Andreas Berger

Phone: +49 (0)881 924 973 11
Email:a.berger@senator-partners.de
Industry expertise:Consumer goods,digital and online business,retail and services
Functional expertise:Marketing & sales
Special expertise:Aptitude diagnostics & management assessment, management audit

As a partner, Andreas Berger works primarily in the Consumer Goods, Retail and Services, and Digital and Online Business competence centers.

On a functional level, his clients value him as a generalist who delivers impressive results across all functions and levels. As a long-standing marketing professional, he naturally feels particularly at home in the field of marketing and sales, but also values all other functional areas. In addition to traditional headhunting, Andreas Berger is interested in aptitude diagnostics and has contributed to management audits in the retail sector for Senator.

Andreas Berger studied business administration with a focus on trade and industry at the renowned Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich. After successfully completing his degree in business administration, he began his professional career in the international sporting goods industry.

His move into the clothing and branded goods industry was followed by intense years in marketing and product management, marked by successful product launches, high-revenue point-of-sale promotions, and award-winning advertising campaigns. Responsibility for marketing a fashion chain store brought with it not only in-depth retail expertise but also experience in construction and shopfitting. With his own online shop, he was able to actively witness the beginnings of e-commerce.

After the turn of the millennium, Andreas Berger decided to put his interest in people and his entrepreneurial spirit to good use as a management consultant. Following a successful decade at two renowned executive search consultancies, he found the ideal base for his consulting work at SENATOR in 2015.

Today, Andreas Berger primarily advises medium-sized clients from the branded goods and lifestyle-oriented manufacturing and retail sectors, as well as industry-related service providers, including construction planning. In addition, he supports companies across all industries that are adapting their business models and corporate culture to the requirements of the digital and networked world.

With many years of experience, expertise, empathy, and perseverance, he guides clients and candidates along the often challenging path of reconciling their requirements, needs, and wishes. As a result, trusting relationships have developed over the years, sometimes turning candidates into clients and former clients into candidates.

Andreas Berger is a member of the BDU, the Federal Association of German Management Consultants.

Mr. Andreas Berger most recently supported the following positions and successfully filled them as part of exclusive consulting mandates:

Management Marketing and Sales
Head of International Sales
Country Manager Sales
Key Account Manager
Head of Logistics

Market management / Branch management
purchasing management
Sourcing Manager
Head of Merchandise Planning
Head of Human Resources and Organization
Head of Finance and Controlling
chief financial officer
Head of Software Development
Head of Technical Product Data Management

Senior Online Marketing Manager
Business Developer Marketplace
Head of Social Content
Head of the Institute for Environmental Protection and Building Physics

Many positions were filled multiple times in different industries.

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Carsten Janke

Mobile: +49 (0) 151 651 51 348
Phone: +49 (0) 5244 917 9953
Email: c.janke@senator-partners.de
Industry expertise: Food & beverage industry, consumer goods industry
Functional expertise: Marketing & sales, organizational development

Carsten Janke, an excellent strategic thinker with over 30 years of experience in international companies, joins the Senator Partners team. Mr. Janke has in-depth expertise in complex sales structures, corporate transformation processes, and sustainable organizational development. His expertise extends in particular to the precise filling of key positions with a focus on sales, marketing, and development—essential for companies that are growing or undergoing change.

His in-depth understanding of the challenges facing the food, beverage, and consumer goods industries, as well as his extensive networks, enable him to identify forward-thinking leaders and provide companies with significant support in their strategic development. With his analytical acumen and keen sense of corporate culture, Carsten Janke ensures the sustainable integration of specialists and executives into medium-sized structures with a local and international focus.

One of Carsten Janke's main areas of expertise is the targeted recruitment of key personnel. He develops tailor-made strategies, identifies potential, and accompanies the entire selection process with the utmost precision and reliability. He relies on scientifically based aptitude assessment methods that enable accurate evaluation of professional and personal skills. This minimizes the risk of miscasting and maximizes the strategic effectiveness of every personnel decision.

His consulting services are based on a clear understanding of values: professionalism, discretion, in-depth analysis, and an uncompromising focus on quality. He combines analytical excellence with entrepreneurial foresight and, as a SENATOR partner, provides HR consulting services on an equal footing—with a genuine understanding of the specific requirements in the respective segments of the food, beverage, and consumer goods industry. His extensive industry network, sound methodological expertise, and conceptual vision make him a sought-after consultant for companies that want to actively shape sustainable growth and transformation.

Motto: "Success begins with the right people in the right place."

Mr. Carsten Janke most recently supported the following positions and successfully filled them as part of exclusive consulting mandates:

Managing Director Sales & Marketing / FMCG
Head of Sales / Food Ingredients
Sales Manager / Food Retail and Discount Stores

Sales Manager / Specialist Retail
Head of Marketing / Brand
Head of Sales Retail / Discount
Head of Key Account Management / Discount
Head of Product Management
Vice President of Sales / Consumer Products
Key Account Manager / Private Label Business
International Key Account Manager

Senior Key Account Manager / Private Label
Head of International Sales
Head of Internal Sales
Head of Organizational Development

Many positions were filled multiple times in different industries.

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Jürgen Thielemann

Phone: +49 (0) 151 1616 2946
Email: j.thielemann@senator-partners.de
Industry expertise:Consumer goods,mechanical engineering
Functional expertise:Human resources
Special expertise: HR process optimization

Jürgen Thielemann is a partner with extensive expertise in the consumer goods and mechanical engineering industries. With his experience in the valve and control technology industry as well as in the field of manufacturing plants and mechanical engineering, he successfully fills all specialist and management positions in these areas. His particular area of expertise is human resources, where he successfully finds and recruits candidates for HR positions in all industries. He also applies his experience to the onboarding of executives and top specialists. Mr. Thielemann enriches SENATOR Executive Search Partners with his personality and skills.

After completing his university education with a degree in production engineering, he began his professional career in science and organizational consulting. Mr. Thielemann then worked primarily in the consumer goods industry, in shopfitting, and in the fittings and control technology industry for the steam and energy sector. As a manager, he was responsible for the functional areas of human resources, management systems, IT, and organization. Most recently, he served for many years as Chief Human Resources and Organization Officer in the plant engineering sector and as Technical Managing Director at one of the most renowned international consumer goods manufacturers in the premium cookware sector. In addition, Mr. Thielemann has many years of experience in project management and in development and change projects and has been involved as a volunteer labor court judge, as an advisor to a large German health insurance company, and as a lecturer at universities.

Mr. Thielemann attaches particular importance to comprehensive personnel consulting and sustainable, professional cooperation—both with companies and with candidates. In order to find the right candidate, it is essential that the company and the consultant have a common understanding of the position to be filled. Success factors for this include jointly developing an accurate job description and the key requirements for potential candidates, as well as determining the corporate culture.

His motto:
As an independent entrepreneur and partner, I personally vouch for first-class results "to the point" with my name.

Excerpt of positions that Mr. Jürgen Thielemann has successfully filled in his previous career:

Chief Security Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Human Resources Officer, Chief Technology Officer, Chief Operating Officer
Management, General Manager
Head of Operations
Commercial Management
Head of Human Resources
Head of Human Resources Development
plant management
Head of Production

Head of Occupational Safety
Head of SCM
Head of Warehouse Logistics
Head of Purchasing
Strategic Purchaser
Management System/Quality Management
Head of Product Management
product manager
Head of Development
Team Leader Design
Head of Marketing
R&D Project Manager

brand manager
Head of Sales
Head of Digital Business
Regional Sales Manager
Key Account Manager
regional sales management
office management
Head of Finance & Controlling
Head of IT
Head of Controlling

Many positions were filled multiple times in different industries.

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Wolfgang Venzl

Phone: +49 (0) 1514 285 86 28
Email: w.venzl@senator-partners.de
Industry expertise: Consumer goods, digital and online business, optoelectronics & lighting
Functional expertise: Marketing & sales, product management

After completing his studies in economics, Wolfgang Venzl was responsible for product management, marketing, sales, and corporate management at various management levels for a number of renowned brands. He has organized growth and managed restructuring phases, always in an international and multicultural environment.

He specializes in challenging and complex placements of specialists and executives. Wolfgang Venzl has comprehensive functional expertise in all key areas of business. Thanks to his many years of experience in leading sales and marketing teams and in product management, he has in-depth functional expertise across a range of industries. His industry expertise lies in the areas of consumer goods, digital & online business, and optoelectronics & lighting.

This extensive experience forms the basis for targeted recruitment. In his work as a personnel consultant, he attaches particular importance to trusting, sustainable, and professional cooperation with both clients and candidates.

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Johanna Betz

Phone: +49 (0) 871 430 888 56
Email: j.betz@senator-partners.de
Industry expertise: Consumer goods ,digital and online business , financial services

Functional competencies: Marketing & Sales
Specialized expertise: HR process optimization

Through her work at leading consulting firms and international corporations, Johanna Betz has gained extensive practical experience in strategic human resources management and organizational consulting. Her particular focus has been on developing HR strategies, talent development programs, and the digitalization of business processes in the financial sector. After completing her bachelor's degree in business psychology, she continued her academic career with a master's degree in human resources and organizations at the London School of Economics, focusing on decision-making processes, leadership behavior, and organizational dynamics.

In previous working student positions, she has actively participated in the planning and implementation of HR strategies, including supporting talent management programs, coordinating applicant management systems, and analyzing and optimizing compensation models. She has also driven the development and implementation of digital HR processes to support companies in their digital transformation.

Another focus of her professional career is social media and online marketing, particularly in the financial sector. This experience is complemented by her work at a media group, where her responsibilities included helping to launch new products and coordinating cross-functional projects in sales and marketing.