Florian Heinemann

Leading Data & AI at Hapag-Lloyd | Top 40 unter 40

Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

About

As Hapag-Lloyd’s Data Insights & AI team, we support our colleagues across the globe with the data, insights, and AI projects to take the right strategic and tactical decisions. We provide data-driven recommendations to the teams and invest in capability building for Hapag-Lloyd's 16.000 employees. All of this is built on a data platform that we that we develop, operate, and innovate. Our team is Hapag-Lloyd's first hybrid team across business and IT. Together, we work to make Hapag-Lloyd the data & AI leader in our industry and have fun along the way. Curious about becoming part of our team in Hamburg or Gdańsk? Check out our career website: https://www.hapag-lloyd.com/en/company/career/vacancies/job-search.html

Experience

  • Hapag-Lloyd AG (Hamburg, Germany)
    • Managing Director Data Insights & AI
      Jan 2025 - Present · 1 yr 6 mos

      I have the pleasure to lead a talented and passionate team of Analysts, Data Engineers, and Data Scientists across Germany and Poland. We support our colleagues across the globe with the data, insights, and AI projects to take the right strategic and tactical decisions. We provide data-driven recommendations to the teams and invest in capability building for Hapag-Lloyd's 16.000 employees. All of this is built on a data platform that we that we develop, operate, and innovate. Our team is Hapag-Lloyd's first hybrid team across business and IT. Together, we work to make Hapag-Lloyd the data & AI leader in our industry and have fun along the way

    • Senior Director Data Insights & AI
      Mar 2024 - Jan 2025 · 11 mos

    • Senior Director Business Intelligence & Analytics
      Jun 2019 - Mar 2024 · 4 yrs 10 mos

  • Executive Advisory Board at Qlik
    Apr 2026 - Present · 3 mos

  • Member Board of Directors at World Liner Data Limited
    Jan 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 6 mos

    WLDL’s primary role is to collect and manage global data on behalf of its members and non-member carriers, making it available to third parties as necessary (CTS: https://containerstatistics.com)

  • Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company
    Oct 2015 - Jun 2019 · 3 yrs 9 mos

    Served a wide range of clients in the Transport and Logistics sector enabling them to leverage the opportunities of digital, improve their operations and networks, and step up their Marketing & Sales organizations

  • Airbus (8 yrs)
    • Project Leader for Corporate Digitalization (Enterprise Social Networking)
      Oct 2012 - Aug 2014 · 1 yr 11 mos

      Convinced Airbus' top management up to the CEO about the benefits of embracing social software to improve collaboration and innovation across Airbus’ global employee base Successfully assembled and led a firm-wide project team of 15 Introduced an agile and collaborative requirement definition process resulting in one of the most advanced SharePoint-based Enterprise Social Networks across large industrial European firms Arbitrated successfully with my team between the widely diverging requirements and interests of management, IT, HR, legal, labor unions, and business areas such as Engineering and Customer Services, while ensuring both employee acceptance and a business case Achieved an 80% registration rate within less than 6 months and delivered substantial benefits especially for Customer Services, Engineering, and Corporate Innovation Awarded with an “On the Spot Award” by Airbus’ CEO for outstanding achievements and an “Awards for Excellence” for 2014’s best projects.

    • Manager Knowledge Management
      Mar 2010 - Oct 2013 · 3 yrs 8 mos

      Responsible for the international deployment, further development, and subcontracted operation of several Knowledge Management services designed to bridge functional and national silos and to foster innovation in complex engineering organizations The deployed services delivered multi-million dollar savings by harmonizing best practices across sites and by supporting large-scale reorganizations Managed a subcontracted work package worth of more than $1M across Europe

    • Trainee
      Sep 2006 - Mar 2010 · 3 yrs 7 mos

      FAL China Tianjin (3 Months), Procurement (2 Months), Production Improvement (4 Months), Business Processes and IT (4 Months), HR (6 Months), Shop floor (4 Months)