Katharina Kollie

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ABOUT KATHARINA KOLLIE

Senior Business Leader (MBA) with over 18 years of multinational experience in Corporate and Commercial Finance as well as IT, spanning industries such as Healthcare and Agriculture. Passionate about driving sustainable business performance improvements and fostering positive company culture through authentic, pragmatic leadership and innovative technologies. People Leadership: Successfully led 40+ professionals in a matrix organization across 17 countries and international projects. Recognized as an empathic and outcome-oriented leader who models integrity, positivity, and a growth mindset. Known to build trustful relationships and to connect, motivate, and activate people across hierarchies with a focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion. Process Improvements: Achieved significant sustainable cost savings by spearheading initiatives in digitalization, automation, and outsourcing within Bill-to-Cash organization. Improved quality and efficiency of global enterprise risk management. Known advocate to drive continuous improvement across the enterprise. Organizational Transformation:Designed structural changes and led change management for global IT unit with 680+ employees to realize significant cost savings. Defined and implemented strategic and cultural changes within Bill-to-Cash organization with 40+ employees collecting ~5bn€. Strategic Projects: Delivered high-impact international projects under tight deadlines in complex stakeholder environments, including a significant carve-out in the USA, a risk mitigation measure safeguarding ~200m€ sales, and an employee engagement initiative for 670+ employees. Flexibility: Demonstrated the ability to add value quickly across functions, regions, and organizational needs leveraging strong observation and analytical skills, cultural sensitivity, and a results-oriented mindset. Expatriate experience in USA and Switzerland, bringing a global perspective to leadership and decision-making.