Interim Manager, Medtech-, Strategy- & IT-Consultant

11/2021 – 9/2022

- responsible for MDR Submission Program
- member of the Steering Committee as Program Manager of a strategic initiative
- functional authority for 120 FTE
- cross-functional lead of ~12 subprojects
- preparation and group lead negotiations with notified body
- lead of cross-functional definition of intended use descriptions
- tracking and auditing R&D development process based on V-model, verification & validation, sterilization process, BioCompatibility Testing
- implementation of aggregated and detailed Project in MS Project
- responsible for Resource Management according to chapter 6 EN DIN ISO 13485
- MDR Expert

DIN EN ISO 13485, Forschung & Entwicklung (allg.), Programm Management, Projektmanagement, Regulatory Affairs Management, Strategische Unternehmensplanung, Vertragsmanagement

1/2019 – 8/2021

- responsible for disciplinary & cross functional activities development of worldwide new pulsatile VA ECMO
- member of the management team
- responsible for product center budget (> 5 Mio €)
- disciplinary authority for 12 FTE
- program-manager R&D projects
- hard & software development incl. bench testing
- process owner internal & external training for clinical professionals
- responsible for in-center clinical support
- owner of therapy life cycle process icor
- resource owner product innovation icor program
- coordinator icor sales / marketing projects
- implementation of scrum into the icor program
- generation of IP (2 technical innovations, 2 patents)

Agile Entwicklung, Analyse der Markt- / Wettbewerbsposition, Einkaufsverhandlungen, Entscheidungsprozessmanagement, Finanzplanung, Forschung & Entwicklung (allg.), Programm Management, SCRUM, Unternehmensstrategie, Vertragsmanagement

1/2018 – 12/2018

- responsible for introduction of project management processes in R&D
- Operations, Sales & Marketing, functional authority for all project managers >150 FTE
- project manager master data management / FMC go-life of all Xenios products in SAP sales
- implementation of project management tools Planview and Projectplace
- process owner of SOP project management & overall resource management

Agile Entwicklung, Analyse der Markt- / Wettbewerbsposition, Entscheidungsprozessmanagement, Forschung & Entwicklung (allg.), Kompetenzmanagement, Personalentwicklung, Projektmanagement, SCRUM

4/2006 – offen

General Manager/CEO
- responsible for P&L
- disciplinary authority for up to 15 FTE
- responsible for the overall business success of the diverse projects with customers
- identifying strategic business opportunities for clients and their own company as solutions for complex technical requirements or strategic market opportunities

Medtech Consulting
- providing Market Data & Reimbursement Consulting
- Medical Product Engineering
- development of go-to-market strategies

Strategy Consulting and Interim Management Projects
- analysis of business performance, development of business strategies and KPI Systems giving direction to the management on how to lead business units to success (often in combination with taking part time or interim responsibility for project teams or departments, along with outsourcing certain processes)

IT Consulting
- technical innovations in multidimensional database and development of graphical user interfaces for management information systems with SAP, MS-Navision, IBM, Oracle, Microsoft SQL/BI, master data management projects

Agile Entwicklung, Finanzplanung, Personalplanung, Programm Management, Projektmanagement, SCRUM, Strategische Unternehmensplanung

3/2004 – 3/2006

- functional authority 15 FTE for 12 companies in the corporate group and 25 million euro spend
- due diligence for supply chain of all 12 companies in preparation for selling the group

Einkaufsverhandlungen, Finanzplanung, Projektmanagement, Strategische Unternehmensplanung, Supplier Relationship Management (SRM), Vertragsmanagement

1/2002 – 2/2004

- strategy development e-commerce MAN Group wide
- technical and operational leadership of data integration of all spend data for MAN companies in one data warehouse
- introduction of category management in the MAN Group
- technical development of a management information system & change management to implement operational controls & procedures

Agile Entwicklung, Analyse der Markt- / Wettbewerbsposition, Digitalisierung, Einkaufsverhandlungen, Entscheidungsprozessmanagement, Finanzplanung, Projektmanagement, Prozessmanagement, SCRUM, Strategische Unternehmensplanung, Supplier Relationship Management (SRM), Vertragsmanagement, Vertragsrecht, Wettbewerbsanalyse

1/1999 – 12/2001

- responsible for spend and material planning & controlling for 4 plants
- disciplinary authority for 3 FTE and 40 million euro spend as controller
- accountable for development of e-commerce strategy for the MAN Group
- team leader of cross-functional strategy development team

Analyse der Markt- / Wettbewerbsposition, Digitalisierung, Entscheidungsprozessmanagement, Finanzplanung, Forschung & Entwicklung (allg.), Projektmanagement, Prozessmanagement, Strategische Unternehmensplanung, Wettbewerbsanalyse

1/1997 – 12/1999

- functional authority 20 FTE for 35 companies in the corporate group and 70 million euro spend

Analyse der Markt- / Wettbewerbsposition, Digitalisierung, Entscheidungsprozessmanagement, Finanzplanung, Kompetenzmanagement, Personalentwicklung, Projektmanagement, Prozessmanagement, Strategische Unternehmensplanung, Wettbewerbsanalyse

1/1995 – 12/1999

- disciplinary authority for 12 FTE and 20 m EUR spend

Analyse der Markt- / Wettbewerbsposition, Digitalisierung, Einkaufsverhandlungen, Finanzplanung, Projektmanagement, Prozessmanagement, Strategische Unternehmensplanung, Vertragsmanagement, Wettbewerbsanalyse