Experienced restructuring specialist with recognized high intercultural competence
Nationality:
German, living in Shanghai
Languages:
German (mother tongue), English (business fluent), Chinese (advanced), French (good knowledge
Experience:
- Successful restructuring/restructuring with more than 30 years of experience in the international B-2-B business (especially China and GCC) in the fields of energy, electronics, building technology and mechanical engineering
- More than 20 years of management (CEO, CFO) in manufacturing (including metalworking) and sales in product, systems, project and service business
- Trusted in cooperation with Chinese joint venture partners and the negotiation of joint venture
- Experienced in international project management including acquisition, joint venture negotiations, integration, carve-out and company closures
- Comprehensive financial and accounting expertise including treasury, tax, human resources, purchasing, IT and quality assurance (ISO 9001/14001 certification); Accounting in accordance with IFRS, US GAAP and China GAAP
- Selected reference projects
- Comprehensive restructuring and refinancing of the loss-making business in China for a globally medium-sized corporate group
- Successful realignment of the sales structure
- Reorganization of finance and accounting;
- Building an R & D department and introducing new products;
- Improvement of quality management and product quality;
- Establishment of a customer-oriented service organization
- Hands-on executive with recognized high intercultural competence in the Asia-Pacific and Middle East
Skills:
- Ordinary liquidation of a Chinese subsidiary and its direct parent company in Hong Kong with 120 employees for a German medium-sized enterprise in the electrical industry and establishment of a sales representation in China with results exceeding expectations
- Efficient transformation of the corporate structure, the product portfolio and the
business processes of the China business for a German global company in the field of
building technology
- Sustained earnings increase with stagnating sales of -7% to + 4% after one year and + 7.8% in the second year
- Transformation of the equity JV into a co-operative JV
- Implementation of SAP R / 3 for all business processes incl. Project management
within 6 months - Development and introduction of sales controlling and goal-oriented management
information system
- Development and implementation of a workflow-based project management system from
the go / no go, bid / no bid decision to results control and achieving a sustainable
improvement in the gross profit margin in the project business
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