Simon Bucher

Revenue Growth Manager (GTR) at Lindt & Sprüngli | Strategic leader with a strong commercial foundation in finance, sales, and marketing, driving growth in the FMCG industry

Dübendorf, Zurich, Switzerland

About

Experience

  • Revenue Growth Manager (RGM) GTR at Lindt & Sprüngli Schweiz
    Nov 2024 - Present · 1 yr 8 mos

  • Textshuttle (Zurich, Switzerland · On-site)
    • Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
      Mar 2023 - Jul 2024 · 1 yr 5 mos

      - Financial Controlling: Planning, controlling and monitoring of all financial activities (sales, profit, profitability & cash flow) - Financial Accounting: Management of operational accounting in Bexio and preparation and analysis of annual financial statements in accordance with the Swiss Code of Obligations (OR) - Development of complex financial models in Excel for the purpose of evaluating various strategic business decisions - Main accountability for human resources (HR): employer branding, recruiting, on- and offboarding, personnel development & appraisal

    • Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
      Feb 2020 - Feb 2023 · 3 yrs 1 mo

      Taking over co-responsibility for all financial topics and joining the management board of the startup company. Starting on an hourly basis before taking over part-time (20%) as of February 2022.

    • Finance Specialist
      Nov 2019 - Jan 2020 · 3 mos

      Providing financial consultancy, mainly in the area of Financial Accounting and Controlling, on an hourly basis

  • Coca-Cola HBC (Brüttisellen (ZH), Switzerland)
    • Senior Key Account Manager (At Home, Retail)
      Jan 2022 - Apr 2023 · 1 yr 4 mos

      Full revenue & growth responsibility for biggest customer portfolio (area: Retail / Discounter) and expansion of local customer relations. - Design, coordination and implementation of strategic client plans - Planning the negotiation strategy, leading negotiations and preparing offers - Analysing customer, market and competitive data to further develop and optimise own key account customers (incl. analysis of NielsenIQ-data, both Retail Measurement (RMS) & Consumer Panel (CPS)) - Business forecasting (volume and value, both short and long term) for own client portfolio incl. variance analysis (actual vs. plan) and reporting to senior leadership team on a monthly basis - Promoting cross-functional cooperation between KAM and internal stakeholders (Marketing, Finance, RGM, Category Management)

    • Key Account Manager (At Home, Retail)
      Jul 2021 - Dec 2021 · 6 mos

    • Product Portfolio & Pricing Manager (Category Management)
      Jun 2020 - Jun 2021 · 1 yr 1 mo

      - Joint responsibility for the strategic development of the portfolio (brands, packs, prices, promotions) to ensure sustainable growth - Continuous monitoring of product market prices and development of price and promotion strategies - Cross functional project lead (Marketing, Sales, Finance, Supply Chain, Commercial Excellence) for pack size change & channel differentiation projects - Analysing market and competitive data with Nielsen Answers, deriving key insights

  • Marketing Intern at Unilever Schweiz GmbH
    Mar 2011 - Aug 2011 · 6 mos

  • Financial Reporting Specialist MIS at UBS
    Sep 2010 - Feb 2011 · 6 mos