Career CV

Career record in modern reverse-chronological form.

A career path across business responsibility, digital business, e-commerce, and international collaboration.

This page presents the formal CV layer in English: roles, dates, organisations, locations, and selected responsibilities and results.

01

Professional Experience

Career development across business, digital work, and people leadership.

Grouped by employer and ordered in modern reverse-chronological format.

2016 - Present

Philips

Healthcare & Consumer Electronics

Jan 2021 - Present

Direct-to-Business (D2B) Leader, Personal Health, Western Europe

Philips Consumer Lifestyle B.V. | Amsterdam, Netherlands

Lead the D2B Personal Health business in Western Europe with 7 direct reports and responsibility for the core regular-customer channel.

Built and deployed the D2B go-to-market model from a 100-customer pilot to a full rollout serving more than 3,000 B2B customers.

Redesigned the strategy beyond the traditional customer segment and implemented a new organisational setup that increased sales from EUR 15m to EUR 50m within 24 months.

Directed business operations through KPI-led daily management and structured problem solving across the value chain.

Jan 2018 - Dec 2020

Direct-to-Consumer (D2C) Manager DACH

Philips GmbH | Hamburg, Germany

Led commercial performance and user-experience development for the Philips D2C channel in DACH, managing a team of 3.

Delivered triple-digit sales growth for three consecutive years, increasing the cluster from EUR 7m to EUR 42m and making it one of Philips' strongest D2C markets globally.

Led the RFP process for the DACH Philips Consumer Online Shop together with procurement, evaluating agencies including Arvato, Astound, and Hatraco.

Managed a EUR 12m advertising and promotion budget and defined activation strategies for major campaigns including Black Friday and Christmas.

Apr 2016 - Dec 2017

E-Trade Marketing Manager DACH

Philips GmbH | Hamburg, Germany

Restructured the E-Trade department for Philips DACH, defining team structure, role profiles, and KPI frameworks to improve performance.

Worked closely with major key accounts including Amazon, MediaMarkt, Saturn, OTTO, Expert, dm, and Rossmann to plan and execute shopper activation programmes.

Developed content and campaign strategies on retailer platforms and acted as an e-commerce sparring partner to strengthen key account execution.

2009 - 2016

Tetenal Europe

Chemicals and Hardware for Imaging Technologies

Jan 2013 - Mar 2016

Business Unit Manager, Authorized Signatory (Prokurist)

Tetenal Europe GmbH | Norderstedt, Germany

Held full P&L responsibility for a company subsidiary and led a cross-functional team of 10 across sales, marketing, production, and product development.

Launched the photobook brand Silverbook across multiple European markets, driving expansion and market entry.

Shifted the business from traditional sales toward e-commerce by developing online shops in collaboration with internal IT and external agencies.

Built a digital activation strategy focused on content marketing and key opinion leader engagement.

Jul 2009 - Dec 2012

Product Manager

Tetenal Europe GmbH | Norderstedt, Germany

Managed the product life cycle for owned brands, adapting portfolios to market developments and complex customer requirements.

Worked directly with key accounts, sold investment goods, and conducted annual business reviews with major customers.

Owned product positioning, pricing, and competitive analysis.

Coordinated cross-functional teams in sales, marketing, and production to improve launches and product development execution.

02

Academic Engagement

Teaching experience alongside the main career track.

Included because it adds an academic dimension and shows experience in structuring and explaining e-commerce topics.

Feb 2019 - Apr 2022

Lecturer for E-Commerce

NORDAKADEMIE University | Elmshorn, Germany

Led the elective course in e-commerce for bachelor students in Business Administration and Business Informatics.

Authored evaluations and determined final grades for bachelor theses, supporting academic quality and student progression.

03

Education

Academic and vocational background.

Presented in reverse-chronological order, with the strongest relevance retained and the phrasing adjusted to current English CV conventions.

Sep 2016 - Apr 2019

Master of Science (M.Sc.), Marketing & Communication

FOM University of Applied Sciences for Economics and Management | Hamburg, Germany

Master's thesis: empirical quantitative research on factors influencing impulse buying behaviour in the German B2C e-commerce market.

Final grade: A (1.1)

Jan 2009 - Aug 2015

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Business Administration

HFH Hamburg - University of Applied Sciences | Hamburg, Germany

Major focus: Marketing & Sales.

Final grade: Good (1.7)

Aug 2007 - Jun 2009

Apprenticeship in Industrial Management

Tetenal AG & Co. KG | Norderstedt, Germany

Commercial foundation through vocational training in industrial trade.

04

Early Experience

Included for completeness and kept intentionally compact.

At senior level, early roles should not dominate the document. They remain visible here as part of the full chronology.

Aug 2006 - Apr 2007

Community Service

Pflege Diakonie gGmbH | Neumuenster, Germany

Supported mentally and physically disabled children in a day-care setting.

Feb 2005

Internship

Johnson & Johnson Medical GmbH | Norderstedt, Germany

Worked across Human Resources and the European Surgical Institute (ESI).