Interim Manager in Hanover

• Ramp-up management: stabilize launches - whether a new product, a new production line, or a series ramp-up - until the processes run reliably
• Production management and process optimization: improve lead times, inventory, and delivery reliability in a lasting way with value stream analysis and continuous improvement
• Solve process and quality issues at the root cause instead of fighting symptoms
• Anchor Lean and shopfloor management in day-to-day work with the leadership team
• Change management and stakeholder management: guide leaders and teams through change and involve the wider environment

As Interim Managing Director, I led the company out of insolvency, restructured it, and made it profitable.

• Report to the head of accounting/finance/controlling and handle ad hoc requirements from all accounting and finance departments in SAP 4, including advance payments, payment plans, master data updates, and intercompany reconciliation
• Manage payment regulators such as Nordwest and Eurobaustoff & EDE reconciliation, AVIS reconciliation, travel expense approvals and reconciliation with credit card statements, factoring reconciliation, payment blocks, etc.
• Support the annual audit and insolvency reporting

• Preparing tender documents
• Managing various specialist departments and suppliers
• Successfully conducting the tender
• Preparing decision documents for multi-stage decision-making committees
• Providing advisory support to the Program Management Team
• Program controlling

Development of a global standard for the inspection process, training and enabling of the deployed employees, analysis of and advice on individual case decisions

The aspects listed here outline the different roles and activities that I have taken on or am currently taking on in my work in sustainability management for companies across a wide range of industries:

• External sustainability manager role
• Training and workshops for (international) teams on sustainability topics
• Responsibility for building CSRD reporting structures
• Responsibility for building CBAM reporting structures
• Responsibility for implementing a LkSG risk management system
• Responsibility for implementing an EUTR/EUDR risk management system
• Implementation and operation of compliance reporting systems
• Preparation of greenhouse gas inventories according to international standards
• Monitoring political and regulatory sustainability-related developments
• Support with funding controlling and grant applications

Through my work, I have gained experience in companies from a wide range of industries. My clients include, for example:

• international corporate group in the clothing industry
• securing funding and implementing international projects
• group company in the automotive sector
• family-run group of companies in the tobacco goods sector
• owner-managed company in the food sector
• internationally active laboratory group
• family-run group of companies in the special items sector
• family-run company in the food sector
• group of companies in the retail sector
• IT services with a focus on the public sector

Expertise in sustainability reporting (especially CSRD):

• main focus of work since the end of 2023
• identification of the regulatory sustainability-related requirements for sustainability reporting
• development of a concept / project roadmap for setting up and implementing compliant sustainability reporting
• coordination and implementation of the materiality analysis in line with ESRS
• coordination and implementation of the stakeholder dialogue incl. development of a materiality questionnaire
• identification of material ESRS topic areas and derivation of the relevant reportable data points
• coordination of data collection and preparation
• ensuring compliant documentation of all relevant process steps
• coordination with audit firms
• management of cross-departmental teams for data collection and management

Expertise in sustainability ratings (especially Ecovadis):

• assessment of the status quo
• derivation of improvement areas to achieve the desired rating result
• identification of company-specific thematic rating priorities
• development of a concept for preparing and carrying out the sustainability rating
• preparation of new documents to meet the rating requirements, e.g. in the areas of policies and reporting
• coordination of data collection and preparation as well as measures in the defined improvement areas
• management of cross-departmental teams to implement the requirements
• carrying out the questionnaire-based rating

Expertise in deforestation-free supply chains (EUTR and EUDR):

• identification of the company-specific regulatory sustainability-related requirements of EUTR & EUDR
• development of a concept / project roadmap for setting up and implementing compliant risk management structures
• coordination and implementation of supplier data requests
• development of supplier templates for data collection
• development of the due diligence regulation
• support in carrying out official notifications
• coordination of the risk management system
• preparation and support for an official audit
• management of cross-departmental teams to implement the requirements
• early identification of further regulatory requirements under EUDR
• handling official communication (e.g. to clarify regulatory uncertainties)

Expertise in the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM):

• identification of the company-specific regulatory sustainability-related requirements of CBAM
• development of a concept / project roadmap for setting up and implementing compliant reporting structures
• coordination and implementation of supplier data requests
• development of supplier templates for data collection
• development of data collection and preparation structures to determine GHG emissions
• registration in the CBAM register and takeover of CBAM reporting
• early identification of further regulatory requirements of CBAM

Expertise in the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act:

• identification of the regulatory sustainability-related requirements of the LkSG
• development of a concept / project roadmap for implementing compliant risk management structures
• coordination and implementation of the risk analysis
• development of prioritization mechanisms to derive risk mitigation and remedial measures
• monitoring of initiated measures with risk suppliers
• development of a Supplier Code of Conduct and a rollout process
• development of a policy statement on human rights and a human rights strategy statement
• implementation and operation of LkSG whistleblowing procedures
• interface and coordination of internal departments and external contacts in operating the LkSG risk management system

Further expertise in sustainability management:

• carrying out opportunity and risk analyses
• defining sustainability strategies
• defining climate targets in line with the SBTi
• answering sustainability-related customer requests
• support in the sustainability-related optimization of existing processes (e.g. operation of the EnMS according to ISO 50001, carrying out audits)
• support in expanding renewable energy in the photovoltaic area
• setup and operation of compliance reporting systems
• preparation of greenhouse gas inventories for Scope 1, 2 and 3 according to the GHG Protocol Corporate Standard, GHG Protocol Product Carbon Footprint and ISO 14064 as well as product-specific CO2 inventories
• management of cross-departmental teams to implement sustainability-related requirements