Michael Braun

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About Michael Braun

About Me: With 25 years of professional experience across various controlling functions, I bring a deep expertise and a broad knowledge spectrum in areas including sales controlling, production controlling, corporate controlling, investment controlling, overhead controlling, and IT controlling. My career has enabled me to master complex financial processes, enhance efficiency, and support sustainable growth. I specialize in creating value through data-driven decision-making and strategic financial planning. Expertise: Sales Controlling: Enhancing sales strategies and revenue growth. Production Controlling: Increasing production efficiency through cost management. Corporate Controlling: Supporting executive management with strategic financial planning. Investment Controlling: Maximizing ROI through careful evaluation and control of investments. Overhead & IT Controlling: Optimizing overhead costs and IT expenditures. Business Partner for the VP QA/QC and in my current position I support the Business Unit Automotive (BU AUT) in the same role. This experience has enabled me to support strategic planning and decision making through data-driven analysis and insights that directly contribute to the value and success of the respective areas. Interests & Specialties: My professional interest lies in networking and exchanging ideas on topics such as general controlling, cost controlling, project management, business transformation, and advanced analytics methods. I am passionate about driving process improvements and innovations by applying methodologies like SCRUM, OKR, Lean Management, Six Sigma, and utilizing tools such as Power BI, Alteryx, Python, VBA, and KNIME. I am actively seeking opportunities to expand my network and exchange insights on trends in data science, big data, predictive & prescriptive analysis, process modeling, process mining, and RPA.