Klaus Baumhauer - Managing Director

Cologne, Germany

Experience

Mar 2024 - Present

1 year 11 months

Founder and managing partner of FineAntz GmbH focusing on restructuring and transformation consulting as well as interim management in finance

Jul 2022 - Jun 2023

1 year

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Finance, treasury, and controlling for the wind-down process of the Real stores being liquidated and post-closing activities for the continuation of the "mein real" stores
Continuation of activities for "mein real" under a service agreement (goods controlling, inventory management, forecasting, liquidity planning)
Management and coordination of procurement areas: category management for food and non-food, as well as supply chain management with over 40 employees, both for the wind-down and as a service for "mein real"
From 01/2023 head of the finance department, main contact for SCP (owner of "real" until 06/2022 and again from 04/2023)
Key contributor to the unwind of the real sale

Jul 2021 - Present

4 years 7 months

Taking on temporary projects in finance/controlling with a focus on interfaces to sales
04/2024–09/2024 Barilla Deutschland GmbH: Interim operational role as Head of Market Controlling Germany including coordination of Controlling Central & Northern Europe; leading the controlling team during the vacancy and onboarding the permanent successor; operational execution of forecast and budget planning; controlling support for product innovations; daily operational controlling, ad-hoc analyses, sparring partner for departments and executive management
06/2023–05/2024 Bauking GmbH: Interim operational role in controlling at a DIY store chain; operational management and execution of the 2024 budget planning; single point of contact for the parent company in budget modeling and entry; coordination of input from departments and internal controlling; optimization of retail controlling; development and implementation of data basis for inventory controlling to optimize working capital management and inventory valuation
Since 01/2023 Ventomaxx GmbH: freelance management of the finance department focusing on controlling and treasury; restructuring of the monthly reporting; setup of a cash flow forecast; creation of budgets and forecasts (P&L, balance sheet, cash flow) and monthly reporting; operational monthly closing; sparring partner for executive management, shareholders, and tax advisors/auditors

Jul 2021 - Jun 2022

1 year

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Goods controlling: management of sales, margins, and inventory as part of the restructuring and sale of the self-service stores
Merchandise budget planning for 184 stores in the ramp-down phase, developing new planning tools, including preparation of presentations for executive management and supervisory board
Adoption and further development of daily and monthly reporting, including variance analyses
Programming a forecast tool to map dynamic developments
Liquidity planning in the goods area
Coordination and preparation of annual financial statements
Special analyses for auditors, executive management, and category management

Jan 2021 - Jun 2021

6 months

Functional management of sales controlling and the inside sales team
Definition and implementation of sales processes for the go-to-market of the Dark Fiber/glass fiber infrastructure product
Introduction and development of the CRM system Salesforce.com to automate the lead-to-order process, including interfaces to other group companies
Forecast and budget planning in close coordination with the corporate finance functions
Contract negotiations with key accounts as part of professional bid management in the public/corporate sector
Development and implementation of the sales strategy in collaboration with executive management
Co-development of new add-on products and creation of the care-to-retain process to ensure long-term customer retention
Project management "Implementation of further mobile network expansion along the railway (Connectivity Master Plan)" to meet coverage requirements in the LTE/5G frequency auctions
Establishment of a reporting and forecasting system for KPI-based control of sales activities and creation of budget plans
Sub-project management for building sales cooperations to optimize the use of existing telecommunications infrastructure

Oct 2008 - Dec 2020

12 years 3 months

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Since 07/2018 Sales Director (authorized signatory): Member of the management team of a subsidiary of the freenet group with end-to-end responsibility for the B2B sales process from acquisition to invoicing
Personal support and development of key accounts (public and private program providers, corporate clients for event and network solutions)
Development of new markets and management of regional sales teams
Strategy development and implementation in collaboration with the executive board and management
Implementation of restructuring measures in the sales division
Continued heading Sales Support, overseeing three departments
Representation in industry associations and trade media
Since 11/2012 Head of Sales Support: Managed Sales Support with focus on sales controlling, reporting, bid management, contract management and receivables management; product responsibility for Event Broadcast Services; optimization of processes and structures; implementation of MS Dynamics, QlikView/QlikWrite
10/2008–10/2012 Business Controller: Advised the Satellite and Networks business units on planning, forecasting and reporting; personnel controlling; project support and evaluation; M&A in the area of multimedia