Borris Foerster

Regular articles on venture activities and thoughts on the AgTech and FoodTech industry.

- Mentoring start-ups in agtech and foodtech - Developing business models - Creating use cases - Matching with industry

The think tank project FOODnext is a joint project of Borris Förster and Fabio Ziemßen. FOODnext will give impulses and show tendencies on how the food value chain from the primary sector to the plate of the consumer will develop in the coming decades. From technology developments, digitization, structural change and practical tips to future forecasts, the two experts cover and address all stages of the supply chain in cooperation with all stakeholders in the value chain.

Member of the Leadership Team. - Strong focus on sales side and revenue generating innovation setups (hybrid organisation / dual innovation) - Inventor of the "Innvation Cube" that helps companies give innovation a holistic perspective Core competencies: - Digital Venturing & Innovation - Go to Market & Growth - (Digital) Strategy & Operations - Digital Transformation (sales and customer side/business model focus)

Social enterprise supporting vocational education to orphans in Central Asia with Caritas International e.V. and corporate sponsors.

Working at the forefront of digitization, innovation and customer centricity in the areas of retail, CPG, foodtech and agtech. I help companies to develop fully customer centric strategies from supply chain through to marketing. Insight into a recent project: Developed multichannel and service strategy incl. piloting model and offline format for online pure player. Key to new global expansion strategy for client. Project de-livered within 2/3 of time and budget for global leader in FMCG.

- Built award winning vertically integrated marketplace for groceries - Built a cooperative end-to-end supply chain with multiple partners that is 5x faster than food retail - Data driven sales funnel, marketing and customer acquisition with CLV/CAC ratio >5 over 12 months - Developed and launched customer loyalty program increasing monthly customer value by over 60% - Negotiations with suppliers, partners and business customers - Stakeholder and advisory board reporting

- Project lead financial/operations process optimisation in global vendor centralisation project - Project lead for global IT vendor management and SLA design & control implementation, achieved re-imbursement over 1 Mio. Euro and further seven figure savings over three years - Acquisition, lead and successful delivery of two of the most profitable projects that year - Supporting project acquisition in mobility division and organisation and moderation of “Connected Car Forum”

- Development of region based sourcing and assortment strategies in retail sector - Financial process and profitability analysis for customer loyalty program to uncover unprofitable programs in retail sector - Scenario analysis on potential of Euro crisis for global consumer products manufacturer - Member of internal senior M&A team at C-Level tasked with achieving 2020 growth targets - Business model development for corporate carsharing initiative as part of ‘Schaufenster Elektromo-bilität’

Focus on supply chain and operations as part of restructuring processes of FMCG company

Restructuring of organisational processes, optimisation of construction processes. Construction of two award winning yachts Zulu and Salperton (36m and 44m).

Operations Research, Industrial Organisation, Industrial Ecenomics and Criminal Economics

TER 96/100 (top 4% of graduates in the state WA)

Passed with distinction