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Is your margin shrinking, liquidity tight, or turnaround stalling? I help owners, managing directors, and investors of industrial and mid-sized companies become profitable again: structured diagnosis, clear priorities, implementation to results.
FOCUS AREAS:
- Turnaround diagnosis and restructuring in crisis situations
- Pricing and Commercial Excellence (price architecture, conditions, sales management)
- Cost-Out and structural cost reduction
- CEO Office Execution and Interim Transformation Mandates
SUCCESS EXAMPLE:
Three years as Transformation Lead in the CEO Office of Synthesa Chemie (DAW Group, approx. 770 employees, approx. EUR 155 million in revenue): turned EBIT by EUR 7.4 million, from loss to profit, with a 18 percent decrease in revenue and without an investment budget. EBT margin from 1.3 to 8.9 percent. Price condition complexity reduced by approx. 68 percent (Simon-Kucher-supported program), structural costs reduced by approx. 17 percent, sales territories realigned (approx. 10 percent fewer headcount with higher productivity).
BACKGROUND:
- 14 years of professional experience in transformation, consulting, and project management
- INSEAD Global Executive MBA (Private Equity, M&A, Corporate Turnarounds)
- Ex-Ernst & Young Advisory
PROJECT TYPES:
Crisis Diagnosis (1 to 2 weeks) | Turnaround Sprint (4 to 6 weeks) | Transformation and Interim Mandates (3 to 6 months)
Available in DACH, on-site or hybrid | German and English
German
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
Arabic
Basic
Can work on-site
Linz (up to 50km)
Experience
- GETZINGER & PARTNERS GMBHManaging PartnerDecember 2025 - Today (8 months)Linz, AustriaIndependent consulting practice for turnaround and commercial value creation in the industrial mid-market (DACH): margin and pricing analysis, turnaround diagnosis, cost-out, and CEO office execution for owners, managing directors, and investors.- Structured turnaround sprints (4 to 6 weeks) as an alternative to classic consulting mandates of 3 to 6 months: diagnosis, action plan, and start of implementation with clear responsibility for results.- Service portfolio: crisis diagnosis, pricing and conditions architecture, restructuring and structural cost reduction, sales management, interim transformation mandates.- Flexible models: daily rate, project price, or performance-based components.
- SYNTHESA CHEMIE GMBH (DAW GROUP)Transformation Lead, CEO OfficeCHEMICALNovember 2021 - December 2024 (3 years and 1 month)Perg, OO, AustriaDirect Report to the CEO and Transformation Lead at Synthesha Chemie (DAW Group), Austria's leading manufacturer of paints, plasters, and insulation systems (approx. EUR 155 million in revenue, approx. 770 employees), during a structural market contraction in the European construction sector.- Turnaround: EBIT turned by EUR 7.4 million, from minus EUR 1.8 to plus EUR 5.6 million, with a 18 percent decrease in revenue and without an investment budget; EBT margin from 1.3 to 8.9 percent.- Pricing: Co-developed price cluster architecture in the Simon-Kucher-supported pricing program; price condition complexity reduced by approx. 68 percent, established a rule-based and transparent pricing system.- Sales: Sales territories and coverage data-based realigned (customer potential model); sales headcount reduced by approx. 10 percent with higher per-capita productivity.- Costs: Structural costs reduced by approx. 17 percent, despite wage inflation.- Organization: Developed board business case for the legal separation of production and sales (potential approx. EUR 5 million EBT p.a.) and drove it to the board decision.
- ERNST & YOUNG (EY)Senior Consultant, AdvisoryCONSULTING AND AUDITSMarch 2019 - February 2021 (1 year and 11 months)Wien, AustriaSenior Consultant in EY Advisory (Performance Improvement) for corporate and public sector clients in Germany, Austria, and the Netherlands.- Transformation Recovery: Took over several stalled programs and workstreams, diagnosed root causes, re-established them, and got them back on track within 6 to 12 weeks; restored governance and stakeholder trust.- Solution Design and Vendor Evaluation including Proof of Concept for a defense electronics client.- Executive-Level Client Management: Solution design, business development, and presentations up to board level.
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Education
- Global Executive MBAINSEAD2025Schwerpunkte: Private Equity, M&A, Corporate Turnarounds
- Summer SchoolLONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS (LSE)Corporate Strategy; Business Analysis & Valuation