Management professional with focus on Digital Transformation, SAP S/4 PMO, and 10+ years experience in Pharma, Life Science, and Biotech Commercial.
Aktualisiert am 24.09.2025
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Digital Transformation with focus on Digital Sales and Account-based Marketing (ABM)
S/4HANA
PMO Support
M&A PMO PMI Restructuring Turnaround
Software Deployment
Projektmanagement/Projektleitung
Strategy Implementation & Operational Excellence (OE)
English
fluent
German
mother tongue
French
school knowledge
Spanish
school knowledge

Einsatzorte

Einsatzorte

Jena (+100km) Freiburg im Breisgau (+100km) Darmstadt (+100km) Düsseldorf (+100km) Cologne (+100km)
Deutschland, Schweiz, Österreich
möglich

Projekte

Projekte

1 year 10 months
2024-01 - 2025-10

PMO and project management

Interim Manager, PMO and Managing Director
Interim Manager, PMO and Managing Director
  • PMO and project management for a global SAP S/4 HANA transformation in Commercial, Life Science, with focus onentry readiness, early deployment, and change  management, incl. workshop design and stakeholder management
  • Consulting and interim manangement e.g. SME company valuation for a M&A divesture, business process management (BPM), data analysis, and competitive analysis prior to an ERP system introduction
  • Portfolio management, coaching and mentoring for a portfolio of five start-ups in the  field of Digital Retail, Medtech and Genomics
Berg. Neukirchen, Germany
5 years 5 months
2018-08 - 2023-12

Implementation

Digital Sales Program Manager, SLS EMEA
Digital Sales Program Manager, SLS EMEA
  • Implementation of Merck?s Digital Sales program RS EMEA, starting from a pilot with 35 inside sales and 90m in 2018 to 400+ digitally-enabled sales professionals in 2021 (Palantir Redox, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, SFDC, EveryoneSocial)
  • Digital transformation of the full SLS EMEA commercial organization incl. marketing- and specialist functions, growing the community to 550+ user with a digitally-enabled sales volume of 1.1b (+129m financial impact FY22)
  • Roll-out of Merck?s first Account-based Sales & Marketing (ABM) pilot EEMEA with 3 product groups and 35 target accounts in Academia, Pharma and CDMO across Eastern Europe (+1.1m financial impact 03-12.2022)
Merck Life Sciences
Darmstadt, Germany
2 years
2016-08 - 2018-07

Operational Excellence

Head Commercial Services, APAC RSO
Head Commercial Services, APAC RSO
  • Strategy development & implementation across APAC7 incl. China, India, Australia, Japan and S. Korea
  • CRM/SFDC, Pricing, Market- & Competitive Intelligence (with 06/2017)
  • Operational Excellence; SLI (Service Level Improvement) project APAC-wide roll-out (07/2017 onwards)
Merck Pte Ltd
Singapore, Singapore
4 years 7 months
2012-01 - 2016-07

Development and implementation

Director Inhouse Consulting, focus areas Life Science and BioPharma
Director Inhouse Consulting, focus areas Life Science and BioPharma
  • Re-alignment of the WEU field sales organization post Merck Millipore acquisition including As-is analysis, new Go-ToMarket approach plus territory design and implementation
  • Preparation and realization of a strategic wargame exercise in the context of a pre-merger preparation
  • Post-merger integration incl. APAC-/ EMEA-wide portfolio roll-out of a medium-sized Biotech
  • Development and implementation of an European Biosimilar counter strategy task force (BU Fertility) 
Merck Inhouse Consulting
Darmstadt, Germany
1 year 6 months
2010-07 - 2011-12

Globales Produkt Management, Marketing und Vertrieb, Organische Synthese & Peptide

Head
Head
  • Global P&L responsibililty for Merck?s fine chemicals and CMO business ?Organics & Peptides? with 30m+ turnover (+4.5m FY10 vs. 09)
  • Lead a team of 3 product managers and 7 inside sales managers, serving global B2B Pharma and Chemical accounts, both directly and through Merck?s global subsidiaries
  • Operational product management (+6000 products, +30k SKUs) of all Marketing & Sales activities e.g. sales cooperations with a major European specialty provider and global roll-out/expansion of Merck?s Pharma non-GMP product line
Merck Schuchardt OHG
Hohenbrunn/ Munich, Germany
2 years 9 months
2007-10 - 2010-06

Strategy & OE (Operational Effectiveness)

Head
Head
  • Implementation of Merck India's growth strategy for the Chemical and pharmaceutical divisions: doubled total company turnover in 4 years, doubled Chemical division turnover in 3 years (+60m FY10 vs. FY06; +30m FY09 vs. 06)
  • Built and lead a team of 10 professionals to continuously monitor, update and review progress of the previously developed growth strategy as well as its divisional sub-strategies
  • Planned and coordinated +30 operational projects to support strategic initiatives both for the Chemical and Pharmaceutical divisions e.g. 4 major SFE programs (+750 FTE Pharmaceutical division, +150 FTE Chemical division), gross margin improvement (+1.5m) and inventory mgmt optimization (+1m net CF)
Merck India Ltd.
Mumbai, India
2 years 6 months
2005-04 - 2007-09

Sales, Marketing, and Strategy Development

Coordinated major international projects with focus on Sales, Marketing, and Strategy Development

  • Development of Merck India?s overall growth strategy 2006/2011 (3 divisions, +250m)
  • Review and realigment of Merck?s Pharma strategy South East Asia (7 countries, +120m)
  • Optimization of Merck?s global Pharma mfg. network (3 divisions, +20 sites, +80m savings identified)

Merck KGaA
Darmstadt
4 years 7 months
2000-09 - 2005-03

Beratung

Senior Consultant
Senior Consultant
  • Restructuring of the sales organisation for a major German health insurance company including planning, workers council negotiations and implementation
  • Analysis and implementation of a direct costing-based Pricing & Sales model for a European interlining manufacturer
  • Reorganization and interim management of e-Commerce and mail order business for a major German motorcyle equipment manufacturer
  • Planned, conducted, and published Droege & Comp. s biotechnology report 2003 with +60 leading German Biotech companies incl. press coverage by Financial Times, Germany, and Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Droege & Comp. Management Consultancy
Duesseldorf
5 years 4 months
1995-02 - 2000-05

Ph.D Program, Technology Development in Genomics/Molecular Oncology

  • Ph.D Thesis: on request
  • Evaluated emerging, recombinant technologies as part of the new product development (NPD) process with Roche Molecular Biochemicals, e.g. DNA chip, Microspot, LightCycler qRT-PCR and cell-free protein bioreactor
  • Founded an interdivisional research group with (on request) Ph.D. students, developed an internal spin-off concept
on request
Penzberg

Aus- und Weiterbildung

Aus- und Weiterbildung

5 years
1995-02 - 2000-01

PhD

Biochemistry, LMU Munich
Biochemistry
LMU Munich
2 years 4 months
1991-10 - 1994-01

Dipl. Chem.

Chemistry, University Freiburg
Chemistry
University Freiburg

Position

Position

  • PMO Digital Transformation
  • PMI Support
  • Program Manager
  • Senior Consultant
  • COO
  • Commercial Head (all above preferably with focus on Life Science)


Kompetenzen

Kompetenzen

Top-Skills

Digital Transformation with focus on Digital Sales and Account-based Marketing (ABM) S/4HANA PMO Support M&A PMO PMI Restructuring Turnaround Software Deployment Projektmanagement/Projektleitung Strategy Implementation & Operational Excellence (OE)

Produkte / Standards / Erfahrungen / Methoden

LinkedIn Sales Navigator
SFDC
Redox
Palantir foundry
Account-based Marketing
SAP S/4
ThinkCell
Tableau

Profile

Management professional with background in strategy consulting, digital transformation, and 10+ years experience in Pharma, Life Science, and Biotech. Built and lead teams with up to 10 professionals, managed and grew 30m+ global P&L responsibility. Proven track record of developing and implementing regional strategies with focus on M&A, turnaround, and profitable growth


IT CAPABILITIES

  • LinkedIn Sales Navigator admin
  • SAP S/4 EDI XML
  • ThinkCell
  • Tableau
  • SFDC
  • Palantir
  • Clevaforce CDMO

Branchen

Branchen

  • Biotechnology
  • Chemicals
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • CDMO
  • MedTech
  • Healthcare
  • Life Science

Einsatzorte

Einsatzorte

Jena (+100km) Freiburg im Breisgau (+100km) Darmstadt (+100km) Düsseldorf (+100km) Cologne (+100km)
Deutschland, Schweiz, Österreich
möglich

Projekte

Projekte

1 year 10 months
2024-01 - 2025-10

PMO and project management

Interim Manager, PMO and Managing Director
Interim Manager, PMO and Managing Director
  • PMO and project management for a global SAP S/4 HANA transformation in Commercial, Life Science, with focus onentry readiness, early deployment, and change  management, incl. workshop design and stakeholder management
  • Consulting and interim manangement e.g. SME company valuation for a M&A divesture, business process management (BPM), data analysis, and competitive analysis prior to an ERP system introduction
  • Portfolio management, coaching and mentoring for a portfolio of five start-ups in the  field of Digital Retail, Medtech and Genomics
Berg. Neukirchen, Germany
5 years 5 months
2018-08 - 2023-12

Implementation

Digital Sales Program Manager, SLS EMEA
Digital Sales Program Manager, SLS EMEA
  • Implementation of Merck?s Digital Sales program RS EMEA, starting from a pilot with 35 inside sales and 90m in 2018 to 400+ digitally-enabled sales professionals in 2021 (Palantir Redox, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, SFDC, EveryoneSocial)
  • Digital transformation of the full SLS EMEA commercial organization incl. marketing- and specialist functions, growing the community to 550+ user with a digitally-enabled sales volume of 1.1b (+129m financial impact FY22)
  • Roll-out of Merck?s first Account-based Sales & Marketing (ABM) pilot EEMEA with 3 product groups and 35 target accounts in Academia, Pharma and CDMO across Eastern Europe (+1.1m financial impact 03-12.2022)
Merck Life Sciences
Darmstadt, Germany
2 years
2016-08 - 2018-07

Operational Excellence

Head Commercial Services, APAC RSO
Head Commercial Services, APAC RSO
  • Strategy development & implementation across APAC7 incl. China, India, Australia, Japan and S. Korea
  • CRM/SFDC, Pricing, Market- & Competitive Intelligence (with 06/2017)
  • Operational Excellence; SLI (Service Level Improvement) project APAC-wide roll-out (07/2017 onwards)
Merck Pte Ltd
Singapore, Singapore
4 years 7 months
2012-01 - 2016-07

Development and implementation

Director Inhouse Consulting, focus areas Life Science and BioPharma
Director Inhouse Consulting, focus areas Life Science and BioPharma
  • Re-alignment of the WEU field sales organization post Merck Millipore acquisition including As-is analysis, new Go-ToMarket approach plus territory design and implementation
  • Preparation and realization of a strategic wargame exercise in the context of a pre-merger preparation
  • Post-merger integration incl. APAC-/ EMEA-wide portfolio roll-out of a medium-sized Biotech
  • Development and implementation of an European Biosimilar counter strategy task force (BU Fertility) 
Merck Inhouse Consulting
Darmstadt, Germany
1 year 6 months
2010-07 - 2011-12

Globales Produkt Management, Marketing und Vertrieb, Organische Synthese & Peptide

Head
Head
  • Global P&L responsibililty for Merck?s fine chemicals and CMO business ?Organics & Peptides? with 30m+ turnover (+4.5m FY10 vs. 09)
  • Lead a team of 3 product managers and 7 inside sales managers, serving global B2B Pharma and Chemical accounts, both directly and through Merck?s global subsidiaries
  • Operational product management (+6000 products, +30k SKUs) of all Marketing & Sales activities e.g. sales cooperations with a major European specialty provider and global roll-out/expansion of Merck?s Pharma non-GMP product line
Merck Schuchardt OHG
Hohenbrunn/ Munich, Germany
2 years 9 months
2007-10 - 2010-06

Strategy & OE (Operational Effectiveness)

Head
Head
  • Implementation of Merck India's growth strategy for the Chemical and pharmaceutical divisions: doubled total company turnover in 4 years, doubled Chemical division turnover in 3 years (+60m FY10 vs. FY06; +30m FY09 vs. 06)
  • Built and lead a team of 10 professionals to continuously monitor, update and review progress of the previously developed growth strategy as well as its divisional sub-strategies
  • Planned and coordinated +30 operational projects to support strategic initiatives both for the Chemical and Pharmaceutical divisions e.g. 4 major SFE programs (+750 FTE Pharmaceutical division, +150 FTE Chemical division), gross margin improvement (+1.5m) and inventory mgmt optimization (+1m net CF)
Merck India Ltd.
Mumbai, India
2 years 6 months
2005-04 - 2007-09

Sales, Marketing, and Strategy Development

Coordinated major international projects with focus on Sales, Marketing, and Strategy Development

  • Development of Merck India?s overall growth strategy 2006/2011 (3 divisions, +250m)
  • Review and realigment of Merck?s Pharma strategy South East Asia (7 countries, +120m)
  • Optimization of Merck?s global Pharma mfg. network (3 divisions, +20 sites, +80m savings identified)

Merck KGaA
Darmstadt
4 years 7 months
2000-09 - 2005-03

Beratung

Senior Consultant
Senior Consultant
  • Restructuring of the sales organisation for a major German health insurance company including planning, workers council negotiations and implementation
  • Analysis and implementation of a direct costing-based Pricing & Sales model for a European interlining manufacturer
  • Reorganization and interim management of e-Commerce and mail order business for a major German motorcyle equipment manufacturer
  • Planned, conducted, and published Droege & Comp. s biotechnology report 2003 with +60 leading German Biotech companies incl. press coverage by Financial Times, Germany, and Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Droege & Comp. Management Consultancy
Duesseldorf
5 years 4 months
1995-02 - 2000-05

Ph.D Program, Technology Development in Genomics/Molecular Oncology

  • Ph.D Thesis: on request
  • Evaluated emerging, recombinant technologies as part of the new product development (NPD) process with Roche Molecular Biochemicals, e.g. DNA chip, Microspot, LightCycler qRT-PCR and cell-free protein bioreactor
  • Founded an interdivisional research group with (on request) Ph.D. students, developed an internal spin-off concept
on request
Penzberg

Aus- und Weiterbildung

Aus- und Weiterbildung

5 years
1995-02 - 2000-01

PhD

Biochemistry, LMU Munich
Biochemistry
LMU Munich
2 years 4 months
1991-10 - 1994-01

Dipl. Chem.

Chemistry, University Freiburg
Chemistry
University Freiburg

Position

Position

  • PMO Digital Transformation
  • PMI Support
  • Program Manager
  • Senior Consultant
  • COO
  • Commercial Head (all above preferably with focus on Life Science)


Kompetenzen

Kompetenzen

Top-Skills

Digital Transformation with focus on Digital Sales and Account-based Marketing (ABM) S/4HANA PMO Support M&A PMO PMI Restructuring Turnaround Software Deployment Projektmanagement/Projektleitung Strategy Implementation & Operational Excellence (OE)

Produkte / Standards / Erfahrungen / Methoden

LinkedIn Sales Navigator
SFDC
Redox
Palantir foundry
Account-based Marketing
SAP S/4
ThinkCell
Tableau

Profile

Management professional with background in strategy consulting, digital transformation, and 10+ years experience in Pharma, Life Science, and Biotech. Built and lead teams with up to 10 professionals, managed and grew 30m+ global P&L responsibility. Proven track record of developing and implementing regional strategies with focus on M&A, turnaround, and profitable growth


IT CAPABILITIES

  • LinkedIn Sales Navigator admin
  • SAP S/4 EDI XML
  • ThinkCell
  • Tableau
  • SFDC
  • Palantir
  • Clevaforce CDMO

Branchen

Branchen

  • Biotechnology
  • Chemicals
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • CDMO
  • MedTech
  • Healthcare
  • Life Science

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