Simon Hees

Regional Managing Director | Medical Devices | Research Microscopy | Industrial Quality Solutions | Ophthalmology | Nordics | Switzerland | Austria | SEE | P&L Leadership | Commercial Excellence | Transformation

Sweden

About

I am a Regional Managing Director with P&L leadership across medical devices, research microscopy, industrial quality solutions, and ophthalmology. My expertise spans Nordics (Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway), Switzerland, Austria, and Southeastern Europe with Sweden-based leadership in commercial excellence and transformation. My career demonstrates success in medical devices and life sciences, driving organizational development and digital transformation across healthcare technology, diagnostic equipment, ophthalmic devices, and surgical equipment. I specialize in organizational restructuring, achieving double-digit growth through strategic planning, sales excellence, and performance management. I deliver results across medical devices, industrial quality solutions, ophthalmology, and research microscopy in B2B and B2B2C environments. I excel at transformation projects including M&A integrations, IT implementations and dealer integrations. My medical devices expertise encompasses ophthalmic devices, diagnostic equipment, ophthalmic lenses and surgical equipment. My microscopy experience spans electron microscopy and light microscopy in life science and material science. As COO Nordics based in Stockholm, I rebuilt customer care infrastructure, optimized logistics and warehouse operations. My leadership encompasses inventory management, after-market service, and service profitability. Commercial excellence drives my philosophy. I've secured major tenders, negotiated partnerships, and implemented NPS programs globally. My experience includes strategic roadmapping, product management, and customer care leadership. Transformational leadership defines my approach. I establish performance management frameworks, develop organizations in growth markets, and drive cultural shifts toward data excellence and digitalization. I hold a PhD in Experimental Semiconductor Physics from University of Cambridge with training in coaching, leadership, and negotiation. I bring multi-country leadership across Nordics, Sweden, Switzerland, Austria, and SEE, managing portfolios including medical devices, ophthalmic devices, ophthalmology, vision care, sports optics, and industrial quality solutions. My expertise covers profit centre management, customer care operations, IT infrastructure, marketing, finance, and cross-functional alignment. Strategic planning drives results across medical devices and life sciences. I've achieved sustained growth, increased profitability, and overachieved plans through commercial excellence and organizational development.

Experience

  • ZEISS Group (12 yrs 9 mos)
    • Regional Managing Director AT,CH&SEE |Medical Devices| Microscopy|Industrial Quality|P&L Leadership
      Apr 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 3 mos

    • Head of Finance and Ops Nordics | Medical Devices | Microscopy | Industrial Quality |Transformation
      Oct 2016 - Apr 2023 · 6 yrs 7 mos

    • Managing Director Vision Care Nordics | Medical Devices | P&L Leadership | Commercial Excellence
      Oct 2013 - Sep 2016 · 3 yrs

  • Director Sales Excellence | Global | Vision Care | Customer Experience at Carl Zeiss Vision
    Jan 2012 - Sep 2013 · 1 yr 9 mos

  • Product Manager Scanning Electron Microscopy | Material Science | Life Science | Nanotechnology at Carl Zeiss NTS
    May 2009 - Jan 2012 · 2 yrs 9 mos

  • Systems Physicist | Electron Microscopy | R&D | Electron&Photon Detector Development | Electronics at Carl Zeiss SMT Ltd.
    2007 - Apr 2009 · 2 yrs 4 mos