Max Feser
Project Lead
Experience
Jan 2022 - Dec 2025
2 years Germany
Project Lead
Contrium Consulting AG
- Industry: Mechanical engineering.
- Results:
- Improvement of operational excellence.
- Reduction of purchased parts and inventories by approximately 20%.
- Ensuring organizational embedding of complexity management.
Jan 2021 - Dec 2023
2 years Switzerland
Work Package Leader
Contrium Consulting AG
- Industry: Pharmaceutical.
- Results:
- Strategic positioning and organizational structure defined for Data & Analytics as part of R&D transformation.
Jan 2021 - Dec 2022
1 year Germany
Project Lead
Contrium Consulting AG
- Industry: Mechanical engineering.
- Results:
- Defined business model strategy for after-sales technical clarification.
- Derived organizational recommendations for implementation.
- Piloted the model in a test market, introducing new roles, processes, and IT systems.
Jan 2020 - Dec 2022
2 years France
Project Lead
Contrium Consulting AG
- Industry: Pharmaceutical.
- Results:
- Designed and implemented a business development process.
- Established commercial partnerships leveraging a new manufacturing facility.
- Achieved doubling of production capacity (~€100 million revenue increase).
Jan 2020 - Dec 2021
2 years Germany
Project Lead
Contrium Consulting AG
- Industry: Mechanical engineering.
- Results:
- Managed profitability improvement (10% EBIT increase in the first financial year) in global spare parts sales (~€200m portfolio).
Jan 2020 - Dec 2020
1 year Germany
Project Lead
Contrium Consulting AG (in cooperation with Santiago Advisors)
- Industry: Financial services.
- Results:
- Developed communication strategy to convey digitization of form administration across a corporate group.
Jan 2019 - Dec 2020
2 years Germany
Project Lead
Contrium Consulting AG (in cooperation with Santiago Advisors)
- Industry: Chemicals/Semiconductors.
- Results:
- Overall project steering for relocation of production and site closure.
- Completed feasibility study and investment application (€30m).
- Communication strategy development.
Jan 2018 - Dec 2020
2 years Germany
Project Lead
Contrium Consulting AG
- Industry: Mechanical engineering.
- Results:
- Managed strategic realignment of Finance (Shared Services) and Service departments within reorganization program.
- Achieved cost saving targets of €25m.
Jan 2016 - Dec 2019
2 years Germany
Project Lead
Contrium Consulting AG
- Industry: Mechanical engineering.
- Results:
- Conceptualized multi-project management and prioritized ~100 strategic projects.
- Implemented project portfolio management software.
Jan 2016 - Dec 2017
1 year Germany
Senior Consultant
Contrium Consulting AG
- Industry: Mechanical engineering.
- Results:
- Conceptualized subscription as sales strategy for capital goods >€1m.
Jan 2016 - Dec 2017
1 year United Kingdom
Senior Consultant
Contrium Consulting AG
- Industry: Chemicals.
- Results:
- Setup project organization (8 workstreams).
- Defined targets, produced monthly status reports, and communicated with the steering committee.
- Fulfilled 100-day targets and defined a 5-year plan.
Jan 2015 - Dec 2017
2 years Poland
Senior Consultant
Contrium Consulting AG
- Industry: Mechanical engineering.
- Results:
- Implemented Shared Service Center parallel with SAP introduction.
- Achieved successful go-live within budget, quality, and timeframe.
Jan 2015 - Dec 2016
1 year Germany
Consultant
Contrium Consulting AG
- Industry: Mechanical engineering.
- Results:
- Identified >15% savings potential within €200m administration costs.
- Achieved 10% acknowledged savings in financial planning.
Jan 2015 - Dec 2016
1 year Germany
Consultant
Contrium Consulting AG
- Industry: Chemicals.
- Results:
- Conducted in-depth value chain analysis for aroma chemicals.
- Screened global supplier market with focus on North and South America.
- Recommended merger and acquisition opportunities.
Feb 2015 - Present
10 years 5 months Hamburg, Germany
Partner
Contrium Consulting AG
Focus areas include strategy, reorganization, change management, digitization, sales, and service.
Responsibilities consist of sales and project management.
Project expertise:
Strategy
Sales
Transformation
Service organization
Process reengineering
Post-merger integration
Relocation of production
Multi-project management
Communication strategy
Efficiency increase and cost-saving projects
Market studies
Jan 2015 - Dec 2016
2 years Germany
Consultant
Contrium Consulting AG
- Industry: Chemicals.
- Results:
- Supported annual operational planning.
Jan 2009 - Dec 2015
5 years Hamburg, Germany
Research Associate
Hamburg University of Technology
- Specialization in supply chain management, logistics, and risk management.
- Activities included publishing, conducting surveys, attending conferences, and lecturing.
Jan 2004 - Dec 2009
5 yearsInternships
Siemens, Japan | Airbus, Germany | GIZ, Ethiopia
- Conducted internships ranging from 3 to 6 months.
Jan 2004 - Dec 2006
2 years Germany
Student Assistant at Department of Operations Research
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Jan 2003 - Dec 2006
4 yearsHonorary work
European Students of Industrial Engineering and Management
Languages
German
Native
English
Advanced
Education
Nov 2010 - Oct 2015
Hamburg University of Technology
PhD · Engineering · Hamburg, Germany
Sep 2006 - May 2007
Lappeenranta University of Technology
Finland
Oct 2003 - Sep 2009
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Diploma · Industrial Engineering and Management · Germany
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