&L responsibility
  • Budget and sales responsibility for approx. 750,000 new T-Mobile customers per year and the marketing of approx. 500,000 devices
  • Responsibility for the operational marketing of ISDN/DSL, T-Online, T-C-Tel, T-D1, GSM terminals, Telekom terminals in indirect sales
  • Member of the branch management, negotiations with the works council on operational matters such as dismissal, early retirement and hiring
  • Personnel responsibility, technical and disciplinary, for 15 employees, 5 office staff and 10 field staff

Success: Regaining market leadership in south-west Germany from Mannesmann Mobilfunk

Oct 1994 - Jan 1995
4 months
Bonn, Germany

Sales and marketing specialist in the field of "International Business Development"

T-Mobil, Deutsche Telekom MobilNet GmbH

  • Participation in the GSM applications in the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Czech Republic, Switzerland, India, stays in these countries for several months
  • Creation of the marketing and sales offer with products and services (and pricing) as well as the associated sales channels
  • Initiation of market research and derivation of market forecasts
  • Selection and briefing of advertising agencies
  • Participation in the 10-year business plans
  • Acquisition of distribution channels

Success: GSM license win in Austria, Czech Republic and Poland

Aug 1993 - Sep 1994
1 year 2 months
Schleswig, Germany

Sales manager for Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria

MobilCom GmbH & Co. KG

  • Support and acquisition of radio, electrical, entertainment electronics and computer retailers
  • Support and acquisition of key accounts in the large customer business
  • Experience in setting up and controlling the sales form multi-level marketing (MobilCom direct)
  • Project Management e.g. opening MobilCom-owned franchise retail stores (ComShops)
  • Organization of trade fairs

Success: 350% increase in sales and opening of 7 ComShops

Summary

With my many years of general management, marketing, CX and sales knowledge, my analytical skills and my leadership and communication experience in a dynamic international business environment, I would like to make a significant contribution to successfully implementing projects, increasing the value of the company and developing myself personally. - Extensive project management experience, with an analytical and strategic understanding of the marketing and sales process (B2B, B2C, D2C) of complex solutions, a deep knowledge of account management and excellent CRM, as well as an understanding of the finance/accounting operations of the company - Open to other cultures and willing to work successfully with different human characters. Leading and motivating international teams in matrix organizations - Strategic, flexible and innovative analyst with a focus on "execution" and thus translating strategy into reliable and sustainable results - "Mover & Shaker" - Highly self-motivated, reliable, well organized, concentrated, goal focused, globally oriented and hard working - Excellent project management skills and ability to meet demanding deadlines - Excellent interpersonal skills with a strong focus on communication, teamwork and leadership and a high level of respect and loyalty to direct reports and senior management

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced
French
Intermediate

Education

Oct 1992 - Jun 1993

Stanford University

Visiting student · United States

Oct 1988 - Jun 1992

Georg-August-University Göttingen and University of Cologne

Diplom-Kaufmann · Business Administration · Cologne, Germany

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