Profile
Dipl.-Oec. Michael Kroeker is a business economist with many years of experience in financing, M&A and post-merger integration as well as in the commercial management of mid-sized industrial companies. He combines financial depth with entrepreneurial pragmatism.
Areas of focus
- Commercial management and controlling
- Structured finance and investor negotiations
- M&A support and transaction management
- Post-merger integration and realisation of synergies
Experience
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DrW-Management – Interim Management and Consulting Interim Managing Director · CEO · CFO · CRO · Automotive · Supplier industry · Machinery & plant engineering Focus: automotive, private equity, turnaround management.
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Automotive supplier (holding company) Managing Director / Group CFO Group CFO and commercial managing director of the holding company of an automotive supplier group (engine, transmission and chassis components), approx. €300 million revenue, approx. 1,700 employees with manufacturing subsidiaries in Germany, Spain (3×), Romania, the USA (2×) and China.
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Automotive supplier Managing Director, Co-CEO and Group CFO Successfully averted the threat of insolvency, restructuring and repositioning, acquisition of profitable new orders (Porsche, BMW, Audi …), M&A with the successful sale of the company to a Chinese competitor.
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Machinery and plant engineering CEO (BU Industrial Services) Strategic realignment of the group towards product-lifecycle business models. Decentralisation of overall entrepreneurial responsibility to the foreign subsidiaries. Development and negotiation of a structured financing. Corporate reorganisation. Search for strategic alliances and diversification opportunities in view of market saturation in the core machinery business.
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Electrical supplier Managing Director and Group CFO Finance, controlling, taxes, treasury, HR, IT (SAP etc.), purchasing & logistics, risk management, facility management. Manufacturing subsidiaries in Germany, the Czech Republic, France, Belgium and China, sales companies in numerous other countries.
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Machinery and plant engineering · Medical technology / pharmaceutical industry Managing Director / CFO Technical, commercial, logistical and cultural post-merger integration of four merged (previously competing) companies in Germany and Slovenia. Turnaround “PUMA productivity offensive” (sales, service, R&D, production, quality, HR). Corporate restructuring.
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Automotive supplier (automotive sub-group) Head of Finance & Administration (authorised signatory) Electrical/electronic components and systems and plastic injection moulding for BMW, Mercedes, VW, GM, Wabco and others, approx. 2,400 employees in Germany, the Czech Republic, Romania, the USA and Mexico.
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Electrical supplier Project Manager Business Process Reengineering / In-house Consulting Company-wide redesign of sales, order processing and logistics processes with the aim of rationalisation, shorter lead times and customer satisfaction. Streamlining of the product, production and programme structure to transform production from a job-shop principle into a flow-oriented product line structure (segmentation of a production plant).
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Electrical group (DAX-listed), BU Communication and Data Technology Head of Sales / Business Administration Worldwide standardisation of quotation preparation, project costing, contract design and project-specific terms (purchase, rental, leasing, service). Sales order processing: analysis, target concept and optimisation of commercial and logistical business processes. Strategy project “external sales partners”. Sales controlling (regions, industries, products, customers, sales channels). Design of a comprehensive system of variable remuneration for managers and sales representatives.
Education
- University degree Dipl.-Oec., Economics / Business Administration and Social Sciences