Axel Frick

Operational Excellence and Leadership

Munich, Bavaria, Germany

About

Experienced consultant and operations expert with 10+ years of experience driving operational excellence and business transformation for large and medium-sized companies as well as start-ups. Proven ability to identify and implement improvement opportunities across a wide range of operational areas, including cost reduction, process improvement, and digital business model development.

Experience

  • Consulting and Interim Management at Self-employed
    Mar 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 4 mos

  • CXO at FINABRO
    Apr 2023 - Feb 2024 · 11 mos

    Part of the management team leading the subsegment Customer Experience consisting of Customer Success, Operations and Customer Service Significant results: - Doubled revenue with same resources - Improved conversion rate by 50 % - Increased transparency and reduced order-2-cash cycle by at least 4 weeks - Reduced work in process within Operations and Customer Service by more than 50 % - Secured high satisfaction of B2B partners and customers

  • Senior Manager - Financial Services Consulting at UMS Consulting GmbH & Co. KG
    Jan 2018 - Apr 2023 · 5 yrs 4 mos

    Senior Manager with a focus on buidling digital business models as well as implementing lean transformation within the financial services industry. Selected engagements include: - Strategic positioning of a company wide lean initiative and setup of implementation programm - Hands-on enablement of a digital insurance broker of a German insurer (early stage to handover with more than 3.000 customers for 3 years) - Analysis and recommendation of personel structures with regards to expected growth and complexity as well as optimization opportunities of a claims department - Definition of IT architecture and desired features for different digital sales models of a German insurer - Assessment and development of a new digital business model for a car leasing provider - Several lean transformation engagements leveraging Kaizen as well as Lean Six Sigma in different industries

  • Consultant - Accenture Strategy.Operations and Supply Chain Consulting at Accenture
    Nov 2013 - Jan 2018 · 4 yrs 3 mos

    Consulant with a focus on strategic sourcing and procurement mainly within the healthcare industry. Selected engagements include: - Strategic cost optimization for a hospital group for more than three years from strategy development to execution as well as closing the loop - Global strategic cost analysis of a pharmaceutical company leveraging a zero based budgeting approach - High-level strategic cost analysis of a brewing company - Zero based budgeting initiative implementation for a rail services provider - Ward stock optimization for a hospital group

  • Research Analyst (Part-time) at Spencer Stuart
    Mar 2013 - Oct 2013 · 8 mos