Stephan B.
Interim Manager | CHRO / Head of HR / Senior HR BP | Consultant for HR Transformations
Experience
Feb 2024 - Aug 2025
1 year 7 monthsFlensburg, Germany
HybridBusiness Unit HR Director (ad interim)
Energy Supply
- Leading the HR team (25 employees) including canteen operations
- HR transformation and employee support, development of an HR strategy, selection of an HR software suite and preparation for roll-out, process mapping and analysis, project tasks such as non-tariff compensation structure, job descriptions
Feb 2023 - Feb 2024
1 year 1 monthHamburg, Germany
HybridHR Manager (ad interim)
Ship Machinery Manufacturing
- Bridging vacancies in HR management and HR Business Partner roles including onboarding the successors
- Advising on the reorganization of the HR department within the decentralized EMEA group structures
- Supporting the company turnaround: separation of 8 executives and filling around 80 open positions
May 2022 - Oct 2022
6 monthsLemwerder, Germany
On-siteHead of HR (ad interim)
Yacht Building
- Leading the HR team (13 employees)
- Project work such as final negotiations and conclusion of various works agreements, personnel planning
Nov 2020 - May 2022
1 year 7 monthsAurich, Germany
Interim Head of HR / HR Reorganization Consultant / Interim Head of Central HR BP
Wind Turbine Manufacturer
Leading the German HR team (7 department/team leads) with a total of 65 HR staff for approximately 5,000 employees until the Global Head of HR joined
Advising on the realignment and integration of the global HR team (approx. 250 HR employees) for 13,500 employees, advising and sparring with the Global Head of HR and the entire HR organization, developing and implementing various organizational development measures
Temporary leadership of the central HR BP team with 11 staff, responsible for about 4,000 employees, and taking on HR BP tasks for the global Sales, global IT, and HR areas
Jul 2020 - Nov 2020
5 monthsFrankfurt, Germany
RemoteHR Senior Consultant (ad interim)
Banking Sector (DAX company) via 4C Group
- Conversion of the non-tariff compensation structure in Germany
- A special task was, among other things, acting as the interface to the group works council
Apr 2020 - Present
5 years 9 monthsLübeck, Germany
Mentor and lecturer for HR topics
Gateway49, Start-Up Accelerator
- Coaching and mentoring of startups on HR topics
- Workshops on recruiting and leadership in startups
Jan 2012 - Mar 2020
8 years 3 monthsHamburg, Germany
Head of Human Resources / HR Director
SKF Marine GmbH
- Leading the HR team (HR business partners, payroll expert, HR service partners), indirectly overseeing SAP HCM module admins and the training supervisor
- HR interface to the SKF Group (Sweden) and SKF GmbH (Germany), collaborating on cross-division projects
- Directly supporting all managers and employees of the international SKF Marine business unit
- Works with the works council, including negotiating works agreements
- Designing and supporting various change projects
- Strategic and operational HR tasks, including recruiting/onboarding, talent and performance management, succession planning
- HR support during the sale of ThyssenKrupp Marine System via STAR Capital (private equity) to the SKF Group and integration into the new SKF corporate structures
- Designed an HR strategy and implemented it during the restructuring of the HR department and reorganization of processes, reducing the HR cost structure by 30%
- Implemented SAP HCM, including payroll and travel expense management, and additional modern tools like ESS/MSS and manager reporting tools as part of the HR digitalization strategy
- Developed and delivered development measures and initiatives: establishing new corporate values, training series for managers, competence management
Jan 2010 - Dec 2011
2 yearsBremerhaven, Germany
Interim Head of HR and HSE
PowerBlades GmbH
- Expanding existing HR structures and SAP HCM usage
- Advising the management, specialists, managers, and employees on HR-related matters
- Works with the works council, including negotiating works agreements
- Negotiated with IG Metall on joining the collective agreement
- Established the technical training department in cooperation with the Fraunhofer Institute (IFAM Bremen) as an education partner
Dec 2008 - Dec 2009
1 year 1 monthBremen, Germany
Interim HR project manager
ATLAS ELEKTRONIK GmbH
- Managed projects and advised the executive board on returning to the collective agreement, including implementing ERA and changing the company pension plan. Developed around 350 job descriptions and simulated various implementation scenarios
- Supported HR development in establishing a project/specialist career path concept and conducting management training on employee reviews
Dec 2004 - Nov 2008
4 yearsHamburg, Germany
Head of HR and Social Affairs
Harburg-Freudenberger Maschinenbau GmbH
- Supported the sale of the company from ThyssenKrupp to L. Possehl & Co. and adapted HR structures
- Responsible for HR at the Hamburg-Harburg site
- Managed the HR department (administration and payroll), the infirmary, mailroom, and switchboard
- Advised the executive board, specialists, and managers on all HR-related matters and implemented personnel measures
- Handled operational HR tasks
- Works with the works council, including negotiating works agreements
- Realigned the HR department
- Introduced the collective agreement pay scale framework (ERA)
- Led a change management project to secure results
- Developed and implemented an HR structure concept, including interest reconciliation and social plan (reduction of 50 FTE)
- Took over the maintenance and canteen operations
Jun 2001 - Nov 2004
3 years 6 monthsHamburg, Germany
HR Administrator / Deputy HR Manager
B+V Industrietechnik GmbH
- Personnel administration - Support of the blue-collar workforce
- Advising specialists and managers on employee-related issues and implementing HR measures
- Partial retirement (introduction as well as advising and supporting employees)
- External staff deployment in accordance with the German Temporary Employment Act
- Transition to the group BAV system KOMBI-PAKT
- Optimization of personnel cost planning
Oct 1998 - Jun 2001
2 years 9 monthsBremen, Germany
HR Administrator
Johann A. Krause Maschinenfabrik GmbH
- HR and university marketing and recruitment
- IT management and development of concepts, including some programming
- Preparing statistics for internal reporting and the corporate group
Summary
HR work is often seen as complex – my strength is in cutting through that complexity to focus on what really matters and to design pragmatic, actionable solutions. In interim assignments, I accelerate HR transformations, ensure acceptance in co-determined environments, and deliver measurable results – whether in building and realigning HR organizations, implementing HR IT, or in change and restructuring projects.
Over 20 years of experience in operational and strategic HR management – from large corporations (among others ThyssenKrupp, SKF, ENERCON) to medium-sized companies, special machine manufacturing, shipbuilding, energy supply, and wind energy. Expertise in HR transformations, HR IT (SAP HCM / SuccessFactors), and collaboration with co-determination bodies. Roles as HR Director, Head of HR, Senior HR Business Partner, and Project Manager.
Languages
German
NativeEnglish
AdvancedEducation
Nov 1999 - Oct 2000
Private University of Applied Sciences for Business and Technology Vechta/Diepholz
Diploma in Business Administration (FH) · International Management · Vechta, Germany
Sep 1995 - Oct 1998
Academy of Business Bremen
Business Economist, Academy of Business Bremen, specialization in HR and Marketing · Business Administration WA (dual study program) · Bremen, Germany
Sep 1995 - Jun 1997
Johann A. Krause Machinery Factory GmbH
Industrial Clerk qualification · Industrial Clerk · Bremen, Germany
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Certifications & licenses
Agile HR Manager
HR Pioneers
Systemic Organizational Developer
Trainer Qualification Exam (AEVO)
Hamburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry
PRINCE 2 agile Foundation
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