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Case Study
General Manager for Series Production and Growth
Battery Pack & Stationary Storage Manufacturer
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Company Details
- Battery pack design and manufacturing company
- Customers diversified: mobility, stationary storage
- Holding of company listed on stock exchange, 60+ employees, production in Germany
- Growth target revenue development: 2022 ~€50m, 2023e €70-75m, 2024e €100+m
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Situation and Challenge
- Insufficient management expertise to transform company (profitable growth)
- Product portfolio not clearly positioned on the market (product line ” light battery “, battery management system: no strategy / no sales-ready product)
- No production site for series production yet
- Ongoing negotiations with OEM customers for initial order
- Reorganization of structure & process organization
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Objective and Task
- Profitable growth through technology scaling
- Integration Business: acquisition of OEM production line and establishment of own manufacturing facility
- Light battery: repositioning on super sportscars and winning OEM prototype projects
- BMS: establishment of a strategy for the product line (M&A)
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Results
- Results after “100 days”: agreement OEM contract plant, realignment strategy light battery, contract OEM trial
- Securing financing for new production plant
- Start of construction of new production plant in Eastern Germany
- Establishment of new team and processes
- Profitable growth plan through successful acquisition of further customers
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