Mario Klügel - Interim manager, consultant and employee

Wentorf (Amt Sandesneben), Germany

Experience

Feb 2016 - Present

10 years

Germany

Interim manager, consultant and employee

ERP and process consulting/implementation (Navision / Business Central)
Ongoing accounting, controlling, turnaround and consolidation
Support in preparing all types of financial statements
Process optimization for a furniture store chain during Navision implementation
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

Medium-sized international trading company for tea, coffee, cereals and a gourmet bakery
Optimized internal processes in the SAGE ERP system
Set up the IT structure of a gourmet bakery in Navision (project management)
Overall responsibility for all administrative areas: accounting, finance, HR, IT and communications, warehousing and logistics, supply chain management, purchasing and quality assurance

Mar 2003 - Mar 2015

12 years 1 month

Hamburg, Germany

Commercial manager with power of attorney, later commercial managing director

RARI Food International GmbH

Medium-sized international food import and wholesale company, temporarily integrated into an Anglo-Saxon group, 160 million EUR turnover with about 180 employees (around 1,000 food wholesalers as customers)
Up to 8 own food wholesalers as subsidiaries
Finance and accounting, controlling, international reporting
Head of warehouse and logistics management
Responsible for IFS certification
Special projects such as EDI, DMS, logistics management and international audits
As part of acquisitions, served multiple times as project manager for Navision implementations and integrations (around 5 companies – all food wholesalers)
Supported and took over project management for Navision implementations 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 sector (CDs, consoles, software, etc.)
160 million EUR turnover with about 100 employees
Finance and accounting, controlling and liquidity management
Controlling, short-term liquidity management
Sub-project management of the Navision implementation in the "automated" logistics.

Jun 1999 - Oct 2001

2 years 5 months

Glinde, Germany

Assistant to management

Gebrüder Wollenhaupt oHG

Import and export of tea and vanilla and their refinement in the production process
40 million EUR turnover with 125 employees, including 80 production staff
Set up industrial controlling
Project management of Navision implementation in finance, ERP (sales, purchasing), production, warehousing and logistics, including introduction of a B2B area (1st 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), EUR 14 million revenue with 90 employees
Finance, accounting, and controlling
Support/subproject management for the implementation of Navision at customers and developing and reviewing detailed specifications
Navision training for colleagues and customers

Apr 1996 - Apr 1998

2 years 1 month

Flensburg, Germany

Commercial Director

DANTRONIK GmbH

System house with a development department for GPS systems in public transport and a trading company for ship electronics, EUR 36 million revenue, about 30 employees
Finance and accounting, controlling, human resources and grant management
Implementation of Navision (Blue Version)

Oct 1990 - Mar 1996

5 years 6 months

Freelance Lecturer and Consultant

Finance and accounting, annual financial statements, controlling, statistics, and business administration for various clients
Clients: Wirtschaftsakademie Schleswig-Holstein in Schwerin and Neubrandenburg; Muser Studien GmbH Hamburg (today GFS)

Summary

Long-term head of finance/commercial managing director with focus on food wholesale (over 20 years), responsible for finance, controlling, logistics/dispatch, warehousing, HR, and ERP systems (mainly Navision / Business Central)
Several years of experience in food wholesale with logistics and warehousing for 180 employees internationally, as well as in food production (including international supply chain processes)
Managed multiple national and international projects for Navision / Business Central
Navision / MS Dynamics NAV / Business Central expert (including 1 year at a Navision Solution Center) and key user since 1996; focus on finance
Controller for finance, sales, production, logistics
IHK certified accountant and certificate in International Accounting (CINA)
Over 20 years of experience in team leadership and project management
Experienced in communication, workshops and training through freelance work as consultant and lecturer

Skills

Very Good Knowledge Of Ms Office, Navision (Ms Dynamics Nav, Business Central), Sap, Gus, Csb, Sage And T4
Good Knowledge Of Datev
Good Knowledge Of Corporate Planner, Qlikview, Power Bi And Tagetik
Jira
Ms Project
Navision Tools