Max Sammartano

Executive VP Strategy and CEO Office at KION Group

Frankfurt Rhine-Main Metropolitan Area

About

• Dynamic personality, versatile and reliable manager with hands-on mentality, extensive international experience, strong results-orientation and distinctive team-working approach and spirit • Proven track-record of leading business units with P&L responsibility with positive results both in growth plans, transformations with strong organizational change element and turnaround situations • Leadership style characterized by a strong performance-orientation coupled with integrative social skills, and a contagious display of enthusiasm in shaping and driving change, that enables successful engagement in teams of diverse background and motivation level across the globe • A far-sighted strategist, with strong analytical skills, that understands quickly and deeply the key drivers of several industry segments, with deep experience in the industrial equipment business, coupled with a decisive approach, looking and identifying leeway and leveraging them, taking also the necessary portion of risk • Self-starter, assertive and pioneering spirit, with constant orientation to customers and their evolving requirements and to key stakeholders’ alignment and implementation

Experience

  • KION Group (Full-time · 5 yrs 8 mos)
    • Executive VP Strategy and CEO Office
      Sep 2024 - Present · 1 yr 10 mos

    • Executive VP Business Transformation
      Nov 2020 - Aug 2024 · 3 yrs 10 mos

  • Linde Material Handling (12 yrs 9 mos)
    • General manager Region Northern Europe&Southern Africa
      Jul 2017 - Aug 2024 · 7 yrs 2 mos

    • Vice President Sales & Service Marketing and Operations
      Oct 2015 - Jun 2017 · 1 yr 9 mos

    • Vice President After Sales/Customer Services
      Dec 2011 - Sep 2015 · 3 yrs 10 mos

  • Head of Business Development/M&A at Kion Group GmbH
    Jul 2010 - Dec 2011 · 1 yr 6 mos

  • McKinsey & Company (7 yrs 6 mos)
    • Associate Principal
      Jan 2003 - Jun 2010 · 7 yrs 6 mos

    • Project Manager
      Jan 2003 - Dec 2006 · 4 yrs

  • Creativity team leader at GM-FIAT WWP
    2001 - 2002 · 1 yr