Lars Frings

Challenging the Status Quo | Finance | Product Management | Making a difference

Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

About

Experience

  • Head of Finance Excellence at DAW SE
    Apr 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 3 mos

  • Grünenthal Group (2 yrs 3 mos)
    • Head of Investor Relations
      Nov 2022 - Apr 2024 · 1 yr 6 mos

    • IT Supplier & Performance Management
      Feb 2022 - Nov 2022 · 10 mos

  • OSRAM (5 yrs 4 mos)
    • Senior Product Manager Automotive LED Aftermarket
      Sep 2020 - Feb 2022 · 1 yr 6 mos

      𝑲𝒆𝒚 𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 - ❖ Connected and empowered all related parties incl. Sales, R&D, Purchasing and Suppliers ❖ Used OEM experience to grow new aftermarket business ❖ Created sales forecast based on market analysis ❖ Created global product roadmap in collaboration with the NAFTA, EU and APAC regions

    • Global Project Leader & Product Owner Salesforce Implementation
      Jan 2019 - Sep 2020 · 1 yr 9 mos

      𝑲𝒆𝒚 𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 - ❖ Implemented global Salesforce CRM across two business units as SCRUM product owner ❖ Lead the team of business experts, IT & consultants ❖ Managed change of cross BU Sales process to be leaner ❖ Build global key user community and trained users

    • Global Product Manager Automotive Lightsources OEM (B2B)
      Jul 2018 - Jul 2020 · 2 yrs 1 mo

      𝑲𝒆𝒚 𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 - ❖ Speaker at international TechDays and presented technically complex products at customers on-site. ❖ Created customer-oriented portfolio packages to increase share of wallet. ❖ Defined the annual pricing strategy in collaboration with global sales account managers. ❖ Lead Portfolio Management workstream of M&A in England.

  • Product Marketing Management at Lumileds
    Jul 2015 - Oct 2016 · 1 yr 4 mos

  • Philips Lighting (Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
    • Product Marketing Management
      Jan 2014 - Jun 2015 · 1 yr 6 mos

    • Business Development & Sales Management
      May 2011 - Dec 2013 · 2 yrs 8 mos