Ilka Cremer

Head of HR Central & Northern Europe at Simon-Kucher & Partners

Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

About

Leading and managing the company's people experience, engagement and culture in Central & Northern Europe: HR strategy, HR operations, talent acquisition, learning & development, performance management, compensation & benefits, staffing. Cooperating with CEOs, Division Leaders, (Senior) Partners and Leadership Team on global and local level to develop and implement the company´s HR strategy, driving and managing organizational changes and ensuring smooth HR operations. Building the HR team into a professional organizational unit and shaping the future HR target operation model, maintaining professional HR standards and further developing scalable, state-of-the art, cost-conscious and employee-centric HR services.

Experience

  • Simon-Kucher (6 yrs 9 mos)
    • Head of HR Central & Northern Europe
      Jan 2026 - Present · 7 mos

    • Head of HR GSA (DACH)
      Jan 2025 - Dec 2025 · 1 yr

    • Head of HR Germany
      Nov 2019 - Dec 2024 · 5 yrs 2 mos

  • Global Head of HR Development & People Services at INVERTO, A BCG Company
    May 2017 - Oct 2019 · 2 yrs 6 mos

    HR Strategy, Career Development, Performance Management, Staffing, Learning, People Services, Labor Law, Internationalization...

  • Human Resources Manager Central Europe at Barilla Group
    Nov 2016 - Apr 2017 · 6 mos

  • Senior Human Resources Professional at PwC Strategy& (Germany) GmbH (formerly Booz & Company)
    Oct 2011 - Jun 2016 · 4 yrs 9 mos

  • Research Assistant at Munich University of Applied Sciences
    Sep 2009 - Sep 2011 · 2 yrs 1 mo

    Research in the field of Alpine tourism and climate change. Transnational research project sponsored by the Alpine Space Programm. Project lead.