Managing Partner · Interim CEO, COO & Chief Transformation Officer
Interim CEO for mid-sized companies, scale-ups and corporate ventures. Transformation. Restructuring. Stabilization. Handover.
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Interim managing director with 27 years of entrepreneurial responsibility – as a founder, managing director and interim C-level executive in mid-sized companies, scale-ups and corporate structures. I take on overall responsibility when leadership changes, when a company has to become operational after an acquisition, or when the economic situation leaves no more time.
27
years of entrepreneurial responsibility
€33m
P&L responsibility
100
employees led
DACH
on site, hybrid or remote
As managing director I led an international travel group with €33m P&L and 100 employees – including during the Covid crisis. Since then, as an interim C-level executive, I have stabilized organizations, built up liquidity management and realigned business models.
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A change of leadership or a vacancy in general management that needs to be filled at short notice.
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The business model comes under pressure – from the market, technology or AI – and has to be rethought.
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After an acquisition, carve-out or venture launch, the company has to be integrated and become operational.
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The strategy is set, but execution has stalled.
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A scale-up in transition: too big for start-up structures, not yet ready for corporate logic.
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Financial distress: secure liquidity, convince shareholders and banks, stabilize the company.
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AI, automation or new regulation should genuinely take hold in the company.
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P&L responsibility of up to €33m, liquidity planning, cash management and financial steering – also in difficult phases. Close collaboration with shareholders, advisory boards, parent companies and investors.
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Realigning business models and opening up new revenue streams, restructuring costs, processes and organization, integration after acquisitions and building corporate ventures.
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Clear roles, goal and decision systems (OKR) for faster decisions. Leading through crises and upheaval with teams of up to 100 people; rebuilding sales and go-to-market.
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AI and automation across all business functions: measuring recurring processes such as invoices, requests and approvals and automating them where it pays off – directly in existing systems and with human sign-off. Plus compliance with the EU AI Act and NIS2, delivered with navyra.
Each service has its own page with typical situations, approach and examples.
Selected mandates of recent years – each with starting point, impact and handover.
COMPANY
INDUSTRY AND ROLE
HANDOVER
Transition and stabilization phase after a change in the leadership structure; overall operational responsibility together with three managing directors and DEVK as parent company. Introduced an OKR-based goal system and a new decision format, initiated a strategic B2B2C partnership with a far-reaching partner in the employer market (access to around 3,000 corporate clients).
Read the case study →Financially tight phase and high dependence on a volatile primary market. Operational and strategic leadership together with the CEO, rebuilt liquidity planning and cash flow management, restructured the business model, relaunched sales and go-to-market.
Read the case study →Led organizational development across five companies in several countries, harmonized structures, restructured sales, marketing and customer success.
Turned an acquired proof of concept into a standalone venture: market entry within six months, organization, app and cloud platform, brand and core team built from scratch.
Read the case study →“We recommend him as an experienced, reflective, and execution-oriented executive for demanding operational and transformational leadership roles without reservation.”
Reference letters from previous mandates are available and will gladly be sent on request.
Düsseldorf
Workforce solutions for mid-sized companies: automating processes, meeting obligations such as NIS2, the EU AI Act and pay transparency, and securing the knowledge of key people.
Jens Schneiders · Managing Partner
Loretta Schneiders · Partner, navyra.finance
Lanzarote
Digital health for the Canary Islands: with CANARYmedic, locals and visitors find vetted doctors, online and in the practice. Part of every consultation can support local social projects.
Jens Schneiders · Fractional Managing DirectorLoretta Schneiders · Fractional Head of Financesince 10/2020
Managing Partner · Schneiders Ventures S.L.
Platform for interim C-level mandates and direct investments with hands-on support – including navyra GmbH (Düsseldorf) and CANARYmedtech S.L.U. (telemedicine, Canary Islands).
since 09/2026
Managing Partner · navyra GmbH
A venture of Schneiders Ventures: navyra stands for automation across all business functions, workforce compliance (EU AI Act, NIS2, CRA, pay transparency) and knowledge transfer. Optional in interim mandates, commissioned separately and disclosed openly.
09/2018–09/2020
Managing Director · erlebe-fernreisen GmbH
Tour operator, Krefeld · €33m P&L · team of 100. Overall leadership in a three-person management board of an international group (NL, UK), transformation into an agile organization, building an internal incubator for travel start-ups, opening up Ethiopia as a destination with an impact business model, then crisis leadership during the Covid pandemic and repositioning with “Impact Travel”. Read the case study →
09/2016–12/2022
Founder & Managing Partner · BEEMING GROUP GmbH
Supporting and investing in digital, impact-driven business models in early growth phases; award “Germany – Land of Ideas” 2017.
02/2013–08/2016
Management Consultant & Angel Investor
Digital transformation of a mid-sized organic food wholesaler with 7-figure revenue growth; start-up investments, mentoring and co-development of the consulting concept for Social Impact Lab Duisburg.
06/2004–01/2013
Co-Founder & Managing Partner · German Transfer GmbH
Online broker for chauffeur and transfer services with a network of 400 providers; B2B mobility platform developed together with SAP AG. Revenue €3m, team of 20.
05/2000–05/2004
Co-Founder & Managing Partner · One TOUCH Online Systems GmbH
Software agency with industry solutions for removal companies and airport shuttles. Revenue €1m, team of 10.
1997–2000
Industrial clerk (Industriekaufmann)
Followed by an entrepreneurial career built in practice.
A change in leadership, financial distress or a transformation that has stalled? Briefly describe your situation – I will get back to you personally and promptly.