Marc Herwick

Founder - Consulting and Interims Management practice @ Herwick Unternehmensberatung, Inh. Marc Herwick

About

Highly effective and dedicated financial officer, who is skilled in developing economic strategies and talent shaped within pharmaceuticals, construction and FMCG industry. Proven track record in global, regional and local functions in USA and Europe. Skilled in change management with deep understanding of manufacturing and sales. FCF management and M&A experience. Key strengths: - Financial Management - Strategic Business Planning (P&L, Cash Flow, Portfolio / Innovation planning) - Performance (cost management) management & Risk management (i.e. SOX compliance) - Deep understanding of LEAN and Supply Chain - Mergers & Acquisition (M&A), integration and restructuring experience - Change management - Private Equity liaison on IPO readiness and strategy - IFRS, US-GAAP incl. SOX - Building, empowerment and mobilizing of teams in matrix organizations locally and remotely Dedicated business partner to financial excellence and value creation managing financial affairs and risk in private equity and stock market environment. Strong inter-personal skills with several years of experience working in multicultural / functional matrix environments, managing remote teams. Highly motivated, enthusiastic, goal-oriented and a true team-player.

Country

Germany

City

Greater Munich Metropolitan Area

Industry

Pharmaceuticals

Skill

Optimization, Change Management, Strategic Planning, SAP, German, English, Microsoft Office, Omniture, Financial Modeling, Financial Reporting, Hyperion Enterprise, Optimizations, Auditing, Budgets, ERP, Logistics, Team Management, Spanish, Forecasting, Financial Analysis

Experience

Founder - Consulting and Interims Management practice

Herwick Unternehmensberatung, Inh. Marc Herwick

2020-5 - Present · 6 yrs 5 mos

Cologne, Germany

Experienced finance leader and managing director with an international background in medium-sized companies, stock listed and private equity environment in restructuring, change-, turnaround- and performance management. Proven success in company valuations and mergers & acquisitions, CASH management including the following integration and compliance. Many years of experience in ERP implementations and digitization of existing solutions. Avocational associate professor lecturing MBA courses with a consistent focus on employees and their development including coaching of C-level functions.

Associate professor lecturing finance in English to MBA students

Munich Business School

2020-1 - Present · 6 yrs 9 mos

Munich, Bavaria

MBS – Munich Business School, Munich, Germany Leading private business school in Germany in 2019

Vice President Finance, IT, HR

Atreus

2023-9 - Present · 3 yrs 1 mo

Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Regional CFO Central Europe and Managing Director for Germany, Austria

JELD-WEN, Inc.

2016-9 - 2020-4 · 3 yrs 8 mos

Nürnberg Area, Germany

Member of the CE executive leadership team, supported by 5 CFO’s, 2 Heads IT & regional staff Managing Director in DE, AT, HU; authorized officer (Prokurist) Domoferm Accounting: Local & US GAAP as well as SOX leadership (404 preparation) FP&A: Complete oversight over commercial and operations controlling incl. strategic planning Due Diligence preparation for 120m and 14 Entity operation Post Merger Integration (PMI) on all finance processes

Global Head of Commercial Controlling

Aenova Group

2014-10 - 2016-9 · 2 yrs

Munich Area, Germany

Global role with Responsibility over Commercial and R&D Controlling. Member Global Sales Leadership Team, supported by a team of 6; Leading commercial projects, driving sales & profitability (i.e. Portfolio optimization, Pricing). Partner in a Private Equity owned company

Senior Manager Region EU, Business Controlling & Analysis (BPA)

Novartis

2012-7 - 2014-9 · 2 yrs 3 mos

Geneva Area, Switzerland

Regional role with Finance responsibility over $1bn southern European markets. Entities under guidance are markets with highly dynamic and challenging financial environment.

Head Business Controlling & Head Logistics

Sandoz

2010-8 - 2012-7 · 2 yrs

Germany, Stuttgart

Member of the Site Leadership Team of largest packaging site in the Sandoz network. Full responsibility for Controlling, M&A support as well as the Logistics department. Managed a team of site controllers of 2 & a logistics team of 12.

Head Business Controlling (BPA)

Sandoz

2009-10 - 2010-7 · 10 mos

Germany, Stuttgart

Member of the Site Leadership Team. Full Controlling responsibility including M&A and Divestiture initiatives.

Technical Operations Finance Specialist

Novartis

2008-4 - 2009-12 · 1 yr 9 mos

USA, Princeton

Regional HQ responsibility as Finance lead for consolidation of 3 North American production/sales sites. Improved transparency & performance at US-plants

Business Planning & Reporting Manager

Mars

2006-8 - 2008-3 · 1 yr 8 mos

USA, Hackettstown

Reporting and accounting manager for Internet business venture on personalized product “MyM&M’s “. Accelerated growth in new segment via price elasticity testing.

Co-Founder, Management Consulting Venture

STM Consulting, Germany

2005-3 - 2005-8 · 6 mos

Germany, Aschaffenburg

Utilized know how from diploma thesis written with Merten to start up small consulting business with a student colleague. Led the development and implementation of a Balanced Scorecard metric / Six Sigma based model and management improvement tool for small and medium sized companies.

Education

Fairleigh Dickinson University

The Global Economy, International Finance

2005 - 2006 · 1 yr

GPA: 3.96/4.0 Fairleigh Dickinson Scholarship. University of International Business and Economics (UIBE), Bejing China Business trip to consult a French company about opportunities in China, June 2006.