Senior Manager, Certified in Global Fund Risk, Business Analyst, Pricing Expert
Aktualisiert am 14.07.2025
Profil
Freiberufler / Selbstständiger
Remote-Arbeit
Verfügbar ab: 01.08.2025
Verfügbar zu: 100%
davon vor Ort: 100%
Risikomanagement
Preisfindung
Geschäftsprozessanalyse
agiles Projektmanagement
Pricing Strategy
Pricing Implementation
Quantitive Analyst
English
French
German
Luxembourgish

Einsatzorte

Einsatzorte

Trier (+200km)
Deutschland
möglich

Projekte

Projekte

11 Monate
2024-08 - heute

Implement Risk Management and Pricing Strategy

Risk Management and Pricing Consultant
Risk Management and Pricing Consultant
  • Creating a predictive risk model comparing 2008 and Dotcom to today?s crypto & private credit.
  • Certified in Global Fund Risk (GFR): European regulatory framework, UCITS, AIFMs, recent trends.
  • Implement operational risk management processes and systems to minimize revenue risk.
Consulting (Remote)
3 Monate
2024-05 - 2024-07

Lead pricing solution implementations

Project Delivery Manager
Project Delivery Manager
  • Reduced operational IT risk and budget risk by actively managing 3rd party IT provider.
  • Worked with data scientists to define margin optimizing clusters and strategic segmentations
  • Led gap analysis and remedial process fixes with 3rd party software delivery team.
  • Led pricing IT implementations for industrial and Food Service & Distribution customers.
  • Advised customers on product portfolio pricing strategy, structure and optimization.

Zilliant (Remote)
2 Jahre 8 Monate
2021-10 - 2024-05

Pricing Lead

Pricing Lead - Increased transport cost recovery by 100% in Poland and 46% in UK
  • Reduced market risk by ending 18-month price spiral after starting at the Huennebeck F&S subsidiary.
  • Led pricing analytics design and implementation with KRIs, KPIs for rental, sales, and services harmonizing diverse European price structures on a single Power BI (SaaS) platform.
  • Implemented price ranges to minimize financial risk and maximize margin upside via linear regression, box plots, normal distributions, heatmaps, scenario analysis, and segmentation analysis.
  • Reduced financial risk by identifying and targeting high-margin real estate projects.
  • Designed and performed stress testing to optimize margin.
  • Identified operational risks in invoicing processes; recommended remediation to senior management.
  • Created quoting analytics, KRIs, KPIs for F&S commercial and regional leads for rental and sales.
  • Overhauled quoting, price ranges, KRIs, KPIs, quoting analytics to increase UK mast climber revenue.
  • Liaised with country managing and finance directors to identify requirements and financial risks.
  • Tested pricing and revenue data interfaces and analytics dashboards for completeness and accuracy.
  • Minimized legal risk and ensured compliance collaborating with corporate attorneys.
  • Increased cost recovery 100% Poland, 46% UK via governance, value-based pricing, regression analysis.
  • Key advisor on pricing compliance; spearheaded price leakage analysis with financial directors.
  • Used sensitivities to identify profit drivers, optimize margin models and limit revenue risks.
  • Led business plan creation for UK mast climber business to improve revenue 80% to £6,5M by 2026.
  • Moved up to International from subsidiary to leverage pricing success across all three business units.
  • Advised U.S. Director of Pricing and Sr. Pricing Manager on price ranges and harmonized analytics.
BrandSafway (Karlsruhe)
1 Jahr 11 Monate
2019-11 - 2021-09

Led pre-sales scoping workshops for Pricefx software project scope and cost (SaaS)

Senior Pricing Consultan
Senior Pricing Consultan
Senior Pricing Consultant - Drove partnership with PROS
  • Used regression analysis and mathematical modeling to define segmentation, value-based pricing.
  • Led pre-sales scoping workshops for Pricefx software project scope and cost (SaaS).
  • Drove pricing models and centralization and standardization of B2B pricing as a cross-functional leader.
  • Drove PROS software partnership through top-level networking.
  • Reduced operational risk by developing expert-level training curriculum for developers and customers.
  • Participated in sprint planning and scrum development sessions.
Conet ISB (Karlsruhe, DE)
8 Jahre 11 Monate
2011-01 - 2019-11

Implemented global strategic pricing for Caterpillar Global Mining (CGM)

Senior Pricing Manager
Senior Pricing Manager
  • Reinforced the internal control framework by designing and implementing price roll process: deliverables, roles, entry & exit criteria, and templates.
  • Standardized cost processes for accounting audits. Participated in internal and external audits.
  • Led Monte Carlo simulations on large cylinders to quantify multiple risks of failure.
  • Minimized legal risk and ensured compliance collaborating with corporate attorneys.
  • Led machine cost reduction team for 13 systems on hydraulic mining shovels.
  • Performed periodic factory safety audits and walkthroughs onsite.
  • Transformed customer discounts for $1B revenue into a Caterpillar dealer rebate program.
  • Increased revenue $600K, margin $300K via mathematical modeling, regression for hoist drums.
  • Increased revenue $430K for diesel engines with price and volume analytics.
  • Defined and delivered global strategic pricing projects: PROS software analytics, value-based pricing, price roll, dealer rebate channel alignment, centralized product line pricing from Germany.
  • Led PROS software analytics implementation-business case, requirements, process design, UAT, data interfaces, channels and price structures for 7 CGM product lines and 5 ERPs.
  • Slashed pricing time to market by 50% centralizing pricing for Dortmund hydraulic shovels.
  • Created the first mining pricing model for 30K products, ultimately expanding to five product lines.
Caterpillar (Milwaukee, WI; Dortmund, DE)
6 Monate
2010-07 - 2010-12

Led requirements analysis and re-engineering for PROS software implementation

Lead Business Analyst
Lead Business Analyst
  • Led B2B pricing requirements analysis and process re-engineering for PROS software implementation.
  • Assessed 3rd-party offers for $4M in implementation services driving budget and cost reduction.
  • Developed a complete and comprehensive budget for the team.
  • Overhauled $5M pricing implementation estimate, reducing it by 1000 workdays.
Navistar (Chicago, IL)
10 Monate
2009-09 - 2010-06

Led store system implementation for 14,000 stores for a major restaurant chain

Solution Consultant
Solution Consultant
  • Created and maintained project plan for 15 professionals for the store system implementation.
  • Created To-Be process flows for the labor management implementation in 14,000 stores (B2E, B2B).
  • Built relationships with senior IT management.
  • Gathered requirements for multiple cross-functional teams.
Altametrics (Chicago, IL)
2 Jahre
2007-09 - 2009-08

Advised real estate developers on finance and capital structure

Financial Analyst
Financial Analyst
  • Valued high-end real estate projects Ocotalito ($90M) and Los Altos del Pacifico project ($165M).
  • Analyzed liquidity risk in the capital structure for commercial customers and investment feasibility.
  • Retail sales for real estate projects.

Maason (Miami, FL)
3 Jahre 3 Monate
2004-06 - 2007-08

Led PeopleSoft production stabilization team of 10 professionals

IT Project & Budget Lead
IT Project & Budget Lead
  • Led sustainability risk management for ERP, Financials department for multiple hurricane evacuations.
  • Led operational risk management for business continuity preparation and execution for ERP group.
  • Implemented operational risk management policy for ERP department, reinforcing internal controls.
  • IT Liaison for internal and external auditors. Implemented budget forecasting & tracking for $10M.
  • Led user acceptance and risk testing for FIU portal for 35,000 users (B2C).
  • Defined and implemented project estimating models and methodology for the ERP team.
  • Defined test strategies and led test effort for the PeopleSoft team.
Florida International University (Miami, FL)
3 Monate
2003-11 - 2004-01

Led the HR, Payroll & Time Tracking implementation team of 4

IT Project Manager
IT Project Manager
  • Delivered HR, Payroll, Time Tracking systems on budget and schedule for 3 casinos.

Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino (Hollywood, FL)
1 Jahr 4 Monate
2002-06 - 2003-09

Led operations acceptance team of 10, handling 30-50M daily calls

Software Acceptance Lead
Software Acceptance Lead
  • Implemented operational risk management policy, making acceptance a proactive project guidance.
  • Forecasted and tracked $3M annual budget for 25 professionals.
Vodafone (Düsseldorf, DE)
7 Jahre 1 Monat
1994-10 - 2001-10

Led development teams of 5-15; average managed funds $10M.

Senior Manager
Senior Manager
  • Led testing and operational risk management for multi-continent, multi-party Vehicle Site Access project. Test strategy became the model for all large IT projects at Dow Chemical.
  • Recognized expert in V-model design, test, and risk management framework.
  • Implemented risk management policy at Adecco, reducing change costs by 25%, time to market by 30%.
  • Implemented risk management policy at a Dow Chemical subsidiary. Reduced change costs by 30%.
  • Regularly liaised with Operations and IT leads to define processes and functional requirements.
  • Performed SWOT Analyses, and incident reviews and error remediation on each project.
  • Integrated Eastern German SAP team of 15 into Dow Chemical?s global IT processes.
  • Delivered $3M transportation management solution on budget and on schedule for Sainsbury?s.
  • Developed and tracked 3300 Day annual IT development budget for Adecco UK.
  • Led VMS test automation, reducing test execution duration by 95% at Dow Chemical.
  • Participated in Capability Maturity Model (CMMI) framework strategy sessions at Dow Chemical.
  • Reduced user documentation budget by two-thirds by combining user test, training and reference docs.
Accenture (Chicago, IL)
1 Jahr 1 Monat
1993-07 - 1994-07

Aquired and advised retail clients in equity and fixed income investing

Financial Advisor
Financial Advisor
  • Focused in equities, investment grade corporates and municipals, mutual funds, variable annuities.

Wachovia Securities (Formerly Prudential) (Luxembourg, Chicago)

Aus- und Weiterbildung

Aus- und Weiterbildung

  • Master?s in Finance - Florida International University USA
  • Bachelor?s in Computer Engineering - Graceland University USA
  • Global Fund Risk (GFR) - GFR (Global Fund Risk) Luxembourg
  • Fulbright Fellowship - Saarbrücken Germany
  • Certified Pricing Manager 3 (CPM3) - European Pricing Platform Remote
  • Certified Pricing Professional (CPP) - Professional Pricing Society Remote
  • Six Sigma Green Belt - Caterpillar Germany

Kompetenzen

Kompetenzen

Top-Skills

Risikomanagement Preisfindung Geschäftsprozessanalyse agiles Projektmanagement Pricing Strategy Pricing Implementation Quantitive Analyst

Produkte / Standards / Erfahrungen / Methoden

SUMMARY

Senior Manager with 20 years of operational risk management. Certified in Global Fund Risk Management (GFR). Strong in quantitative and mathematical modeling, analytics, pricing strategy & implementation, IT, valuation, stock brokerage. Developing a predictive risk model for comparing 2008, Dotcom, crypto & private credit. Extensive knowledge of financial markets history. Experienced in implementing SOX and V-Model Operational Risk Management frameworks. Placed 2nd in two-month risk management competition, increased $250K to $800K with futures trading. Ten years in pricing. Regular contributor to EPP Pricing Conferences. First career in management consulting, business analysis, IT Risk and best practices, IT audit.

RELEVANT SKILLS
Risk Management, Mathematical modeling, Quantitative modeling, Mathematical risk analysis, Econometrics, Cluster analysis, Statistical Analysis, Regression Analysis, VaR, Econometrics, Risk Management Policies, Python, SQL, Excel, Valuation, @Risk, Argus, Programming, Financial Modeling, KRIs, KPIs, Business Analysis, Sarbanes-Oxley, IT Audit, Agile, Scrum, Confluence, Jira, Power BI, PROS, Pricefx, Zilliant, Cost Analysis, Forecasting, CMMI, Blockchain, Crypto, Pricing, Pricing Strategy, Value-based Pricing, Pricing Analytics, Competitive Analysis, SAP, Training, Pricing Systems, Salesforce, Pricing Software, Pricing Tools, Oracle, Pricing Structures, Pricing Metrics, Commercial Excellence, Pricing Reporting, Pricing Optimization, Coaching, Pricing Implementation, Pricing Transformation, PowerPoint, Margin and Revenue Optimization, Mentoring, Balanced Scorecards, Business Intelligence, C-Suite Presentations, Business Case Development


Einsatzorte

Einsatzorte

Trier (+200km)
Deutschland
möglich

Projekte

Projekte

11 Monate
2024-08 - heute

Implement Risk Management and Pricing Strategy

Risk Management and Pricing Consultant
Risk Management and Pricing Consultant
  • Creating a predictive risk model comparing 2008 and Dotcom to today?s crypto & private credit.
  • Certified in Global Fund Risk (GFR): European regulatory framework, UCITS, AIFMs, recent trends.
  • Implement operational risk management processes and systems to minimize revenue risk.
Consulting (Remote)
3 Monate
2024-05 - 2024-07

Lead pricing solution implementations

Project Delivery Manager
Project Delivery Manager
  • Reduced operational IT risk and budget risk by actively managing 3rd party IT provider.
  • Worked with data scientists to define margin optimizing clusters and strategic segmentations
  • Led gap analysis and remedial process fixes with 3rd party software delivery team.
  • Led pricing IT implementations for industrial and Food Service & Distribution customers.
  • Advised customers on product portfolio pricing strategy, structure and optimization.

Zilliant (Remote)
2 Jahre 8 Monate
2021-10 - 2024-05

Pricing Lead

Pricing Lead - Increased transport cost recovery by 100% in Poland and 46% in UK
  • Reduced market risk by ending 18-month price spiral after starting at the Huennebeck F&S subsidiary.
  • Led pricing analytics design and implementation with KRIs, KPIs for rental, sales, and services harmonizing diverse European price structures on a single Power BI (SaaS) platform.
  • Implemented price ranges to minimize financial risk and maximize margin upside via linear regression, box plots, normal distributions, heatmaps, scenario analysis, and segmentation analysis.
  • Reduced financial risk by identifying and targeting high-margin real estate projects.
  • Designed and performed stress testing to optimize margin.
  • Identified operational risks in invoicing processes; recommended remediation to senior management.
  • Created quoting analytics, KRIs, KPIs for F&S commercial and regional leads for rental and sales.
  • Overhauled quoting, price ranges, KRIs, KPIs, quoting analytics to increase UK mast climber revenue.
  • Liaised with country managing and finance directors to identify requirements and financial risks.
  • Tested pricing and revenue data interfaces and analytics dashboards for completeness and accuracy.
  • Minimized legal risk and ensured compliance collaborating with corporate attorneys.
  • Increased cost recovery 100% Poland, 46% UK via governance, value-based pricing, regression analysis.
  • Key advisor on pricing compliance; spearheaded price leakage analysis with financial directors.
  • Used sensitivities to identify profit drivers, optimize margin models and limit revenue risks.
  • Led business plan creation for UK mast climber business to improve revenue 80% to £6,5M by 2026.
  • Moved up to International from subsidiary to leverage pricing success across all three business units.
  • Advised U.S. Director of Pricing and Sr. Pricing Manager on price ranges and harmonized analytics.
BrandSafway (Karlsruhe)
1 Jahr 11 Monate
2019-11 - 2021-09

Led pre-sales scoping workshops for Pricefx software project scope and cost (SaaS)

Senior Pricing Consultan
Senior Pricing Consultan
Senior Pricing Consultant - Drove partnership with PROS
  • Used regression analysis and mathematical modeling to define segmentation, value-based pricing.
  • Led pre-sales scoping workshops for Pricefx software project scope and cost (SaaS).
  • Drove pricing models and centralization and standardization of B2B pricing as a cross-functional leader.
  • Drove PROS software partnership through top-level networking.
  • Reduced operational risk by developing expert-level training curriculum for developers and customers.
  • Participated in sprint planning and scrum development sessions.
Conet ISB (Karlsruhe, DE)
8 Jahre 11 Monate
2011-01 - 2019-11

Implemented global strategic pricing for Caterpillar Global Mining (CGM)

Senior Pricing Manager
Senior Pricing Manager
  • Reinforced the internal control framework by designing and implementing price roll process: deliverables, roles, entry & exit criteria, and templates.
  • Standardized cost processes for accounting audits. Participated in internal and external audits.
  • Led Monte Carlo simulations on large cylinders to quantify multiple risks of failure.
  • Minimized legal risk and ensured compliance collaborating with corporate attorneys.
  • Led machine cost reduction team for 13 systems on hydraulic mining shovels.
  • Performed periodic factory safety audits and walkthroughs onsite.
  • Transformed customer discounts for $1B revenue into a Caterpillar dealer rebate program.
  • Increased revenue $600K, margin $300K via mathematical modeling, regression for hoist drums.
  • Increased revenue $430K for diesel engines with price and volume analytics.
  • Defined and delivered global strategic pricing projects: PROS software analytics, value-based pricing, price roll, dealer rebate channel alignment, centralized product line pricing from Germany.
  • Led PROS software analytics implementation-business case, requirements, process design, UAT, data interfaces, channels and price structures for 7 CGM product lines and 5 ERPs.
  • Slashed pricing time to market by 50% centralizing pricing for Dortmund hydraulic shovels.
  • Created the first mining pricing model for 30K products, ultimately expanding to five product lines.
Caterpillar (Milwaukee, WI; Dortmund, DE)
6 Monate
2010-07 - 2010-12

Led requirements analysis and re-engineering for PROS software implementation

Lead Business Analyst
Lead Business Analyst
  • Led B2B pricing requirements analysis and process re-engineering for PROS software implementation.
  • Assessed 3rd-party offers for $4M in implementation services driving budget and cost reduction.
  • Developed a complete and comprehensive budget for the team.
  • Overhauled $5M pricing implementation estimate, reducing it by 1000 workdays.
Navistar (Chicago, IL)
10 Monate
2009-09 - 2010-06

Led store system implementation for 14,000 stores for a major restaurant chain

Solution Consultant
Solution Consultant
  • Created and maintained project plan for 15 professionals for the store system implementation.
  • Created To-Be process flows for the labor management implementation in 14,000 stores (B2E, B2B).
  • Built relationships with senior IT management.
  • Gathered requirements for multiple cross-functional teams.
Altametrics (Chicago, IL)
2 Jahre
2007-09 - 2009-08

Advised real estate developers on finance and capital structure

Financial Analyst
Financial Analyst
  • Valued high-end real estate projects Ocotalito ($90M) and Los Altos del Pacifico project ($165M).
  • Analyzed liquidity risk in the capital structure for commercial customers and investment feasibility.
  • Retail sales for real estate projects.

Maason (Miami, FL)
3 Jahre 3 Monate
2004-06 - 2007-08

Led PeopleSoft production stabilization team of 10 professionals

IT Project & Budget Lead
IT Project & Budget Lead
  • Led sustainability risk management for ERP, Financials department for multiple hurricane evacuations.
  • Led operational risk management for business continuity preparation and execution for ERP group.
  • Implemented operational risk management policy for ERP department, reinforcing internal controls.
  • IT Liaison for internal and external auditors. Implemented budget forecasting & tracking for $10M.
  • Led user acceptance and risk testing for FIU portal for 35,000 users (B2C).
  • Defined and implemented project estimating models and methodology for the ERP team.
  • Defined test strategies and led test effort for the PeopleSoft team.
Florida International University (Miami, FL)
3 Monate
2003-11 - 2004-01

Led the HR, Payroll & Time Tracking implementation team of 4

IT Project Manager
IT Project Manager
  • Delivered HR, Payroll, Time Tracking systems on budget and schedule for 3 casinos.

Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino (Hollywood, FL)
1 Jahr 4 Monate
2002-06 - 2003-09

Led operations acceptance team of 10, handling 30-50M daily calls

Software Acceptance Lead
Software Acceptance Lead
  • Implemented operational risk management policy, making acceptance a proactive project guidance.
  • Forecasted and tracked $3M annual budget for 25 professionals.
Vodafone (Düsseldorf, DE)
7 Jahre 1 Monat
1994-10 - 2001-10

Led development teams of 5-15; average managed funds $10M.

Senior Manager
Senior Manager
  • Led testing and operational risk management for multi-continent, multi-party Vehicle Site Access project. Test strategy became the model for all large IT projects at Dow Chemical.
  • Recognized expert in V-model design, test, and risk management framework.
  • Implemented risk management policy at Adecco, reducing change costs by 25%, time to market by 30%.
  • Implemented risk management policy at a Dow Chemical subsidiary. Reduced change costs by 30%.
  • Regularly liaised with Operations and IT leads to define processes and functional requirements.
  • Performed SWOT Analyses, and incident reviews and error remediation on each project.
  • Integrated Eastern German SAP team of 15 into Dow Chemical?s global IT processes.
  • Delivered $3M transportation management solution on budget and on schedule for Sainsbury?s.
  • Developed and tracked 3300 Day annual IT development budget for Adecco UK.
  • Led VMS test automation, reducing test execution duration by 95% at Dow Chemical.
  • Participated in Capability Maturity Model (CMMI) framework strategy sessions at Dow Chemical.
  • Reduced user documentation budget by two-thirds by combining user test, training and reference docs.
Accenture (Chicago, IL)
1 Jahr 1 Monat
1993-07 - 1994-07

Aquired and advised retail clients in equity and fixed income investing

Financial Advisor
Financial Advisor
  • Focused in equities, investment grade corporates and municipals, mutual funds, variable annuities.

Wachovia Securities (Formerly Prudential) (Luxembourg, Chicago)

Aus- und Weiterbildung

Aus- und Weiterbildung

  • Master?s in Finance - Florida International University USA
  • Bachelor?s in Computer Engineering - Graceland University USA
  • Global Fund Risk (GFR) - GFR (Global Fund Risk) Luxembourg
  • Fulbright Fellowship - Saarbrücken Germany
  • Certified Pricing Manager 3 (CPM3) - European Pricing Platform Remote
  • Certified Pricing Professional (CPP) - Professional Pricing Society Remote
  • Six Sigma Green Belt - Caterpillar Germany

Kompetenzen

Kompetenzen

Top-Skills

Risikomanagement Preisfindung Geschäftsprozessanalyse agiles Projektmanagement Pricing Strategy Pricing Implementation Quantitive Analyst

Produkte / Standards / Erfahrungen / Methoden

SUMMARY

Senior Manager with 20 years of operational risk management. Certified in Global Fund Risk Management (GFR). Strong in quantitative and mathematical modeling, analytics, pricing strategy & implementation, IT, valuation, stock brokerage. Developing a predictive risk model for comparing 2008, Dotcom, crypto & private credit. Extensive knowledge of financial markets history. Experienced in implementing SOX and V-Model Operational Risk Management frameworks. Placed 2nd in two-month risk management competition, increased $250K to $800K with futures trading. Ten years in pricing. Regular contributor to EPP Pricing Conferences. First career in management consulting, business analysis, IT Risk and best practices, IT audit.

RELEVANT SKILLS
Risk Management, Mathematical modeling, Quantitative modeling, Mathematical risk analysis, Econometrics, Cluster analysis, Statistical Analysis, Regression Analysis, VaR, Econometrics, Risk Management Policies, Python, SQL, Excel, Valuation, @Risk, Argus, Programming, Financial Modeling, KRIs, KPIs, Business Analysis, Sarbanes-Oxley, IT Audit, Agile, Scrum, Confluence, Jira, Power BI, PROS, Pricefx, Zilliant, Cost Analysis, Forecasting, CMMI, Blockchain, Crypto, Pricing, Pricing Strategy, Value-based Pricing, Pricing Analytics, Competitive Analysis, SAP, Training, Pricing Systems, Salesforce, Pricing Software, Pricing Tools, Oracle, Pricing Structures, Pricing Metrics, Commercial Excellence, Pricing Reporting, Pricing Optimization, Coaching, Pricing Implementation, Pricing Transformation, PowerPoint, Margin and Revenue Optimization, Mentoring, Balanced Scorecards, Business Intelligence, C-Suite Presentations, Business Case Development

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