Alexander Zuend

Strategy Manager

Bern, Berne, Switzerland

About

Experience

  • BKW AG (Bern, Berne, Switzerland)
    • Strategy & Sustainability Manager
      Jan 2025 - Present · 1 yr 6 mos

      Development of governance processes for strategy implementation. Strategy reporting for C-Level. Project management for inter-department projects and evaluation of strategic positioning of a portfolio company.

    • Product and Solutions Manager Commodity
      Jun 2022 - Dec 2024 · 2 yrs 7 mos

      Complete digitalization of the customer journey of a structured full-supply product for SMEs. Go-to-market of 3 new commercial offers for SMEs (the first one contributed >500kCHF in gross margin in 2023). Standardization and streamlining of sales processes for large industrial customers, which contributed (indirectly) to a portfolio growth of 30% in this segment over 2 years. Co-lead for continuous and strategic development programs with a budget of >1 Mio / year.

  • Junior Consultant at E-CUBE Strategy Consultants Suisse
    Sep 2020 - May 2022 · 1 yr 9 mos

    E-CUBE Strategy Consultants is a tier-1 strategy consultancy focusing on Energy, Mobility and Infrastructure issues. I was mobilized on a diverse set of topics, notably: crowdfunding for renewable assets, public transportation, fiber optic market, energy transition markets and data science applications for the energy sector. Within this framework of their position, I carried out the following primary tasks: Modelling of economic simulations and business plans (Python, Excel), Market research, data collection & analysis, stakeholder interviews, compilation of reports and presentation as well as client presentations.

  • Junior Consultant (part-time) at Air Liquide
    Oct 2019 - Jun 2020 · 9 mos

    I worked on projects related to interprocess management and operational excellence aiming at increasing the group's margin. This work experience was integrated into the MBA programme of Collège des Ingénieurs.

  • Mayor's Entrepreneur Intern (part-time) at Greater London Authority
    Oct 2018 - Mar 2019 · 6 mos

    My main responsibility was the promotion of the Mayor's Entrepreneur Challenge, which allows London based students to enter their innovative ideas in the fields of environment, tech as well as creative industries and win a prize of £20'000. Further, I helped running pitching events and several workshops, that helped participants shaping their business idea and enabled them to get direct feedback from experts.

  • Jr. Project Manager in Innovation and Entrepreneurship at swissnex Boston
    Oct 2017 - Jun 2018 · 9 mos

    As Jr. Project Manager I was involved in the organization of activities with the academic and entrepreneurial community from the US and Switzerland. Namely, was overseeing applications of Swiss startups to the Innosuisse US Market and organized stays of startups working in the field of Renewable Energy, IoT and Medicals Devices as well as I co-organized the delegation visit of the Venture Leaders in Life Sciences, which included a 200+ people public event. Furthermore, I co-organized the Swiss Startup Corner at the BIO International Convention and the stay of two researchers working in the field of The Future of Work. Internally, I was highly involved in the improvement of customer relations management tools and implemented a new internal knowledge sharing tool.