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Executive iCEO #63517
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Markus's Profile

  • PositionCOO/Managing Director
  • NationalityAustria
  • Home countryAustria

Experience

Highly accomplished and performance-driven General Manager for 9 years with 15 years total work experience in Europe and Asia. Strong experience in purchasing, supply chain, finance, restructuring, controlling, auditing, M&A, HR, legal and IT. Hands-on leader with an entrepreneurial attitude, successfully leading expert teams and delivering on-time and on-budget results.

Major Achievements

Since 2005 as General Manager responsible for the overall direction and administration of operations in China (sales $240 million USD with 190 employees). Successfully restructured this very low efficiency Chinese company into a high performance company and increased profitability by about 940% from 2005 to 2013. Successful implementation of USD-RMB hedging which directly led to increased overall price stability and ultimately led to profits of $8.4 million USD from 2006-2013.

Industry Sector Competencies

Fast Moving Consumer Goods
Audit
Purchasing/Supply Chain/Import&Export

Professional Objectives

Function: General Manager
Interim Manager: No
Permanent Position: Yes
Operational: Yes
Availability: Full time
Prefered Locations: Asia (except China),Europe,Australia,South America

Countries Covered

Austria
China
Germany

Operational Competencies

Acquisition and shadow management (Expert)
Company rescue or turnaround (Expert)
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Nationality

Austria

Home Country

Austria

Availability

Full time

Education

Law and Business Administration

Languages

English, German

Management Experience

More than 15 years

Company Size

Multinational

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