Company data: approx. €600 M turnover, approx. 1,200 in Europe
Objectives: Implement a variety of measures such as pension scheme, disability insurance, company health insurance, bonus, accident insurance, 4-day work week, social day, sabbatical
Results: Introduced pension scheme, company health insurance and disability insurance as of 1/1/24 and finalized other topics for rollout on 4/1/24
Nov 2022 - Aug 2023
10 months
Germany
Support for Practice Sale
Zahnarztpraxis Susanne Zimmermann
Industry: Healthcare
Project name: Practice sale
Responsibility: approx. €1 M, 12 employees
Location: North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Company data: approx. €1 M turnover, 12 employees
Objectives: Quickly sell my wife's dental practice at a “good” price
Results: The practice was successfully sold as of 7/1/23
Aug 2022 - Jan 2023
6 months
Gladbeck, Germany
Head of Human Resources Germany
Surteco GmbH
Industry: Chemicals
Responsibility: approx. 10 employees plus trainees
Location: Buttenwiesen near Augsburg and Gladbeck in the Ruhr area
Company data: approx. €800 M turnover, approx. 3,700 employees worldwide / 1,800 in Germany
Objectives: HR director is on maternity/parental leave. Take over all HR tasks until she returns.
Results: Successfully took over all HR tasks, led in-house tariff negotiations with IG BCE, realigned the HR department, implemented the HR SAP project
Oct 2021 - Apr 2022
7 months
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Head of Com. & Ben.
Payone GmbH
Industry: Banking IT
Responsibility: 0 employees
Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Company data: approx. €700 M turnover, approx. 1,700 employees in Germany and Austria
Objectives: Develop and implement a new bonus system for the sales and non-sales areas in Germany and Austria. Also many special topics like benefits program, exempt staff grading, technical career path, reduction of job titles, etc.
Results: Successfully completed with retroactive start on 1/1/2022
Jun 2021 - Sep 2021
4 months
Oberursel, Germany
Head of Com. & Ben.
BMI GmbH
Industry: Construction trade
Responsibility: 0 employees
Location: Oberursel near Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Company data: approx. €750 M turnover, approx. 2,000 employees in Germany
Objectives: Implement a grading project for exempt staff, a new bonus system, and a new pension scheme.
Results: Developed and agreed these concepts for independent implementation in spring 2022. Also many other tasks such as salary gap between exempt and tariff employees.
Feb 2021 - Mar 2021
2 months
Mannheim, Germany
Head of Com. & Ben.
Phoenix Pharma SE
Industry: Pharmaceutical trade
Responsibility: 1 employee
Location: Mannheim, Germany
Company data: approx. €27 B turnover, approx. 39,000 employees
Objectives: Develop concepts for a new grading project, expat policy, and retention plan
Results: Developed and agreed these concepts for independent implementation
Jan 2020 - Dec 2020
1 year
Hamburg, Germany
Head of Com. & Ben.
Bauer Media Group
Industry: Newspapers, magazines, radio, internet
Responsibility: 1 employee
Location: Hamburg, Germany
Company data: approx. €2.8 B turnover, approx. 12,000 employees
Objectives: Rebuild the compensation & benefits area for the Bauer Media Group from scratch
Results: Grading system for the top 150, new bonus and LTI program, centralization of payroll for the top 150, etc.
Apr 2019 - Dec 2019
9 months
Germany
Head of Com. & Ben.
OBI GmbH
Industry: DIY retail / trade
Responsibility: €0.5 M, 2 employees
Location: North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Company data: approx. €5.8 B turnover, approx. 48,000 employees
Objectives: Fill in for the Head of Compensation & Benefits until the new C&B Manager starts. Initiate and lead a group-wide grading project.
Results: Got up to speed and handed over the Head of Compensation & Benefits tasks to an internal OBI employee
Aug 2018 - Dec 2018
5 months
Germany
Com. & Ben. Manager
SPIE AG
Industry: Energy and metals industry
Responsibility: €0 M, 0 employees
Location: Hesse, Germany
Company data: approx. €2.8 B turnover, approx. 14,000 employees in Germany
Objectives: The “old” company with approx. 6,000 employees was sold in 2017. The task was to align various agreements and standards such as bonus, vacation rules, car policy, salary adjustments, etc. with the “new” company.
Results: Complete standardization of the taken-over tasks.
Jan 2018 - Apr 2018
4 months
Germany
Head of HR Service
Unternehmensgruppe Theo Müller GmbH
Industry: Food
Project name: Management of the HR Service Center
Responsibility: €0 M, 22 employees
Location: Saxony, Germany
Company data: approx. €6 B turnover, approx. 18,000 employees
Objectives: In November, the head of the HR Service Center resigned. The task was to fill the position until a successor was found or the HR Service Center was integrated into the existing organization.
Results: Full integration of the HR Service Center into the existing HR organization of the various companies and locations