Daniel Bach

Solutions Consulting Manager - Brands

Bavaria, Germany

About

Solutions Consulting Manager – Brands at Coats Digital, helping global apparel and footwear brands navigate digital transformation through PLM, costing, and materials optimization solutions. Fluent in English and German, working across both markets to bridge technical solution design with strategic brand partnerships. Previously spent 8.5 years as Global Account Manager – Central Europe at Coats, managing key strategic accounts and driving commercial growth across the region. In June 2026, I moved into Solutions Consulting to focus more deeply on the technical and strategic side of brand engagement — leading discovery workshops, designing tailored solution architectures, and advising brands on how to maximise value from digital tools throughout the product development and sourcing lifecycle. I enjoy working at the intersection of technology and fashion manufacturing — translating complex business challenges into practical, well-architected solutions, and helping teams bridge the gap between commercial strategy and technical execution.

Experience

  • Solutions Consulting Manager - Brands at Coats Digital
    Jun 2026 - Present · 2 mos

    Leading solutions consulting for global apparel and footwear brands, sitting at the intersection of technology, fashion, and enterprise consulting to help brands adopt and maximise value from Coats Digital's product suite (PLM, costing, materials optimization). - Partner with Sales to uncover brand client needs and lead discovery workshops with fashion and apparel clients - Design tailored solution architectures, mapping business challenges to Coats Digital solutions - Deliver product demos and executive-level presentations, advising brands on digital transformation strategy - Lead and develop the Technical Services Team, ensuring excellent service delivery to internal teams and customers - Draw out client requirements through discovery techniques including business process walk-throughs and pain-chain analysis - Translate business requirements into functional configurations, supporting proof-of-concept and pilot programs - Contribute to RFP/RFI responses and quantify ROI to support upsell/cross-sell opportunities - Feed client and market insights back to Product and Engineering to influence roadmap decisions

  • Global Account Manager Central Europe at Coats
    Jan 2018 - May 2026 · 8 yrs 5 mos

    Coats is the world’s leading industrial thread company. Headquartered in the UK, we have a workforce of 18,000 in some 50 countries, across six continents around the world.

  • Key Account Manager Sport at G. Güldenpfennig GmbH
    Jul 2015 - Dec 2017 · 2 yrs 6 mos

    G. Güldenpfennig GmbH Als Pionier für Private Label Bekleidung hat sich die G. Güldenpfennig GmbH in den letzten Jahrzehnten zu einem starken Partner für Großkunden aus dem Handel entwickelt und ist international erfolgreich. Das Unternehmen setzt mit seinen großen Design- und Technik-Teams Maßstäbe bei der Entwicklung von innovativen Produkten – z.B. im Bereich funktionaler Sportbekleidung. Zu den besonderen Stärken gehören zudem die internationale Beschaffung und die Sicherstellung von Sozial- und Umweltstandards mittels eigener Standorte in den Produktionsländern.

  • Schöffel Sportbekleidung GmbH (Schwabmünchen)
    • Product Manager
      Jan 2013 - Jun 2015 · 2 yrs 6 mos

      Produktentwicklung

    • Junior Product Manager
      Jan 2011 - Dec 2012 · 2 yrs

      Produktentwicklung

  • Arena Deutschland GmbH (Deutschland)
    • Junior Product Manager
      Dec 2009 - Dec 2010 · 1 yr 1 mo

      Kollektions- und Sortimentserstellung für den deutschen und österreichischen Markt.

    • Trainee Product Management
      May 2008 - Nov 2009 · 1 yr 7 mos

      Kollektions- und Sortimentserstellung für den deutschen und österreichischen Markt.