ABOUT
Founder & Owner
Kai
Schultz
Motivation
I have been working in the global bicycle and e-bicycle industry for more than 20 years in several leading roles for different brands.
Working within all these organisations in defined and partly limited roles gave me the feeling of not beeing able to unfold the potential of my experience, visions and ideas in full scope!
Always following my passion I strongly felt: now it is the time for the next chapter!
As a higly experienced generalist in the bicycle industry I want to support organisations with a general holistic, analytical and strategic approach involving share holders across all relevant disciplines/departments in order to achieve their goals!
Strengths
- Strong network in the global biycle and e-bicycle industry
- Track record from working for A-level brands
- Highly experienced product compliance specialist
- Deep technical understanding
- Strong analytical skills
- Passion and enthusiams for cycling and bicycles
- Broad cross-functional experience
- Intercultural experience working globally
- Experienced generalist with holistic attitude
- High level of self motivation and self organisation
- Strong feefling for market trends and design
- Strong team player with leadership experience
Experience
Pierer E-Bikes / Pierer Mobility (AT)
Head of Quality & Product Compliance
- Development and implementation of the Quality- and Product Compliance strategy on global level for all brands within Pierer E-Biycles
- Development of an integrated and multi disciplinary product development process
- CE Maschinery directive coordinator
Senior Product Manager
- Responsible for Pierer E-Biycycles product range during developlemt from 3.000 to 100.000 units/year within 2.5 years
- Product owner for the development of an dashboard app
- Bicylce lead for global IoT projets within the group
Messingschlager (DE)
Head of Business Development: E-Mobility, Connectivity & OEM Solutions
- Concept, development and market introduction of a modular E-Bike kit concept for OEM customers
- Consulting OEM customers in CE product compliance questions
- Custom B2B & B2C IoT solutions with LINKA lock
Head of international Sales
- Strategic setup and implementation of bonded warehouse in CN/HK for global support of OEM customers
Klever Mobility (by KYMCO) (DE/TW)
Head of Product
- Concept, development and market introduction of the S-Pedelec Model X with a cross cultural team in Germany and Taiwan
- Homologation process L1e-B
- Concept and technical improvement of the whole Klever product range
(Model B, Model Q)
Head of Business Development
(besides role above)
- Strategy to establish Klever as a premium E-Bicycle brand
- Development of a D2C sales concept via IBD stores
- Brand introduction to Swiss market
UVEX Sport (DE)
Brand Porftolio Manager
- Responsible for the whole UVEX Sports product portfolio
- Strategic repositioning of the brand in alignment with other brands within the group (Alpina)
- Product strategy for internationalisation process in cooperation with sales
- Product compliance process for personal safety eqipment
Simplon Bikes (AT)
Sales Director
- Sales strategy and process fpr custom made bikes
- Product compliance process for custom made bikes
- first steps of an internationalisation strategy
CUBE Bikes (DE)
Head of Product
- Responsible for the whole development of the brand and product strategy for the market growth from 15.000 to 385.000 units/year in 5,5 years, helping to evolve the brand from a local to a true global player
- Development and implementation of a cross functional product development process
- Responnsible for the implementation of an integrated product compliance prozess
- Introduction of an innovation process
- Dealer trainings and technical product presentations
International Sales Coordinator
(besides role above)
- Implementation of a roling forecast system for international distributors to ensure more accurate purchase and production planing
- Rating system for selection process of potential international distributors
