Michael S.

Senior Project Lead & Technical Product Manager - Digital Enabled Services

Erlangen, Germany

Experience

Jul 2022 - Present
3 years 4 months
Remote

Senior Project Lead & Technical Product Manager - Digital Enabled Services

Siemens Healthineers AG

  • Acting as the program lead for digital enabled services overseeing projects like Remote Scanning (WeScan), E-commerce and OneGate (budget: ~5 mio €/p.a.)
  • Developing the transformational strategy and roadmap for a supply and demand platform on ServiceNow, driving harmonization and integration of legacy systems
  • Leading cross-functional teams for design and rollout of digital business models on the ServiceNow backend platform
  • Enabling strategic decision-making by combining Azure DevOps transparency structures and using Agile methods like PI Planning and WSJF prioritization
  • Acting as the Business Demand Manager and digital counterpart for CS CRM, responsible for internal project organization, external partners, organizational interfaces and dependencies
  • Executing RFPs and managing vendors in accordance with contracts and internal requirements
  • Contributing to Project sucCeSs, Northstar and participating in the RaaS Tiger Team and Spryker Customer Advisory Board
Jun 2019 - Jul 2022
3 years 2 months

CRM Excellence Lead – Pricing

Siemens Healthineers AG

  • Leading conception, development and implementation of a new value-based pricing methodology for equipment parts in a CPQ tool in an agile CRM-IT project (budget ~850 k€)
  • Introducing price-quality transparency and developing international pricing policies, fostering alignment and buy-in across multiple departments and regions
  • Managing a cross-functional pricing community and developing education trainings to facilitate adoption of new pricing practices
  • Implementing a new pricing methodology for spare parts alongside integration of a repricing software
  • Project managing optimization of sales processes including installed base retention, joint deal evaluation, customer configurator and data transparency
Jan 2018 - Jun 2019
1 year 6 months

Director of Pricing & Business Development

A.T.U Auto-Teile-Unger GmbH & Co. KG

  • Founding and leading an international department with direct reporting to the Chief Commercial Officer, leading 5 people including budget responsibility
  • Directing key strategic portfolio initiatives to realign operations, providing analyses, transparency and decision support to board level, driving measurable cost reductions and enhanced revenue performance
  • Developing and implementing a new value, segment and competitive pricing strategy in a matrix organization and defining sales policies, achieving revenue uplift of ~1.5 mio €
  • Leading a strategic portfolio initiative for digital subscription product development, managing an €850 k budget with cross-functional stakeholder coordination and outcome-based KPIs
  • Developing strategic partnerships (TargoBank, Check24, PayPal) to optimize customer journey and enhance service delivery channels
  • Leading a cross-functional transformation team including IT, BI, marketing and sales, demonstrating stakeholder management across complex ecosystems
Jul 2015 - Dec 2017
2 years 6 months
Hamburg, Germany

Head of Pricing & Sales Support

Fielmann AG

  • Leading the Sales Support and Pricing division with direct report to the Sales Executive Officer, managing up to 3 people including budget responsibility
  • Co-leading a commercial and cultural transformation project by developing and implementing a first digital sales model and embedding value-based pricing across the organization, resulting in improved sales efficiency
  • Developing and launching a new go-to-market strategy for the contact lens and sunglasses business, incorporating an innovative spill-over sales concept that expanded market reach
  • Implementing competitor monitoring through a web crawler service
Jul 2013 - Jun 2015
2 years
Pullach, Germany

Executive Manager & Teamlead – Revenue Optimization USA

Sixt GmbH & Co. Autovermietung KG

  • Establishing and managing a new pricing team consisting of 3 pricing managers
  • Developing competitive revenue and go-to-market strategies for the US market
  • Conducting market and competitor analytics by monitoring customer and competitor behavior
  • Calculating offers and products for sales and channel management based on margin expectations and strategic customer benefit
  • Optimizing profitability, capacity utilization and growth through e-commerce development, A/B testing and incremental sales expansion
Sep 2011 - Jun 2013
1 year 10 months
Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Revenue Market Manager (EMEA – America)

United Airlines Inc.

  • Pricing and development of pricing strategies for the EMEA–America flight network in the A++ Joint Venture (Lufthansa Group, Air Canada and United)
  • Establishing a management process for global price increases
  • Managing fare products on over 900 O&Ds through competitive monitoring and analytics including profitability, market share and sales metrics
  • Developing a standardized request process to improve sales communication

Summary

Accomplished commercial excellence leader with +17 years of expertise in senior project lead & technical product management in digital-enabled services covering sales excellence, pricing and digital.

Acted as program lead for digital-enabled services overseeing projects like Remote Scanning (WeScan), E-commerce, OneGate (budget ~5mio€/p.a.).

Proven track record in digital transformation, CRM/sales systems, and product management in digital-driven environments with cross-functional team leadership for design and rollout of digital business models on ServiceNow backend platform.

Enabled strategic decision-making by leveraging Azure DevOps transparency structures and Agile methods such as PI Planning and WSJF prioritisation.

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced
Spanish
Elementary
French
Elementary

Education

Sep 2007 - Jul 2011

Avans Hogeschool

Bachelor in International Business Administration, Marketing · International Business Administration · Breda, Netherlands · 8.3/9

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