Carsten Roese
Agile Coach
Experience
Sales Project Manager
enviaM & MITGAS GmbH
Consulting & project management for renewable energy sales in the PV & heat pump (FEH) and commodity product areas
- Review of existing agency contracts
- Drafting new contracts and commission model for FEH sales partners / agencies
- Defining KPIs and their implementation & compliance
- Planning & implementation of ramping up FEH sales
- Support for the commodity area
- Annual reviews with sales partners
- Action planning and execution
- Retention of existing customers
- Strategic consulting
- Negotiation with existing and new sales agencies
- Acquisition of new sales partners
- Internal & external interface
- Collaboration and performance monitoring of FEH agencies
- Review and optimization or creation of processes
- Expansion of sales into new regions & channels
- Development of new sales channels and partnerships & cross-selling
- Reporting to stakeholders
- Setting up FEH lead generation
- Building sales control
- Action planning 2025 to Q1 2026
- Consulting department management & team
Sales Controlling Setup
Stadtwerke Karlsruhe
Strategic & operational implementation
- Establishment and expansion of sales controlling for the entire sales department
- Definition, integration and positioning of sales controlling within the entire sales organization
- Defining KPIs
- Building sales controlling with reporting and KPI structure
- Developing reporting for management and the board
- Creating deep dive analyses
- Analysis and support of operational sales
- Strategic planning, design and development of measures to control the entire sales organization and significantly increase overall performance
- Identifying deviations in specialist departments. Proactive support and initiation of corrective measures
- Setting up and actively supporting the head of department
- Implementation of stakeholder management
- Planning procurement volumes for electricity and gas
- Financial planning
- Budget planning and monitoring
- Monitoring the profitability of sales
- Introduction and setup of new analysis tools (e.g. Power BI; InfoZoom)
- Reporting to sales management and executive management (board)
E-Truck Mobility Infrastructure Development
MVV
Strategic & operational implementation
- Development and implementation of an efficient charging infrastructure for electric trucks
- Establishment of a new business unit in e-mobility and logistics
- Billing related to company vehicles, especially electric trucks
- Creation and optimization of the B2B passenger car charging customer journey
- Analysis of the B2B passenger car charging value chain
- Process documentation and optimization
- Identifying future markets and suitable sales opportunities for B2B passenger car & truck charging
- Competitive analysis
- Partner search in the e-charging sector
- Development and implementation of new SLAs
- Lead management
Sales Project Manager
enviaM & MITGAS GmbH
Consulting & project management for sales
- Review and optimization of agency contracts
- Review and optimization of sales agent contracts
- Creation of new contracts and commission model for sales partners / agencies
- Product development in collaboration with marketing and product
- Business plan creation for 2023 & 2024
- Defining KPIs and their implementation & compliance
- Planning & implementation of ramp-up or reactivation of B2B – B2C sales after the Corona & energy crisis
- Sales agent agencies
- Portals
- Distributors
- Organic sales
- Building cross-selling partners (e.g. energy & telecom)
- Product & commission calculation
- Preparation of total D2D budget 2023 & 2024
- Negotiation with existing and new sales agencies
- Acquisition of new sales partners
- Control of D2D sales, portals and agencies B2B & B2C
- Annual meetings including contract negotiations and planning
- Sales agencies
- Sales agent agencies
- Suppliers
- Onboarding and handover of responsibilities to new colleagues / team
- Internal & external interface
- Collaboration and performance monitoring of agencies
- Contact person & responsible for all sales partners
- Review and optimization or creation of processes
- Internal and external training
- Expansion of sales into new regions & channels
- Development of new sales channels and partnerships & cross-selling
- Reporting to management
- Setup & tracking monitoring
- Total budget – D2D and B2B channels
- Order intake
- Target vs. actual comparisons
- Target achievements
- Costs and special measures
- Existing customers
- New customers
- Sales partners
- Competitors
- Campaigns / A-B testing of campaigns / products
- Partnerships
- Analyses & measures
- Return on sales
- Order intake / channels / personas etc.
- Legacy contracts
- Churn rate // countermeasures
- Customer journey
- Customer recovery - cancellation prevention
- Securing GV status
- Competitors
Go2Market Consulting
Energieunternehmen
- Go2Market consulting in the energy sales segment
- Developed sales concept
- Product development in collaboration with marketing
- Created business plan
- Created Go2Market plan
- Product & commission calculation
- Developed training concept internal & external
Senior Project Manager & Head of Sales
Hello Fiber Germany / Liberty Networks
- End-to-end cluster planning
- Budget planning and controlling
- Full responsibility and management of the clusters
- Responsible for 5 expansion areas and their project managers
- Shareholder management
- Liaison with municipalities and mayors
- Management of external service providers
- Management of external sales agencies
- Planning new expansion areas as project manager
- Training and presentations on fiber rollout
- Expanding and improving processes
- Strategic and operational planning (cluster - PM)
- Construction support and densification
- Management of marketing activities
- Competitive monitoring
- Coordinator
- Sales activities / contact with housing industry
- Monitoring
- Reporting
Fulfillment - Sales development
Norwegian company
- Building the fulfillment structure
- Building partner and sales network (resellers & trades)
- Training and development of partners
- Creating processes
- Strategic consulting
- Agile Coach
B2B sales development
Heraeus - Soluva Air Disinfection
- Building various sales channels
- Finding new sales partners at all levels
- Managing and developing sales agencies
- Managing all B2B and reseller sales channels
- Internal and external training
- Optimizing and creating processes
- Managing and coordinating external partners
- Creating and managing sales campaigns
- Sales management
- New customer management and acquisition
- Managing promoters and sales representatives
- Expanding national and Europe-wide sales
- Finding and integrating new sales channels and partners
- Managing the call center
- Interface management
- 1st and 2nd management level
Sales consulting & sales expansion
Financial services provider in tangible assets
- Developing sales and marketing concepts with agile methods
- A/B testing of new products
- Implementing concepts & launching new products
- Recruiting and onboarding new freelance sales agents
- Building a regional sales structure
- Supporting new sales partners
- Training and coaching sales partners
Certified Agile Coach
Agile Coach
Sales consulting & build-up
Nationwide Real Estate Company
- Building or expanding a brand for high-end real estate
- Creating a marketing and sales concept
- Training
- Introducing agile working methods and values
Training to become a certified Agile Coach
Brainbirds
Agile Coach
Project development for service and concession security in utilities, Sales department
EnBW ODR – Energy Baden-Württemberg
- Concept development for utility security
- Concept development for building a direct sales team
- Working in an agile environment – as PO
- Creating a business case
Head and build-up of B2C / B2B Sales, Commodity Sales department
EnBW – Energy Baden-Württemberg
- Creating and implementing corona ramp-down for personal sales
- Corona crisis management for sales
- Strategy planning and implementation of ramp-down & ramp-up (Corona crisis) for personal sales
- Crisis management – finding a way out of the crisis
- Project to consolidate sales channels
- Managing and further developing sales agencies
- Managing and further developing shop systems
- Managing the personal sales channel D2D / B2C
- Training internal and external staff
- Digitization of sales
- Creating a requirements specification
- Legal review (e.g., contactless contract conclusion)
- Searching for sales software and CRM
- Testing
- Training
- Rollout
- Optimizing and creating processes
- Managing and steering external partners
- Creating & managing sales measures (campaigns)
- Sales management
- New customer management
- Managing promoters and sales representatives
- Expansion of nationwide personal sales D2D / B2C
- Finding and onboarding new sales channels & partners
- Channel management
- Interface management
- New customer acquisition
- Various participation in agile projects (EnBW, ODR & Yellow)
- E-mobility (various projects)
- Customer acquisition B2B & B2C
- Strategy development
- Handling customer complaints
- Transition to agile work
- Campaigns for existing customers
- Campaigns for new customers
- Actively supporting the agile transformation
- Actively participating and implementing new agile environment
- 1st & 2nd management level
Partner management – Interim Manager – Consulting, Renewable Energy – Fulfillment department
EnBW – Energy Baden-Württemberg
- Partner management (internal – external) including steering
- Contract management
- Key account management
- Optimizing workflows and creating processes
- Monitoring and controlling production capacities
- SLA monitoring and deriving actions
- Project development and implementation
- Managing sales and production
- Training (internal & external)
- Participation in various agile groups, internal and external
- Accompanied various projects as Scrum Master or PO
- Project management
- Interface between sales – marketing – fulfillment
- Creating new sales concepts including implementation
- Searching for new fulfillment partners
- Transition of all partner companies to sister company SENEC (contract negotiations & training)
- 2nd management level
Interim Team Leader – short-term setup of a B2C sales team
Vodafone Kabel Deutschland GmbH
- Recruitment including training and employee coaching (sales agents)
- Sales and profit planning
- Personnel responsibility: 26 employees
- 2nd management level
Interim Sales Director – building a business sales organization
Unitymedia Division Business
- Sales management and controlling
- Planning and execution of trade shows, new product launches, and promotions
- Building and developing a brand with the goal of optimized market penetration
- Recruitment and development, including training and coaching employees (sales agents)
- Sales and profit planning
- Key account management B2B
- New customer acquisition B2B
- Competitor monitoring
- Personnel responsibility: 17 employees
- 2nd management level
Interim Sales Director – building a sales organization
SanaCare
- Sales setup, management and controlling worldwide
- Building and developing a brand with the goal of optimized market penetration
- Recruitment and development including training and coaching employees (sales agents)
- Sales and profit planning
- Sales digitization
- Key account management B2B
- Competitor monitoring
- Personnel responsibility: 8 employees
- 1st management level
Interim Sales Director – reorganization, sales setup & strategy consulting
German fashion manufacturer
- Rescue from insolvency
- Successful transition to a profitable manufacturer
- Reorganization of field service
- Training and coaching employees in internal and field sales
- Sales management
- Planning and execution of trade shows, new product launches, and promotions
- Annual and restructuring talks with key account customers
- Key account management
- New customer acquisition
- Setting targets and metrics and monitoring them
- Strategy consulting and active implementation
- Assortment optimization and finding new product ranges
- Introduction of process management
- Purchasing
- Personnel responsibility: 30 employees
- Sales reorganization
- 1st management level
Interim POS Manager – project in the DIY sector
OSRAM
- Introduction and implementation of a new POS system
- Restructuring, management and training of subcontractors
- Staff management and development (including training)
- Annual and restructuring meetings with key account customers
- Key account management
- Personnel planning
- POS remodeling planning & implementation by subcontractors
- Complaint management
- Implementation of sales and POS promotions
- Revenue responsibility: €10 million
- Personnel responsibility: 28 employees
- 2nd management level
Interim Regional Manager for Northern Germany
Direct Energy Provider
- Set up a B2B and B2C distribution and sales organization with sales agents
- Built and developed a brand
- Managed recruiting and development, including training and coaching staff
- Planned revenue and profitability and controlled performance
- Managed key account customers
- Acquired new B2B customers
- Revenue and profit planning
- Managed 25 employees
- Second management level
Interim Project Manager "Factory - Museum"
Märklin GmbH
- Strategic realignment and redesign of the museum and factory outlet
- Developed a 3-year action plan for revenue & visitor numbers, marketing activities, and exhibition and event planning
- Performed staff evaluations and training and development
- Optimized costs and product assortment
- Promoted collaboration with the city and retailers
- Redesigned the point-of-sale area and museum
- Worked closely with the board and owners
- Planned and implemented sales, event, and marketing activities
- Optimized internal and external processes
- Responsible for revenue and earnings
- Purchasing
- First management level
- Managed 24 employees
Interim Project Manager - Projects "American Diner" & "Toy and Model Shop"
Business Group from Lower Saxony
Project "American Diner" - Hospitality:
- Planned a special and unique American diner
- Provided end-to-end project support until opening
- Provided support in the post-opening phase
- Executed the project from the "first idea" through planning and active implementation
- Negotiated with authorities and suppliers
- Designed and implemented marketing activities
- Planned and executed events
- Recruited, onboarded, and trained staff
- Defined internal and external processes
- Responsible for budget
- Implemented and lived the guiding principle: "only fresh products - organic - local" - "slow food not fast food!"
- Responsible for acquiring real estate and inventory
- Managed 20 employees
- First management level
Project "Toy and Model Shop":
- Restructured the sales organization
- Provided sales strategy consulting including active implementation
- Designed and implemented marketing activities
- Event management
- Redesigned the website and online shop
- Managed purchasing and supplier optimization
- Renovated store and warehouse
- Trained and developed staff
- Implemented an inventory management system
- Adjusted product assortment
- Responsible for revenue and earnings
- Managed 15 employees
- First management level
These projects were part of a business group and ran simultaneously.
Sales Manager for Office Supplies Industry
STANGER Produktions- und Vertriebs GmbH
- Built and restructured the sales and distribution organization
- Led the inside and outside sales teams
- Managed key account customers
- Acquired new B2B customers and purchasing associations
- Conducted negotiations on terms, listings, promotions, and annual agreements
- Designed and implemented marketing activities aimed at improving market penetration
- Managed 18 employees
- Second management level
Interim Managing Director
Fundag Solar Süd
- Managed 15 employees
Key Account Manager and Sales Manager South
Solarhybrid AG
- Revenue responsibility: €20M
- Staff responsibility: 15 employees
Sales Manager for the South-West Region
Solar Energie Süd GmbH
- Restructuring the sales and distribution organization
- Building and leading the sales structure
- Hiring and training employees (including sales agents)
- Staff responsibility: 35 employees
Independent merchant
Tabakhaus Roese
Sales Director D-A-CH
Ernst Paul Lehmann Patentwerk OHG
- Restructuring the sales and distribution organization
- Building and leading the sales structure
- Sales management and controlling
- Recruiting and development including training and employee coaching
- Revenue and profitability planning
Key Account Manager
Mattel Toys GmbH
- Managing key accounts and central offices
Field Sales & Key Account Manager
LEGO GmbH
- Managing regional and key account customers
Store Manager
Coop Südniedersachsen Konsumgenossenschaft e.G.
- Managed a grocery store with 30 employees
Apprenticeship as a Grocer
Coop Südniedersachsen Konsumgenossenschaft e.G.
- Completed apprenticeship as a Grocer
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Experienced in Manufacturing, Retail, Energy, Information Technology, Utilities, and Food and Beverage.
Business Area Experience
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Experienced in Sales, Project Management, Marketing, Human Resources, Operations, and Strategy.
Skills
Agile Methods & Agile Context
- Conditions Of The Vuca World
- Change
- Fundamental Principles Of Agile Corporate Cultures
- Interaction Of Agile Methods
- Agile Project Management
- Iterative Implementation & Execution
Agile Project Management
- Fundamentals Of Agile Project Management
- Working Agile In A Non-agile Environment
- Scrum
- Scrum Master
- Product Owner
- Sprint Planning
- Kanban
- Objectives & Key Results (Okr Method)
- Vision, Mission & Values
Design Thinking
- Customer Problems & Innovation
- Customer Centricity
- Design Thinking Challenge
- User Research
- Interviews
- Insights & Synthesis
- Personas
- Ideation
- Idea Selection & Evaluation
- Prototyping
- Usability Testing
- Feedback & Reflection Tools
Business Model
- Business Model Design
- Business Model Canvas
- Business Model Analysis
- Business Model Innovation
- Business Model Generation
- St. Gallen Business Model Navigator
- Value Proposition
- Blue Ocean Strategy
- Pest(el) & Swot Analysis
Culture & Mindset
- Values & Principles Of The Agile Work Environment
- Customer Centricity
- Attitude & Behavior
- Startup Culture
- Fail Fast And Learn
- Agile Manifesto
- Feedback Culture
- Ambidexterity
- Exploitation Vs. Exploration
- Willingness To Change
Lean Startup
- Continuous Learning & Iterative Product Improvements
- Build-measure-learn Cycle
- Prototyping
- Minimal Viable Product (Mvp)
- Problem-solution Fit
- Product-market Fit
- Lean Canvas
- Validation Board
- Evaluation Criteria
- Scaling
- Validation & Processing Of Learnings
- Quantitative & Qualitative Test Methods
- Pirate Metrics
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