Benedict Welte

Leading the Finance, Operations and Administration organzation at Laser 2000.

Leading the Finance Organisation of Laser 2000 including the areas of Controlling, Accounting and Corporate Finance. Furthermore heading the areas of responsibilities of HR, IT and Web-Development.

- Lead the functional areas of Finance, Purchasing and Export Control - Ensure a long-term financing with banks and mezzanine Partners - Restructuring of the company to restore economic sustainability - Develop a lean and efficient department structure in purchasing - Supervise supplier negotiations to realize savings on a 111 Mio. EUR project - Lead the Microsoft Navision implementation for the area Finance

- Led a team of four people to develop controlling and business knowledge - Acted as contact person for auditors and financing partners - Developed a Group Controlling system to improve decision making - Introduced a monthly closing and forecast process to provide information on time - Enhanced the quarterly Forecast with scenario analysis to create transparency - Implemented an Investment Governance Process to ensure economic value

• Led a team of five people to develop controlling and business knowledge • Create a lean department structure to advice the Board of Management • Support Corporate Functions with reporting systems to improve decision making • Develop a governance process for International Projects to mitigate project risks • Streamline the global budget process to reduce workload and shorten lead times • Accompany the implementation of a Business Intelligence system

• Led a team of three people to coordinate workload and activities • Analyzed development of global project investments to increase transparency • Optimized the controlling processes for International Projects to reduce workload • Designed an activity based costing for projects to improve cost allocation • Developed a project controlling to monitor project budgets and reduce overruns

• Analyzed the development of project and key account business • Supported preparation for price agreement negotiations with key accounts • Developed a financing model to pre-finance project investments • Designed an automated post-calculation for projects and price agreements

Finanz- und Rechnungswesen/Controlling Material- und Produktionswirtschaft Vertriebsmanagement