QUANTUM MANAGEMENT GmbH
Profile

• 14 years line and project experience in the financial area
• Responsibility as finance director in corporate functions and subsidiaries
• Management responsibility for up to 230 people
• Project management with direct responsibility for projects up to 8 million € budget
• Over 14 years of experience in retail, distribution, consumer goods and business services
• International experience: 5 years in Belgium, 7 years in the Netherlands, 1 year in the UK and responsibilities as international project manager
• Integrated European university degree as Diplom-Kaufmann Univ. and European Master of Business Sciences (E.M.B.Sc.)
•Fluent in German and English. Very good French and Spanish language skills
Personal characteristics:
• Target driven
• Analytical
• Implementation focused
• Stress resistant
• Flexible
• Motivated
• Reliable
• Strong communicator
Language skills
• German: Mother tongue
• English: Full professional proficiency
• French: Fluent
• Spanish: Fluent
• Dutch: Basic knowledge
Working Experience
• Independent interim manager since 2014
• Head of European Finance and Accounting - Staples Europe, Amsterdam / NL (€2bn sales; 7,000 FTEs)
• Responsible Program Manager for centralization and outsourcing of the European finance and accounting activities - Staples Europe, Amsterdam / NL (€ 2bn sales; 7,000 FTEs)
• Finance Director Benelux - Staples Office Centre, Almere / NL (€ 285m sales; 1200 employees)
• Project manager for European financial processes and systems - Staples Europe Retail, Brussels / BE (€850m sales, 3,500 FTEs)
• Senior Internal Auditor EMEA - Avnet Inc., Brussels / BE ($23bn sales; 17,000 employees)
• Management consultant - Kurt Salmon Management Consultants - Dusseldorf / DE (30 consultants in Germany, 400 globally)
Education and Qualifications
• Diplom Kaufmann - Otto Friedrich University of Bamberg / Germany (focus areas: Business Management & Controlling, Marketing, Finance, European Affairs)
• European Master of Business Sciences (E.M.B.Sc.) – integrated European university programme with study year at the Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh / UK
• Study term abroad at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid / ES
• Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) – The Institute of Internal Auditors Brussels/BE
