Matthias Mecking

Consultant & Thought Partner

Greater Bremen Area

About

MISSIONS AND MINDS – this is what I am working for/with/on. Missions. I help leaders, teams and organizations move important initiatives forward – when time, capacity or experience are limited. 30 years in Sporting Goods and General Management taught me how to build strategy, simplify execution and get things done. Pragmatic. Focused. With empathy and clarity. Minds. I’ve worked with high performers in business and sports. I’ve led people, been led, won, lost – and learned that trust and clarity decide performance. I support leaders and athletes in strengthening communication, teamwork and leadership behaviour that actually works. And the deeper part. High performers often realize that success doesn’t automatically mean alignment or satisfaction. Sometimes the role and the person drift apart. That’s where my work as a thought partner begins: inner clarity, alignment and honest decisions about how to lead, compete and live moving forward.

Experience

  • Strategy Consultant / Project Manager / Interim Manager at Missions and Minds
    Oct 2024 - Present · 1 yr 10 mos

  • Managing Director / COO at Brüning Group
    Sep 2020 - Sep 2024 · 4 yrs 1 mo

  • General Manager Teamsport at PUMA Group
    Sep 2016 - Aug 2020 · 4 yrs

    Leading PUMAs global Football and Teamsport business Strategy, Product Creation, Brand Marketing, Sports Marketing, Go-To-Market Set the foundation for PUMAs comeback in Football

  • Strategy Consultant at SV Werder Bremen GmbH & Co KG aA
    Feb 2016 - Mar 2016 · 2 mos

  • adidas (19 yrs 5 mos)
    • Senior Director Project Management
      Aug 2015 - Jan 2016 · 6 mos

      Global Marketing Board Office Project Management Brand Strategy Sustainability adidas Fund

    • VP Product / Business Unit Director - Football Footwear + Hardware
      Jan 2007 - Jul 2015 · 8 yrs 7 mos

      Leading adidas' global football (soccer) footwear and hardware business. Creation of longterm vision and marketing strategies. Development and execution of seasonal business and product plans. X-functional lead of end-to-end product creation process.

    • Category Director Football + Rugby Footwear
      Jan 2003 - Dec 2006 · 4 yrs