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MANAGER PROFILE
An interim CEO for sales and production.

Successful CEO for sales and production

  • Turnaround management in the process industry and mechanical engineering
  • Internationalization of technology companies
  • Many years of expertise in capital-intensive, technology-driven B2B business processes

"I am a successful CEO for sales and production"

Qualifications

Interim manager at C-level since 2017 - Previously a successful national and international managing director for over 20 years - Hands-on in production - sales - HR - PhD in engineering

Stations

Heliograph Holding - HELL Gravure Systems - Dekor Kunststoffe - Prinovis Itzehoe - Gruner& Jahr - Süddekor

More about the interim manager

The interim manager is a nationally and internationally successful CEO with 20 years of experience in the strategic and operational management of medium-sized companies. As a crisis-tested holding managing director, he has excellent operational skills in sales, development, production and HR management. He also has many years of expertise in capital-intensive, technology-driven B2B business processes. He has been working successfully as an interim executive since 2017.

In his most recent mandates, he has worked as interim CEO at a supplier to the automotive and packaging industry. He expanded the global market leadership position of a mechanical engineering company (120 employees, sales of around 45 million euros) with a significant increase in sales and earnings and ensured the successful post-merger integration of a medium-sized, globally active mechanical engineering group with around 540 employees and sales of around 180 million euros. He also led a medium-sized process engineering company (approx. 150 employees, approx. 65 million euros turnover) back into the profit zone.

The interim manager has international experience as a negotiator at the highest decision-maker level. He impresses stakeholders and negotiating partners alike with his straightforwardness, integrity and strong communication skills. His projects benefit from his excellent and sustainable leadership, integration and organizational skills.

His personal motivation? "What excites me most is achieving goals with a team that are not commonplace."

How does he motivate others? "Being authentic, giving feedback, straightforwardness and humor."

His motto: "The idea is five percent of the journey, 95 percent is implementation."

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Created by Charly Kahle
Last updated on 17.04.2026

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The client was a company with a medium-sized production site for mass production in the automotive and packaging industry. Originally, the interim manager was to bridge a vacancy in the position of managing director. The mandate was extended several times and ultimately lasted 16 months. The assignment as interim CEO then included, among other things, the almost complete reorganization of the management level.

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