Dr. Karl Heinz Kuttnig MAS

General Manager Austria & Director Customer Development at Colgate Palmolive; Agile Leadership Expert

Greater Hamburg Area

About

Dynamic and emphatic business leader with a proven track record in blue chips companies (Reckitt Benckiser, iglo and CP GABA Colgate Palmolive ) in sales & marketing in Germany and Austria. Motivating teams to go the extra mile, improve their skills and open their mindset for change is my personal passion. Turnover > 150 Mio €.

Experience

Colgate-Palmolive (Full-time · 10 yrs 8 mos)
- Director Customer Development
  Jan 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 6 mos
  In charge of hypermarkets, discount and international strategic projects
- General Manager Austria and CDTL Germany
  Jan 2020 - Dec 2020 · 1 yr
  In charge of the whole austrian business In charge of german Hypermarkets and discount
- Pricing Champion Germany, Coordinator for CEW ( Germany, Austria, Switzerland)
  Sep 2017 - Dec 2019 · 2 yrs 4 mos
Iglo Group Limited (5 yrs 7 mos)
- Channel Director
  Aug 2014 - Oct 2015 · 1 yr 3 mos
  In charge of Hypermarkets, discount and e-commerce
- Customer Director
  Sep 2010 - Jul 2014 · 3 yrs 11 mos
  In charge of REWE, Markant and Lidl International
- International Account Manager
  Apr 2010 - Aug 2010 · 5 mos
  In charge of Lidl Germany, Austria and Portugal
RB (9 yrs 6 mos)
- Field Operation Manager
  Jun 2008 - Mar 2010 · 1 yr 10 mos
  In charge of internal and external fieldforce
- Nationaler Account Manager
  Aug 2006 - May 2008 · 1 yr 10 mos
  In charge of Metro
- Channel Manager
  Jan 2005 - Jul 2006 · 1 yr 7 mos
  Channel Manager for Metro all chains including Category Captaincy for Aircare