Reinhard
CEO - Germany - iCEO #33632

Experience

General management & business development executive with over 20 yrs experience at CEO/Managing Director/chairman levels in mid-size and billion-dollars blue chip companies.

Major Achievements

Major turn-around of logistics company; down sizing some 1500 employees; from €150 mil losses to €25 mill. operating profit of a company with approx. €0.7 bill; spearheaded the development and implementation of award-winning global sales, promotion/communication/image transfer and sponsorship programmes; trippled som and sales in a flat consumer goods market, increasing efo by some 400% and gaining and maintaining position as fastest growing unit for three consecutive years; achieved profit margin of 16% by cutting costs, disposing of idle assets, modernizing p&e, launching new products and acquiring/integrating other companies; with North-American responsibilities, built consumer-product revuenues to $400 mil, with roa of 27%; successfully led negotiations of a 470 mil comapny in the acquisition of two strategically important companies in GE and CH, increased coverage in the Middle East through a new agent network, increased revenues by 300%, with profit margins improving to over 30% from 15%; effected a complete turnaround of an $90 mil. business information,receivables-management and b2b marketing management company by completely fre-engineering the business, eliminating 2 management layers, reducing 72 branches down to four, causing corporate culture to become custmoer/service-oriented and market-driven.

Industry Sector Competencies

Software

Consumer Goods

Packaging

Financial Services

Public Sector

Data base marketing

Professional Objectives

Function: CEO/EVP/non-ex. chairman or director

Sector: Generalist, consumer goods/logistics; general b2b and b2c.

Interim Manager: Yes

Permanent Position: No

Operational: Yes

Availability: Full time

Prefered Locations: Western Europe/U.S.A.

Additional Professional Interests

Non executive director assignments

Countries Covered

Germany

Operational Competencies

Business development (Professional)

Acquisition and shadow management (Professional)

New product or service launch (Professional)

Geographical expansion (Professional)

Company rescue or turnaround (Expert)