Kartini Plog
Senior Commercial & Customer Advisor
Experience
Senior Customer Success Manager (DACH)
Ankorstore
Senior Customer Success professional focused on creating measurable outcomes in complex customer ecosystems where clarity, alignment, and structured value delivery need to be built from the ground up.
- Actively managed a growing revenue portfolio by stabilizing baseline GMV and driving incremental revenue through adoption, enablement and continuous account development.
- Translated customer insights into growth frameworks and measurable business value, enabling brands to increase platform utilization and transactional volume through targeted activations, referral programs, and ongoing engagement.
- Acted as a trusted advisor and strategic sparring partner for top brands, facilitating executive alignment, data-informed decisions, and value-focused initiatives through structured business reviews and account planning.
- Partnered cross-functionally with Sales, Product, and Operations to streamline best practices, improve partner experience, and enhance adoption and business outcomes.
- Moderated customer advisory boards as part of a structured Voice of Customer process, ensuring partner feedback informed product priorities, enablement content, and engagement strategy.
Commercial Partnerships
tc InnerCircle GmbH
- Relaunched my own brand FLAUSCHN® as a focused short-term commercial project.
- Acquired teleshopping and media partners and executed live sales formats end-to-end.
Head of Marketing & Cooperations
Juwelo Deutschland GmbH, elumeo SE
Positioned Juwelo as a trusted provider of certified gemstone jewelry across all price segments and built a dedicated marketing function in a highly sales-driven, low-structure environment.
- Trained and upskilled internal teams with limited marketing background, enabling them to actively support and execute campaigns.
- Translated market research into persona-based positioning and actionable customer insights, increasing relevance across diverse target groups.
- Reactivated inactive customers and increased loyalty through CRM optimization and personalized segmentation.
- Increased Customer Lifetime Value by developing audience-specific collections in collaboration with the buying team.
- Boosted direct sales by 30% through designing high-impact event formats for the top 1% customer segment.
- Expanded visibility and acquired new audiences via high-reach media collaborations (e.g., Burda, Funke Media, SOS Children’s Villages).
- Moderated customer focus groups to gather actionable insights, refining marketing strategies and strengthening long-term loyalty.
- Ensured smooth project execution by aligning cross-functional teams to overcome siloed structures and competing priorities.
Senior Manager Sales & Marketing
Swiss Cosmeceutical Europe GmbH
Part of the founding team of a well-funded luxury skincare start-up, responsible for market readiness, early commercial traction, and go-to-market execution in the premium segment.
- Led the brand launch by managing the lead agency and translating core value propositions into customer-relevant sales and activation strategies.
- Built and developed a high-value partner network of 50+ distributors and premium brand ambassadors through targeted outreach, onboarding, and continuous relationship leadership.
- Leveraged customer insights to refine GTM decisions and increase relevance, engagement, and adoption across premium customer segments.
- Drove premium visibility through high-profile PR roadshows, launch events, and direct outreach to media and luxury consumers.
- Strengthened customer relevance and early traction by tailoring messaging and brand experience to the expectations of luxury audiences.
Founder & Owner – FLAUSCHN®
tc InnerCircle GmbH
Created and scaled FLAUSCHN® from concept to a multi-channel business, owning product development, supply chain execution, commercial expansion, strategic partnerships, and customer engagement.
- Developed the brand from idea to market, including international trademark protection, licensing structures, and early IP enforcement.
- Managed sourcing, certified production (EN-71), import logistics, pricing, and fulfillment end-to-end.
- Scaled distribution across 500+ independent retail locations and chains, teleshopping, and digital commerce.
- Acquired and managed B2B partnerships through strong narrative and strategic alignment.
- Achieved significant media visibility through co-branded campaigns and placements across major media outlets.
- Built an engaged community through insight-driven, emotionally resonant messaging across PR, social media, and CSR collaborations.
- Recognized with the CO-BRANDS Silver Award for innovative multi-partner commercial collaboration and brand impact.
Account Director & Business Development
Various agencies
Built a strong foundation in consultative, customer-facing roles by leading strategic communication and business development across multiple agencies.
- Managed major communication budgets and led integrated campaigns across energy, logistics, and consumer sectors.
- Developed pitch strategies and won key accounts, directly contributing to agency growth and recurring revenue.
- Oversaw campaign execution in cross-functional settings, aligning creative, media, and production teams for consistent delivery.
- Built strong relationship-management and partner-management skills, laying the groundwork for later high-value client leadership.
- Gained early exposure to corporate C-level audiences and high-visibility public initiatives.
Summary
Senior professional experienced in structuring and accelerating complex commercial setups across customers, partners, and platform based environments.
Creates fast time to value in build from scratch, transition, and growth situations by deeply understanding customer and partner realities, identifying the relevant commercial levers, and translating strategy into focused execution.
Combines strong listening skills, business empathy, and contextual intelligence with commercial enablement, cooperation and partnership concepts, and go to market initiatives to optimize business models and drive measurable outcomes.
Works effectively in interim or project based roles, embedding quickly into organizations and creating alignment and momentum across functions and seniority levels.
Skills
Strategic Customer Success & Customer Growth
Business Empathy & Executive Stakeholder Management
Change Navigation & Ambiguity Leadership
Insight-led Segmentation & Data-informed Decision-making
Cross-functional Alignment & Clear Communication
Entrepreneurial Mindset & Self-starter Mentality
Salesforce
Sigma
Microsoft Office
Google Sheets
Loom
Livestorm
Shopify
Miro
Slack
Canva
Customer Success
Strategic Customer Success
Principal Customer Success
Founding Csm
From Scratch
Market Build
Customer Growth
Customer Retention
Adoption
Value Realization
Account Development
Executive Stakeholder Management
Business Empathy
Contextual Intelligence
Cross-functional Collaboration
Cross-functional Alignment
Customer Insights
Customer Segmentation
Insight-led Decision Making
Data-informed Relationship Management
Change Navigation
Ambiguity Management
Trusted Advisor
Voice Of Customer
Customer Journeys
Playbooks
Scalable Processes
Enablement
Activation
Renewal Readiness
Upsell
Expansion Potential
Portfolio Leadership
High-value Customers
Relationship Leadership
Pattern Recognition
Relevance-driven Engagement
Consultative Communication
Entrepreneurial Mindset
Entrepreneurial Experience
Self-starter Mentality
Ownership
Outcome-driven
Complex Customer Ecosystems
Languages
Education
Georg August University of Göttingen
Diplom, Economic and Social Geography · Economic and Social Geography · Göttingen, Germany · Very good, thesis: 1.0 – “Communication Strategy of
University of Hamburg
Economics, Austronesian Studies, Geography · Hamburg, Germany
German Abitur · Berlin, Germany
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