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MANAGER PROFILE
Internationally experienced expert

Internationally experienced expert for compensation & benefits

  • Future-oriented total remuneration
  • Modern performance management
  • HR due diligence and post-merger integration

"I am an internationally experienced expert in the field of compensation & benefits."

Qualifications

Diploma in Business Administration - Job evaluation systems - Compensation studies and databases - Foreign language: English (business fluent)

Stations

Numerous consulting mandates as Senior Principal at Mercer

More about the interim manager

The interim manager is a transformation-tested expert with extensive management and international project experience in the area of compensation & benefits as well as in HR consulting for mergers & acquisitions in various industries. His services focus on the design, harmonization and introduction of

  • compliant executive compensation,
  • practicable job evaluations and job/career levels,
  • future-oriented total compensation solutions (base salary, short-term (STI) and long-term (LTI) variable compensation, Benefits and employment conditions),
  • effective remuneration management processes,
  • modern performance management solutions and
  • HR due diligence and post-merger integration

The Interim Manager is a successful compensation consultant with 29 years of extensive, national and international experience at Mercer. He has designed, developed and implemented a variety of modern job architectures, compensation and HR systems for listed companies, mid-sized companies and SMEs. He has built up his international experience both in manufacturing companies (agrochemicals, automotive manufacturers and suppliers, fast-moving consumer goods, energy & environment, high-tech, pharmaceuticals, life sciences) and in service companies (financial services, telecommunications).

As an author, he has published state-of-the-art practical examples and trend studies, for example on the introduction of the remuneration system at Bosch and on trends in performance management.

Clients value his hands-on mentality and his goal- and solution-oriented approach. He is a recognized sparring partner for the board and management - with strategic and entrepreneurial understanding. In addition to his technical expertise and outstanding analytical and conceptual skills, he has a strong service orientation and change management experience at all levels. This also includes negotiating with works councils.

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Created by Charly Kahle
Last updated on 17.04.2026

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Harmonization of total remuneration as part of a post-merger integration

The merger of two competitors of roughly the same size created one of the largest IT service providers in Germany. It had already become clear during the merger talks that remuneration, fringe benefits and...
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Compensation systems harmonized for efficient use of SAP SuccessFactors

A German automotive supplier, which is established as a global system partner for automobile manufacturers, had introduced the SuccessFactors human capital management (HCM) system from SAP...

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