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Sahra Hainke

Interim B2B Product Management

Sahra Hainke
Selters (Taunus), Germany

Experience

Jan 2024 - Present
2 years 3 months

Interim B2B Product Management

Telefónica Germany GmbH & Co. OHG

  • Project lead for all transformation projects since 01/2018

  • Advisory role to the IT development team for optimal implementation of customer communication workflows within the new IT structure

  • Monitored cross-departmental process harmonization to create a unified approach for B2B customer engagement

  • Introduced a new agile working methodology, including an optimized IT development process with clearly defined responsibilities

  • Reduced process redundancies by 35% through effective system integration and workflow optimization

  • Successfully unified customer communication across three previously separate systems

  • Introduced customer journeys and customer experience

Sep 2023 - Mar 2024
7 months

Interim Chief of Staff

LichtBlick SE

  • Planning and managing the OKR process, including reviewing and defining new objectives and key results for sales and service operations

  • Supporting management with team-building activities, creating business cases, and defining strategies

  • Coordinating content with stakeholders for budget planning for upcoming financial years

  • Preparing team structures and defining team responsibilities

  • Aligning and approving critical business cases, as well as developing a standardized set of KPIs for sales and service operations

  • Leading a comprehensive carve-out project, including implementing project management methods and ensuring all operational and strategic goals were met

  • Facilitating executive decision-making by preparing decision papers, moderating management meetings, and coordinating cross-functional teams

  • Implementing improved team structure and internal communication

Dec 2022 - Dec 2023
1 year 1 month

Interim Customer Experience

Telefónica Germany GmbH & Co. OHG

  • Responsible for customer experience within a large IT transformation project

  • Advising the IT development team to ensure customer-centric design and implementation

  • Developing data-driven feedback loops for customer touchpoints within sales processes

  • Establishing an effective stakeholder management framework to integrate customer experience considerations into all IT development decisions

  • Creating comprehensive customer journey maps that identified eight critical pain points in the sales process and led to targeted improvements

  • Implementing customer satisfaction tracking, resulting in an 18% increase after process improvements

Jul 2022 - Nov 2022
5 months

Interim Business Development

Wi Renewables GmbH

  • Business development for building a business unit and merging food startups

  • Developing a complete concept and business model in sustainable food production and marketing

  • Creating a business case for agriculture and for the entire organization

  • Working with HR to ensure effective change management and transition processes for the startup founders

  • Developing a business plan, making strategic decisions, and executing the implementation, including legal and tax support for the merger

Sep 2021 - Mar 2022
7 months

Interim Brand Marketing Manager

Peek & Cloppenburg KG

  • Responsible for cross-country coordination of marketing materials (TV, out-of-home, print, POS)

  • Close collaboration with design teams to ensure quality and brand consistency

  • Project management for marketing roll-outs

  • On-time delivery of all marketing materials and coordination of marketing assets for multiple store openings

  • Establishing efficient approval processes and consistent brand management across multiple international markets

Dec 2020 - Jul 2022
1 year 8 months

Interim Business Development

E.ON Group Innovation GmbH

  • Business development for three innovation projects with the goal of reducing CO₂ emissions

  • Project lead for an innovation project in the co-living sector

  • Developed an app prototype with an agile team; created a business case and presented it internally for budgeting

  • Acquired pilot customers, ran a pilot project, and prepared legal contracts and a marketing strategy for the MVP/go-to-market

  • Developed and tested a loyalty management concept

Oct 2020 - Jul 2022
1 year 10 months

Interim Head of Marketing

ECfDT BV

  • Built and led an international marketing team

  • Increased brand awareness for Uffective, new customer growth, and customer retention through strategic, tactical, and scalable marketing activities

  • Implemented LinkedIn and Google campaigns

  • Implemented marketing lead automation and a lead qualification strategy

May 2019 - May 2020
1 year 1 month

Interim Project Management

1&1 Versatel

  • Project management for the development and implementation of SD-WAN

  • Prepared business cases and analyses, and managed project controlling

  • Coordinated cross-functional teams to align technology implementation and sales processes

  • Analyzed customer requirements and conducted structured supplier selection for the best market fit

  • Accelerated market entry by developing an effective go-to-market strategy and providing sales support

Jan 2018 - Jan 2019
1 year 1 month

Interim Project Lead

M-net Telekommunikations GmbH

  • Led a customer migration project in marketing and sales

  • Developed go-to-market strategy and introduced a new Cloud PBX product, and developed five additional products

  • Defined business cases, set sales targets, and set up sales reports

  • Trained over 50 account managers and business partners

  • Built, motivated, trained, and coached the team for outstanding performance

  • Implemented an optimized sales process that reduced administrative effort by 20%

May 2017 - Present
8 years 11 months

Founder & Managing Director Mindful Matcha

Mindful PS&C GmbH

  • Founded a tea startup to promote mindfulness in the business world

  • Defined business strategy and product development

  • Built strong supplier relationships

  • Hired and motivated a high-performing team

  • Participated in accelerator programs and launched products

  • Secured Vodafone as a customer and ran mindfulness training sessions with their HR team

  • Established partnerships with online retailers and yoga retreats

Mar 2016 - Oct 2017
1 year 8 months

Director Sales Steering DACHLI

ista Deutschland GmbH

  • Led the Sales Steering, Sales Controlling and CRM teams for Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein

  • Co-responsible for a strategic sales and marketing restructuring program

  • Planned and defined sales strategies and analyzed market potential, sales performance and customer value

  • Reported directly to senior management on the performance of all sales channels

  • Managed lead and campaign management processes and project managed the development of the Microsoft Dynamics CRM system

  • Ensured system adoption through change management, quality assurance, test management and first-level support for over 300 users

  • Increased sales efficiency by 15%, improved forecast accuracy by 22%, secured a €2.6M budget for global CRM enhancements and cross-border data standardization

Jun 2015 - Feb 2016
9 months

Group Head of Performance Management and Planning

Vodafone GmbH

  • Led the group performance management to set optimal sales targets and steer the sales force

  • Planned and defined sales targets for enterprise sales and the distribution channel and ensured KPI achievement

  • Identified market opportunities and prioritized sales actions with high business impact

  • Conducted data-driven analyses to spot threats and developed countermeasures

  • Improved target achievement by 12%, introduced agile methods and developed a performance management tool to increase sales transparency

Nov 2013 - May 2015
1 year 7 months

Marketing Manager

Vodafone GmbH

  • Managed go-to-market strategies for fixed-line products in the enterprise channel marketing team (B2B)

  • Organized the "Acquisition ZV Fixed" campaign, boosting sales by 36%

  • Introduced an upgrade process for proactive contract renewals to save costs and increase customer satisfaction

  • Published a capacity agreement between Vodafone and Deutsche Telekom, raising utilization from 61% to 95%

  • Launched a new enterprise IP product and a B2B IP campaign with separate price points

Apr 2013 - Oct 2013
7 months

Area Manager

Vodafone GmbH

  • Acquired new customers and managed existing accounts with sales revenue responsibility of over €2.7M

  • Grew customer base revenue by 2% and generated new contracts worth €1.3M within six months

Mar 2013 - Oct 2013
8 months

International Account Manager

Vodafone GmbH

  • Provided strategic support to about 40 account and area managers to secure international deals

  • Accelerated top-3 prospects through C-level selling, strategic account management and winning complex deals

May 2010 - Mar 2013
2 years 11 months
Germany

Account Manager SME

Vodafone GmbH

  • New customer acquisition in the Small Medium Enterprises segment

  • Exceeded all sales and new customer targets

  • Closed an international deal with Mobile Voice, landline, MPLS and Office Net across four countries with a total contract value of €1.4M

Jan 2009 - Mar 2009
3 months
United Kingdom

Global Business Product Management (Internship)

Vodafone Group Services Ltd.

Jul 2008 - Sep 2008
3 months
Germany

Enterprise Marketing Business Partner (Internship)

Vodafone GmbH

Jan 2007 - Mar 2007
3 months
Germany

Procurement for the T5 (Internship)

Volkswagen Nutzfahrzeuge

Industries Experience

See where this freelancer has spent most of their professional time. Longer bars indicate deeper hands-on experience, while shorter ones reflect targeted or project-based work.

Experienced in Telecommunication (11.5 years), Food and Beverage (9 years), Energy (2 years), Information Technology (2 years), Utilities (1.5 years), and Agriculture (0.5 years).

Telecommunication
Food and Beverage
Energy
Information Technology
Utilities
Agriculture

Business Areas Experience

The graph below provides a cumulative view of the freelancer's experience across multiple business areas, calculated from completed and active engagements. It highlights the areas where the freelancer has most frequently contributed to planning, execution, and delivery of business outcomes.

Experienced in Product Development (9 years), Human Resources (9 years), Supply Chain Management (9 years), Project Management (8 years), Sales (7 years), and Marketing (6 years).

Product Development
Human Resources
Supply Chain Management
Project Management
Sales
Marketing

Summary

Experienced project manager and leader with over 15 years of professional experience in telecommunications, IT and the energy sector. As Director Sales Steering at ista and Head of Performance Management at Vodafone, I led teams and successfully delivered complex projects. In my role at Peek & Cloppenburg, I was responsible for coordinating marketing materials internationally across all channels (TV, out-of-home, print, POS) – from planning and aligning with design teams to on-time execution. My strengths lie in hands-on management of international campaigns, coordinating cross-functional teams and external partners, and ensuring consistent brand execution across multiple markets. I bring extensive experience in project management for marketing roll-outs.

My work style is structured, solution-oriented, and driven by strong ownership, communication skills, and the ability to meet deadlines and budgets even under pressure.

Skills

  • Project Management
  • Product Management
  • Ai & It Transformation
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Product Development
  • Cross-functional Team Leadership
  • Process Optimization
  • Start-up Founder
  • Excellent Leader
  • Dvnlp Coach

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced
Spanish
Elementary
French
Elementary

Education

Oct 2013 - Jun 2015

Hult International Business School

Executive MBA, Change Management & Women in Leadership · London, United Kingdom

Oct 2006 - Jun 2009

FHDW Hannover

Bachelor of Arts · Business Administration - International Management · Hanover, Germany

Oct 1999 - Jun 2006

Ratsgymnasium Stadthagen

General university entrance qualification (Abitur) · Stadthagen, Germany

Certifications & licenses

Dvnlp-Coach & Nvnlp-Practitioner

Top Team FJ 2011/2012

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Where is Sahra based?

Sahra is based in Selters (Taunus), Germany and can operate in on-site, hybrid, and remote work models.

What languages does Sahra speak?

Sahra speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced), Spanish (Elementary), French (Elementary).

How many years of experience does Sahra have?

Sahra has at least 16 years of experience. During this time, Sahra has worked in at least 18 different roles and for 13 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 10 months. Note that Sahra may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

What roles would Sahra be best suited for?

Based on recent experience, Sahra would be well-suited for roles such as: Interim B2B Product Management, Interim Chief of Staff, Interim Customer Experience.

What is Sahra's latest experience?

Sahra's most recent position is Interim B2B Product Management at Telefónica Germany GmbH & Co. OHG.

What companies has Sahra worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Sahra has worked for Telefónica Germany GmbH & Co. OHG, LichtBlick SE, Wi Renewables GmbH, Peek & Cloppenburg KG, and E.ON Group Innovation GmbH.

Which industries is Sahra most experienced in?

Sahra is most experienced in industries like Telecommunication, Food and Beverage, and Energy. Sahra also has some experience in Information Technology (IT), Utility Services, and Fashion and Apparel.

Which business areas is Sahra most experienced in?

Sahra is most experienced in business areas like Product Development, Human Resources (HR), and Supply Chain Management. Sahra also has some experience in Project Management, Sales, and Marketing.

Which industries has Sahra worked in recently?

Sahra has recently worked in industries like Food and Beverage, Telecommunication, and Energy.

Which business areas has Sahra worked in recently?

Sahra has recently worked in business areas like Product Development, Human Resources (HR), and Supply Chain Management.

What is Sahra's education?

Sahra holds a Master from Hult International Business School and a Bachelor in Business Administration - International Management from FHDW Hannover.

Does Sahra have any certificates?

Sahra has 2 certificates. These include: Dvnlp-Coach & Nvnlp-Practitioner and Top Team FJ 2011/2012.

What is the availability of Sahra?

Sahra is immediately available full-time for suitable projects.

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