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MANAGER PROFILE
A Hanseatic expert for sales.

Agile and digital Hanseat optimizes sales

  • Interim Chief Sales Officer or Sales Manager (SME)
  • Agile digitalization and transformation of sales areas
  • Development and expansion of business units and business areas

"As an agile and digital Hanseat, optimize sales"

Qualifications

Diploma in aerospace engineering - Diploma in industrial engineering - Certifications: Digital Management, M&A Manager, Business Transformation & Business Development Manager - Foreign languages: English, French

Stations

ZwissTEX Germany - Frenzelit - Eberspächer Exhaust Technology - Johnson Matthey - AL-KO Vehicle - Yazaki Europe - Heyform Bramsche - Roland Berger

More about the interim manager

The interim manager is an expert in sales, business development and business transformation. In most mandates, he supports his clients as Chief Sales Officer or Head of Sales. His expertise also enables him to manage business units and develop business areas. As a good Hanseatic citizen, the interim manager combines the best of the old and new worlds: he combines the virtues of a Hanseatic businessman with the technical knowledge of an aerospace engineer and the expertise of an experienced sales executive. With him, a handshake counts. At the same time, he is at the cutting edge of agility and digitalization.

The interim manager is particularly at home in the automotive and manufacturing industries. He skillfully transfers the innovative impulses from these sectors to other industries. He not only has a wealth of international experience from his more than 20 years in management positions, but also a very well-stocked toolbox of modern management instruments. This is demonstrated by his certifications as a Manager for Business Transformation and Business Development and as a Manager for Mergers & Acquisitions. In his international roles as CSO, Global Key Account Manager and Project Manager, the interim manager has also acquired extensive intercultural expertise.

In his projects, he relies on ambidextrous digital leadership. The left hand stands for proven management approaches geared towards efficiency and excellence. The right hand symbolizes the approaches that are more focused on agility and innovation.

The interim manager attaches particular importance to not reducing sales optimizations to individual areas. Instead, he pursues a holistic approach. He is very adept at effectively optimizing sales and interfaces with adjacent specialist areas using agile process management methods.

The interim manager is very aware that success is always teamwork. This is why he focuses on the people involved in his management work. His management style is as modern as it is sustainable. Listening, explaining, involving and communicating openly define his communication. Openness and honesty combined with a culture of error management characterize his dealings with clients, teams and external stakeholders. He creates a motivating working environment in which creativity and innovation are given space - and the best possible solutions can be implemented together.

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Created by Charly Kahle
Last updated on 17.04.2026

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