Potential is there from day one
This is what we do
We bring together highly qualified people and companies that demand the best.
Built on principles such as integrity, respect and friendliness, we specialise in bringing experts together with contacts on the corporate side in order to tackle challenges. Challenges are as diverse as the people who confront them. This involves more than just providing human resources. Potential has a crucial personality component. People who become game-changers, producing impressive results for our clients – supported by experienced experts.
Skills
Like a nimble speedboat on the high seas
Manoeuvrable and adaptable even while braving rough seas and towering waves: We are an independent boutique, and our mode of working is as nimble and flexible as a speedboat cutting across the high seas. Our functional business units and small niche boutiques allow us to offer our clients wide-ranging support, from finance, IT and engineering to HR and marketing.
Our fields of skills
Finance + Controlling
Our clients operate in an environment marked by transformations, transactions and integrations driven by widely ranging projects and decision-making in a world of ever-diminishing predictability. We help them strike a balance between automation and optimisation of structures, processes and systems with the right individuals. Highly effective performers with focus and foresight.
IT + digitalisation
For IT, change is a continuous, permanent process. Suppliers and customers demand improved networking and a sophisticated customer experience. Be it cloud, S/4Hana, cyber security, development or AI – employees are eager to embark on a freelance career and view remote work as a viable option. We help to master this challenge when it comes to employee recruitment and retention.
Engineering + Operations
With our broad-based expertise in technology, we craft customised solutions that work. If you are looking for interim engineering experts or project managers for R&D, production or want to optimise processes or your organisation, we will find the right persons – in special cases by brokering highly qualified candidates to assume permanent positions, or a combination of both interim and permanent staffing.
People + Communication
20+ years of experience in trade and retail dovetails with expertise in content marketing and digital transformation to form a whole. We are quick to grasp things – from the task at hand to the general conditions in which our clients operate as well as the requirements facing the target group: we serve as a highly involved sparring partner for our clients.
Janning Knop
Senior Partner Business People + Communication
Business People + Communication
Interim Recruitment Manager organises recruitment in global technology company as part of post-merger integration
People + Communication
Interim Recruitment Manager organises recruitment in global technology company as part of post-merger integration
In the post-merger integration phase, a global technology company decided to place recruitment in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Spain on a secure footing over an extended period of time. One element of this project was for the company to hire an experienced part-time interim recruitment manager. The expert was not only to be responsible for operational recruitment and the strategic selection of personnel service providers, but also manage overall sourcing for interim and consulting assignments in global IT.
When selecting a candidate, it was important to those in charge for the interim recruitment manager to have a proactive approach as well as extensive experience gained in comparable recruitment projects. In addition, excellent communication skills were required in order to liaise effectively with direct interfaces and stakeholders.
Karina Vilenskaya
Director Business People + Communication
Business People + Communication, Business Coach
Interim manager bridges vacancy gap as HR officer while ensuring transfer of know-how
People + Communication
Interim manager bridges vacancy gap as HR officer while ensuring transfer of know-how
In order to safeguard day-to-day business during the planned maternity leave of a well-liked HR officer, the company decided to hire an interim HR officer. In addition to the prompt transfer of know-how and continued performance of the day-to-day business without any disruption, an additional project in the scope was also part of the task.
When selecting the interim manager, it was important to the HR manager for the candidate to have a proactive style of working, to have experience working in a similar position and strong communication skills in German and English in order to be able to interact effectively with the interfaces.
Dennis Kuberczyk
Client Relation Manager
Business IT + Digitization
Harmonisation of IT infrastructure in multinational manufacturing enterprises
IT + digitalisation
Interim manager shores up situation following short-term departure of the CIO
A medium-sized automotive supplier from the Sauerland region was looking for an interim CIO to serve for a period of nine months. The focus was not only on managing current IT requirements, but also on strategic development and enabling a smooth transition for the next CIO.
The previous CIO left the company at short notice due to personal circumstances. In order to ensure the day-to-day management of the business, the company management decided to develop an internal candidate to be able to take over as successor. It was important to the company for the interim manager not only to manage the 15 staff members working in the IT department, but also play an active role training the future CIO.
Olaf Ritter
Senior Partner Business
Engineering + Operations
Business Engineering + Operations
Interim I&C expert supports a manufacturer of cleanrooms in planning building automation for a battery production facility
Engineering + Operations
Interim I&C expert supports a manufacturer of cleanrooms in planning building automation for a battery production facility
Jens Hahn
Founder hahn+friends
Business Finance + Controlling
Treasury established after carve-out of an automotive supplier to private equity
Finance + Controlling
Treasury established after carve-out of an automotive supplier to private equity
A multinational enterprise – an automotive supplier – divested a division to a private equity firm. The task was to speedily implement centralised functions, especially in Treasury.
The following requirements applied to the selection of the interim manager (m/f/d): Solid carve-out expertise and private equity experience, expert knowledge in liquidity planning and government reporting, internationality, expertise in the establishment of new functions (cash pool & factoring) and extensive SAP skills.
hahn+friends were able to quickly provide assistance with an interim manager. He contacted the private equity house, the old group and the banks involved in order to determine requirements and make sure they were met. The expert directly contributed concepts and strategies to quickly implement liquidity planning, a factoring programme and cash pooling, thereby reducing the time needed for implementation.
Solutions
Like a helping hand in the gym
Our services are as flexible as our experience and expertise are broad. In tandem, they are a strong set of hands reaching out, grasping, tackling and helping you just when you need it. Experienced companions at your side to help you find a tailored solution for your task.
Our solutions
Interim
In addition to our corporate clients, interim managers are also increasingly gaining currency among SMEs. According to the INIMA 2024 survey, 80% of business enterprises believe that independent specialists and managers are essential in order to cope with complex and volatile market requirements. More and more high-calibre and experienced managers are also increasingly valuing the autonomy and flexibility of project-based work.
Permanent
Our approach is geared to people who get involved. Who commit their skills, their experience and their creative drive. We support them. We inspire them and help them along their paths.
We believe a match-up across the board and shared values are key elements in sustainable staffing. What really matters and is of a truly lasting quality is attitude. Never-ceasing change processes mean that many employees end up doing completely different jobs over the course of their career than the one for which they were originally hired.
Advisory
We support clients in challenging projects while acting as a colleague and coach in tackling all those issues surrounding business challenges. When changes, optimisations or special projects are on the agenda, we are at your side as a driving force or as a team. By the same token, it is important to us to transfer our knowledge. We chaperon our clients step by step through the various phases of their business lives.
Temporary employment of experts
When temporarily assuming a line function and thus integrating the interim manager, some clients have to contend with the risk of bogus self-employment in accordance with Section 611 a of the German Civil Code (BGB). If a client has these concerns, we can ensure a legally secure solution through our expert transfer including full integration into the company organization. In this case, our clients receive the familiar flexibility and legal certainty at the same time.
Selection of our clients
In brief
For us, it is not just about providing resources – we liven up every party with the right people and make sure that things are done in the interests of our clients.
Just get in touch
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Professional Portal
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