More about the interim manager
The interim manager is an expert in international B2B business development with a focus on sales. His work includes transformation projects and initiatives in the areas of strategic planning, business development, business excellence and M&A transition management. He also bridges strategic and operational vacancies as a sales manager in the automotive supply industry (Tier 1 or Tier 2), the mechanical engineering industry and related sectors. In all mandates, the interim manager stands for business excellence in organization, processes and implementation.
With a career spanning more than 25 years in the field of international business development at SMEs, family businesses and corporations, the interim manager offers a wealth of experience and successful references. For example, in his first mandate as an interim manager, he made a decisive contribution to the successful transition of a supplier to the automotive, truck and household appliance industries to a new owner. He also played a key role in the business development of a supplier of linear automation solutions (Güdel AG) as well as in the co-development of a transformation project and the preparation of global sales teams for future challenges.
The interim manager is not only ideally suited to international B2B business development due to his career at internationally active companies (Kostal, ZF, Aptiv). He has also worked in France and Spain. In France, he worked for the Kostal Group for eight years, most recently as branch manager. In Spain, he managed the sales and development departments of one of the Group's production sites for two years.
The interim manager has extensive intercultural skills. He also has French and Swiss citizenship and communicates fluently in German, English and French.
The expert has been working as a freelance interim manager since 2019. His clients praise his efficiency at a strategic and operational level as well as his ability to drive forward transformation projects in sales and business development.
The interim manager takes a sustainable approach to his mandates. That is why he places particular emphasis on involving the managers and teams entrusted to him through intensive communication and coaching them as required. In this way, he ensures that the transformation projects can be successfully continued even after the end of the mandate.
