Ralph Lewis

Controller und Mitglied des Leitungsteams im Bereich Internationale Spedition und Verzollung

Logistics consulting with a focus on M&A, Investments as well as financial, operational and strategic topics, serving medium sized to large forwarders and players in shipping, aviation and contract logistics.

Business Development Lead for Transport Management services in the DACH region.

QloudX is a cloud technology start-up focusing on logistics. I am spearheading business development activities in Germany. Supporting and coordinating customer projects in the region.

Leading the North & Central America Finance and Operations teams of ZF Marine Propulsion, Rail and Special Driveline LLC, including Controlling, Accounting, Quality, IT, Logistics, Material Management, Purchasing, Compliance, Warehousing and Facility Management.

Pursuing a business with a deep tradition in my family. Importing, Marketing, Sales and Brand Development for high end wines in the US.

Led DHL Customer Solutions & Innovation Sector Controlling for Life Sciences & Healthcare as well as Engineering & Manufacturing Sectors. Led regional Controlling for DHL Global Business Services in the Americas. Proactively challenges top and bottom line performance as well as working capital and implemented improvement measures. Improves and streamlines Finance processes. Improves planning and forecasting process. Increases effectiveness and efficiency of Sales Incentive System.

Oversaw operational and financial performance in 20 countries in region, across all products, accounting for $2B in revenue. Responsible for costing systems, service center accounting, management information systems, data analytics, management reporting, risk management, profitability reporting, performance improvement initiatives.

Defined the Operational Controlling function and established reporting, providing essential business transparency to management. Oversaw regional airfreight costing systems, conducted training and audit and enforced value center concept, thereby improving cost transparency and data quality.

Developed and implemented a strategic pricing tool as part of a global program aimed at increasing yields, using historical data, market intelligence and price elasticity models.

Developed a costing system to improve the company wide customer profitability reporting. Conducted research, training and quality audits across multiple regions and supported transformational global programs with business intelligence.

Managed the roll out of a European-wide branch improvement project to improve productivity and reduce costs. Developed an operational controlling and benchmarking system for all branches in the region. Coordinated and supported acquisition and integration projects in Sweden and Eastern Europe.