Peter Puchalla
Consultant Strategy & Digital
Experience
Jan 2024 - Dec 2025
1 year Switzerland
Consultant Strategy & Digital
Polynova AG
- Designed the growth and digital strategy an EU distributor.
- Established a differentiation strategy focusing horizontal portfolio expansion, ESG and an SG&A cost reduction using new digital sales and service channels.
- Offered same day logistic delivery for key customers increasing the customer satisfaction by 25% of that group.
Jan 2022 - Dec 2025
2 years Switzerland
Project Manager Corporate Strategy & Digitalization
Dental Axess
- Guided the strategy development achieving sustainable growth in a competitive environment.
- Strategic analysis, definition of vision/ objective, and strategy with business case.
- Developed a digital SaaS platform offering a two-digit million revenue potential.
Jan 2021 - Dec 2025
3 years Germany
Program Manager Digital Transformation
Endor
- Managed the global digital transformation of a B2B/C business with a budget of €10M.
- Implemented an agile organization, SCRUM and re-prioritized the backlog.
- Created a digital strategy roadmap to modernize the entire ERP and eCommerce and setup the PMO and governance model.
- Improved major End-2-End business process in marketing, sales, service, operations and logistic.
- Improved the customer satisfaction by 25% of a global B2C business through improvement of AI forecasting, warehouse and logistic strategy.
- Generated €15M short term revenue growth and 20% reduction of operating cost.
Jan 2021 - Dec 2023
2 years Switzerland
Project Manager Digital Commercial Excellence Transformation
Amgen
- Reshape the global customer strategy process of a €28B company.
- Generated an account profiling concept running regional management workshops with the USA, EU and CN.
- Defined the implementation concept, Veeva / Salesforce integration.
- Boosted decision-making efficiency by 20% in speed and quality.
Jan 2021 - Dec 2023
2 yearsProgram Manager Divisional Transformation
Paul Hartmann
- Consulted a €100M business unit enhancing the business model and profitability.
- Conducted End-2-End analysis of processes, strategy, finance and customer satisfaction.
- Designed and launched a comprehensive excellence program for procurement, operations, logistic, product management, commercial and digitalization.
- Increased the logistic efficiency by 30% through development of an optimal product packaging to improve the pallet utilization and shortened the lead time for end-customers by 7 days.
- Initiated a business model innovation project to improve the distribution network by moving from country-specific central warehouses to an automated delivery system directly from the manufacturing location, showing a potential +3% increase in EBITDA.
- Generated +8% EBITDA improvement. Lighthouse project got rolled out company-wide.
Jan 2019 - Dec 2021
3 years Czech Republic
Program Manager Business Transformation
Paul Hartmann
- Program manager for the transformation of a €800M division.
- Refined project organization and 8 workstreams with project charters affecting product management, R&D and regulatory, operations, marketing, sales and digital.
- Specified a company-wide communication and change management concept.
- Guided teams in solution development and helped solving complex problems and argumentation.
- Improved EBITDA +2%.
Oct 2018 - Present
6 years 9 months Switzerland
Interim Manager and Consultant
- Specialized in PMO, Project Management, Transformation and Change Management
- Built PMO office 4 different companies, helping to structure the project pipeline, develop a roadmap, install metrics and report to the top management.
- Spearheaded a global digital and lean transformation as program manager, set up PMO, and heightened +2% EBITDA involving over 500 employees within an €800M division.
- Reshaped an entire IT and digital department, optimizing the organization, increased compliance and improved the software environment.
- Led the digital business model innovation by overhauling the end-to-end processes, reducing operating costs, and significantly increasing customer satisfaction.
- Guided a global B2B2C digital transformation as interim head of digital, grew revenue by €15M through sales automation, and reduced operational costs by 20%.
- Improved the customer satisfaction by 25% of a global B2C business through improvement of AI forecasting, warehouse and logistic strategy.
- Reshaped the business model of a €100M business unit through COMEX, OPEX, and digital transformation, resulting in an 80% profitability increase.
Oct 2015 - Oct 2018
3 years 1 month United Kingdom
Head of Marketing and Sales EMEA
Americhem Inc.
- Directed a regional sales, marketing and R&D team of 40 people across 6 countries, achieving a 40% increase in market penetration and a 20% boost in annual revenue.
- Controlled a corporate project for the construction of a new mainland plant, managing a multi-million CAPEX investment, and enabling over $100M in growth potential.
Switzerland
Global Excellence Manager
Clariant International AG
- Governed international commercial and operational excellence transformation projects as a TÜV certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, realizing project benefits of €28M.
- Served as business process consultant improving ERP SAP processes increasing efficiency and automation as business partners.
- Led digital innovation workshops with different global functions and identified top 3 top priority initiatives to increase operational, but also marketing and sales innovations.
- Served as global program manager and PMO at a global €300M business unit implementing optimizing processes, implementing excellence and digital, and improving EBITDA by over 2%.
- Spearheaded SCM and logistics optimization projects focused on increasing service levels for customers. Led from the SCM competence center, connecting business processes, customer needs, and IT systems.
Summary
Passionate Project Manager with a solid background in Capex projects. Excited about leading and driving product management initiatives in the B2B sector and ensuring alignment with the US market. Enthusiastic about collaborating with cross-functional teams and providing valuable insights for market penetration. Dedicated to ensuring product success and alignment with business goals, ready to contribute to your team.
- Extensive Experience in Product Management: Proven ability to lead and drive product initiatives from ideation to launch, ensuring alignment with market needs and business goals. Successfully restructured product management and portfolios at Paul Hartmann to better fit market needs.
- Strong Background in Cross-Functional Team Collaboration: Skilled in working within CET ±2 time zones to ensure effective communication and coordination with the Berlin-based team. Proven ability to collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to ensure product success.
- Deep Understanding of the US Market: Extensive experience working on business development and go-to-market strategies for the US market. Familiarity with the US health sector and B2B marketplaces is a valuable asset.
Languages
German
Native
English
Advanced
Education
Jun 2025 - Dec 2026
CEIBS Kellogg
Global Executive MBA · AI Applications for Growth · United States
FH Nordakademie
Diploma · Mechanical Engineering · Germany
Certifications & licenses
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
TÜV
PMP
PRINCE2
PSM
SAFe
Scrum Master
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