Competencies
Where Søren is strongest.
- Sustainability and ESGExpert
- Performance ManagementExpert
- Business development & StrategyExpert
- Process TransformationsExpert
- Project and Portfolio ManagementExpert
- Effective leadershipExpert
- DigitalizationSubstantial Experience
- Supply Chain StrategySubstantial experience
- Cost-out programsSubstantial experience
- Value/Delta EngineeringSubstantial experience
- Quality ManagementSubstantial experience
Clients
Schneider ElectricDanfossDanish Energy Commission
Relevant project highlights
- 01Industrial company: Industrial executive covering the end-to-end value chain from R&D and supply chain to commercial
- 02Danish government: Member of the government's Energy Commission, analysing the energy sector and recommending Danish energy policy for 2020–2030
- 03Global energy management company: Created and ran a customer feedback and support concept to drive loyalty, re-engineering Nordic-Baltic customer care with a nearshore hub, native teams and automated NPS feedback
- 04Global energy management company: Led strategy and execution of Nordic digital transformations built on SAP, EDI, Salesforce and robotics
- 05ESG advisory firm: Start-up and development of a sustainability and ESG advisory business
- 06Global energy management company: Created and executed a three-year growth strategy covering six businesses, including the turnaround and integration of an acquired company
- 07Industrial company: Drove the design and realisation of a greenfield factory with significant outsourcing, cost reduction and automation
- 08Industrial company: Built ISO 9001, 14001 and 50001 certified quality management systems in four countries, including continuous improvement, 8D problem solving and complaint management
- 09Industrial company: Quality and value engineering programme across four plants, significantly reducing cost and improving product quality, plus rebalancing sourcing between currency zones
Career
- 2023 –CEO/Founder IC Consult
- 2017 – 2022VP Schneider Electric Nordic Baltic
- 2014 – 2017VP Schneider Electric Denmark, Building automation
- 2016 – 2017Member of Danish government's Energy Commission
- 2012 – 2014VP Schneider Electric Denmark, Business Dev & Sales Excellence
- 2009 – 2012VP Schneider Electric Denmark, Customer Satisfaction and Quality
- 2004 – 2009VP Schneider Electric Nordic Baltic, CSQ
- 2002 – 2004CEO Hovmand
- 1991 – 2202Production and technology director Lauritz Knudsen
- 1989 – 1991Logistic Engineer Danfoss
Education
- M.Sc. Manufacturing Engineering, SDU 1989
- Executive Board Programme, INSEAD 2022
- Project Management Level B, IPMA 2011
- Fast forward, IESE & Leadership INSEAD
Skills
- Languages
- Danish, English, some Scandinavian
- Systems
- Salesforce, SAP, Navision, Office
- International
- Poland, Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania Sweden, India
