Maik Schröder

P&L responsible for the German Business Units Hamburg and Frankfurt, the Nearshore Units in Serbia and Bosnia as well as leading the Corporate Functions Finance, Sales Operations, Marketing, Community Management, and HR. codecentric AG is a leading Digital Product Development & Consulting company in Germany with +500 professionals and was the place where INSTANA was born.

Responsible for all enterprise applications in the area of eCommerce, Fulfilment, Web and Mobile Platforms, CRM, Marketing Operations, PR, and Employee portals. Leading a team of +100 professionals (product owner, business analysts, developer, architects) building and operating corporate applications together with partners in Near and Offshore locations. Furthermore, project co-lead for the digital readiness initiative of METRO Group reporting to the Group CIO.

Leading Information Service & IT organizations in 8 countries (+200 professionals) with a focus on enabling rapid business growth in APAC emerging markets, e.g. new country openings, clean up of local application landscape, implementation of enterprise solutions as well as building eCommerce capabilities within China.

Development and Implementation of a Business Process Management approach to increase effectiveness and efficiency of a corporate procurement process and goods management hamonization program, Establishment and Management of the Central Program Management Office, Development of a Training Department for System Supported Business Processes targeting the Buying Community

Supporting the conceptional build of an international joint buying organization across 30+ countries following a lead buyer and competence centre concept, design of business processes and build of supporting applications, design and operations an international procurement controlling.

Market and Competitor Due Dilligience, Feasibility Studies for new market entries, Online Strategy METRO Group, Support in Business Building Phase of METRO Online AG (Initial Screening for Venture Capital Part, Interim Manager Offline Marketing dayconomy GmbH)

Changing Roles of the CEO and CIO | IT Strategy and Competitive Advantage | Business Transformation, Computer Operations, and Internetworking | IT Innovation, Emerging Topics and Technologies

Developments in International Trade, New Product Acceptance by Channel Intermediaries, Supply Chain Management and ECR, Customer Segmentation, Brand Management, Customer Life Time Value, Princing Decisions

Internationale Unternehmensrechnung (Corporate Finance and Accounting) | Marketing | Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen (VWL)