Marcus Neudel

Efficiency Improvement & IM Sales, BU, Site

Practical consulting and management experience

Marcus Neudel is Managing Partner of NMC, Interim Manager Sales, Transformation and Site Management as well as Project Manager for Efficiency Enhancement, Organizational Structure and Transformation Projects. He has over 27 years of experience as a management consultant and managing director and led the People Organization Performance Practice in Germany, Austria and Switzerland at a Tier 1 management consulting firm.

Specialties

Marcus Neudel led an acquisition as interim CEO after successful PMI and was site manager and project manager for a large number of cost reduction and efficiency enhancement projects at medium-sized market leaders in Europe. He has also led performance improvement, turnaround and transformation projects for companies in the renewable energy, automotive, aerostructure, retail and FMCG industries, as well as mechanical and plant engineering. In doing so, he led sales, corporate development and operations departments as well as a large number of PMOs, evaluated eTWC optimization, OPEX savings, EBITDA improvements and PMI synergy potentials and ensured their implementation.

His areas of expertise include efficiency improvement, PMI, cost reduction, sales globalization & regionalization, restructuring, turnaround management, transformation, organizational & governance design, and sales/KAM effectiveness.

VIA

Prior to joining NMC, Marcus Neudel worked as a partner and practice head at Oliver Wyman, as general manager for the Kirch Group and ProSiebenSat.1Media, and for Roland Berger Strategy Consultants. He has passed a magna cum laude exam as Dipl.-Kfm. from the Friedrich Alexander University, Erlangen-Nuremberg. He speaks native German, fluent English and good French.

Sarah Miebach

People Organisation Performance & IM HR

Practical consulting and management experience

Sarah Miebach is Project Manager and Interim Manager Human Resources at NMC with a focus on Transformation, Organizational Effectiveness, Organizational and Governance Design, PMI and Business Coaching. She has over 15 years of experience as a management consultant in Germany and globally.

Specialties

Sarah Miebach has successfully implemented transformation, reorganization, governance and PMI projects as Project and PMO Manager as well as IM HR. She is an expert in successfully balancing and developing effective team environments for cross-functional work, process-based organizations, and modern intergenerational leadership structures. Her certifications as a business coach and resilience trainer support the work of our clients in the day-to-day business in a very positive way.

Her areas of expertise include PMO, TMO, PMI, People & Organization Performance, HR process and structure implementation as well as governance and leadership structure optimization (SoC, individual and collective target setting).

VIA

Prior to joining NMC, Sarah Miebach worked as a project manager at Oliver Wyman and completed a Bachelor of Science in Economics at Goethe University in Frankfurt and a Master of Letters in International Business at the University of St Andrews in Scotland. She is a certified business coach and resilience trainer and speaks German native and English fluently.

Björn Maul

Cost Reduction & IM Transformation

Practical consulting and management experience

Bjoern Maul is a project manager and IM Transformation at NMC. He is an expert in efficiency improvement, cost reduction and operations improvement, as well as transformation and turnaround management with over 26 years of experience as a management consultant and executive. He led the European Aviation Practice at a Tier 1 management consultancy and worked as an executive at two aviation companies in Germany and Switzerland.

Specialties

As a strategic thinker and entrepreneur in the areas of efficiency improvement, cost reduction and operations improvement with a strong focus on results, Björn Maul works with customers both at “board level” and in the “engine room”. He is an experienced team player and designer. As a leader, he has an excellent track record of managing large projects, achieving outstanding results, and effective implementation in challenging project environments.

Bjoern Maul has a strong functional expertise and additional experience in strategic corporate development, programs to improve results (top line and costs), business transformation including digitalization, business and action planning, operational excellence, cooperation and ecosystem management as well as PMI.

VIA

Prior to joining NMC, Björn Maul worked as a partner at Oliver Wyman and Roland Berger Strategy Consulting, as well as at Lufthansa and Swiss. He holds a Master’s degree in Transport & Logistics and Operations Research, Business Administration and General Management from Goethe University in Frankfurt with magna laude. Prior to that, he completed an apprenticeship as an aviation clerk at the Lufthansa Group.

Bjoern Maul is a native speaker of German, fluent in German and Spanish.

Michael Jürgs

Finance, Controlling, Compliance & IM Finance

Practical consulting and management experience

Michael Jürgs is Project manager and Interim Manager Finance at NMC. He is an expert in controlling and finance, cash management, investor and management reporting, project management, restructuring and compliance management. He has over 32 years of experience as CFO, Commercial Director, Head of Controlling and Finance/Accounting as well as Compliance Officer. He has extensive project expertise and experience in finance and controlling and profit improvement programs.

Specialties

Michael Jürgs was project manager and interim CFO of a large number of medium-sized market leaders in Germany and also led earnings improvement projects for companies in the mechanical engineering, automotive, textile and food industries as well as in the trade fair industry. In doing so, he managed finance, controlling, accounting, compliance and reporting departments, evaluated efficiency, synergy and risk potentials and supported their implementation.

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Before joining NMC, Michael Jürgs was over 20 years project manager and worked for ten years as Interim Manager Finance (CFO), Commercial Director, Head of Finance and Accounting and Compliance Officer at Phoenix AG and the CBR Fashion Group. He holds an industrial engineering degree from the Schleswig-Holstein Business Academy in Elmshorn and is German “Industriekaufmann”. He speaks native German and fluent English and has extensive knowledge of SAP R3, Lucanet and Refa.

Anna Faynberg

Process Optimization, PMO & IM IT

Practical consulting and management experience

Anna Faynberg is project manager and IM IT at NMC and has been advising medium-sized and DAX companies in the financial services sector and in various industries for over 15 years. As an agile project manager, she has led large IT transformation projects and cross-functional teams and the PMO on projects related to process optimization, organizational transformation, and IT integration.

Specialties

Anna Faynberg’s focus is on project management, accompanying quality assurance for major transformation projects, organizational development, governance, process and resource management. She has made a name for herself as the PMO lead for cross-functional transformation projects at the interface between IT, business units, process owners and organizational development.

Her areas of expertise lie in large-scale transformation programs with IT and process optimization and PMO.

VIA

Prior to joining NMC, Anna Faynberg worked as a Project Manager at Oliver Wyman and KPMG. She completed her bachelor’s degree in economics at the University of Mainz as the top of her class and her master’s degree at Goethe University Frankfurt in the top 5%. She is fluent in German, English and Russian.

Wolfgang Stöckert

Cost Efficiency, Restructuring & IM Operations

Practical consulting and management experience

Wolfgang Stöckert is a project manager and IM Operations at NMC. He is a production and logistics expert, with over 35 years of experience as a management consultant and managing director. Together with others, he built up the automotive practice at a Tier 1 management consulting firm in Germany.

Specialties

Wolfgang Stöckert’s industrial focus is on the automotive sector – both OEM and suppliers – business, mechanical and plant engineering, logistics and technical trade.

In these areas, he has worked on a wide range of topics, including operational excellence, transformation and organizational tasks, due diligence, restructuring and reorganization.

VIA

Wolfgang Stöckert was Principal at Mercer Management Consulting (now Oliver Wyman), Member of the Executive Board of RölfsPartner Management Consultants, Düsseldorf and also worked for Roland Berger Strategy Consultants. He graduated from the University of Applied Sciences Munich as Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Mechanical Engineering and Dipl.-Industrial Engineer (FH). He speaks German native and fluent English.

Kevan Jones

Transformation, Cultural Change & IM R&D

Practical consulting and management experience

Kevan Jones is an expert in leadership development and cultural change, has over 30 years of experience as a partner, management consultant and managing director at Tier 1 consulting firms, and led the Global Practice for Leadership Development and Cultural Change.

Specialties

Kevan Jones works with supervisory boards, boards and executives in large change and cultural change programs, supports leadership development programs and executive coaching with the aim of helping executives to perform better through new behaviors.

His industry focuses on energy suppliers, renewable energies and financial services.

VIA

Prior to joining NMC, Kevan Jones worked as a partner and practice leader at Oliver Wyman and as a founder and managing director for Corven Consulting in London. He holds a first class honours degree as a graduate mathematician from the University of South Wales, is an accredited business coach (Worldwide Association of Business Coaches) and a member of the RSA (The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce).

Michaela Trinks

Operation Due Dilligence and Organisation Audit

Practical consulting and management experience

Michaela Trinks is a project manager at NMC and has gained extensive experience in strategy and transformation projects in the FMCG sector over the past six years. She has gained her project experience mainly in intercultural teams in England, China and Europe.

Specialties

Michaela Trinks has developed her high flexibility and adaptability during many years of stays abroad and contributed to the application of high-ranking projects, including the development of new sustainability concepts.

Her areas of expertise are data analysis and execution of Operation Due Diligence and Target Operating Model (TOM) appraisals in collaboration with board members and executives.

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Before joining NMC, Michaela Trinks received her training abroad, including Ireland and the Netherlands, and for one year led the national innovation competition of the city of Rotterdam. She holds a Master’s degree from Imperial College London in Economics and Strategy and she has led the national innovation competition of the city of Rotterdam and strategy projects in the FMCG industry. She is a German native speaker and fluent in English.

Roland Gieske

Leadership, Change Management & IM HR

Practical consulting and management experience

Roland Gieske is a project manager and IM HR at NMC. He is a change and leadership expert as well as a business coach and has over 30 years of professional experience as a management consultant and managing director.

Specialties

Roland Gieske works with CEOs, boards, supervisory boards and executives to carry out major change and transformation projects. Furthermore, he has been working as a business coach and trainer of executives for over 15 years.

His areas of expertise include change management, leadership programs, organizational design, restructuring, and strategy.

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Before joining NMC, Roland Gieske worked as Managing Partner at MERCER Delta and later Oliver Wyman, as Strategy Partner at Andersen Consulting / Accenture, as Founder & Managing Partner of ICEBERG Consulting and as Founder and Managing Partner at Moving Minds. He holds a degree in computer science and mathematics from the Technical University of Berlin. He speaks German native speaker, fluent English and good French.

Günter Nolte

Supply Chain Management & IM Logistics

Practical consulting and management experience

Günter Nolte is a project manager and IM Logistics at NMC. He is a supply chain expert and has over 30 years of experience as a management consultant and managing director in logistics and warehousing, leading supply chain recovery task forces and optimization projects in Germany, Austria and Switzerland as well as in the USA, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Australia and Eastern Europe.

Specialties

Günter Nolte works with purchasing managers, SCM managers, project managers, board members and managing directors, but also with warehouse staff and logistics specialists in order to overcome shortages and material shortages and to optimize the supply chain. He is a proven project and process manager.

His areas of expertise include Supply Chain Recovery Task Forces, Purchasing, Inventory Turnover and Logistics Optimization and Planning, Strategic and Operational Intralogistics, Container Management, Warehouse Management and Planning, Process Optimization, IT Integration, Software Development as well as Site Setup and Relocation and Commissioning Management. His industrial focus is on automotive, chamie and pharmaceuticals, food industry, plant engineering, aerospace and trade.

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Before joining NMC, Günter Nolte worked as a systems consultant at Siemens and Compac, as head of automation technology at SCS Scientific Control Systems and as managing director at a logistics consultancy. He holds a magna cum laude diploma in mathematics from the Ruhr University, Bochum and speaks German natively, fluent English and fluent French.