Alexander Neuhardt

Commercial Excellence für den Mittelstand | praxisbewährt aus operativer Managementerfahrung

Bergisch Gladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

About

Ich unterstütze mittelständische Unternehmen und Private Equity Portfoliounternehmen bei Strategie, Pricing und Vertriebstransformationen – mit Erfahrung aus eigener operativer Verantwortung. Mein Fokus liegt auf Lösungen, die nicht nur analytisch überzeugen, sondern im operativen Alltag funktionieren: klare Zielbilder, belastbare Steuerungslogiken und eine Umsetzung, die messbare Ergebnisse liefert. 🎯 Schwerpunkte: Wachstum strukturiert gestalten · Vertrieb wirksam steuern · Pricing als Ertragshebel nutzen · digitale Potenziale pragmatisch erschließen

Experience

  • Managing Partner at NEUHARDT Management Consulting GmbH
    Sep 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 10 mos

    Founder and Managing Partner of a boutique consulting firm focused on Commercial Excellence for mid-sized companies. Personal focus on strategy, pricing, and sales topics, with a strong emphasis on execution, drawing on experience from my own operational management roles. Typical project areas include: - Development of commercial target operating models and growth strategies - Professionalization of pricing architectures, discount systems, and governance - Sales steering, incentive systems, and go-to-market models - Digitalization of commercial processes (CRM, analytics, and tools) Working approach: analytically rigorous, pragmatically executed, and focused on delivering measurable results

  • Director Strategy & Business Development at Lekkerland SE
    Nov 2021 - Aug 2023 · 1 yr 10 mos

    Leading the strategy, business development, in-house consulting, and market insight teams

  • Vice President Commercial Excellence at Van Leeuwen Pipe and Tube Group (formerly BENTELER Distribution)
    Apr 2016 - Oct 2021 · 5 yrs 7 mos

    Heading the Digital Transformation, Sales & Pricing Excellence, and Global Account Management.

  • Strategy Professional "Customers & Markets" at thyssenkrupp
    Oct 2015 - Mar 2016 · 6 mos

    Building up ThyssenKrupp's central sales function, enabling the Business Areas to increase their top-line performance

  • Project Manager at ThyssenKrupp Management Consulting
    Jan 2014 - Sep 2015 · 1 yr 9 mos

    Building up the Sales Practice in the internal Group Consulting. Leading complex group initiatives, such as the Sales Excellence initiative of TK Automotive.