Nils Blume

Head of Services Devision

Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

About

With almost 2 decades of experience as a strategist, entrepreneur and business developer, I have built up, managed, restructured or bought and sold various business units and companies. As an implementer, visionary and team player, my goal is to create and sustainably establish valuable companies. Life is about connecting people and ideas. That is why I look forward to new contacts and a stimulating exchange.

Experience

  • Head of Services Devision at Netze BW GmbH
    Mar 2025 - Present · 1 yr 4 mos

  • EnBW (Full-time · 3 yrs 9 mos)
    • Director Partner- & Portfoliomanagement @EnBW Innovation
      Jul 2024 - Mar 2025 · 9 mos

    • Director Venture Scaling @EnBW Innovation
      Jul 2023 - Mar 2025 · 1 yr 9 mos

      * Head of Venture Scaling @EnBW Innovation * Chairman of the Advisory Board: SMIGHT GmbH, ChargeHere GmbH, EnBW CyberSecurity GmbH * Member of the Advisory Board: DZ-4 GmbH * Shareholder representative "EnBW Urbane Infrastruktur GmbH" * Shareholder representative "EnBW Nachhaltige Quartiere GmbH"

    • Head of Urban Infrastructure, District Development @EnBW Innovation
      Apr 2022 - Nov 2023 · 1 yr 8 mos

      * Head of the "Urban Infrastructure" unit in the Innovation business unit * Head of the "Sustainable District Development" micro-business unit * Managing Director "Urbane Infrastruktur GmbH" * Managing Director "EnBW Nachhaltige Quartiere GmbH" * Shareholder representative "iQ GmbH" * Shareholder representative and advisory board member "RBSwave GmbH" * Member of the Board of Directors of "Open District Hub e.V."

  • Head of Corporate Strategy / Director Global Strategy & Organisation at HIMA
    Oct 2017 - Jun 2021 · 3 yrs 9 mos

    Responsible for the corporate strategy of a family owned, global technology leader (hidden champion) in the area of industrial safety and security. * seizing and realizing opportunities in order to reach sustainable growth * making change happen to be able to act, before we have to * building ambidextrous organization enabling exploration and exploitation * developing business models to drive new business development * aligning a global organization with strategic management * coaching teams because it is all about teamwork Corporate Strategy // Global Strategic Management // M&A // Organizational Development // New Business Models // Business Development // Innovation Lab & Ecosystem // Regional Strategies // Strategic Partnerships // Change Management // Strategic Communication // Value Pricing // End-2-End Processes // Task Force Management // Multi-Project-Management // Stakeholder Management

  • DIG Deutsche Industrie Gas GmbH (Ludwigshafen, Germany)
    • Managing Director
      Jul 2015 - Jul 2017 · 2 yrs 1 mo

      Overall responsibility for the company, from the day-to-day business over financial management and business development to exit strategy. A journey through the whole business life-cycle (founding, growth, exit) of the first private gas provider in “Rheinland-Pfalz” (market entry 2011). *managing and evolving the company from scale to profitability *enhancing business model to accelerate EBIT and gross profit growth *securing funding to enable growth investments *realizing digital transformation to push customer satisfaction *staffing, motivating and leading teams because without you are lost *communicating to keep shareholder informed and engaged Managing Director // Co-Founder // Growth Strategy // Sales Strategy // Digital Transformation // Business Development // Finance // Controlling // HR // Digital Marketing // Business Process Optimization // Partner Management// // Lean Management // Leadership // Private Equity // Turnaround Management // Entrepreneurship // Stakeholder Management // Investor Relations // Start-Up, Scale, Exit // M&A

    • Co-Founder / Director
      Apr 2011 - Jun 2015 · 4 yrs 3 mos

      From zero to one: Responsible for the origination, implementation and managing of business and trading processes as well as the commodity portfolio. Additionally led product management and developed innovative products for the B2C and B2B segment. *building business from scratch to get from zero to one *convincing investors to support us *innovating digital business models to gain competitive advantage *exploit digital marketing to scale customer growth *managing commodity portfolio to reach positive ROI *implementing complex IT software to get closer to the customer Venture Building // Process Modelling // Product Management // Operations Management // Performance based Business Model // B2C and B2B Market Strategy // Customer Centric Processes // Digital Customer Journey // Pricing Strategy // Customer Service Strategy // Partner Sourcing // Commodity Trading // Portfolio Management // Risk Management // Origination // SAP-ISU Implementation // CRM Implementation

  • Prof. Graf & Associate GmbH (Mannheim, Germany)
    • Managing Director for Operations and Marketing
      2009 - 2011 · 2 yrs

      Responsible for the growth strategy of a management consultancy with focus on market-oriented management for midsized companies.

    • Consultant
      2008 - 2009 · 1 yr

      Multiple projects in Marketing Research, Controlling, Innovation Management and New Business Development.