Stuttgart Region
I am an internationally experienced Group CFO and Board Member Finance – recently serving as the CFO of the publicly listed B2B omnichannel distributor TAKKT AG (€1.1 bn in sales, 2,200 employees, 20+ countries in Europe and North America). My core expertise includes: • 15+ Years Leadership in different Finance roles such as Group CFO, Divisional CFO, VP Finance, Head of Corporate Controlling and Head of M&A – recently responsible for global Finance teams of up to 170 employees across Controlling / Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), Accounting & Tax, Internal Audit, Treasury, and Investor Relations, plus Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Corporate Ventures, Sustainability, and experience as Interim Divisional CEO. • Performance Focus – driving optimization in cash management, cost savings, restructuring, and commercial optimization, e.g. gross margin management, through designing and running business steering processes, driving performance improvement projects, and developing performance culture. • Transformation Expertise – leading M&A processes, post-merger integrations (PMI), strategy development such as digitalization, organizational development such as building Finance functions and merging businesses, and development & implementation of value creation plans. • Capital Markets / SDAX & Family Business Experience – managing relationships with free-float shareholders, financial analysts, banks, and TAKKT’s family-owned majority shareholder, Franz Haniel & Cie. I am open for developing into adjacent business models & ownership structures, such as commerce / trade business models including B2C retail and wholesale, B2B industrial models including production, as well as into private equity ownership structures.
Board Member & Group CFO of publicly listed B2B omnichannel distributor serving customers in Europe and USA mainly via E-Commerce, € 1.1bn sales, 2,200 employees. Leading the global Finance organization (170 employees), including Controlling / Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), Accounting & Tax, Treasury, Investor Relations, and Internal Audit. Additional responsibility for Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), TAKKT Corporate Venture, Sustainability, and European Foodservice Unit.
Vice President Finance / Divisional CFO / kaufmännischer Geschäftsführer of TAKKT-Division Industrial & Packaging serving customers via omnichannel in industrial business equipment & packaging, €720m sales, 1,700 employees. Leading the Divisional Finance organization (100 employees), including Controlling / Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), Accounting & Tax. Additional responsibility for Pricing. Reporting to the Divisional CEO and Group CFO. Appointed Interim Divisional CEO from July 2022 to December 2022.
Vice President Finance / Divisional CFO / kaufmännischer Geschäftsführer of TAKKT-Division KAISER+KRAFT Group serving customers across Europe via omnichannel and own production in industrial business equipment & services, €440m sales, 1,100 employees. Leading the Divisional Finance organization (70 employees), including Controlling / Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), Accounting & Tax. Additional responsibility for Human Resources (HR) as of November 2019. Reporting to the Divisional CEO and Group CFO. Appointed Interim Divisional Co-CEO from September 2020 to July 2021.
Responsible for financial controlling of divisions and group controlling, including the consolidation of annual financial statements. Reporting to the VP Group Controlling.