Mario K. - Interim Manager, Consultant and Employee

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Wentorf (Amt Sandesneben), Germany

Experience

Feb 2016 - Present

9 years 7 months

Germany

Interim Manager, Consultant and Employee

Mid-sized companies in northern Germany

Focus on ERP (partial) implementations and optimizations
Fields included: food wholesalers for fish and seafood, meat (mainly for cruise ships), producers of organic baked goods and nut products, food producers for fish products, e-commerce service providers, machine manufacturers, vegetable growers
ERP and process consulting/implementation (Navision / Business Central)
Ongoing accounting, controlling, turnaround and consolidation
Support in preparing all kinds of financial statements
Process optimization for a furniture chain during Navision rollout
Equity investments and acquisitions including due diligence and subsequent ERP integrations (centralizations and decentralizations)

Apr 2015 - Dec 2015

9 months

Hamburg, Germany

Managing Director

LIFEBRANDS Natural Food GmbH

Mid-sized international trading company for tea, coffee, cereals and a fine bakery
Optimization of internal processes in the SAGE ERP system
Setup of the IT structure for a fine bakery in Navision (project management)
Overall responsibility for all administrative areas: accounting, finance, HR, IT, warehouse and logistics, supply chain management, purchasing and quality assurance

Mar 2003 - Mar 2015

12 years 1 month

Hamburg, Germany

Head of Finance with Prokura and then Commercial Managing Director

RARI Food International GmbH

Mid-sized international import and wholesale company in the food sector, temporarily part of an Anglo-Saxon group, €160 M revenue, ~180 employees (approx. 1,000 wholesale food customers)
Up to eight own wholesale subsidiaries
Finance and accounting, controlling, international reporting
Head of warehouse and logistics management
Responsible for IFS certification
Special projects like EDI, DMS, logistics management and international audits
Project manager for Navision implementations and integrations in acquisitions (approx. 5 companies, all food wholesalers)
Led and actively took over project management for Navision rollouts at sister companies (e.g. in Singapore or Scotland)

Nov 2001 - Feb 2003

1 year 4 months

Glinde, Germany

Head of Finance and Accounting

Flashpoint AG

Wholesale company in the entertainment industry (CDs, consoles, software, etc.)
€160 M revenue with ~100 employees
Finance and accounting, controlling and liquidity management
Controlling and short-term liquidity management
Subproject lead for the introduction of Navision in automated logistics

Jun 1999 - Oct 2001

2 years 5 months

Glinde, Germany

Executive Assistant

Gebrüder Wollenhaupt oHG

Import and export of tea and vanilla and refinement in the production process
€40 M revenue with 125 employees, 80 of them in production
Established industrial controlling
Project lead for Navision rollout in finance, ERP (sales, purchasing), production, warehouse and logistics including launch of a B2B area (first digitalization!)
Integrated supply chain management
Redesigned the website

May 1998 - May 1999

1 year 1 month

Hamburg, Germany

Head of Finance and Accounting, Deputy Head of Central Services

Cabus Computer Systeme

System software house (Navision Solution Center)
€14 M revenue with 90 employees
Finance and accounting and controlling
Support and subproject lead for Navision rollouts at clients and preparing and reviewing detailed specifications
Navision training for colleagues and clients

Apr 1996 - Apr 1998

2 years 1 month

Flensburg, Germany

Head of Finance

DANTRONIK GmbH

System house with development department for GPS systems in public transport and trading company for marine electronics
€36 M revenue, ~30 employees
Finance and accounting, controlling, HR and grant management
Navision implementation (Blue Version)

Oct 1990 - Mar 1996

5 years 6 months

Germany

Freelance Lecturer and Consultant

Freelance lecturer and consultant for various clients in finance and accounting, annual financial statements, controlling, statistics and business administration
Wirtschaftsakademie Schleswig-Holstein, Schwerin and Neubrandenburg
Muser Studien GmbH Hamburg (now GFS)

Summary

Long-standing head of finance or commercial managing director focused on wholesale food trade (> 20 years) responsible for finance, accounting and controlling, logistics/dispatch, warehouse, HR and ERP systems (mostly Navision / Business Central)
Several years of experience in food wholesale with logistics and warehousing for 180 employees internationally, also in food production (incl. international supply chain processes)
Multiple project manager roles nationally and internationally for Navision / Business Central
Navision / MS Dynamics NAV / Business Central expert (incl. 1 year at a Navision Solution Center) and key user since 1996; focus on finance
Controller for finance, sales, production, logistics
Over 20 years of experience in team leadership and project management
Freelance consultant and lecturer skilled in communication, workshops and training