KIS was established in 2015. Als My role model was the consulatance business of my father, who is still consulting me in many matters. Also, I employ an assistant, who enables me to concentrate on the core elements of running my business.
Through my past experience in an American company that is a leading manufacturer of consumer products, active on all continents, I´m specialized in working on an international level.
About me:
- Open, goal oriented manager with a high level of technical knowledge and broad base of knowledge in Brand Management, Product Development, Production, Key Account Management, Business Development, Brand Management as well as Product Management
- Internationally experienced, communicatively strong manager with a high level of self motivation and a distinct skill to analyze, who thinks and manages entrepreneurial
- Assertive Manager, who motivates, inspires colleagues and develops their skills accordingly
- Constructive team player, who advances product developments forward in a very creative way, with a vision for corporate opportunities
02/2014 – 04/2015 Brand Manager Europe
- Overall responsibility for a premium brand in Europe, with full P&L responsibility
- Strategic reorganization and positioning of complete product assortment in Europe
- Development of new sales strategies in coordination with sales affiliates in each country
- Expansion of sales channels with selection of qualified premium dealers
- Introduction of a brand book for Europe, with later global roll out
- Repositioning of products with accompanying marketing strategies
- Streamlining of product portfolio wth focus on profitable products
- Establishment of a 3 year road map regarding strategy and product development
- Elaboration of marketing concept to win floor space in the trade
01/2006 – 03/2014 Head of Product Management Europe
- Strategic planning of complete product assortment in Europe including price positioning and sales channels
- Active interface to Product Development in the US for joint coordination of new projects
- Head of of Product Standards Compliance for definition of technical, market and safety
- specific requirements prior to development
- Head of Prototyping Europe, EU specific prototype and sample building
- Leadership over 24 employees, 7 direct reports
- Introduction of “Product Information Management System”
- Development of an elementary product feature with patent registry
04/2003 – 12/2005 Business Unit Manager Europa (Business Development)
- Execution of Europe wide market- and competition analysis
- Development of solution strategies to broaden the product portfolio to become a full line supplier
- Purchase of personalized „Handheld“ products for strategic supplement of existing product portfolio including contract negotiations with suppliers
01/2002 – 03/2003 Key Account Manager
- Responsible Key Account Management for United Kingdom, Australia, Greece, Benelux and the customer Kaercher
- Retrieval of strategically important customers and maintenance of existing customers
- Development and implementation of country specific product lines as well as the corresponding price- and condition policies
- Execution of market- and competition analysis
- Optimization of the supply chain to improve customer satisfaction through on time delivery
- Retrieval of strategically important customer Kingfisher
- New arrangement of the brand strategy in United Kingdom
05/2000 – 12/2001 Product Manager
- Responsible enforcement of Product Management for the European market
- Execution of market- and competition analysis
- Consulting of sales force in view of products and its competion
- Planning and implementation of important conventions and fairs
- Definition und fixation of the entire product portfolio for the European market
- Calculation of transfer and selling prices
- Establishment of a data base for the complete MTD product range as a primary stage for a product configurator
- Planning and development of new products
- End of life product planning
01/1997 – 04/2000 Industrial Engineer
- Planning, installation and start of operation of product production in Germany (Switch from single item- to volume production)
- Optimizing of the sequences with regards of time, product quality and cost
- Considerable optimization of the manufacturing sequences and change of product mix for preservation of the plant
- Establishment of a new production facility in Hungary (Capacity 800.000 units) including planning and start of operation of production (1 year habitation in Hungary)
- An increase of productivity of 50% using MTM
- Increase of depth of production
03/1995 – 12/1996 Design Engineer (USA)
- Planning and development of production machines to manufacture garden products and snow throwers (tire inflation machine, wheel welding machine, bonnet bending machine)
- Optimizing of cycle- and changeover times
- Integration of the machines into an existing work flow
1989 – 1995 Studies at the University of Akron, Ohio, USA
- International Business
Languages:
German (native)
English (business fluent)
French (base knowledge)
