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Alexander Carstensen
HR Interim Management & HR Consulting
Successful Interim Management requires not only expertise, strategic thinking, and experience but also strong skills in operational execution, leadership, and change management.
Contact data
Carstensen HR Interim Managment & HR Consulting, München
- Telefon Mobile
- +49 171 5262158
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Short profile
- Successful Interim Management requires not only expertise, strategic thinking, and experience but also strong skills in operational execution, leadership, and change management.
- As an Interim HR Manager for medium-sized businesses and corporations, I support companies in roles such as Head of HR, or in specialized functions.
- With a passion for modern HR practices, a hands-on mindset, strong execution skills, and a results-driven approach, I deliver sustainable improvements in content, cost, and outcomes.
- Interim HR Leader for assignments in medium-sized businesses and international matrix organizations. Expert in executing critical HR projects and advancing HR functions within companies.
- 20+ years of HR experience in specialist and leadership roles (C-1 to C-3 levels) at large, globally recognized companies known for HR best practices.
- Proven track record in both operational roles focused on execution and project implementation, as well as strategic and conceptual roles with international responsibility.
- Hands-on approach, strong execution skills, and results-oriented mindset.
- 15+ years of leadership experience, managing small teams (5-10 employees) as well as HR organizations of 150+ employees across multiple levels.
- Experienced in stakeholder management at all levels, particularly in bridging executive leadership/HQ with operational units and international locations.
- Building a Company / Business
- Change Management
- Process Optimization
- Digitization
- Consulting
- Transformation, Expansion, Konsolidierung von Organisationen; mit Schwerpunkt in Konzeption und Umsetzung von Neuausrichtung mit Blick auf zukünftige Marktanforderungen.
- Talent: Entwicklung und operative Implementierung von HR-Talent-Strategien, Workforce-Planning, Talent Acquisition & Recruiting, Talent Management, Performance Evaluation, Assessment, Succession Planning.
- Auf- und Umbau von HR-Organisationen (Struktur, Prozess, SLAs, IT), Aufbau von Centers of Excellence (z. B. Recruiting, HR-Services, C&B, Learning, Talent Management), In- und Outsourcing von HR-Funktionen.
- Produktivität- und Effizienzsteigerung: HR- Digitalisierung, HR-Analytics, Strategic-Workforce-Planning, Kostenreduktion. Simplifizierung und Flexibilisierung von HR-Modellen, Strukturen und Prozessen.
- Human Resources
- Management / General Management / Board
- 1st Level / Executive Board / Management
- 2nd Level / Division Management / Department Management
- Projekt Manager (Leitung)
- Staff function / Expert / Specialist
- Automotive, Supplier
- Electrical Engineering / Electronics
- Medical Technology
- Mechanical Engineering
- Aerospace
- Medium-sized Enterprise
- Corporation / Group
- Owner-managed / Family Business
- Start-up
- Asia
- Europe (EU)
- Europe (not EU)
- North America
- China
- German (Mother tongue)
- English (Mother tongue or bilingual)
- French (Basic knowledge)
IM projects (self employed)
Mittelständischen Technologieunternehmen (1600 Mitarbeiter)
Manufacturer of 3D printing machines for polymer and metal 3D printing
- Company turnover in Mio $
- 300 Mio USD
- Number of employees in company
- 1600
- City / place
- München
Global Technology Leader in additive manufacturing technologies offering a broad range of 3-D Metal and Polymer printing solutions.
Global Head of HR (turn around / transformation project @ interim)
Leading restructuring project for HR function in context of global turnaround and consolidation efforts. Mandate to transform HR function from traditional industrial HR into a people and business centric, process and cost-efficient support function with focus on talent and all HR processes.