
“YOU CANNOT OUTSOURCE DECISIONS. BUT YOU CAN PREPARE THEM OPTIMALLY.”
Leadership
Interim-Management
Consulting
Mergers & Acquisition
Information technology
Telecommunications
Cloud
PROFILE

My core competencies lie in the strategic realignment, restructuring and management of companies in the technology sector, with a particular focus on IT, cloud and BPO services. I have a very successful career in various management roles, ranging from C-level IT management positions at leading financial and logistics companies to the general management of European IT and service companies with more than 2,000 employees and over Euro 300 million in sales for an S+P 500 IT service provider.
In more than 25 years as a general manager, I have designed and developed a number of products, before guiding them to sustained national and international success. The centre of my focus has always been the long-term strategic and economic perspective for the companies and their employees. Maximum marketability, in conjunction with innovative and successful sales, has been the basis for above-average growth and exceptional profitability.
Beyond my skills as a general manager, I have always tried to identify, utilise and characterise future trends early on. In 2009, on the basis of resulting publications, I was appointed as a visiting professor for leadership and communication at the Berlin University of the Arts.
PROF. ANDREAS KIEFER
COMPETENCIES
MANAGEMENT
• Holistic management of companies, including full P+L responsibility
• Establishment and management of companies in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Poland, Spain and Italy
• Management of more than 2,000 employees in the above-mentioned countries with a sales volume of over Euro 300 million
• Experience in dealing with matrix organisations
• Long-term, successful handling of group structures and international reporting with up to Euro 1 billion budget responsibility
• Finance management & controlling
• Development, implementation and enforcement of corporate strategies
• Identification, establishment and development of new business fields
• Focus on innovation and more profitable growth
• Identification and implementation of M&A projects in Germany, Europe and the USA
• Integration and management of SMEs within global corporate structures
PROCESS MANAGEMENT & ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
• Strategic transformation of business units
• Implementation of labour law measures involving the works council and workforce in many European countries
• Communication and successful implementation of change programmes
• Enhancing employee skills through training, design innovation and motivation to accept new challenges
• Creating a trustful working environment for the successful achievement of objectives
SALES & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
• Efficient focus on a successful “go to market”
• Definition and implementation of product and sales strategies, including via sales channels
• Development and management of international and intercultural sales teams
• Establishing and maintaining sustainable customer relationships
• Contract negotiation and conclusion
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
• Personnel development and innovative personnel management
• Promotion of leadership and communication competence
• Innovative programmes for personnel recruitment and retention
• Early detection and promotion of talent
• Building the leadership of international and multicultural teams
• Negotiating with national and international workers’ representatives
CURRICULUM VITAE

CONTACT
An der Hauptwache 11 // 60313 Frankfurt am Main
Tel: +49 (0)69. 48068692 // Mobil: +49 (0)151. 40106144
Mail: andreas.kiefer(at)gmx.eu