Taking responsibility.
Developing structures.
Delivering results.

Starting point

Establishing my own automotive technology business with overall technical and commercial responsibility.

Responsibility

• Technical and commercial business management
• Customer acquisition and customer service
• Costing, preparing quotations and invoicing
• Business administration

Implementation

Systematic diagnosis and repair of electrical, mechanical, hydraulic and pneumatic vehicle systems, connecting technical practice with customer and business processes.

Outcome

More than a decade of independent entrepreneurial activity. Alongside this, I completed my German Diplom in Industrial Engineering (FH), financing my studies through my own professional work.

Starting point

My Diplom thesis led to a concrete business start-up concept for a vehicle inspection engineering practice, including market, risk, profitability and financing plans.

Responsibility

Developing and validating the business model, preparing the business plan, and establishing and developing an independent engineering practice.

Implementation

Expanding the work to include technical projects and management consulting, particularly in automotive technology, production process optimisation, risk management and quality management.

Outcome

The business plan received an explicitly positive external assessment. The academically developed business idea became a long-term platform for technical, commercial and consulting project work.

Starting point

A company with around 35 employees required preventive restructuring and a strategic refocus on specialist concrete repair.

Responsibility

Developing the commercial and strategic foundations for restructuring, financing, market positioning and future business management.

Implementation

• Revenue, liquidity, profitability and financing planning
• Developing a marketing concept
• Assessing funding and financing instruments
• Preparing financial projections for financing discussions
• Supporting discussions with financing partners, creditors and tax advisers
• Developing a risk management system for business management

Outcome

The concept provided the foundation for successful preventive restructuring and the structured development of the company.

Starting point

The company faced strategic questions about site development, new business activities, investment and risk management.

Responsibility

Developing a structured basis for decisions on location, business development, investment planning and risk management.

Implementation

• Location analysis in the Euskirchen/Cologne area
• Developing new business activities
• Planning capital requirements for machinery and the vehicle fleet
• Risk analysis and risk aggregation
• Developing a risk management and performance indicator system

Outcome

The project produced a sound basis for decisions on investment, business development and risk management. It also improved transparency regarding capital requirements, risks and relevant management indicators.