Functional Skills

Product Strategy
Market Research
Go-to-market Strategy
Sales Force Effectiveness
CRM Selection / Implementation
Customer Segmentation
Manufacturing Improvements
Industry Expertise
Voice of the Customer
Marketing Strategy

Software Skills

Qualtrics
SurveyMonkey
Content Management Systems (CMS)
Data visualization
Google Analytics
Hotjar
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft Word
Smartsheet

Sector Experience

Industrials
Manufacturing

Languages

English
German

Experience

Panta, LLC Management Consulting
Owner
1/2016 - Present
My passion: understanding customer journeys, buyer journeys, product journeys and creating unique insights by carefully observing behavior.

- Qualitative and quantitative customer research (NPS, journey mapping)
- CRM Selection and Adoption,
- Sales Performance and Sales Efficiency Improvement

Lennox International Marketing
Head of Marketing
1/2020 - 5/2021
- Extensive market research projects (VOC) to better understand why customers buy/ prefer the brand and how product and offering compares to all major competitors
- Redefined value proposition and clearly separated strategy and tactics tailored to the distinctly different target audiences.
• Stopped multi-year $MM IT project and replaced it with a more agile approach, with smaller, more flexible tools, use SaaS instead of on-premise,

Festool USA Marketing
VP of Marketing North America
8/2018 - 8/2019
• Designed and executed a new road show concept focused on dealer activation, student and educator training, and ‘Open House‘-events for intense customer engagement and optimized PR exposure in 30+ Metro areas across North America, generating Millions of TPs
• Marketing Automation and launched NPS survey to 250k+ contacts to turn loyalty into revenue and prevent churn
• Revised approach to (traditional) print media, print collateral, implemented a ‘mobile first’

Mondi Bags North America Marketing
Director, Marketing and Business Development
3/2016 - 6/2017
Working across North America with 10 operating plants, 3 Regional Sales Directors, 20+ Sales Executives, 400 Million USD

- Lead Generation, CRM, Pipeline Management, Web content, Marketing Automation, and Sales Enablement
- Customer Satisfaction Surveys, Market Segmentation, Trade Shows, PR, Corporate Identity

WIKA Marketing
Director Product Marketing
7/2007 - 12/2015
Global director of Marketing for Electronic Sensors with ownership of the Global Product Portfolio and Marketing Mix (4P), by transforming a team of product managers at HQs in Germany and provide direction to over 40 product managers worldwide at subsidiary level.