Greater Freiburg Area
Technical depth and commercial instinct don't often sit in the same seat. With a Dr.-Ing. and 14 years in industrial B2B product leadership, I've built a practice around making both work together – and building the organizations that sustain it. Three things I've done that matter: Built a product organization – hired the team, defined the PM career framework, established governance that scaled to 25 indirect contributors across three continents. Organizations get a function that runs without constant escalation. Pivoted a portfolio's value proposition under pressure – shifted Assembly Solutions from standard enablement to customer-specific process-cost reduction to protect core margin; built the customer evidence and market opportunity framework that drives prioritization today. Organizations get a decision-making structure that connects customer reality to commercial outcomes. Transformed how products enter the market – introduced design thinking and customer discovery as operational practice, not workshop methodology. Organizations get products that are genuinely ready at launch – not patched post-release. I think across hardware, software, firmware, supply chain, and revenue in one picture. That's the value I bring to organizations building serious product capability. Highly interested in Innovation in Scale-up or deep tech · Automation, electrification, sustainable technology Open to conversations: [email protected] Sonnet 4.6
Building global Product Portfolio Management with responsibility for the full product lifecycle—from ideation and development to market launch, growth, and phase-out. Key achievements and responsibilities: Strategic Leadership: Built and scaled a global team focused on portfolio strategy, innovation pipeline management, and customer-driven value creation. Product Strategy: Defined and implemented product roadmaps aligned with corporate strategy, balancing technological feasibility with market needs. Market Insight: Translated customer feedback, competitive intelligence, and performance analytics into actionable strategic initiatives. Innovation Management: Drove development of new (measurement) technologies and digital solutions to strengthen product differentiation and long-term positioning. Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborated across R&D, sales, operations, and executive management to ensure alignment between innovation, profitability, and customer value. Performance Impact: Achieved measurable improvements in product profitability, customer satisfaction, and portfolio efficiency.
International product management with sales responsibility of €1,000,000. Conducting market and competition analyses. Developing marketing concepts and launching new products on the market. Portfolio management and independent determination of requirements for development or customer projects. Organisation and implementation of (international) training courses and support events for customers and employees. Representation of Anton Paar in standardisation working groups (DIN). Participation in international conferences and trade fairs, including specialist presentations. Technical management of customer service employees.
International product manager devising marketing strategies, identifing future products, managing the portfolio of tribological measurement devices, training of customers and sales, and representing at conferences and standardization comittees.
Responsible project management of several funded and public research and industrial projects Application for publicly funded research projects Organisation of the university course ‘Emulsification Technology’ Independent implementation of research projects on new processes and measurement techniques in the field of emulsification technology Technical management of technicians and students Supervision of students and research assistants.